Military in cities, government shutdown continued: Editorial cartoons for Oct. 12, 2025 - syracuse.com
By: Jack Ohman, Nick Anderson, Bill Bramhall, Dana Summers (syracuse)
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"Portland is not on fire or bombed out," Oregonlive.com reported Friday, fact-checking claims made at President Donald Trump's "antifa roundtable" earlier in the week to justify sending troops to the city. Drew Sheneman leads this week's editorial cartoon gallery with "Tales from the front: Portland edition" showing a couple of soldiers relating their encounters with unicycles, Voodoo Doughnuts, bagpipes and kombucha.
In real life, deployment of the Oregon National Guard was on hold while a federal appeals court deliberated whether to overturn a district judge's temporary order halting it. Protesters donned inflatable animal costumes, making sport of Trump's inaccurate depiction of a city "burning to the ground."
Mike Luckovich picks up the theme by showing Fourth of July fireworks repurposed into antifa violence. Nick Anderson and Michael Ramirez reference Trump's trampling of "Posse Comitatus," the law barring federal troops from participating in civilian law enforcement. Dana Summers mocks Democrats who scoff at law and order.
Meanwhile, the federal government shutdown entered its second week with no sign of a budget compromise to reopen it. David Horsey paints Republicans in charge of Congress as air traffic controllers who went on vacation. Joey Weatherford thinks Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has abandoned common sense by holding out. Ramirez sees Democrats and Repubicans as children blaming each other for the ball thrown through government's picture window.
Other topics in this week's gallery include a peace deal in Gaza between Israel and Hamas; Trump's plan to issue a $1 coin bearing his likeness; another indictment of a Trump antagonist, this time New York Attorney General Letitia James; turmoil at CBS News; and the AI "actor" Tilly Norwood.
Cartoons were drawn by Jack Ohman, Nick Anderson, Bill Bramhall, Dana Summers, Drew Sheneman, Walt Handelsman, David Horsey, Phil Hands, Joel Pett and Joey Weatherford of Tribune Content Agency; and Mike Luckovich, Steve Breen and Michael Ramirez of Creators Syndicate.
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