August 26 editorial cartoons

Tuesday’s political cartoons include a simple guide to gerrymandering, a MAGA-approved Cracker Barrel logo, and an FBI raid at John Bolton's house

This cartoon is called “Gerrymandering, Simplified.” It depicts a redistricting map with many sections labeled “US” that surround a screw-shaped section labeled “Them”.

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

This work is titled “New MAGA-Approved Logo” and is a satire of the Cracker Barrel logo. In this version, the restaurant is named “Crackers Only”. Donald Trump leans on a barrel holding a pile of papers labeled “Deportation Only.”

(Image credit: Rick McKee / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

This cartoon depicts two elephants in suits in a Washington DC Office. They are writing on a chalkboard. The chalkboard reads, “Texas Gerrymandering. Mail-in Ballot Ban. Voting machine ban. Voter suppression laws. 2020 election lies. January 6. Russian Meddling. ‘I just want to find 11,780’ votes.’ One elephant says, “The Democratic Party has lost millions of voters!” The other responds, “Great…So why do we have to cheat to win?”

(Image credit: Clay Jones / Copyright 2025 Claytoonz)

This cartoon shows FBI agents wheeling files out of a suburban house. An FBI agent shows a warrant to a woman at the house. The woman speaks into a phone and says, “Mr. Bolton? The FBI is here to search your house for anything to distract from the Epstein files.” Two smaller agents are in the corner of the cartoon. One says, “Tomorrow, he’ll go back on the White House roof!” The other responds, “Yeah, the media loves that!”

(Image credit: John Deering / Copyright 2025 Creators Syndicate)

This cartoon is titled “Stolen Valor” and depicts Donald Trump in a faux-miitary outfit that is covered in medals and a name tag that says “Gen. Bone Spurs”. Trump says, “This one I received for using troops to distract from my being all over the Epstein files! And this one is for liberating the Smithsonian from the history of slavery. This one I gave myself for arresting landscapers on their way to work!”

(Image credit: Christopher Weyant / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

This cartoon depicts Palestine as a loaf of smoking, destroyed bread. A bloody knife with an Israeli flag has sliced through half the bread.

(Image credit: Marco De Angelis / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

In this cartoon, an Intel logo has been cracked open and dropped into the ground. Donald Trump leans over and says, “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.”

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

This is a two-panel political cartoon titled “Trump’s Smithsonian: A Guided Tour”. The top and bottom panel both depict exhibits at the museum labeled with different historical eras and revisionist titles. From top left, the first panel shows an exhibit on "KING GEORGE III, THE MISUNDERSTOOD MONARCH." The next panel is on "JEFFERSON DAVIS & JUSTICE ROGER B. TANEY, PROTECTING WHITE AGRICULTURE AND SEC FOOTBALL HERITAGE." An adjacent panel is on "A. LINCOLN: DEI ENABLER," with the words, "Was he really that honest?"Below, a panel shows the "RED STATE RENAISSANCE, 1861-1865" with a Confederate flag and the caption, "They were this close!" and "The good ol' red, white & blue." The next exhibit is on "'ROBBER BARONS,' PLUCKY ENTREPRENEURS AND JOB CREATORS," with a sack of money that reads, "They earned this totally honestly." The next exhibit is "WORLD WAR II: THE TEMPORARY 'SO-CALLED' VICTORY," with a smiling Hitler face and a train schedule that says, "On time." The final exhibit is "THE ERA OF TRUMP(S) 2017 to infinity," and lists the reigns of members of the Trump family. Donald Trump is here and says, Wut?”

(Image credit: Jack Ohman / Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency)

This cartoon is titled "FLYOVER STATES" and shows five large arrows pointing upward. The two light-colored arrows on the sides represent "WEST COAST BIG CITY RATES" and "EAST COAST BIG CITY RATES." The three taller dark-colored arrows are labeled "VIOLENT CRIME RATES IN RED STATES” Two National Guard planes fly above the arrows bypassing the red states in favor of the states with less crime.

(Image credit: Joe Heller / Copyright 2025 Hellertoon.com)

This is a two-panel cartoon comparing two different buildings. The left panel is labeled “Government School” and shows a crumbling Chicago Public Schools building with a broken window. The right panel is labeled “Government Company” and depicts a modern-looking Intel headquarters building with a freshly broken window.

(Image credit: Chip Bok / Copyright 2025 Creators Syndicate)

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