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Mail Ballots Are Back, Meta Gets Grounded & Texas Gets Told “Just Don’t Go”
Mail Ballots Are Back, Meta Gets Grounded & Texas Gets Told “Just Don’t Go”
August 27, 2026
Politics Is Absurd I Just Write It! August 26, 2026 Five new cartoons today. I Know. That’s the Problem. Legal immigration runs into a policy problem nobody...

Dolly, Lake America and the AI jobs math
Dolly, Lake America and the AI jobs math
August 26, 2026
Politics Is Absurd I Just Write It! August 25, 2026 Five new cartoons today. Took You Long Enough. Dolly finishes a few things on Earth before heading home...

Politics Is Absurd — August 24, 2026
Politics Is Absurd — August 24, 2026
August 24, 2026
Five new cartoons. Because apparently yesterday didn’t fix anything. It’s Not Fair! I’m Allowed to Lie. A bad approval poll triggers an Oval Office tantrum....

Private meetings, economic boomerangs and the last glass of water
Private meetings, economic boomerangs and the last glass of water
August 23, 2026
POLITICS IS ABSURD · AUGUST 23, 2026 Great to Finally Meet You Outside an Investigation. A private meeting puts accountability rhetoric and governing agendas...

Wait, What? Mail Ballots, Beef Tariffs & the Road to 2028
Wait, What? Mail Ballots, Beef Tariffs & the Road to 2028
August 22, 2026
Mail-ballot confusion, cheaper foreign beef, Newsom’s road to 2028, Trump’s ideal employee—and Canada gets hit again. WAIT, WHAT? The mail-ballot rules may...

Ballroom bargains, a $40 trillion tab and independently approved journalism
Ballroom bargains, a $40 trillion tab and independently approved journalism
August 21, 2026
Five new cartoons today: Trump eyes an indoor golf course, Washington gets a $40 trillion check, Obamacare explains what your premium really covers, MAGA money stays close to Trump, and the Pentagon protects editorial independence by approving it.

Gold letters, $40 trillion and a very big tent
Gold letters, $40 trillion and a very big tent
August 19, 2026
Five new cartoons today. Trump pours gold into the Kennedy Center, Trump and Biden sleep through $40 trillion in debt, Darline Graham meets a national security crisis, Trump and Jon Ossoff act their age, and Florida Democrats test the limits of the big tent.

Maps, mice, maple syrup and a Riviera
Maps, mice, maple syrup and a Riviera
August 18, 2026
Five new cartoons today. Trump redraws the map, the FCC discovers a mouse, Canadian maple syrup becomes company-only, Kushner eyes another Riviera, and Josh Shapiro sets the table for 2028.

Loyalty oaths, socialism and Moses
August 17, 2026
Five new cartoons today. Trump takes the loyalty oath seriously, Democrats discover socialism, foreign policy gets weird, and Moses has some advice for the...

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