Cartoon of the Day (9/19/26)

POLITICAL CARTOONS FOR THE WEEK ENDING 9/16/26:

AI to Destroy Humankind

Could Happen in Ten Years or Less, Whistleblower Warns

‘We Don’t Have Months’: Bernie Sanders Sounds Alarm on AI’s ‘Extinction’ Threat (MS NOW - video)

AI Godfather Warns: “We’re Not Prepared for What They’re Hiding” (Neural Nutshell - video)

“End Times Fascism”: Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor on Billionaires, Bunkers, AI, Gaza & the Far Right (Democracy Now! - video)

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Inflation Soars

Americans Struggle to Pay Bills, Despot Enjoys Record Earnings

Algorithmic Price Manipulation & Targeted Gouging (The Weekly Show With Jon Stewart - video)

The Danger of Trump’s Stock Trading (Robert Reich and Inequality Media - video)

Trump Spirals as Bombshell Report Exposes Billions Spent on His War!! (Katie Phang - video)

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911 Remembered

Full Truth Still Unknown

Cloaking September 11th Commemoration in God, Flag Deflects From Finding Truth, Justice, Accountability (Daily Kos)

For Trump, His Piqued Egomania Overshadows Solemn 9/11 Annniversary (The National Memo)

What We Forget When We Remember 9/11 (The Conversation - video)

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Trump Stars at Convention

Democrats Thrilled With President’s Performance

Trump Lies (Surprise) About the “Success” of His Midterm Trump-a-Paloozer That Was a Total Flop (News Corpse)

Trump Tries to Buy Votes, Calls A.I. Threat a Hoax & Mitch McConnell is Back! (Jimmy Kimmel Live - video)

The Wall Street Journal’s Socialism Reporting Is Better Than the New York Times’ (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting)

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Midterm Battles Brewing

Despot Working Hard to Rig or Cancel Elections

Marc Elias Sounds the Alarm About Rightwing SCOTUS Justices Banning Mail Ballots (Brian Tyler Cohen - video)

Could Ro Khanna and AOC Reshape the 2028 Democratic Primary? (LA Progressive)

Poll Flip: Republicans Now Seen as ‘Corrupt, Elite, Extreme’ (Breaking Points - video)

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Russians Gift Don Jr.

Wedding Paid for by Putin Oligarch

Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas Wedding Was Secretly Bankrolled by Russian Oligarch Close to Putin (ProPublica)

Blanche Is A-OK With Putin Pal Bankrolling Don Jr Wedding Party (Crooks & Liars)

Russia’s Parliamentary Election: Who’s on the Ballot, and Why It Matters (Al Jazeera)

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Trump Shuts Kennedy Center

Will Keep It Closed Until His Name Is Put on It, Despot Says

The Kennedy Center Is Just Trump’s Latest Hostage (Mother Jones)

Kennedy Center Saved From Demolition — for Now (Talking Points Memo)

Why Trump’s Renaming Fixation Is Frightening (The Progressive)

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Republicans Stumble

Unwavering Support of Despot Now Considered a Negative

Contempt of Court: Todd Blanche Hit With Bombshell Blow in Epstein Case (Brian Tyler Cohen - video)

Lindsey Halligan Is Back in Stunning Court Filing (Talking Feds With Harry Litman - video)

Today in Politics | Explainer (Heather Cox Richardson - video)

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In Other News

Ed Sheeran Openers Quit Tour as Boycott Begins Over ‘Silencing’ of Macklemore’s Palestine Speech (Common Dreams)

UN Inquiry Finds US Strike on Minab, Iran, That Killed 123 Children Was War Crime (Truthout)

Ukraine War Spreads to Arctic as Nuclear Tensions Escalate (Truthdig)

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