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August 28, 2026

Social Security, sanctuary states & who’s got the missiles?

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August 27, 2026

Five new cartoons today.

Kicking the Can to 2032

Social Security’s 2032 cliff gets kicked down the road—and JD learns Marco may be next in line.

Editorial cartoon showing Donald Trump outside the White House kicking a can labeled “Social Security Insolvent 2032” down the road while telling JD Vance, “Don’t worry, JD. You won’t have to deal with it. Marco, maybe. But not you.”

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Only If They’re Immigrants.

Texas discovers a very selective definition of what makes a sanctuary state.

Editorial cartoon outside a Texas county jail showing Christian Castro leaving while protesters demand extradition; an aide asks Governor Greg Abbott whether Texas is now a “sanctuary” state, and Abbott replies, “Only if they’re immigrants.”

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Well, That’s a New One.

Florida’s “Freedom State” apparently has one more entry requirement: no jokes about Trump.

Editorial cartoon from inside Jelly Roll’s tour bus showing Rep. Jimmy Patronis stopping the bus beneath a “Welcome to Florida — The Freedom State” sign and an entry-requirements board ending with “No jokes about Trump,” while Jelly Roll says, “Well, that’s a new one.”

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Oh, He’s Heard It.

Another national emergency is declared. Even the wolves have started to notice a pattern.

Editorial cartoon at a U.S. power-grid construction site with equipment marked “Made in China,” Donald Trump shouting “Emergency! Emergency! National emergency!” at puzzled workers, and two wolves discussing the story of the boy who cried wolf.

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Who’s Missiles?

Washington delivers Moscow a NATO warning. Moscow remembers the missile inventory.

Editorial cartoon in an ornate Russian hall showing CIA Director John Ratcliffe warning that NATO is off-limits while Vladimir Putin laughs and Gen. Valery Gerasimov points toward Ratcliffe and mocks America’s army and missile supplies.

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Political cartoons by M. Soares.

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