There are many things wrong in this nation this week, but none so WRONG as the invasion of Portland and now Seattle by Trump’s forces. This week’s round of cartoons by our friend TokyoSand covers it well. Thank you, TS!
There was a lot of news this week, but none bigger than Trump sending in unidentified federal agents to kidnap and harass citizens exercising their constitutional right to protest. The Portland Black Lives Matter protests have been going on for 50+ days now.
The nation’s great editorial cartoonists captured the moment like no one else can. Here are the best cartoons I found this week.
Trump Responds to the Portland Protests
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Cartoons? Sorry. I didn’t laugh at a single one.
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No, they haven’t been ‘funny’ in the ‘ha ha ha’ sense for months now, but they are a good graphic picture of where we are and what’s happening. Sigh.
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This is a combination of funny and sad. It’s also scary. Why are so many people following this crazy man? I’m wondering what history will say one day. I guess it depends on who writes it. Wondering who will is even scarier. 😦 — Suzanne
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There isn’t much actual “funny” in the political cartoons today, for they are altogether too real. As to why so many still follow this madman … I think ignorance is the key. They still believe what he tells them. AND … they are focused on re-shaping the world to be as they … and their religion … think it should be. White, Christian, male-dominated … he has promised them that and more. Sigh. This is a scary place to live, my friend. History will not shine any bright lights on Donald Trump, but he will go down as have Stalin, Mussolini and Hitler … a dark, evil person with no values, no compassion. But, that’s years ahead yet … for now, we must deal with today. Sigh.
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These are brilliant and far too close to the mark.
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WAY too close to the mark. It is only a matter of time before people begin getting killed, and where is Congress? Playing partisan politics, that’s where! Who stands for the people of this nation? Today, it would seem that nobody with any power or authority does. SIGH.
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Chilling.
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Very much so … every headline these days seems to bring a chill.
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Jill, sadly, this is a good selection. The one where the observer notes Trump’s campaign strategy of invading his own country speaks volumes. Keith
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It surely does … and that’s so much what it feels like. He took an oath of office to protect and defend the Constitution and serve the people of this nation. He is shredding the Constitution, breaking the law, and attacking We the People. Meanwhile, Congress cannot get past their partisan differences to uphold their own oaths, to do their jobs. Where else can we turn?
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Given the subject matter Trump made available to EdToonists this week, I thought this was an excellent collection. My best, the look Stantis of the Chicago Trib put on the face of Lady Liberty as she gets pulled down by Trump’s stormtroopers. It stands in ironic contrast to Trump saying he would save all the Confederate statues across the South.
On an almost unrelated matter,who started the Democratic/Republican reversal where they started representing each other’s constituents, and how did that happen? It seems so antithetical or something.
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Yes, the look on Lady Liberty’s face is rather how I feel most days.
Not sure exactly what you refer to about the reversal, but technically, whether democrat or republican, they represent ALL of us. Granted, they seem to forget that, but then, they seem to forget their oath all together these days. Sigh.
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I was talking back in the day when Democrats represented the slaveowners and Repuplicans represented the industrialists. I have no idea when the switch took place, so I called it a (role) reversal.
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Ahhhh … I get it now. Well, it was a gradual transition that started in the late 1800s and went into the first 3-4 decades of the 1900s.
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It just seems like a strange progression.Black becomes white, anf white becomes black, if you will forgive the coloured words.
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Perhaps this will explain it a bit better than I can: https://www.livescience.com/34241-democratic-republican-parties-switch-platforms.html
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Top quality cartoons. I actually had a shudder though at Trump writing His Private Militia on the DHS sign. The one that was the best for me is the Cognitive Test.
Cwtch
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Several of them caused me to shudder, including that one. In fact … I think all of them made me feel a bit ill. Sigh.
Cwtch
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