Political cartoons for January 14 | The Week

This cartoon depicts Fed Chair Jerome Powell in a courtroom. He stands before an imposing model of the Federal Reserve building. Pam Bondi is sitting behind the model, like a judge. She holds a gavel and says, &ldquo;For the crime of not lowering interest rates fast enough&hellip;&rdquo;

An older woman and man sit at their dining room table working to pay holiday bills. The woman has a checkbox and calculator. She says, &ldquo;If we&rsquo;re lucky, we&rsquo;ll have the credit cards paid off in time to start charging for next year&rsquo;s holiday gifts.&rdquo;

This cartoon depicts Iran&rsquo;s Ayatollah as a fraying figure made of string. The string comes from a ball of string labeled &ldquo;FREEDOM&rdquo;.

A worried woman and man stare at a circular image of a large skull and crossbones with the words &ldquo;The Great Seal of the United States of America&rdquo; around it. The woman says, &ldquo;I like the old seal better!&rdquo;

Donald Trump is drawn as a pig-like figure in this cartoon. He holds a lighter and is about to set a can of gasoline on fire. There are two quotes next to him. The first is from George Orwell&rsquo;s 1984 and reads, &ldquo;The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes &amp; ears. It was their final and most essential command.&rdquo; The next quote is from Trump and reads, &ldquo;What you&rsquo;re seeing and what you&rsquo;re hearing is not what&rsquo;s happening!&rdquo;

The Statue of Liberty dominates this cartoon. But this version has been drawn to look like a Trumper woman, with comically large lips, enhanced breasts, and long fingernails. New York City is in the background and there&rsquo;s a boat on the water. A voice from the boat says, &ldquo;Oh no! Mar-A-Lago face!&rdquo;

This cartoon is titled &ldquo;Separated at Birth.&rdquo; It features a bloody Donald Trump on the left and a bloody Ayatollah on the right. They both speak the same message: &ldquo;I deploy our security forces as protection against foreign foes and domestic terrorists.&rdquo;

This cartoon is titled &ldquo;The World According to Trump&rdquo;. It depicts Earth and the land is formed into the shape of Trump&rsquo;s ugly face.

A masked ICE agent is crushing a fallen Statue of Liberty in this cartoon. The man is on his knees, which are on Lady Liberty&rsquo;s neck. She says, &ldquo;I can&rsquo;t breathe&hellip;&rdquo;

Donald Trump and Steven Miller are on the roof of the White House. There&rsquo;s a protest going on in the street below. People carry signs that read, &ldquo;BLM&rdquo;, &ldquo;No Kings&rdquo;, &ldquo;Release the Epstein Files&rdquo;, &ldquo;Ban ICE&rdquo;, &ldquo;Doge Sucks&rdquo; and &ldquo;End hate!&rdquo; Smoke in the sky spells out the words &ldquo;Free Iran&rdquo;. Miller, who is surrounded by bats, says to Trump, who holds a tear gas gun, &ldquo;Nice tear gas shooting sir.&rdquo;

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