Political cartoons for November 12

Wednesday's editorial cartoons include a Democratic top dog, tariffs or taxes, and anti-woke politics

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This cartoon is titled Schumer in the Doghouse. It depicts an angry dog that looks like Chuck Schumer inside a doghouse with the name “Chuckie” on the top. The U.S. Capital looms far, far away.

(Image credit: Randall Enos / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

This cartoon is a takeoff on the Treachery of Images painting by Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte. This cartoon features a painting of a pipe on the left and the words (in French) “This is not a pipe.” On the right of the image is a painting of a bag of money labeled “$ Trump Tariff Revenue $90B paid by U.S. Citizens” and the words “This is not a tax” in French.

(Image credit: John Cole / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

The main character of thai cartoon is an angry-looking turkey on a farm who is next to a sign that reads “Thanksgiving” with an arrow. The turkey’s feathers are spread wide, and resemble arrows pointing up. Each has a letter that together spell out “Turkey Prices."

(Image credit: Joe Heller / Copyright 2025 Hellertoon.com)

This cartoon takes place on a city sidewalk where a down-on-his-luck man in an old suit stands with his hat in his hand, asking for money. A woman walks by and looks surprised by the sign next to the man, which reads, “Please help me get back to buying risky stocks on margin.”

(Image credit: Harley Schwadron / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

This cartoon depicts an airport gate with tired-looking travelers watching Gavin Newsom on a television tuned to CNN. Newsom says, “They killed the shut-down? Pathetic!” A lady in the airport says, “Does Newsom know he’s on every airport TV in America?”

(Image credit: Chip Bok / Copyright 2025 Creators Syndicate)

This cartoon is set in the Oval Office where Donald Trump sleeps soundly at the desk. An aide next to him says, “The president is merely demonstrating he’s not woke.”

(Image credit: Jack Ohman / Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency)

This political cartoon is titled “The Schumer Shutdown — Phase 2.” It takes place on a cliff where a donkey happily pushes a wheelchair containing a grumpy-looking Chuck Schumer off the edge.

(Image credit: Gary Varvel / Copyright 2025 Creators Syndicate)

This cartoon is two panels with the same donkey in each. In the first he is dressed in shorts and boxing gloves like a prizefighter. He says, “I’m spoiling for a fight and I’m taking off the gloves.” In the second panel, he’s removed the gloves and is punching himself in the head.

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

This cartoon is drawn like the Norman Rockwell painting "Freedom from Want” where a woman puts a wonderful, plump turkey on the holiday table for her large family. In this version, she’s about to put a large box that is filled with folders and is labeled “Epstein Files.” Her family smiles and eagerly awaits it.

(Image credit: Mike Luckovich / Copyright 2025 Creators Syndicate)

The main character of this cartoon is Sen. John Fetterman, who stands tall with a white flag. He’s surrounded by the other senators who voted with him to reopen the government. Chuck Schumer stands nearby and says, “You can always count on Democrats to rally around the flag.”

(Image credit: Michael de Adder / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

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