The February 2025 cartoon by Paresh Nath contrasts Elon Musk's earlier involvement with Twitter against his current role in federal efficiency drives targeting USAID. The left panel shows Musk holding a bagged blue bird while feathers scatter. The right panel replaces the bird with a flag-winged eagle also bagged and shedding feathers. Publication timing aligns with ongoing DOGE-related reviews of government programs and staffing.
Graeme MacKay's cartoon reimagines Aesop's fable as 'The POTUS Who Cried TARIFF,' with Donald Trump's exaggerated face shouting on a fiery book cover. Representatives from USA, Mexico, and Canada sit at a table, showing exasperation with speech bubbles like 'Good Grief not him again!' and 'Ugh Repeat flare-up?' The tags USA, Mexico, Canada, trade, diplomacy, tariff, Donald Trump, USMCA, NAFTA, The Boy Who Cried Wolf, Aesop, and fable underscore the satire on repeat threats becoming ineffective. This visual pokes at how constant warnings lose impact in international relations.
ICE agents enter a church and question the use of Spanish among the congregation. One agent holds open handcuffs while another stands nearby. A stained glass window lies broken on the floor. The priest and worshippers show visible alarm. The scene occurs inside a sanctuary with a crucifix on the wall.
RFK Jr. appears in two panels holding a sign stating vaccines cause autism. A woman requests a second opinion in the left panel. The right panel shows a worm emerging from his head as the same claim repeats.
The cartoon shows Trump inside a circular wall labeled 'TARIFFS,' declaring he built the wall, with a figure marked 'CONSUMERS' puzzled that it's supposed to keep people out. Tags like trump, tariffs, threats, Mexico, Canada, China, trade, wall, prisoner, consumers underscore the irony. The image critiques how tariffs meant to protect against foreign threats from Mexico, Canada, and China end up trapping domestic consumers like prisoners. This visual metaphor draws on Trump's famous wall promise, flipping it to show trade policies harming those inside. The dry humor lies in the reversal, where the wall imprisons rather than excludes, commenting on economic fallout.
