RFK Jr. is shown expelling assorted refuse from his mouth in a direct visual statement. The scene includes scattered medical items and a label reading GARBAGE. Publication occurs amid 2025 discussions on his potential HHS role and prior statements linking vaccines to autism. Measles cases have risen in some areas recently. The image ties these elements to his public profile under the current administration.
R.J. Matson's IRS staff reductions cartoon shows a postal worker hauling a huge blue bag marked 'TAX RETURNS' and 'United States Postal Service' up grand steps to a columned building signed 'DOGE IRS Internal Revenue Service.' An older man in a suit at the top yells, 'Didn't anyone tell you? Nobody works here anymore!' Papers spill from the bag as the worker climbs. This dry humor piece captures government understaffing with a sharp, insider poke at federal bureaucracy, blending tax season frustration with visual satire on empty offices. The Doge meme twist on the IRS logo adds a layer of modern absurdity to the scene.
The cartoon depicts a massive DOGE figure wielding chainsaws while two seniors labeled Social and Security express concern on a sidewalk. Text on the wall recites an updated version of the 'First they came' poem listing USAID, FBI, NOAA, FEMA and the Department of Education. The seniors reply that a nice man promised to care for them. The image responds to 2025 efforts by the Department of Government Efficiency to reduce federal agencies and spending.
The cartoon shows three tech executives responding to the First Amendment text. Bezos, Zuckerberg and Musk each declare their companies follow business rules rather than congressional limits on speech. The March 2025 image highlights ongoing debates over platform moderation and press ownership by large corporations.
On February 6 2025 Dave Whamond depicts RFK Jr. as the subject of a failed Cupid attempt to win over a Democratic donkey that refuses vaccination. The image coincides with ongoing Senate confirmation hearings for the HHS nominee whose past statements on vaccines have drawn sharp criticism from Democrats. The visual uses the Valentine motif to underscore resistance to the appointment.
The February 2025 cartoon depicts a worm labeled RFK emerging from and consuming a brain marked Kennedy Legacy, with repeated nom nom sounds. It responds to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination hearings for Secretary of Health and Human Services under the incoming administration, highlighting concerns over his antivaccine views and credibility issues.
During his January 2025 Senate confirmation hearing for HHS secretary, RFK Jr. stated he is not anti-vaccine. The image depicts his face covered in red dots labeled lies, highlighting contradictions with his past comments on vaccines, autism, and related health issues under the Trump administration.
