Political cartoons for October 24 | The Week

published 24 October 2025

This cartoon depicts two pumpkins carved into jack-o-lanterns. The one on the left is carved to look concerned and the one on the right is carved with only an exclamation mark. The left pumpkin says, &ldquo;I told you not to read the news before bed!&rdquo;

This political cartoon is titled &ldquo;Opening Gala @ the Ballroom&rdquo; A rich man in a top hat and tuxedo sits at the head table and reads the menu, which lists: &ldquo;Charred American Eagle, Garbled Word Salad, Gestapo Gazpacho, and Pie! (all of it).&rdquo; The people in the background of the gala are a rogues gallery of a sheik and other rich guys. A bloody knife is on the table in front of the sheik.

This cartoon shows a family in a car driving down a highway with mountains and evergreen trees. The billboards along the highway read, &ldquo;National Environmental Preserve&rdquo; and &ldquo;Coming Soon: AI Data Center.&rdquo;

This political cartoon is titled &ldquo;The New White House Magic Kingdom &amp; Ballroom.&rdquo; It is a Walt-Disney style drawing of the White House that has been reimagined to look like the Magic Kingdom of Disney World, including a giant ballroom on the right side of the image and a castle towering over the rest. Instead of Tinker Bell, Donald Trump flies over the scene dressed in a women&rsquo;s outfit spreading magic dust from his wand.

This cartoon is titled &ldquo;Hunted to Extinction&rdquo; and depicts a series of extinct animals followed a law. The animals are: a dodo, the atlas bear, a black rhino, a passenger pigeon and a wooly mammoth. The law is the Voting Rights Act.

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This editorial cartoon is named &ldquo;Republican Haunted House.&rdquo; It depicts a spooky haunted house under a full moon that frames bats flying past. There are gravestones out in front and Jeffrey Epstein looks out from a window on the top floor. The gravestones read, &ldquo;Gov&rsquo;t Paychecks&rdquo; &ldquo;RIP Healthcare&rdquo; and &ldquo;Rural Hospitals.&rdquo; Mike Johnson stands next to the house, which has a &ldquo;closed&rdquo; sign on the front door and says, &ldquo;Trust me! It&rsquo;s NOT because we&rsquo;re afraid of ghosts!&rdquo;

This cartoon depicts a massive wrecking ball shaped like Donald Trump&rsquo;s head smashing into the White House and destroying a portion of it. The construction sign out front reads, &ldquo;0 days since last atrocity.&rdquo;

Two women walk down an empty Canal St. in New York City in this editorial cartoon. One woman says, &ldquo;Where are all the folks peddling fake goods?&rdquo; The second woman replies, &ldquo;The White House.&rdquo;

This cartoon takes place in a living room where a woman watches TV as she works on her computer. A dog and a cat snooze nearby. The scene on the television shows a crumbling, destroyed building. A man walks into the room and says, &ldquo;More senseless destruction in Ukraine?&rdquo; The woman replies, &ldquo;East Wing of the White House.&rdquo;

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