Canada Packs for Europe, Hegseth Has Six Weeks & RFK Has Two Answers
Politics Is Absurd
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September 18, 2026
Five new cartoons today.
MAIL THEM TO TRUMP.
Canadians are imagining a future where living and working in Europe gets easier. Mark Carney has a suggestion for what to do with the house keys.
WE’VE GOT A SIX-WEEK TIME CRUNCH.
As the Pentagon weighs a major reduction of U.S. forces in Europe, Putin politely suggests there’s no need to hurry. Pete Hegseth apparently has a schedule.
YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
RFK Jr. stands between a measles outbreak and his old vaccine-skeptical allies—with a rather different message depending on which door he’s standing in.
WE WERE RUNNING OUT OF WAYS FOR IT TO FAIL.
The Supreme Court stops the administration’s mail-ballot verification effort just as USPS technicians are wrestling with the unfinished portal.
MY ADVISERS?
María Elvira Salazar tells Trump his advisers have pushed immigration enforcement too far. There’s just one awkward detail: his hand is still on the lever.
Political cartoons by M. Soares. More at Politics Is Absurd