October 6 editorial cartoons

Monday’s political cartoons include bad news overload, Donald Trump repeatedly crossing a red line, and the Statue of Liberty fallen on hard times

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This cartoon takes place in a living room where a man is reclined in a chair sound asleep in front of the television. Two women look at him and one says, “With all the terrible stuff in the news, Herb ‘shut down’ a long time ago!”

(Image credit: John Darkow / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

This political cartoon is drawn in a sad, lonesome way and depicts the Statue of Liberty sleeping on a New York park bench like a homeless person. She is covered by newspapers and has dropped her torch on the ground.

(Image credit: Marco De Angelis / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

This editorial cartoon is dominated by the image of a large electronic machine labeled “A.I. Data Canter” It’s being powered by a squeaky hamster wheel labeled “The Grid.” A tired hamster spins the wheel.

(Image credit: John Cole / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

This political cartoon is titled “RED LINES” and is dominated by many, many small signs in the ground related to bad things Donald Trump has done, including “Lying” “Grab ‘em by the pussy” “Fraud” “Corruption” “Hiring RFK Jr.” ‘Putin Love Fest,” “ICE Raids,” “Pardoning domestic terrorists,” “Inciting J-6,” and many, many more. Trump walks through the signs trailing a red line of paint. There are two donkeys with an empty can of red paint and one says, “We need more paint.”

(Image credit: Chris Britt / Copyright 2025 Creators Syndicate)

This editorial cartoon shows a tourist boat on the Hudson River in New York floating past the base where the Statue of Liberty used to be. A tour guide on the boat says, “Before deportation she was a beloved member of the community for 139 years…”

(Image credit: Mike Luckovich / Copyright 2025 Creators Syndicate)

This two panel cartoon depicts the Pentagon on the left and the U.S. Capitol building on the right. Both fly “T” flags outside. The Pentagon is labeled “U.S. Dept of War” and the Capital is labeled “U.S. Department of Surrender: Zzzzzz”

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

In this cartoon, a man in a tuxedo and sunglasses smiles as he holds an Academy Award and is accompanied by a beautiful woman in an elegant dress and jewelry. Two other women in fancy dresses watch and one says, “He won the best actress Oscar for writing the AI prompts to create Tilly Norwood.”

(Image credit: Steve Breen / Copyright 2025 Creators Syndicate)

This editorial cartoon depicts Donald Trump with a gas can next to a raging fire with many different words, including “allies” “norms” “epstein files” “insult top military brass” “science” “checks and balances” and “indict political enemies.” Trump says, “We’re the hottest country right now…”

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

This is a dystopian editorial cartoon titled “Future Nostalgia.” It takes place in a bar where everyone wears a helmet that is connected to a drink or a drink and a cigarette. Outside the bar, there’s a mushroom cloud, a dumpster fire, and a stray dog eating a man who has fallen down. One man in the bar says, “Cmon! Deranged leaders, kleptocratic oligarchy, environmental collapse, faux Christianity, scam culture, and deepfake disinfo! Good old days” Another man looks askew at the talker and reports him by speaking into his watch to the authorities, “Homeland? C-level ‘enemy within’ brave sector…”

(Image credit: Joel Pett / Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency)

This cartoon depicts two donkeys whispering to each other as Mike Johnson sweats and talks. One elephant whispers, “If the shutdown is the Democrats’ fault.. Then why are we lying?” They are listening to Johnson, who says, “Democrats want to fund healthcare for ‘illegals,’ food stamps for drag queens, EV batteries for Venezuelan drug boats, sunshine and lollipops for antifa, and free unicorns for trans generals playing on women’s swim teams trying to release the Epstein files…”

(Image credit: Clay Jones / Copyright 2025 Claytoonz)

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