Political cartoons: The No Kings rally and Kristi Noem vs. frogs | The Week

published 22 October 2025

This cartoon depicts a woman returning home as she walks through her front door holding a &ldquo;No Kings Rally&rdquo; sign. She speaks to her husband, who is watching television and says &ldquo;I think he got the message.&rdquo; The husband looks at the TV screen headline that reads, &ldquo;White House demolition begins for king-size grand ballroom&rdquo; and shows Donald Trump driving a bulldozer destroying part of the White House. The husband says, &ldquo;Yeah, about that&hellip;&rdquo;

On the left, this political cartoon depicts a person in a frog costume holding a sign that reads, &ldquo;Frogs against facism.&rdquo; A caricature of Kristi Noem is at right. She holds an automatic rifle and is dressed in a cowboy hat, short shorts, military vest, and cowboy boots. She has large red lips and earrings. She says, &ldquo;By the way, your inflatable frog costume is ridiculous!&rdquo;

This cartoon takes place outside where a lion and an animal with antlers warily watch a large elephant. The elephant is goose-stepping and has an Adolf Hitler mustache. The lion says, &ldquo;Young Republican.&rdquo;

This cartoon takes place at the front door of a house where a little girl has just answered the door. The comical figure at the door is a poorly-disguised group of men standing on each other&rsquo;s shoulders with a trenchcoat, hat, fake mustache and glasses. They hold a clipboard and say, &ldquo;Greetings resident offspring! We are merely a concerned citizen collecting signatures!&rdquo; The little girl points at the figure and says, &ldquo;Mom! It&rsquo;s Republicans trying to pull another fast one with the redistricting maps!&rdquo; The little girl&rsquo;s dog growls at the figure.

This is a two-panel political cartoon titled &ldquo;Attire for defeating fascism.&rdquo; The left panel is dated 1945 and displays a typical American soldier from World War II. The right panel is dated 2025 and depicts a person in a frog costume.

This cartoon depicts a swimming mask and a snorkel. It&rsquo;s titled &ldquo;Louisiana&rsquo;s new scaled-back plan to address coastal erosion and deadly flooding&hellip;&rdquo;

This political cartoon is set on a farm among soybean crops. Two farmers look at a terrifying scarecrow that looks like Donald Trump. The scarecrow&rsquo;s tie has the words &ldquo;tariffs&rdquo; written on it. One farmer says to the other, &ldquo;It scared off our foreign buyers.&rdquo;

This cartoon depicts Donald Trump in a bulldozer destroying part of the White House that is labeled &ldquo;America.&rdquo; He says, &ldquo;When you&rsquo;re a star, they let you do it! You can do anything!&rdquo;

This editorial cartoon takes place in a spooky farm at night, where a headless horseman carries a flaming pumpkin labeled &ldquo;Tariffs&rdquo; at left. On the right side of the image, another man and a horse labeled &ldquo;Sock Market&rdquo; are terrified by the sight.

This cartoon is set on a city sidewalk where a man with a briefcase walks by a storefront labeled &ldquo;Investments.&rdquo; The sign in the window of the store reads, "Worried about the future? We have worst-case scenario funds!&rdquo;

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