August 25 editorial cartoons

Monday's political cartoons include Democrats losing voters, fast-food financing, and back-to-school safety

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This cartoon depicts a donkey picking up cushions as he searches through a couch. He’s being watched by an elephant with rolled eyes. The donkey says, “We Democrats have lost 4.5 million voters. The first place to look is under the cushions.”

(Image credit: Gary McCoy / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

This cartoon is titled “Rosie the Robot says Happy Labor Day!” It depicts a robot labeled “AI” making the famous “Rose the Riveter" pose from World War II as she says, “We can do it!”

(Image credit: John Darkow / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

This cartoon is titled “A Sign of the Times”. It shows a McDonald’s fast food sign with the words “Drive-Thru” and “Financing Available” underneath. A smaller sign with an arrow pointing up reads “Fast Food Prices”.

(Image credit: Michael Ramirez / Copyright 2025 Creators Syndicate)

This cartoon depicts a child shopping at a store during a back to school sale. The child wears a helmet and a military-style vest. She says to a clerk, “Does Kevlar come in polka-dots?”

(Image credit: Bruce Plante / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

This cartoon shows an alligator with a judge’s gavel in its mouth. The gavel is labeled “Courts” and it prevents the gator from chomping. The alligator is labeled “DeSantis” and “Alligator Alcatraz”.

(Image credit: Bill Day / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

In this cartoon, the State of Liberty stands on a pile of straw labeled “Gerrymandering”. An elephant and a donkey stand nearby with flaming torches.

(Image credit: Bill Bramhall / Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency)

This cartoon shows Vladimir Putin shouting and apparently hearing an echo in the first three frames. He says “No ceasefire in Ukraine!” “Russia must get land for peace!” Mail-in ballots are a terrible idea!” Each is echoed back to him. In the final panel, he says, “That was amusing, Donald, we should do it again sometime!’ Trump appears and says, “Oh we will Vladimir, we will.”

(Image credit: David Horsey / Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency)

In this cartoon, a donkey is cooking a pot with the words “Crime stats” in it. An elephant asks him, “What’s cooking?”

(Image credit: Dana Summers / Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency)

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(Image credit: Steve Breen / Copyright 2025 Creators Syndicate)

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