SUBJECT: Five guys, $700 million, $631.50 — and still nobody wants the seat
Politics Is Absurd
Political cartoons by M. Soares
October 7th, 2026
Five new cartoons today.
I Hope He Tells the Iranians to Take Out Minneapolis This Time!
Trump suggested Iran could “take out Los Angeles” and “take out San Diego.” At his next rally, one supporter has another American city in mind.
You Don’t Have to Steal an Election If You Can Just Buy It.
Republicans are pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into the midterms, with Tim Scott crediting Trump’s political operation for helping provide the financial firepower.
Apparently there’s another way to deal with troublesome elections.
A Threat! It Was Five Guys.
Yesterday, Iran’s strategy room was wondering where the American bombers went.
Today, they’ve learned a little more about the “threat.”
I Can Feel America Getting Great Again Already.
A 250-gallon diesel fill costs $692.50 more at the wartime peak than it did before the Iran war. Trump’s federal red-dyed-diesel tax relief could save about $61 on that tank.
Our trucker does the subtraction.
Free Flight, $2,000 — Any Takers?
The White House blocked Politico from its assigned Air Force One press-pool seat. Then it needed somebody else to take the seat.
Nobody volunteered. Perhaps they just needed to sweeten the offer.
— M. Soares
Politics Is Absurd