$5,000 “Dividends,” Fetterman at Trumpapalooza & an Up Button to the Supreme Court
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September 10, 2026
Five new cartoons today.
THAT’S WHY THERE’S AN UP BUTTON
After eight appeals courts reject the administration’s mandatory ICE detention position, Trump looks one floor higher.
THIS IS A DIVIDEND?
Trump offers a $5,000 “dividend” with one rather important condition: Republicans have to keep both chambers of Congress.
WHERE’S THE PORTAL?
The administration wants new mail-ballot requirements enforced while the federal voter portal needed to comply is still under development.
A COMMON-SENSE DEMOCRAT.
John Fetterman appears at Trumpapalooza and explains the increasingly elastic boundaries of being a “common-sense Democrat.”
EVENTUALLY WE’LL JUST CALL IT WEATHER.
Another record-heat report raises an uncomfortable question about what happens when extraordinary temperatures become ordinary.
Political cartoons by M. Soares.
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