The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics

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Funny business.  I've tried a different format so people can comment on each cartoon.  (The cartoons are in the comment section.)   If that's a problem then I plead "guilty".

Oil Industry in Venezuela Could See Boom but Many Workers Won't Return

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“A global diaspora of oil workers holds the key to the country's recovery, but many still don't trust the government.”

Unfinished business?  Or promise forgotten? Maybe somebody just took their eye off the ball.

Why people in L.A. are strapping cameras on their bodies to do chores

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“AI and robotics companies need data on movements in the physical world. Some are paying gig workers to record themselves cooking dinner and doing...”

This sounds a little weird.  Almost like a cyberpunk movie.

Trump Admin has begun trade investigations as a way to impose tariffs

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Beavis struck out.  Now it is Butt Head's turn.

First week of Iran war cost US over $11 billion, military told lawmakers

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How long before the Boom-Boom Boys start begging Congress for supplemental funding?   USA!  USA!  USA!  Are Trump Republicans turning into Chump Republicans?

Fukushima nuclear disaster | March 11, 2011

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“A massive earthquake in Japan causes the the Fukushima disaster—considered the second-worst nuclear disaster in histo...”

Those were the good ol' days?

Pentagon bars press photographers over ‘unflattering’ Hegseth photos

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“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s staff took issue with images taken in a rare briefing last week and decided to shut out photographers from two...”

CREDIBILITY?

Iran sends millions of oil barrels to China through Strait of Hormuz even as war chokes the waterway

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QUAGMIRE QUANDARY What to do?  What to do?  Safeguard oil infrastructure or escalate the conflict?

Why the US and Iran are fighting two different wars

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Has Trump already lost the war?  Trump has demonstrated the United States can, indeed, inflict devastating physical damage on another country.  But Trump has also clearly shown that the United States cannot occupy and politically dominate another country.  The United States can decapitate...

Shots fired at US consulate in Toronto, Canada, officials say

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“A State Department spokesperson told CBS News the U.S. was aware of the incident”

Trump dividends are beginning to roll in.