Earth roasts on 'Hot Ones: Climate Edition' | May 15 editorial cartoons

Thursday's editorial cartoons feature trickle-down economics, Pope Leo XIV's music choice, MAGA's reaction to the 'woke Pope', Donald Trump's Amazon wishlist, and the job market for 2025 college graduates.

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This cartoon takes place in the middle of the ocean. An elephant drives a rescue boat near three people floating with lifejackets labeled "Medicaid." The elephant says, "You heard me. Billionaires on yachts need your life jackets."

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

This editorial cartoon takes place in the Vatican at a giant pipe organ. Pope Leo XIV speaks to a man seated at the organ and says: "Do you know 'Born in the USA'?"

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

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