Cartoon of the Day (6/17/26)

POLITICAL CARTOONS FOR THE WEEK ENDING 6/10/26:

Blanche Removes All Doubt

“I Am Proud to Break the Law for My Lord and Savior, Donald Trump,” Says Acting Attorney General

Trump Nominates Todd Blanche as US Attorney General, Teeing up Senate Fight (Al Jazeera)

Todd Blanche Is Just a Yes-Man for Trump (Democracy Docket - video)

Warning: Trump's Rolling Coup Is Already Underway (Robert Reich)

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Strait Still Closed

Trump Claims Deal Is Near, Then Resumes Bombing

Report From Tehran: Amid More U.S./Iran Bombing, Trump Warns Iran Is ”eadD…Will Pay the Price” (Democracy Now! - video)

Trump Has Locked in High Gas Prices for Summer — and Maybe Longer (Salon)

Western Media Normalize Ethnic Cleansing of Lebanon by Viewing It Through Israel’s Eyes (FAIR)

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60 Minutes Raped

CBS Pledges to Aassault All Real Journalists

Former ‘60 Minutes’ Staffers Unload on Bari Weiss: ‘Everything She’s Touched Has Turned to S—’ (Variety)

Scott Pelley Says Bari Weiss Wanted 60 Minutes to Say Renee Good Was ‘Driving Toward Officer’ (The Guardian)

CBS Gets Brutal Reality Check as Stephen Colbert Decision Backfires Massively (The Damage Report - video)

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Celebrations in Peril

Horrible Weather, Performers Dropping Out

Trump’s 250th Celebration in Ruins as Artists Bail One-by-One (Brian Tyler Cohen - video)

Trump’s UFC Fight Backfires in Huge Humiliation (Brian Tyler Cohen - video)

Rule #1 in the Dictator's Playbook: Crush One to Warn a Thousand (The Hartmann Report)

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Trump Hires Another Henchman

“Absolute Loyalty to Me Is All That Matters,” Despot Says

Oh No: Trump Somehow Does Even Worse Than Tulsi (David Pakman Show - video)

Trump Puts a Political Attack Dog in Charge of US Intelligence (CNN - video)

‘What Exactly Are Bill Pulte’s Qualifications?’: Hakeem Jeffries Flames Trump’s Pick For Acting DNI (Forbes Breaking News - video)

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Inflation Spikes

President Says He Loves It

Trump Bizarrely Reacts to High Inflation: ‘I Love It!’ (Crooks & Liars)

While Slashing Food Aid and Healthcare, GOP Advances Trillion-Dollar Military Budget (Common Dreams)

US Defies Forecasts of Economic Slowdown, but Its Growth Isn’t Making Ordinary People Better Off (The Conversation)

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World Cup to Begin

ICE Seeks to Take Full Advantage of Opportunity

“World Cup of Exclusion”: Games Begin Amid U.S. Visa Restrictions, High Ticket Costs & Iran War (Democracy Now! - video)

Instead of a Soft Power Coup, the World Cup Could Be an ‘Own Goal’ for Donald Trump (The Conversation)

Brutal: Trump Booed Mercilessly at Knicks-Spurs Game 3 (Brian Tyler Cohen - video)

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Despot Eyes Midterms

“It’s Gonna Be Rigged if We Have Them at All,” Despot Promises

Strategist Warns of Trump’s Next Steps as Polling Threatens GOP (AlterNet)

The Equity Docket: Fast-Tracking Exclusion (The Progressive)

“Shaping up to Be a Clean Sweep": Bernie Sanders-Endorsed Candidates Prevail in Primaries (In These Times)

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AI Developing Rapidly

But This Is Not the Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Tech Leaders Promise, Absolutely, Not to Worry…

Tracking the Flood of AI Political Spending (The American Prospect)

MAHA Moms Are Taking on Data Centers (Media Matters)

Google’s New AI-Fueled Search Bar Threatens to Further Upend Journalism Industry (Truthout)

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In Other News

A New Guideline Links Care for Heart, Kidney and Metabolic Diseases (Science News)

Trump Fighting to Hoard Billions From Tariffs Despite Supreme Court Knock-Out (AlterNet)

What’s Really Going on With All the Celebrities Trying to Pinkwash AI (Talking Points Memo)

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