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July 17 editorial cartoons

Thursday’s political cartoons include the IRS allowing churches to endorse from the pulpit, and what Donald Trump thinks the letters ICE really stand for

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published 17 July 2025

This cartoon depicts Moses with a long white beard and a shepherd’s staff leading his flock into a threatening-looking swamp. A snake labeled “politics” watches and the words “Churches can now endorse candidates from the pulpit — IRS” float in the swampy water. One of the members of the flock says, “So, no parting. We’re just gonna wade into this swamp?

This political cartoon shows the outside of a building that was formerly the Department of Education building. It has been renamed to “The Donald Trump Center for Kids Who Can’t Read Good.”

This cartoon shows a satisfied-looking Donald Trump sitting at his desk. He’s thinking to himself, “I-C-E. I Control Everything.”

This editorial cartoon shows a fang-toothed alligator with a bird sitting on its back in a swamp. The alligator looks at a sign on a barbed-wire fence that reads, “ICE — Alligator Alcatraz — Cruelty is Job One.” The alligator says, “And they say I’m cold blooded!”

This cartoon depicts a man in a suit who holds a briefcase that reads “EU + Israel”. He’s looking into an empty bowl held by a starving child labeled “GAZA”. The man says, “I see a positive development!”

This cartoon shows a grumpy Donald Trump wearing a MAGA hat that is filled with red on the bottom half but is empty on the top. A gauge on the side of the hat resembles a fuel gauge from a car and shows that the hat is now only half full.

This cartoon features an oversized, overweight alligator labeled “EPSTEIN FILE” eating Donald Trump as two men in suits look on. Trump says, “We need to let this story die.”

This cartoon shows Donald Trump at his desk. He’s leaning back in his chair with his arms folded behind his head as he thinks to himself, “Short term goal: privatize everything! Long term goal: My face on Mt. Rushmore!”

This is a four panel political cartoon set at a busy port with a commercial ship being loaded with cargo. The ship gets filled to the brim with containers and leaves the port. It is drawn in such a way that it cleverly resembles a skull atop a skeleton as it heads out to sea.

This is a two-panel cartoon. The left side shows an elephant in a suit with a button that identifies him as a member of the Tennessee legislature. He says, “Federal funding for education has ‘strings attached!’” In the next panel, a man in a suit labeled “Dept. of Ed.” is about to be hung from a noose attached to a tree that is labeled “Tump + SCOTUS”. The Tennessee legislator says, “And I’m just fine with that…”

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