Nationally Syndicated Editorial Cartoonist
Support the cartoonist As I noted in a previous cartoon, these are perilous times for political cartoonists. But you can help me continue to create cartoons, blogs, and videos by making a contribution. All support, large and small, is greatly appreciated. You can also support me by purchasing a signed print (8 1/2×11) for $40, or a... Continue Reading →
The Republican Party has been exercising racism for decades, but until now, there were always people like Will Hurd among its members, other than the black thing of course. For example, before Donald Trump came along, you could easily get a hell of a lot more than four votes from Republicans in the House of... Continue Reading →
Trump's pick to be the new director of national intelligence, John Ratcliffe, has multiple embellishments on his resumé. He claims on his website and in campaign material that he tried suspects accused of funneling money to Hamas. As it turns out, that's not true. He never prosecuted a case in the matter. He was an... Continue Reading →
The United States is facing a new threat that the new Director of National Intelligence needs to identify, and that threat is the new Director of National Intelligence. Donald Trump likes to use the phrase, "I never was a fan of..." in regards to some person or some thing. Like, "I never was a big... Continue Reading →
Each of these roughs was created for CNN Opinion to choose from for last week's newsletter. I started creating these before we started talking, which was when I discovered they weren't interested in any of the subjects I covered. That's my fault for sketching before I talked to them. I started working to get a... Continue Reading →
The owner of one of the online news sites who subscribes to my cartoons emailed asking if I was going to draw a cartoon about Mitch McConnell. He mentioned that "MoscowMitch" was trending on Twitter and that the Senate Majority Leader was upset over this, which meant the editor was going to run every single... Continue Reading →
If you're out there defending Donald Trump from accusations that he's a racist, and you really believe he's not racist, the feelings are not mutual because Donald Trump believes you're a racist. Donald Trump believes that you are so racist, that throwing out racist dog whistles so loud that cats can hear them, will strengthen... Continue Reading →
Republicans argue that accusing them of racism is similar to the boy who cried wolf. They accuse liberals of playing the race card against them as a cheap defense against criticism. They continue to make this argument without any hint of detecting their own hypocrisy by ignoring Donald Trump's accusation of racism against "the Squad"... Continue Reading →
Here’s your weekly cartoon for CNN’s weekly newsletter, Provoke/Persuade. Please sign up to get these in your inbox every Sunday for the rest of your life. There will be two Democratic debates this week on CNN, one on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. They're being staged in Detroit. Michigan is a state Trump surprisingly won in 2016 with a huge... Continue Reading →
These are roughs from last week. Each of these was submitted for the CNN Opinion newsletter, which was published last Sunday. The reason I'm only showing you roughs for CNN and not the cartoons for my newspaper clients is because I only draw roughs for CNN. All the ideas I have for my newspapers are... Continue Reading →
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