Political cartoons for September 4

Friday's political cartoons include military medals, trouble in Texas, and apocalypse stocks

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This cartoon depicts three military awards. The first two are the Purple Heart, awarded for being killed or wounded in action and for extreme acts of valor. The third is a Double Martini, awarded for “Surviving Pete Hegseth”.

(Image credit: Bob Englehart / Copyright 2026 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

Lucy from Peanuts wears a cowboy hat and Texas dress as she holds a football labeled “election”. Charlie Brown wears a “Democrats” shirt as he runs to kick the ball and says, “This time it will be different!”

(Image credit: John Darkow / Copyright 2026 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

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