Cartoon of the Day (6/5/26)

POLITICAL CARTOONS FOR THE WEEK ENDING 6/3/26:

Despot Funds Private Army

Attorney General Declares War on Constitution

“Fraud on the Court”: Even as DOJ Drops $1.8B Settlement Fund, Judge Reopens Case over Collusion (Democracy Now! - video)

OMG: Trump’s Attorney General Caught in Brutal Moment (Brian Tyler Cohen - video)

Senate Republicans Narrowly Block Bid to Bar Trump’s $1.8bn Fund to Pay Allies (The Guardian)

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Excursion Continues

Over $100 Billion Spent, Strait Still Closed

Trump Can’t Negotiate for S**t, and the Iran Peace Talks Prove It (The Daily Show - video)

Israel Adds to Its Constant Ceasefire Violations With Plans to Take More of Gaza (Truthout)

US House Votes to End Trump’s Iran War: Does It Matter? (Al Jazeera)

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Concentration Camps Expanding

Inhumane Conditions Appropriate, Administration Says

When Do ‘Detention Centers’ Become ‘Concentration Camps’? Experts Look to History (The Marshall Project)

ICE-Cold Cash: Members of Congress Took More Than $1.7 Million from ICE Contractors (in These Times)

Senate GOP’s Reconciliation Bill Sets a ‘Very Bad Precedent’ (Talking Points Memo)

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Cabinet Shakeup

Loyalty to Trump, Cruelty to His Opponents Still Central Qualifications

Trump Just Handed Himself a Loyalty Weapon With One Quiet Order: Ex-Official (New Civil Rights Movement)

Fox Host Stuns Trump Stooge With One Simple Question (David Parkman Show - video)

A Good Election Night for Progressives (The American Prospect)

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Trump Branding Escalates

“United States of Trump” Being Considered by Congress

Kennedy Center Staff Ordered to Remove Trump’s Name ASAP (AlterNet)

Trump Left Seething as Vanity Project Collapses in Real Time (Rebel HQ - video)

Bret Baier Said Over a Year Ago That the Press Had a Duty to Scrutinize Trump Family Corruption. He's Since Given That Topic 5 Minutes of Airtime. (Media Matters)

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Spineless MFers Back Despot

“He’s the Greatest Person Ever to Walk the Earth,” Says Ted Cruz

Trump’s Scheme to Rig the Midterms (Robert Reich - video)

Trump’s Pardons: Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (Last Week Tonight - video)

Nombshell Firing Stuns Washington DC (Brian Tyler Cohen - video)

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Despot Backs Paxton

Texas Republicans All in on Corrupt Adulterer

Texas Senate Race Shows the Rot Runs Deeper Than Trump (Salon)

In Alabama, the Roberts Court Hands Republicans Yet Another Shocking Gerrymandering Win (Mother Jones)

Texas State Takeover of Local School Districts Expands, Raising Concerns (ProPublica)

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Earth Continues Warming

Earth Not Warming, Trump Says

The Outlook for a Climate-Regulating Ocean Current Is…Not Good (Science News)

The Wasting Disease Threatening US Science and ‘Patient Earth’ (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists)

Facing Climate Anxiety With Visual Comedy: ‘World Without End’ Graphic Artist Christophe Blain (EcoWatch)

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Data Centers in Demand

Environmental Concerns Dismissed by White House

Voters in California City Become First in US to Approve Permanent Ban on Data Centers (Common Dreams)

From Oversight to Coercion: How Authoritarian Governments Are Twisting AI Safety to Get Tech Companies to Fall in Line (The Conversation)

I Read the Pope’s Encyclical on A.I. I’m Astounded By What He Wrote. (Slate)

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In Other News

The Crisis We Are Causing in Cuba (The Progressive)

Stephen Miller Exposed With Damning Leaked Texts! Elon Musk Caught Red-Handed! (IHIP News - video)

What Would America Look Like Without Citizens United? (The Hartmann Report)

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