Tuesday Political Cartoons: Root Canal Please
Posted: February 3, 2026 Filed under: just because | Tags: #BlackHistoryMonth 4 Comments
Hello…and yes, it is Black History Month.
I was a complete fuckwad and missed the first day. Sorry about that…I do apologize.
Here are some links to obituaries for Demond Wilson:
From the link:
He also explained that both he and Foxx initially saw the show as a short-term move, saying, “Redd and I thought we could grab some quick cash, plus notoriety, then move on to the next project.”
I want to share a few more things before I get to the cartoons.
Cartoons via Cagle:
Stay safe…
peej
Carissa
ecocatwoman
mablue2
peggysue22
quixote
skydancingguestblogger
Mona (aka Wonk the Vote)
Sky Dancing 
I love the Catherine O’Hara characters as Peanuts Dancers! Cute! Cute! Cute!
X offices raided in France as UK opens fresh investigation into Grok
The French offices of Elon Musk’s X have been raided by the Paris prosecutor’s cyber-crime unit, as part of an investigation into suspected offences including unlawful data extraction and complicity in the possession of child pornography.
The prosecutor’s office also said both Musk and former X chief executive Linda Yaccarino had been summoned to appear at hearings in April.
In a separate development, the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) announced a probe into Musk’s AI tool, Grok, over its “potential to produce harmful sexualised image and video content.”
Writing on X, Musk said the raid was a “political attack”.
X has previously characterised the French investigation as an attack on free speech.
The investigation began in January 2025 when French prosecutors started looking into content recommended by X’s algorithm, before being widened in July that year to include Musk’s controversial AI chatbot, Grok.
In a post at the time, X said the action was “politically-motivated” and denied allegations it had manipulated its algorithm.
Following today’s raid, French prosecutors say they are now investigating whether X has broken the law across multiple areas.
Among potential crimes it said it would investigate were complicity in possession or organised distribution of images of children of a pornographic nature, infringement of people’s image rights with sexual deepfakes and fraudulent data extraction by an organised group.
Meanwhile, UK authorities have given an update on their investigations into sexual deepfakes created by Grok and shared on X.
The images – often made using real images of women without their consent – prompted a barrage of criticism in January from victims, online safety campaigners and politicians.
The company eventually intervened to prevent the practice, after Ofcom and others launched investigations.
In an update on Tuesday, Ofcom said it was continuing to investigate the platform and was treating it as “a matter of urgency”.
But it added it was currently unable to investigate the creation of illegal images by Grok in this case because it did not have sufficient powers relating to chatbots.
However, shortly afterwards the ICO said it was launching its own probe, in conjunction with Ofcom, into the processing of personal data in relation to the Grok.
“The reports about Grok raise deeply troubling questions about how people’s personal data has been used to generate intimate or sexualised images without their knowledge or consent, and whether the necessary safeguards were put in place to prevent this,” said William Malcolm, the ICO’s executive director for regulatory risk & innovation.
In late January, the European Commission announced an investigation into its parent company xAI over concerns about the images.
A Commission spokesperson said it was in touch with France over its search of X’s office in Paris
Bill and Hillary Clinton Agree to Testify as Part of the House’s Epstein Probe
The couple has spent months fighting the House Oversight Committee’s subpoena.
Bill and Hillary Clinton agreed on Monday to comply with a subpoena from the House Oversight Committee and testify as part of the panel’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
Lawyers for the Clintons emailed the committee’s chair, Rep. James Comer, Monday evening to say that the couple would sit for interviews. If the testimony does happen, it will be one of only a few times a former president has been called before Congress.
The Clintons have spent months fighting the panel’s subpoena.
Oversight Committee Republicans, along with the support of a handful of Democrats, voted on Jan. 21 to hold both Clintons in contempt of Congress for failing to appear before the committee, prompting a last-ditch effort to negotiate terms.
In a letter on Saturday to Comer, which was obtained by The New York Times, Bill Clinton’s lawyer asked that the former president only appear for a four-hour transcribed interview. In the case of Hillary Clinton, lawyers argued that because she never met or spoke with Epstein, she should be allowed to submit a sworn declaration in place of testimony.
Comer rejected the offer in a response to the attorneys, calling it “unreasonable” and claiming that the requests amounted to special privileges.
“The Clintons’ counsel has said they agree to terms, but those terms lack clarity yet again and they have provided no dates for their depositions,” Comer said in a statement to NOTUS. “The only reason they have said they agree to terms is because the House has moved forward with contempt. I will clarify the terms they are agreeing to and then discuss next steps with my committee members.”
A former president has never testified before Congress for a criminal case of this magnitude.
President Donald Trump was successful in avoiding answering his 2022 subpoena by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, ultimately getting it withdrawn through litigation.
“Long-held precedent and practice maintain that separation of powers prohibits Congress from compelling a President to testify before it,” Trump’s attorney argued at the time.
The House Rules Committee was scheduled to hold a vote Monday to approve the contempt charges against the Clintons. But the panel’s chair, Rep. Virginia Foxx, moved to postpone the vote, saying that given the Clintons’ agreement to testify, she would grant more time for the Oversight Committee and the Clintons to agree to terms.
“Obviously there’s a lot of ongoing discussions and negotiations,” Foxx said Monday night after hours of debate. “I think we need more time to clarify with the Clintons what they are actually agreeing to. Accordingly, the committee will postpone further consideration of the contempt. However, should there not be substantial compliance and agreement overnight, the committee will return to continue the hearing on the contempt.”
Speaking from Capitol Hill on Monday, the Oversight Committee’s ranking member, Rep. Robert Garcia, said that for the contempt vote not to be withdrawn now that the Clintons have accepted the committee’s terms “would be insane.”
“That would be unprecedented,” Garcia said. “It would be clearly a demonstration that Comer is actually not interested in hearing from the Clintons, that he’s only interested in political games and not actually getting the truth, and I think that would be a huge disservice to the survivors and to the investigation.”
What a post! Lots of food for thought here. Thanks JJ.