Free speech: Top ten cartoons of the week

When Donald Trump was reelected, who predicted late-night television would become relevant again?

Thanks to the cancelation of Stephen Colbert's show and Jimmy Kimmel's short-lived suspension, late-night TV hosts have alerted Americans (and even a few Republicans) to the Trump administrations's willingness to use the government to threaten speech it doesn't like.

I thought Adam Zyglis' cartoon of free speech advocates raising the constitution like the flag at Iwo Jima really hit the mark. I also enjoyed Dave Granlund's cartoon mixing Trump's annoyance over Kimmel's return with his bizarre instance Americans stop taking Tylenol.

But our most-reprinted cartoon of the week, drawn by R.J. Matson, previews what we'll all be fretting over in just a few days – a government shutdown under an administration trying to rid itself of as many federal employees as possible.

Here are our top ten most reprinted cartoons of the week:

#1. RJ Matson

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#2. Dave Whamond

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#3. Adam Zyglis

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#4. Ed Wexler

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#5. Dave Granlund

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#6. Doug Plante

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#7. Harley Schwadron

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#8. Dave Granlund

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#9. Dave Granlund

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#10. Ratt

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Daryl Cagle is the publisher of Cagle.com and owner of CagleCartoons.com, a syndicate that distributes editorial cartoons and columns to over 500 subscribing newspapers. See Daryl’s blog at DarylCagle.com and watch his video podcast about editorial cartoons at Caglecast.com