Sunday Cartoons:
Posted: August 23, 2026 Filed under: just because 7 Comments
Happy Sunday.
This week has been one horror after another.
So I’m just sticking with cartoons and memes.
Cartoons via Cagle:
Pay attention:
This is an open thread.
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Inside Trump’s remake of the White House Rose Garden. First a stone patio, then statues
Instead of adding new roses, President Donald Trump’s White House Rose Garden is growing statues.
Trump put statues of some of America’s founders in the garden just off the Oval Office after he replaced its plush lawn with a white stone patio, turning the historic outdoor space into a look-alike of the one at his Mar-a-Lago home and private club in Palm Beach, Florida.
At least one statue was a gift. Others are on loan from people who wish to remain anonymous.
The latest addition, a bronze depiction of a seated Thomas Jefferson signing the Declaration of Independence, was a gift from George Lundeen, a sculptor from Loveland, Colorado. It joins statues already displayed there of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton and Ben Franklin. A fifth sculpture named “Freedom’s Charge” is also on the patio.
The statues are part of Trump’s sweeping series of White House renovations, from his gilded makeover of the Oval Office to the ballroom and helipad that the Republican president is having built on the south grounds. These projects fit into Trump’s broader plan to leave his mark on downtown Washington through other construction projects, including a statue garden on federal land near the National Mall.
Rising data center backlash shakes up midterm races
As public pushback to data centers boils over, politicians on both sides of the aisle are racing to distance themselves from the controversial facilities.
Key swing state candidates are scrambling to endorse stricter data center policies — and accusing their opponents of being too cozy with the industry — as Americans become increasingly hostile to the rapid build-out of AI infrastructure.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D), who once touted data center investments in the Keystone State, signed an order Tuesday implementing new requirements for developers to cover electricity costs and secure local approval for projects.
Former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), the GOP candidate in Michigan’s Senate race, announced Thursday that he is backing a one-year state moratorium on new data centers.
Former Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), the Democratic candidate in Ohio’s Senate race, is going after Sen. Jon Husted (R) over the incumbent’s record on data centers in the Buckeye State. The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) recently issued an internal memo warning that “data centers are the anchor hanging around Husted’s neck.”
Aru Shiney-Ajay, executive director of the progressive Sunrise Movement, told The Hill that during her canvassing in Michigan and Wisconsin, she has talked to voters who “are flipping their party affiliation because of the importance of data centers.”
Tech companies are pushing to build scores of new centers to fuel the development of artificial intelligence, which requires vast amounts of computing power.
But in the face of growing concerns about electricity costs, water usage and other environmental impacts, public opinion has soured.