Gas Prices, Safe Questions, and the Refinery That Won't Be Ready Until 2028
Politics Is Absurd
Political cartoons by M. Soares
October 15, 2026
Five new cartoons today.
I've Got Gas Prices to Think About
Zelenskyy asks why Ukrainian power plants are fair game while Russian refineries get special treatment.
We Ran Out of Safe Ones
Fourteen minutes, three questions, and a White House briefing that apparently exhausted its approved answers.
Immediate Relief
JD Vance announces lower fuel costs from a Texas refinery expansion. The crowd has questions about the calendar.
The American Express Express
As Kimberly Guilfoyle leaves her Athens posting, the airport ride comes with one last payment question.
Under the Bases
Trump discovers a remarkably convenient interpretation of the Greenland military-access agreement.
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