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July 16 editorial cartoons

Wednesday’s political cartoons include the Epstein files landing on everyone's summer reading list, and the relationship between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin

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published 16 July 2025

This political cartoon depicts a man and woman in summer clothes outside a bookstore. They are looking at their phones. The bookstore has a sign in the window that reads “Top Summer Reading Wish List.” The sign below that sign has a bunch of topics that spell out “EPSTEIN” with their first letter. The topics are Entertainment, Paranormal, Sci-Fi, True Crime, Events in History, Interesting Memories and Nonfiction.

This cartoon takes place in a hospital room. A man is in bed speaking to a woman. The man says, “Six months? I was in a coma for six months?? You mean I missed Trump ending the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, bringing down inflation, and releasing the Epstein files?”

This cartoon depicts a massive ocean tidal wave labeled “FEDERAL CUTS” A woman is on a small float about to be hit by the wave. She wears a shirt that reads “States” and her small float is labeled “Budget Cuts.” She says, “All I can do now is hold my breath.”

This cartoon is titled “Latest Explanation.” A dog is in a corner eating a stack of paper labeled “Epstein.”

This editorial cartoon takes place in a kitchen where a masked ICE agent is eating a bowl of Count Chocula cereal. His wife says to him, “Don’t eat with your mask on, honey!”

This cartoon depicts a man and a woman seated in front of a television watching the news. It’s titled “Darn near the last words of free speech ever uttered by Mr. and Mrs. Complacency.” The man says, “Oh, none of this will have any effect on us whatsoever” as there is then a knock on the door.

This cartoon takes place outside where a man and a woman are looking at a large weather vane labelled “On, Off, On, Off” on top of the White House. The woman says, “It has nothing to do with the weather! It’s about tariffs!”

This is a four-panel cartoon featuring a woman interviewing a man in a red MAGA hat. The woman says, “We’re at day 177 of Donald Trump’s second term as president. Your thoughts?” The man responds, “The president needs to keep fighting and drain the swamp.” He continues, “The cabal of deep state elites want to stop the truth from getting out.” The woman says, “Isn’t President Trump himself the Deep-State at this point?” The man responds, “Nobody said it would be easy.”

This cartoon takes place on a road in the middle of a war-torn landscape. A shirtless Vladimir Putin holds a leash attached to Donald Trump, who is walking on all fours. Trump says, “I’m starting to think you’re stringing me along.”

Donald Trump stands at left in this cartoon, speaking to Vladimir Putin, who sits in a chair smoking a cigarette and wears a leather jacket. Putin is reading a paper titled “Ukraine.” Trump points at him and says, “I’m disappointed in you, young man!” Putin responds, “Yeah, yeah, whatever.”

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