July 19 editorial cartoons | The Week

published 19 July 2025

This cartoon depicts a giant bomb labeled &ldquo;MEDICAID&rdquo; with a fuse lit by the &ldquo;Big Beautiful Bill.&rdquo; Two Americans stand nearby and one says, &ldquo;I miss the old fireworks&hellip;&rdquo;

This cartoon is dominated by the image of an imposing armed figure dressed in combat gear with a &ldquo;T&rdquo; armband. A smaller woman is labeled &ldquo;STATES&rdquo; and says to the man, &ldquo;Searching for undocumented immigrants?&rdquo; The man responds, &ldquo;No. Now we&rsquo;re here to inspect your election equipment and voter rolls.&rdquo;

Political cartoon — This cartoon is set in Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s office. He’s watching television where Donald Trump holds a sippy cup and says, “I’m firing Fed chair Jerome Powell! No, I won’t! Yes I will! No I won’t! Will too! Nuh-uh! Nyuh-huh! Won’t! Watch me! Pfft” Powell says, ‘When did I become a tariff?”

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