August 28 editorial cartoons | The Week

This cartoon depicts a small woman and a small man on a small couch in the corner of the image. The rest of the image is dominated by words of current events including, &ldquo;RUSSIA&rdquo;, &ldquo;UKRAINE&rdquo;, &ldquo;CRIME CRACKDOWN&rdquo; &ldquo;PROTESTS&rdquo; &ldquo;INTEREST RATES&rdquo;, &ldquo;REDISTRICTING&rdquo;, &ldquo;TRUMP&rdquo;, and &ldquo;CONGRESS&rdquo;. The woman says to the man, &ldquo;Big news! Taylor and Travis are engaged!&rdquo;

In this cartoon, Donald Trump is behind the presidential podium taking questions from reporters. One asks him, &ldquo;What part of mail-in voting and voting machines do you think is most objectionable?&rdquo; Trump responds, &ldquo;The voting part.&rdquo;

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A man and a woman walk past a newspaper box in this cartoon. The paper in the box reads, “Swift, Kelce to wed”. The woman says, “Shouldn’t we be focused on more important things like the cracker barrel logo?”

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

This political cartoon depicts Gavin Newsom in a barber&rsquo;s chair looking at himself in a hand-held mirror. Newsom is looking at his new hairstyle, which looks like Donald Trump&rsquo;s. The barber says, &ldquo;Gov. Newsom, imitating Trump&rsquo;s posts on X is one thing, but this is creepy.&rdquo;

This cartoon is titled &ldquo;ANOTHER school shooting is&hellip;&rdquo; and features three people. The first is a woman and she says, &ldquo;Horrific.&rdquo; The second is a man and he says, &ldquo;Tragic.&rdquo; The third is a man with an NRA hat who hugs an automatic rifle. He says, &ldquo;A price I&rsquo;m willing to pay.&rdquo;

This cartoon shows a man on the sidewalk standing by a storefront of a business named &ldquo;Artificial Intelligence Inc.&rdquo; The man looks at the sign in the store&rsquo;s window that reads, &ldquo;Now hiring: A few token humans.&rdquo;

This editorial cartoon is a take-off on the &ldquo;Back to the Future&rdquo; films. An elephant steps out of the time-traveling Delorian and says, &ldquo;Great scott! It worked, Marty! I went back in time and had all references to slavery erased from history!&rdquo; A character that resembles Marty McFly says, &ldquo;What&rsquo;s slavery, Doc?&rdquo;

This cartoon shows a newscaster on a newschannel named &ldquo;24 hour news&rdquo;. He says, &ldquo;There&rsquo;s been another senseless shooting. Stay with us as we spend hours and hours discussing the killer and his quest for notoriety.&rdquo;

This cartoon is titled &ldquo;On Your Mark&hellip;&rdquo; It puts the viewer above a racetrack with the words &ldquo;Gerrymandering&rdquo; written on the side. Two cars labeled &ldquo;GOP&rdquo; and &ldquo;DEMS&rdquo; are at the starting line of the racetrack that leads off the edge of a cliff. The starter for the race holds a flag and is labeled &ldquo;politics&rdquo;.

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