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Jan
11
2026
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5
2025
Oct
29
2025
The cartoon depicts an elderly woman on a porch offering SNAP benefits from a red bowl to three children in Halloween costumes whose buckets are nearly empty. It responds to the ongoing government shutdown that has delayed or reduced food stamp distributions. The visual uses the trick-or-treat tradition to illustrate how families dependent on federal aid face immediate hardship when benefits are interrupted. The publication date of October 29 2025 places the work amid active budget negotiations in Washington. The artist underscores the real-world stakes for recipients who turn to food banks when EBT cards fail to deliver expected support.
Oct
15
2025
Jones caricatures Donald Trump dressed as a peace dove while concealing weapons behind his back. The cartoon satirizes Trump's self-proclaimed role as a global peacemaker while military conflicts continue. The visual contrast between peace symbolism and hidden weapons is the central irony.
Oct
15
2025
A political cartoon depicts two children trick-or-treating at a suburban home on Halloween night during a government shutdown. One child dressed as the Statue of Liberty asks a woman on the porch for sandwiches because their parents worked for the government and now face furloughs. The scene references food banks and soup kitchens as families seek alternatives amid the shutdown.
Oct
14
2025
A man clutches his head in distress as an elephant in a suit points upward. Speech bubbles list rising costs for groceries, cars, booze and appliances. A graph line stays flat under the label your wages while the elephant declares not everything.
