Political cartoons for January 5

Monday’s political cartoons include drug lords, AI consuming the news, and more

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Nicolás Maduro sits in jail cell. He looks warily at an attorney, who is dressed in a suit and holds a briefcase. The attorney says, “The bad news is you’ve been arrested for being a drug lord..The good news is that Trump loves to pardon drug lords.”

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

A man holds a print newspaper. The newspaper is becoming increasingly difficult to read because three robotic creatures that resemble caterpillars are eating the paper.

(Image credit: Hajo de Reijger)

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