President George W. Bush on why he quit golf during the Iraq war: “I didn’t want some mom whose son may have died to see the commander-in-chief playing golf.”
Spray-painted gold, the work depicts Trump standing behind Epstein and facing the Washington Monument on a replica of the bow of the ill-fated Titanic in the same pose as the movie’s lead characters, Jack and Rose.
So, the problem was messaging and not what Americans were seeing daily on their TV screens and feeling in their neighborhoods?
“This disgusting s--- doesn’t belong in American society. And Republicans who support it don’t belong in Congress,” wrote House Minority Whip Katherine Clark, D-Mass. At a House GOP leadership news conference Tuesday, Speaker Mike Johnson declined to condemn Rep. Andrew Ogles’s remarks.
Many young pediatricians have never seen some of the diseases once prevented through vaccination, and now have to prepare for unvaccinated children bringing viruses to their waiting rooms, exposing other patients and staff.
Never a good sign when the secretary of defense admits Iran’s ferocious response against its neighbors caught the Pentagon by surprise, or when Trump harangues oil tanker crews for failing to “show some guts” for their reluctance to sail through the drone-infested Strait of Hormuz.
One would expect Trump has been briefed on this. So why is the Trump administration easing some restrictions on Russian oil exports that were designed to pressure the Kremlin over the war in Ukraine?
When democracy dies. Conrad Felixmüller’s “Portrait of Mo von Haugk” (1932). Highly popular during the Weimar Republic, Felixmüller was declared a degenerate artist when the Nazis took power. He was banned from painting, exhibiting and his artwork confiscated.
Take a stroll down Félix Vallotton’s “The White Beach" (1913).
Editorial cartoonist John Deering illustrates what happens when massive military operations are undertaken with hubris and no longterm plan.
British editorial cartoonist James Mellor notes Trump’s constantly changing reasons for attacking Iran — from Teheran quickly reconstituting its “totally obliterated” nuclear program, preempting an Iranian attack, to regime change, to now demanding “unconditional surrender.”
Austrian editorial cartoonist Leopold Maurer illustrates what happens when massive military operations are undertaken with hubris and no longterm plan.
Editorial cartoonist Dennis Goris mocks Trump downgrading the Iran war to an “excursion.” Seven American service members have died and more than 140 have been wounded in the fighting.
Editorial cartoonist Clay Bennett weighs in on the growing financial impact of Trump’s war on Iran.
Snubbing Ukraine's offer ranks as one of the biggest tactical miscalculations by the Trump administration since the bombing of Iran began Feb. 28, two U.S. officials told Axios. On Thursday, the United States formally asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for anti-drone help.
“This fool has ABSOLUTELY no sense of dignity or appreciation for the moment,” Michael Steele, Republican National Committee chair from 2009 to 2011, wrote on X. “It is called the Dignified Transfer for a reason. Take your d--n hat off!!”
A primer on how to trivialize a deadly real-life conflict. The aggressive fiction-meets-reality White House production cuts a wide swath through cultural touchstones that resonate with young men.
Interesting essay on the contrast between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Trump, who appears to be making it up as he goes along.
On Saturday, Trump asserted the school was hit by Iran without offering any proof. On Monday, he again blamed Iran and posited this highly questionable scenario: “Iran also has some Tomahawks. As you know, numerous other nations have Tomahawks. They buy them from us.” In fact, Iran has no Tomahawks.
So far, polls have found that most Americans oppose the Iran attacks. Support ranges from 27 percent in a Reuters/Ipsos poll to 50 percent in a Fox News poll. Historically, support for wars wanes as casualties increase and Americans start to feel the costs of war.
Victims are not faceless. Helene Simon, a German Jew, was stripped of her citizenship and fired from her job as a bank clerk when the Nazis took power. She was deported in 1942 to Auschwitz, where she was murdered.
Wake up to Aneta Szoltis-Mencina’s “Morning Dawn" (2023).
Drawing a red line. Editorial cartoonist Daniel Medina notes numerous MAGA supporters say they are starting to move away from Trump because the price of gas is skyrocketing — not because of his grifting or the illegal and unconstitutional actions he and his administration do daily.
Jordanian editorial cartoonist Osama Hajjaj notes that Trump has achieved regime change in Iran: a 56-year-old anti-American Shia hardliner replacing an 86-year-old anti-American Shia hardliner.
Editorial cartoonist Clay Jones questions why Trump, who avoided the draft by falsely claiming bone spurs, hasn’t called on his son Barron to serve in the Iran war.
Editorial cartoonist Jeff Danziger questions Trump’s sincerity over U.S. casualties in the Iran war after watching his distracted behavior last week, and his previous depictions of fallen troops as “suckers” and “losers.”
Followed the rules. Filed an asylum application on time. Got work authorization, a Social Security card and a driver’s license. Attended immigration court hearings and check-ins. No criminal record. Arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement anyway.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth: “America, regardless of what so-called international institutions say, is unleashing the most lethal and precise air power campaign in history. No stupid rules of engagement. No politically correct wars. We fight to win, and we don’t waste time or lives.”
