Cartoon of the Day (8/20/26)

POLITICAL CARTOONS FOR THE WEEK ENDING 8/19/26:

Sailors Act Boldly

Record Deployment, Squalid Conditions Spark Outcry

‘A Floating Prison’ — Sailors Describe Life on Warships Like USS Abraham Lincoln (BBC)

USS Lincoln Sailors Endured 260 Days. Trump Says That’s “Not Nearly Long Enough” (Salon)

Reports of US Sailors in Middle East Trying to Jump Ship Spark Outcry (Al Jazeera)

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Trump’s Escape Explained

Decoy Plane the Right Thing to Do, Despot Says

Former Staffer Mocks ‘Coward’ Trump With Photo of Him Hiding in a Catering Cart (AlterNet)

Donald Trump’s Catering Cart Escape Sparks Viral Meme Frenzy: Why Was the US President Hiding? (Mashable)

Psychiatrist Breaks Down Trump’s ‘Cowardly’ Escape (AlterNet)

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Crackdown Heats Up

ICE Army Issued New Weapon

Trump Admin and Its Allies Throw Up Roadblocks to Prosecuting ICE Agents (Talking Points Memo)

Minnesota Sues Texas to Extradite ICE Agent Who Shot Resident, Falsified Report (Truthout)

How Trump’s Deportation Machine Deprives Deaf People of Their Humanity (Mother Jones)

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Flock Cameras Proliferate

“Only Criminals Demand Privacy,” Despot Says

I Researched if Flock Cameras were Legal… then they Installed One at My Driveway (Jake the Lawyer and Angry Cops - video)

We Hacked Flock Safety Cameras in Under 30 Seconds. (Benn Jordan - video)

Police Surveillance Technology (Last Week Tonight With John Oliver - video)

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Vaccinations Reduced

Illnesses and Deaths Will Rise, but That’s OK, Despot Says

Measles Used to Be in Our Rearview Mirror. Now Cases Are Reaching Record Highs. (ProPublica)

Critics Slam Trump FDA Pick Heidi Overton as ‘Anti-Reproductive Rights, Anti-Vax, Anti-Science’ (Common Dreams)

No Refrigerator, No Problem. This Experimental Vaccine Doesn’t Need It. (Science News)

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Attorney General Takes Charge

Investigations to Be Launched Into All Who Opposed His Nomination

Todd Blanche, Trump’s ‘Boy Cohn,’ Is Now the Chief Epstein Coverup Officer (The National memo)

Judge Orders Epstein Grand Jury Docs Unsealed Despite Maxwell’s Protests!! (Katie Phang - video)

Jeanine Pirro’s Latest Vandal Case Takes Blow Amid Judge’s 'Concern' About Her Office (Crooks & Liars)

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Despot’s Binky Unveiled

Natalie Harp Is a Pretty Blonde, Ah Duh

Who Is Natalie Harp? NYT Reporter Maggie Haberman on Trump’s Aide & His Attacks on Women Reporters (Democracy Now! - video)

Trump Aide Natalie Harp Nurses His Decline (Salon)

Grabbing Them by the Pussy: Trump Continues His Fifty-Year War on Women (The hartmann Report)

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Despot Remakes DC

“I’m Doing This for You,” He Says

Trump Approval Hits Stunning New Low Amid Iran Chaos, Crypto Corruption & High Prices: A Closer Look (Late Night With Seth Meyers - video)

Trump Cabinet Furious at Trump Amid Leaked Report (Brian Tyler Cohen - video)

Steve Bannon Predicts Trump Will Issue National Security Declaration on Elections in Late August (Media Matters)

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Heat Deaths Rising

Famine Deaths Soon to Come

Europe Faces Surging Wildfire Threat, New Research Shows (Inside Climate News)

Are We Ready for Hurricane Trump? (Robert Reich and Inequality Media - video)

Trump Administration Dissolves Federal Climate Advisory Committee (HuffPost)

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Child Suicides Climb

Meta Profits Are Up

US States Accuse Meta of Covering Up Research on Teen Social Media Addiction in Pivotal Trial (The Guardian)

Meta Heads to Court in a Landmark Trial About Kids and Social Media Addiction (NPR)

uhrerbook: How Meta Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Far Right (FAIR)

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In Other News

The Justice Department Lets 90-Year-Old Regulations on Silencers Fade Away (The Trace)

Data Centers Powered by Next-Gen Nuclear? Don’t Fall for Big Tech’s PR Hype (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists)

The Art of Resistance Four Years After Dobbs (The Progressive)

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