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Political cartoons for the end times by an ex-Mad Man living in Mexico City who watches and comments on the telenovelas of American politics.
When your platform’s weak, campaign against someone’s childhood
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Para dar carpetazo, el gobierno sí aparece.
Si México reconoce ante la ONU que autoridades municipales participaron en desapariciones, ¿cuántas han sido investigadas, procesadas y sentenciadas?
IN THE NEWS & BEHIND THE SATIRE
EL PAÍS | La Jornada | EL PAÍS
Nice check. Shame about the fuel bill.
IN THE NEWS & BEHIND THE SATIRE
Peace talks with a man whose other hand is still on the missile switch
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AP via WJTV | CNN | Kyiv Post
Paid for, built, and still not approved. Someone call customer service.
If allies already paid for the interceptors and Russia is hitting Kyiv night after night, what is the legitimate reason to hold them, and if there isn’t one, who answers for what gets through?
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Washington Post reporting via UNN | Ukrinform (WaPo) | Kyiv Independent
No conspiracy needed when one man already holds both dials
Congelar el precio de la gasolina no es magia: es mandarte la factura en otro sobre.
One person, one vote. One billionaire, one $276 million megaphone
If one man can give a single Senate super PAC more than the Democrats’ entire Senate campaign arm raised in a quarter, at what point does “one person, one vote” become a technicality?
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CNBC | Forbes | Daily Caller
Para las llaves no hay agua limpia, pero para los cañones de agua sobra
Cuando la gente protesta por una falla de un servicio público y la respuesta es la fuerza, ¿el debate sigue siendo la falla o se vuelve la protesta?
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A judge signed the warrant. Trump spent months pointing at the house
How should voters judge an investigation when the political pressure came before the warrant?
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AP | CNBC | Al Jazeera | Fox 9
Trump cut Putin a diesel deal, then told the man being bombed to find a new president.
The Pentagon is promoting a firing squad like it’s a season premiere
If an execution is meant to deliver justice, what public purpose does a livestream serve, and who exactly is the intended audience?
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Trump didn’t end the war. He just rescheduled it around Election Day
If the Pentagon is finishing its war plans while the president promises no strikes until the polls close, is this a pause for diplomacy or a pause for the voters?
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Packed house, as long as the camera never zooms out
He put American cities on the table as collateral and called it a small price to pay.
When a sitting president tells a cheering crowd that Iran taking out Los Angeles or San Diego is "a very small price to pay," is that a slip of the tongue, or is it the clearest statement yet of whose safety he's actually willing to gamble with?
He’s not on the ballot. He just needs you to vote like he is.
If a president at 33% approval is asking voters to pretend he’s running in an election he’s not actually in, is that leadership, or is it an admission that his own name is the only thing that still turns out his base?
When the rebuttal needs fewer words than the speech, the room may already have made its point.
When leaders trade accusations while diplomats walk out, is the UN still functioning as a place for persuasion—or mostly as a stage for competing audiences?
Nothing says “support for the arts” like a wrecking ball labeled “political control.”
What safeguards keep the Kennedy Center from becoming a political trophy when leadership changes?
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