Cartoon of the Day (3/5/26)

POLITICAL CARTOONS FOR THE WEEK ENDING 2/25/26:

Coverup Continues

Despot’s DOJ Refuses to Release All Epstein Files

‘Just Doesn’t Hold up’: DOJ Reportedly Withheld Missing Epstein Files Related to Donald Trump (MS NOW - video)

Epstein Victim’s Diary Reveals Horrific Abuse — and Names Powerful Figures (The Young Turks - video)

Thomas Massie Explodes on DOJ Over Epstein Handling, Names People He Wants Prosecuted (Forbes Breaking News - video)

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Andy Arrested

Former Prince Charged With Sharing State Secrets With Epstein

Epstein Co-Conspirators Panic Amid Huge Update (Brian Tyler Cohen - video)

Carole Cadwalladr on Epstein Fallout: As U.K. Arrests Ex-Prince, Where Is the Accountability in U.S.? (Demovracy Now! - video)

DoJ Released Much More on Epstein’s Israel Ties — but Media Still Aren’t Much Interested (FAIR)

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Despot’s Tariffs Tossed

Supreme Court’s 6-3 Decision Outrages Trump

Supreme Court Rules Against Trump’s Emergency Tariffs — but Leaves Key Questions Unanswered (The Conversation)

Supreme Court Conservatives’ Favorite Anti-Regulatory Trick Comes for Trump’s Tariffs (Talking Points Memo)

Trump's Tariffs Voided, Kash Patel Crashes US Hockey Celebration, Iran War Looms (The Daily Show - video)

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Despot Flails

State of the Union Puts Trump’s Derangement on Full Display

The SOTU Clips That Should Prove Disastrous for Trump and the GOP (The American Prospect)

Trump Slammed for ‘Bragging’ He Kicked Millions Off Food Stamps (New Civil Rights Movement)

Trump’s State of the Union Ignored the Root Cause of Affordability Problems (In These Times)

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Trump Goes Full Despot

“Sometimes a Country Needs a Despot,” President Says

Trump Sends Supreme Court Clear Message: I Am the Law (Salon)

WaPo: Trump Urged to Declare Emergency to Seize Control of Elections (Daily Kos)

Pardons, Policy, and Profits: Where Does Governance End and Grift Begin? (The Hartmann Report)

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Patel Parties

FBI Director Spends Taxpayer Money to Attend Olympics

Patel Sparks Outrage Partying With Team USA as MAGA Cheers Him on (The Hill)

Jake Tapper in Disbelief at ‘Beer-Soaked’ Kash Patel’s Defense of Olympics Trip (Raw Story)

Did Patel Plane Use Cause Fatal FBI Delay After RI Mass Shooting? (Crooks & Liars)

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ICE Terror Continues

Detention Centers Being Built Nationwide

The Corporations Quietly Backing ICE (Robert Reich - video)

Democrats Demand Answers for Federal Prison Staffing Shortage After Corrections Officers Flee for ICE Jobs (ProPublica)

The Latest Crackdown on Pro-Palestinian Organizations (In These Times)

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CBS Sucks

Kneepads Issued to All Reporters

Why CBS Didn’t Broadcast Stephen Colbert’s Interview With James Talarico (The Late Show With Stephen Colbert - video)

Senate Democrats Investigate CBS Over Blocked Colbert Interview (The Guardian)

Colbert Hits Back at CBS’ Statement as Row Over Texas Democrat Interview Implodes (Time)

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Johnson Confident of Victory

Speaker Says Midterms Likely to Increase His Party’s Majority

Mike Johnson Panics About Losing the House in 2026 Midterms (The New Republic)

Special Elections Pattern Suggests GOP Could Face Rout in Midterms (Salon)

GOP Helpless to Stop MAGA From Digging Their Grave: Analysis (AlterNet)

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In Other News

Rep. AOC Speaks at the 62nd Munich Security Conference on ‘The Rise of Populism’ (RepAOC - video)

Israel’s “Yellow Line” Is a Death Trap for Palestinians. We Drove Into It. (Truthout)

Anthropic’s Showdown With the US Department of War May Literally Mean Life or Death — for All of Us (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists)

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