Cartoons: it's definitely over

Here are three cartoons looking at the aftermath of the 2016 election.

As you know, while Hillary got the most votes, Trump got the most electoral votes. There's talk of ending the Electoral College system, but do you really think that a government controlled by Republicans, who used the electoral votes so well to their advantage, will do anything to end it? Don't even get me started on Republican gerrymandering; in my view that's voter fraud. Meanwhile, the GOP is just as dysfunctional as it was before the election, so let them stew in their own juices. Let us non-Republicans vow to speak out when needed.

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Chan Lowe, The Week

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Marshall Ramsey, The Week

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David Horsey, The Week

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-- Marge

Cartoons: Zika, academic testing, and Trump (again)

The 2016 Summer Olympics start today with the lighting of the cauldron by someone not Pelé. Here's cartoonist Nate Beeler's take on the event.

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Nate Beeler, The Week

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And school starts soon. Cartoonist Marshall Ramsey calls it "testing." Former venture capitalist and education philanthropist Ted Dintersmith and Education Fellow at the Technology & Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard (whew!) Tony Wagner co-wrote an article about academic testing and what it does not accomplish: Opinion: America desperately needs to redefine ‘college and career ready'. Is it old-fashioned or misguided to wonder what happened to learning for the sake of learning?

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Marshall Ramsey, The Week

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Then there's Trump...again. This time he's insulted the parents of Capt. Humayun Khan, who was killed in Iraq. Trump claims to have sacrificed as much as the Khan family did; the twitter-verse weighed-in.

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David Horsey, The Week

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Meanwhile, Paul Ryan, Republican Speaker of the House, responds.

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Mike Luckovich, The Week

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-- Marge

Cartoons: wordplay

Three of today's cartoons feature a play on words; the fourth is an outlier in more ways than one.

Marshall Ramsey: "Stupor Tuesday"

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Marshall Ramsey, TheWeek

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Bob Gorrell: "Trumped"

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Bob Gorrell, The Week

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Tom Toles: "the T party"

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Tom Toles, The Week

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David Fitzsimmons: Hannibal Lecter vs. Frederick Charles "Freddy" Krueger

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David Fitzsimmons, The Week

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-- Marge

Cartoons: this week's outtakes (hopefully)

Looking at some of the trends from this week's news and editorial views, we see Hollywood producing the presidential election; Judge Judy as Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court; Trump added to Mt. Rushmore; the right to privacy as a fiction (made up by whom?); and the U.S Constitution vs. a cocktail napkin.

The 2016 race and possibly election:

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David Horsey, The Week

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Marshall Ramsey, The Week

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Bill Schorr, The Week

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The DoJ vs. Apple:

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David Fitzsimmons, The Week

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Replacing Scalia:

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Mike Luckovich, The Week

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-- Marge

Cartoons: Gotham City's Batman to the rescue?

It's all politics in my cartoon world today, except for one about the Zika Virus and one about lead levels in Flint vs. those in Pennsylvania. So here are my picks.

Can we all agree that presidential politics have gone to hell in a handbasket, or in this case a dumpster, this election cycle?

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Marshall Ramsey, The Week

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Here's the latest on the main contender--Donald Trump.

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Bob Gorrell, The Week

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There's a possibility of a new contender--Michael Bloomberg, another billionaire. Oligarchy, anyone?

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John Darkow, The Week

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And that's it, Folks.

-- Marge

Cartoons: It's a new year, make yourself at home

Today it's all about New Year's.

We each welcome the new year in our own way.

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Luojie, The Week

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D. Trump will likely moderate (verb) the coming year for us. (This may be the only time you hear the words moderate (adjective) and Donald Trump in the same sentence.) By this time next year Trump will be a fading memory or we will have to listen more attentively to what he has to say.

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Marshall Ramsey, The Week

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It may be best to just keep running and not look back.

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Bob Gorrell, The Week

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I couldn't resist this one--there's still silly humor in the world, thank God.

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Andy Singer, The Week

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Happy New Year!


-- Marge

Cartoons: pretending to be pure

Hypocrisy is an ugly word and even uglier to see in action, but we're seeing a lot of it lately.

O.K. Cuban leaders do not have a clean record when it comes to human rights; but, thanks to America's response to 9/11, neither do we.  See Gitmo.

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John Cole, The Week

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Do you think the Republican Party will ever rejoin humanity?

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Tom Toles, The Week

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Shame on you, Atlanta teachers. What if you catch your students cheating?

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Rick McKee, The Week

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Now that April 15th, aka Tax Day in the U.S., is over, we can laugh.

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Marshall Ramsey, The Week

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-- Marge

Cartoons: mostly about ISIS

Today's selection of cartoons include some observations about ISIS (vs. ISIL), PTSD, and climate change.

To keep up with news on ISIS and related topics, you may want to pin NBC News' ISIS Terror page in your browser. On the other hand you may want to opt out of watching the news on the grounds that it's just another way for the fear mongers to sell stuff.

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Walt Handelsman, The Week

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Marshall Ramsey, The Week

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Cameron Cardow, The Week

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A fair amount has been said about the U.S.'s continuing involvement in the Middle East and Africa. There's a collection of articles at the Economist that dig a little deeper, beginning with "Caliphornia dreamin’"(look for links to the other articles at the bottom of the page). BTW, PTSD is Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. (Had to look it up myself--funny, but perpetual sounds more right.)

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Milt Priggee, The Week

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Citizens supporting global action against climate change demonstrated on the 21st; a report and slideshow are available at the New York Times website.

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Bill Day, The Week

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-- Marge

Cartoons: American democracy for sale

We're back to writing about the Koch Brothers and Republicans yet again.  

Picture U.S. and state governments with only Republicans writing and enforcing legislation.

It's possible, because the big political spenders--the Koch Brothers and Sheldon Adelson--spend Republican.  And the U.S. Supreme Court supports their spending, as shown in this article "Winners and losers from the McCutcheon v. FEC ruling."  If you're tired of seeing the Supreme Court replace democracy with rule by dollar (a plutocracy), you can show your resistance by signing Credo Action's petition to Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia, John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Anthony Kennedy.  Or you can join MoveToAmend and get into the action.

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Supreme corporate justice Scalia, Credo Action

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Here are some editorial cartoons that give more information.

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David Horsey, US News

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Marshall Ramsey, US News

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Pat Bagley, The Week

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--Marge

Cartoon goulash

The cartoons I'm offering today are a mixture of ones that tickled my funny bone or hit green on my truth meter.

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Marshall Ramsey, "The Christmas Miracle," US News

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Ken Catalino, "Got Milk," US News

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Jack Ohman, "GOP Candidate School," The Week

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Michael Ramirez, US News

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Scott Stantis, 'Bull run," the Week

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-- Marge

Humor: Black Friday is coming...

Like winter in Game of Thrones, Black Friday is coming. Have you noticed that retailers are advertising Black Friday as if it's a cultural event? Or is it just my retail-phobia kicking in?  Cartoonists have fun with the sales event every year; meme-makers add to the mix.  Here are some new takes, or takes that seem new to me, on the topic. 

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Marshall Ramsey, Black Friday Deals Today, Creators Syndicate

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pumptime, Black Friday Is Coming, Cheezburger

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David Fitzsimmons, Black Friday Ops, Cagle

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Tchothcky, Not Sure If Looting, Cheezburger

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Adam Zyglis, Walmart, AAEC

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Marcy Bonebright has published a collection of Black Friday memes, titled "Let Internet Memes Explain Why Shopping In-Store on Black Friday Is a #FAIL," at DealNews.  Competition does have benefits.

-- Marge

Cartoons: the Republican circus

Steve Sack, "On Lockdown," The Week

That the Republicans in Congress are holding the government hostage over Obamacare really twists my knickers.  Having lost count of the number of times they've voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA, aka Obamacare, I checked today.  At present it's 42 times.  Fortunately Democrats in the Senate have given the government and Obamacare a little more time.
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Steve Benson, "GOP Circus," Cagle.com

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Michael Ramirez, "Leading From Behind," The Week

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Jim Morin, Miami Herald/McClatchy

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Marshall Ramsey, "Shut Down the Government," USNews

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Mike Luckovich "The Grumpy Old Party," The Week

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A huge thanks to these fine cartoonists for their insights.

-- Marge