Political cartoons for May 26

Tuesday’s political cartoons include invasive species, invasive thoughts, and more

This cartoon is titled “INVASIVE SPECIES” and depicts six different creatures, including a stink bug, lionfish, boa constrictor, feral hog, and a cane toad. The final creature is a buzzard labeled “Private equity” and it says, “I bought the entire housing market.”

(Image credit: Drew Sheneman / Copyright 2026 Tribune Content Agency)

A donkey with a 2026 shirt is at the morgue looking at the corpse of another donkey that is covered with a blanket labeled “2024 elections.” A doctor holds an “election autopsy”. The donkey with the 2026 shirt thinks to itself, “Please don’t say it’s hereditary…Please don’t say it’s hereditary…”

(Image credit: Christopher Weyant / Copyright 2026 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

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