Half a billion in ads, Camp Trump, Susan Collins’s identity crisis — and Elon’s safety test
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October 8, 2026
Five new cartoons today.
Maybe We Can Buy Some Ads for the Other Guy?
After half a billion dollars in Republican midterm ad spending, a focus group offers one painfully simple way to change voters’ minds.
Let’s Not Get Crazy.
A Dutch regulator tells Elon Musk that Europe will test Tesla’s self-driving system — and, more provocatively, decide how.
Have You Considered Running as an Independent?
After Maine’s Senate debate, Troy Jackson imagines the question he wishes he had asked Susan Collins about voting with Trump, Biden and Trump again.
I’m Still Working on the “Camp Trump” Part.
Trump explains the generous logic behind giving the government a presidential retreat beside his Palm Beach golf club.
Remember That Warning You Never Gave Me?
Netanyahu asks Mohammed bin Zayed for help denying the pre-October 7 warning Netanyahu says he never received.
Political cartoons by M. Soares.
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