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RFK JR. takes scientific advice from his brain worm | June 11 editorial cartoons

Wednesday's political cartoons include the removal of medical experts from the Centers for Disease Control, the Village People, and Donald Trump as a Home Despot at Home Depot

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By The Week US

published 11 June 2025

This political cartoon depicts a confused-looking Robert F. Kennedy Jr. seated at a desk. Worms are coming out of his ears and he has a glass of “crick water” next to him. He says, “I removed all 17 members of CDC’s vaccine advisory comm…because I’m already listening to those in my ears!” His nameplate reads, R.F. Kennedy Jr., Sec. of Alternative Thinkin'

This cartoon depicts four of six members of the Village People on a stage: the construction worker, a man in leather, the cowboy, and the Native America. A woman next to the stage says, “Hey! I paid for all the Village People to perform at my party!” The construction worker performer responds, “Sorry.. Trump deployed our cop and soldier to the L.A. protests.”

This cartoon depicts three Black Americans in the 1800s outside a modest home. One man is chopping wood. A woman stands in the door. A third man has just arrived and says, “We were freed two and a half years ago, but anyone who tried to pass on the message got sued for reverse discrimination.”

This editorial cartoon takes place outside The Home Depot. Donald Trump is in a tank labeled “National Guard”. An arrow points to him with the words, “The Home Despot.” He's headed to arrest people who have seen a sign that reads, "Day Labor in Parking Lot".

This cartoon is set in a bookstore. A boy has a book in his hand and says to the female clerk behind the counter, “Do you have this in a video game?”

This editorial cartoon takes place on the scenes of an anti-ICE protest in Los Angeles. A female newscaster is at left with a camera man and another man. They are surrounded by flames and look at a shirtless man standing on a raised platform holding a Mexican flag. The man says to the newscaster, “We have to hire Mexicans to do the rioting Americans won’t do.”

This editorial cartoon is set at a baseball game. The reader is behind the pitcher, who is an elephant labeled “House” holding a giant, overstuffed ball labeled “2025 Budgetball” Its seams are ripped and its overflowing with tax cuts and medicaid cuts. The batter at home plate is a donkey. The catcher is obscured by a giant mitt labeled “Senate.”

This editorial cartoon is set outside where an alien is standing next to his UFO and a staircase leading into the UFO. A human arrives on the scene with his suitcases packed and says to the alien, “Take me to your leader!”

This cartoon depicts Vladimir Putin on the left and Donald Trump on the right. Putin looks at a wall map of Ukraine. Trump looks at one of the USA. Putin says, “No surrender yet, but hopefully will soon have it completed under my control…” Trump responds, “Ditto.”

This cartoon shows empty seats at a panel labeled “Vaccine committee.” RFK Jr. is at right putting a chicken labeled “Dr. Quack” on the committee. He says, “Fixed it.”

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