Thursday Cartoons: Budget Cuts

Hey, I thought I called yesterday’s post “Thursday,” but it must have just been in my imagination. The big news is Mitch McConnell. Is he dead! Is he in life support? Who knows?

I’m going with dead, but only machine is keeping him alive.

Todd Blanche's deadline to put up or shut up is tomorrow. It's true! @katiephang.bsky.social is a bad ass. Setting precedent and taking names. Check out our conversation about her case here. Never any paywalls. Ever. http://www.muellershewrote.com/p/a-major-wi…

Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) 2026-07-01T20:47:06.992Z

In an unprecedented act of dissent, active-duty USAF Major Jason Watson was arrested on the Capitol steps after calling for the impeachment & removal of Donald Trump. Risking his career to uphold his constitutional oath, his arrest marks a historic moment. ✊🏻✊🏿✊🏼✊🏾✊🏽

TizzyWoman (@tizzywoman.bsky.social) 2026-07-01T21:20:26.529Z

ACTIVE DUTY AIR FORCE MAJOR CALLS FOR THE IMPEACHMENT OF TRUMP!This speech is historical ✊

Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) 2026-07-01T19:57:34.317Z

President Trump is not renewing a trilateral trade pact between the United States, Canada and Mexico that he once called "the best agreement" ever.

USA TODAY (@usatoday.com) 2026-07-02T00:30:34.924Z

The Supreme Court just ruled that political parties can spend unlimited amounts on their own candidates.🚩The DNC reportedly has $18 million in debt, with about $15 million cash on hand🚩The RNC has $125 million cash on hand.Democrats, do you see the problem?

Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) 2026-07-01T16:27:39.751Z

New filings reveal Trump personally outearned every single publicly traded crypto firm in America last year.

FactPost (@factpostnews.bsky.social) 2026-07-02T00:36:48.535752348Z

JUST POSTED: A large chunk of the $2 billion haul President Trump took in last year came as hundreds of thousands of his fans bet on a $TRUMP memecoin. Trump won big. His followers, financially at least, were big losers as Trump profited at their expense. http://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/u…

Eric Lipton NYT (@ericlipton.nytimes.com) 2026-07-01T22:56:09.977Z

Crypto, Bibles and watches: how Trump made over $2bn last year – The Latest

The Guardian (@theguardian.com) 2026-07-02T00:08:36.814Z

Oh my lord, the fireworks aren’t until at least 10:30 pm, so people who go to this thing are going to sit and stew in 100+ degree temps for 6 or more hours. Hopefully RFK Jr. will be there selling Reflecting-Pool-Algae smoothies.

Rex Huppke (@rexhuppke.bsky.social) 2026-07-02T00:40:04.321Z

This last bit of news was rather exciting:

Air traffic control audio captured a moment between an NYPD helicopter pilot and a LaGuardia air traffic controller regarding today's incident at the Empire State Building, in which two people climbed to the top of the building.

CNN (@cnn.com) 2026-07-02T00:43:24.494208319Z

Cartoons via Cagle website:

Well, you all be safe out there…this is an open thread.



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