Political cartoons for October 23

Thursday’s political cartoons include Mike Johnson's pumpkin patch, great news for crypto scammers, and a suspicious white sheet

Political cartoon

(Image credit: John Deering / Copyright 2025 Creators Syndicate)

This cartoon takes place near the ocean where a pirate ship labeled “Crypto Sector” floats near the shore. The shore is dangerous and rocky, covered with bones and a crow or a siren calling out “More Deregulation!” A voice on the boat says, “Sounds good to me!”

(Image credit: Paul Duginski / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

This political cartoon takes place in a graveyard where three ghosts float. Two ghosts on the left look the same while the ghost on the right has a pointed head that looks sort of like a klansman. One ghost on the left says to the other, “Watch out. I think he’s with ICE.”

(Image credit: Christopher Weyant / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

This cartoon shows a group of poor people huddled together at a soup kitchen. Donald Trump drives by in his armored limousine and says, “Great news: I’m demanding the taxpayers pay me $230 million.”

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

This cartoon is titled “New Sentence Discovered.” It depicts a man in a front costume holding a sign that says “No Kings!” He says, “I dressed up in this inflatable frog costume to protest fascism so the president posted an AI video of himself dropping poop from a fighter jet.”

(Image credit: Drew Sheneman / Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency)

This is a two-panel political cartoon titled “Saving Social Security.” A crazy-looking RFK Jr. is on the left side eating a rare, juicy steak next to a dripping pile of saturated fat. Above him are the words, “Step 1: HHS recommends more saturated fat and red meat.” The right panel depicts a stack of coffins under the words, “Step 2: Almost everyone dies before age 65. Social Security is saved!”

(Image credit: Monte Wolverton / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

This cartoon takes place at the butcher where the man behind the counter says to a female customer, “May I help you?” The customer has a newspaper in her cart that reads “Beef Prices Soar” and looks worried as she scans the large “Cuts of Beef” poster behind the butcher. Instead of a cow, the poster shows a $100 dollar bill named “Family Budgets” and it is cut into many different pieces.

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

This cartoon takes place outside the Louvre’s glass pyramid. A police car is parked nearby and a sign announces the exhibits are closed because of a robbery. A man and a woman walk by and the man says, “I see the Biden border security team got jobs at the Louvre…”

(Image credit: Michael Ramirez / Copyright 2025 Creators Syndicate)

This is a four-panel editorial cartoon focused on climate change. It’s drawn to resemble the Mousetrap game, which is a series of Rube Goldberg style gizmos. The first panel shows the beginning of the game where a person sends the ball on its way. In this version, the ball is Earth. Earth makes its way through different obstacles until it lands in a boiling cauldron of water.

(Image credit: Peter Kuper / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

This cartoon takes place on the sidewalk, where a man in a suit carrying a briefcase looks at a doomsayer in a robe and sandals carrying a sign. The sign reads, “The end is near. Only the rich and powerful will survive.”

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

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