September 25 editorial cartoons | The Week

published 25 September 2025

This cartoon depicts a male member of the Dept. of Justice in a suit walking a mean-looking bulldog with the words &ldquo;Homan&rdquo; on his side. The man in the suit carries a bag that reads, &ldquo;$50 thousand bribe&rdquo; and says, &ldquo;We always pick up after our dogs!&rdquo; The Tom Homan dog says, &ldquo;Just like illegal aliens &hellip; we make the investigation &lsquo;disappear!&rsquo;&rdquo;

This cartoon takes place outside the U.S. Capitol building. A man in a suit with a briefcase speaks into a cell phone. He says, &ldquo;It wasn&rsquo;t insider trading. It was free-market capitalism.&rdquo;

This cartoon is titled &ldquo;Which is the proven threat to children&rsquo;s health?&rdquo; A bottle of acetaminophen is on the left and is choice &ldquo;A,&rdquo; A box of 9 millimeter bullets is on the right and is choice &ldquo;B.&rdquo;

This cartoon features two Republicans and two Democrats on a tennis court playing in a tournament called &ldquo;CR Open: Short-term funding bill.&rdquo; A giant tennis ball labeled &ldquo;Partial Government Shutdown&rdquo; covers nearly the entire court and has cracked the ground. The two opposing sides say the same thing: &ldquo;The ball is in your court!&rdquo;

This cartoon depicts a toddler on an &ldquo;E-bike&rdquo; who leaves behind him a wake of upended people of all ages and races, including an elderly woman, a dog walker, a man in a suit, a hipster-looking guy with a beard, another little kid on a tricycle and more. The boy on the e-bike says, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s OK! It&rsquo;s environmentally friendly!&rdquo;

This editorial cartoon shows a woman dressed like a doctor who sits in a chair rubbing her eyes as she watches television. She says to a man next to her, &ldquo;There&rsquo;s so much stupidity in this timeline. It&rsquo;s giving me a headache.&rdquo; The man hands her a bottle of pills and says, &ldquo;Take two Tylenol.&rdquo;

This cartoon takes place deep underwater and depicts two fish. It&rsquo;s dark and the fish on the right is labeled &ldquo;Authoritarianism&rdquo; and is an anglerfish with a mouth full of razor-sharp teeth and a light attached to its head. The light is bright and is labeled &ldquo;Disinformation.&rdquo; The other fish is much smaller and harmless looking. It eagerly swims toward the bright light.

This cartoon is titled &ldquo;Politically Motivated Science Administration.&rdquo; It depicts four people in lab coats doing silly things. From left, one bounces a ball on a paddle, one looks at a cell phone, one eats an ice cream cone, and one listens to her own head with a stethoscope. A fifth person speaks into a microphone and says, &ldquo;Our latest study has revealed the following causes of autism: vaccines, Tylenol, transgender athletes, windmills and peer reviewed medical evidence. This list is subject to change.&rdquo;

This cartoon is titled &ldquo;Collateral Damage.&rdquo; It depicts an aged and faded paper copy of the Constitution that has been punctured by dozens of darts that missed a target at the bottom. The target at the bottom is labeled &ldquo;HATE SPEECH.&rdquo;

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