October 2 editorial cartoons

Thursday's political cartoons include ICE on the prowl, Democratic Party leverage, and a difference between Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump.

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This political cartoon takes place in a kitchen where a woman sits at a table, paying the bills and holding a phone to her ear. She listens and looks surprised as the voice on the phone says, “If you press 1 to hear this message in Spanish, ICE will appear at your door…”

(Image credit: John Deering / Copyright 2025 Creators Syndicate)

Uncle Sam drives a crane in this editorial cartoon. He’s outside the U.S. Capitol building and is near a large road sign that says, “Shutdown Blame Game.” Uncle Sam’s crane is moving a new piece of the sign that reads “UP” so the larger sign becomes “Shut Up.” He says, Can you blame me?”

(Image credit: Joe Heller / Copyright 2025 Hellertoon.com)

This cartoon depicts a decorated military man showing his medals to a man and a woman. The military man says, “This one’s for making it through Trump’s rambling blather at Quantico.”

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

This cartoon takes place on a window ledge where a donkey in a suit balances precariously and holds a newspaper that reads, “Shutdown.” The donkey says, “Give us what we want or we’ll jump. Hello? Anyone?”

(Image credit: Michael Ramirez / Copyright 2025 Creators Syndicate)

Two dinosaurs look scared in this political cartoon as they watch a meteorite streaming toward Earth, about to crash. One dinosaur says, “Soybean farmers call it a tariff.”

(Image credit: Marshall Ramsey / Copyright 2025 Creators Syndicate)

This cartoon takes place in the Oval Office where Donald Trump speaks to Stephen Miller and Russ Vought. Trump is putting on the carpet and says, “I’d love to keep my promise, but until the radical leftist antifa Democrats — also woke — reopen the government, we simply don’t have the funding to release the Epstein files.”

(Image credit: Pat Byrnes / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

This cartoon depicts the U.S. Capitol building split in half. Uncle Sam flies by in a helicopter with a giant tune of Krazy Glue.

(Image credit: Walt Handelsman / Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency)

This is a two panel political cartoon. On the left, a smiling Ronald Reagan stands in front of a shining U.S. Capitol building and says, “Shining city on a hill!” At right, Donald Trump stands in front of a war-torn city with bombs falling, tanks rolling, and bombers flying by. Trump says, “Training city for my hell!”

(Image credit: Jack Ohman / Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency)

This cartoon takes place outside the U.S. Capitol where two elephants are dressed in brightly colored safety gear. They are about to blow up a giant pile of dynamite labeled “Project 2025” with a plunger that says "Government demolition Trump TNT.” There are donkeys nearby with signs that read “No deal? No budget!” and “SAVE ACA Health care subsidies.” One elephant says, “Hold on! Maybe we can do this without getting blamed for it.”

(Image credit: R.J. Matson / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

This cartoon depicts an overweight Donald Trump watching Pete Hegseth on television. Trump look surprised as Hegseth says, “No more fat generals…It’s a bad look.”

(Image credit: Chip Bok / Copyright 2025 Creators Syndicate)

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