Political cartoons for December 22

Monday's political cartoons include energy bills, redacted Epstein files, and renaming the Washington Monument

A happy family with a mother, father, and boy and girl celebrate as they look at their stockings on Christmas morning. The stockings are filled with coal and tthe mother holds a “Heating Costs” bill. They all yell happily, “Coal!”

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

This image is titled “The Epstein Files Release” and is completely redacted except for Donald Trump’s eyes looking through a slit in the upper right corner. He says, “See?! I told you I’m not in here!”

(Image credit: Rick McKee / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

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