They Said the Air Was Safe, Canada Gets Personal & Corey Opens for Business
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September 8, 2026
Five new cartoons today.
THE AIR IS SAFE
New Yorkers were reassured that the air around Ground Zero was safe as residents, workers and families returned to lower Manhattan. Twenty-five years later, newly released records raise painful questions about what officials knew—and what the public was told.
THEY’RE MAKING THIS PERSONAL
Canada’s retaliatory tariffs hit an eclectic list of American products—including milk, perfume, golf clubs and fishing rods. Suddenly the trade war reaches the golf cart.
WE HAVE ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE
Washington expands its sanctions campaign against Iran while officials offer only limited public evidence that the pressure is working. Americans, meanwhile, can see one consequence every time they pass a gas station.
COREY’S GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Corey Lewandowski faces allegations that he mixed government influence with private business opportunities while working at Homeland Security. Apparently “special government employee” can sound very special indeed.
THAT’S WHAT HE SAID
Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch says the Trump administration’s pressure campaign had nothing to do with his retirement. Trump, meanwhile, has spent months making very clear what kind of Smithsonian he wants.
Political cartoons by M. Soares. More at Politics Is Absurd