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In a landmark case last month, a California jury found Meta and YouTube liable for designing their platforms to be addictive and harmful to children.

Since everyone uses social media these days, a number of our most-reprinted cartoons this week focused on the ruling and the harm these platforms continue to create,.

Our top cartoon this week, drawn by R.J. Matson, draws on a classic 1980s commercial to compare social media to addictive drugs.

John Darkow goes a bit further, showing social media companies as bad guys trying to woo kids and get them hooked, something they’ve now been found liable of doing.

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

#1. R.J. Matson

#2. Dave Whamond

#3. John Darkow

#4. John Darkow

#5. Dave Granlund

#6. Chris Weyant

#7. Jeff Koterba

#8. Bob Englehart

#9. Dave Granlund

#10. Dave Granlund

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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

As spring break nears, good luck getting on an airplane.

Thanks to a partial government shutdown, airports across the country have been dealing with long lines at security checkpoints due to unpaid TSA agents calling out. And it doesn’t seem like ICE agents deployed by Trump are doing much to help.

Our most popular cartoon of the week, drawn by R.J. Matson, draws on the anger over long lines and the blame game in Washington, where politics dominates everything.

Editors also liked John Darkow’s TSA cartoon, which features a comically long line of angry passengers. Wait until they see the cost of the ticket.

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

#1. R.J. Matson

#2. John Darkow

#3. John Darkow

#4. R.J. Matson

#5. John Darkow

#6. Bruce Plante

#7. Jeff Koterba

#8. Harley Schwadron

#9. Dave Granlund

#10. Harley Schwadron

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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

Will the U.S. ever learn?

That’s basically the gist of our most popular cartoons this week, which sharply mocked Donald Trump’s war in Iran – the “real” March Madness, according to Dave Granlund. Like other conflicts in the Middle East, Trump’s “little excursion” into Iran doesn’t appear to have an endgame and threatens to drag on and on.

One of our most-popular cartoons this week, drawn by conservative cartoonist Gary McCoy, transformed a couple’s bathtub into a strategic petroleum reserve. Another popular one came from the pen of Monte Wolverton, who imagined pro-war oil executives rolling around in piles of money like charmless Scrooge McDucks.

While the focus was almost entirely on the war in Iran this week, our most-popular cartoon was a John Darkow special about the crazy swings in temperature across much of the country. At least it was a momentary distraction from the rising prices at the pump.

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

#1. John Darkow

#2. Gary McCoy

#3. Monte Wolverton

#4. Dave Granlund

#5. John Darkow

#6. Harley Schwadron

#7. Gary McCoy

#8. Dave Granlund

#9. Dave Whamond/b>

#10. Rick McKee

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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

High gas prices! Long lines at the airport! A middle class squeeze! Pollen!

Americans are up against it, judging by a roundup of our top cartoons of the week. From the war in Iran to stress at the grocery store, cartoonists covered a host of topics.

Our most-reprinted cartoon was a riff by Dave Granlund about the lack of TSA agents at airports due to the partial government shutdown, which doesn’t appear to be ending anytime soon.

A number of cartoonists honed in on the high prices at the pump due to Trump’s attack on Iran, with Rick McKee calling back to the Biden “I did that!” stickers that appeared on gas pumps when prices rose during COVID.

Wild times, indeed.

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

#1. Dave Granlund

#2. Jeff Koterba

#3. Dave Granlund

#4. Milt Priggee

#5. John Darkow

#6. Dave Whamond

#7. Dave Granlund

#8. Rick McKee

#9. Jonathan Brown

#10. Chris Weyant

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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

The war in Iran has been raging for nearly a week, enough time for the nation’s top cartoonists to weigh in on America’s latest conflict in the Middle East.

Our most-reprinted cartoon about the war this week comes from Gary McCoy and features a relatable father worrying about his son’s future as missiles fly.

Other popular cartoons touched on some of the many ramifications of the war at home – the skyrocketing price of gas, the lack of a clear reason why we had to launch an attack now, and the weird pseudo-gambling prediction markets letting people bet on life and death.

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

#1. Gary McCoy

#2. Harley Schwadron

#3. John Darkow

#4. Dave Whamond

#5. R.J. Matson

#6. Gary McCoy

#7. Dave Granlund

#8. John Darkow

#9. Bob Englehart

#10. Gary McCoy

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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

Despite the Supreme Court ruling Trump’s tariffs were illegal, I wouldn’t count on receiving a refund. Even though some Democrats, including California Gov. Gavin Newsome and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, are demanding Trump pay $1,700 per household, there doesn’t appear to me much appetite for his administration to cough up billions of dollars.

While the odds are low, some will happily sit around in the hopes of landing a government check. Our most-popular cartoon this week was a John Darkow drawing about two men doing just that – sitting in the snow waiting for their tariff rebate check.

Elsewhere in the world of politics, editors loved Paul Duginski’s cartoon mocking wanna-be president candidates for writing a book before officially launching their campaign. So don’t start worrying about a possible Trump third term until preorders for his new book start showing up.

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

#1. John Darkow

#2. Paul Duginski

#3. Dave Whamond

#4. John Darkow

#5. John Darkow

#6. Chris Weyant

#7. Pat Bagley

#8. Dave Whamond

#9. John Darkow

#10. Rick McKee

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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

This week, the country said goodbye to civil rights leader and former Democratic presidential candidate Jesse Jackson, who died after a long battle with a neurodegenerative disease.

Our most-popular cartoon of the week was Jonathan Brown’s obituary cartoon, which skipped the pearly gates in favor of a more timely message from Jackson that hits hard in Trump’s America.

A.I. cartoons were again popular this week, the rare topic where everyone seems to agree these days. I laughed at Dave Whamond’s cartoon about a robot impersonating a human online, something I bet we’ll be reading about soon… probably in a story written by a computer.

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

#1. Jonathan Brown

#2. Dave Whamond

#3. John Darkow

#4. John Darkow

#5. Dave Granlund

#6. Jonathan Brown

#7. Dave Granlund

#8. Rick McKee

#9. Peter Kuper

#10. Harley Schwadron

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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

At times I wish we could go back to the days when extremists with the lowest intelligence and loudest voices didn’t have digital megaphones spreading their garbage.

Our most popular cartoon of the week by far, drawn John Darkow, touches on that thought. Darkow turns to Winnie the Pooh and Piglet in a touching cartoon to subtly criticize all the venom and hatred dominating much of our culture.

Another popular cartoon, drawn by Dave Whamond, put a spotlight on wealthy tech overlords squeezing all the “ordinary-aires” who can’t afford groceries. Editors also seemed to like a number of cartoons about how one of those billionaires, Jeff Bezos, unceremoniously gutted the staff of the Washington Post.

Democracy does die in the darkness after all.

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

#1. John Darkow

#2. Dave Whamond

#3. Dave Granlund

#4. Bob Englehart

#5. Chris Weyant

#6. Chris Weyant

#7. Harley Schwadron

#8. R.J. Matson

#9. Jeff Koterba

#10. John Darkow

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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

Are we ever going to have another slow news week?

Trump threatening to nationalize elections, A.I.’s continued stampede through our lives, the Washington Post’s implosion, and the Super Bowl are just some of the topics that made our list of the most popular cartoons of the week.

The most reprinted was a funny Gary McCoy riff on our growing dependence on chatbots and A.I. Dave Whamond – and not a robot – drew four of our 10 most popular cartoons this week, including a funny Groundhog Day gag and a pointed toon about the Jeff Bezos-owned Post dying in darkness after laying off a third of the staff.

At least the Post didn’t lay off their staff cartoonist – she quit last year, when her editor tried to kill a cartoon going after Bezos and other billionaires for sucking up to Trump. Doesn’t look like much has changed.

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

#1. Gary McCoy

#2. Dave Whamond

#3. Dave Granlund

#4. R.J. Matson

#5. Dave Whamond

#6. Dave Whamond

#7. Harley Schwadron

#8. Dave Whamond

#9. Dick Wright

#10. Gary McCoy

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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

Let it snow?

While I’m here enjoying the warm weather in California, most of the eastern U.S. has been buried under the snow for going on a week.

Our most-reprinted cartoon this week is a funny one by John Darkow, employing Punxsutawney Phil in an attempt to predict an early spring.

Editors also enjoyed Dave Whamond’s cartoon mixing the cold weather with the public’s growing distrust of ICE. I got a kick out of Dave Granlund’s cartoon, about how we all devolve into cavemen when a few flakes hit the ground.

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

#1. John Darkow

#2. Harley Schwadron

#3. Dave Whamond

#4. Dave Whamond

#5. Jonathan Brown

#6. Sean Delonas

#7. Bob Englehart

#8. Dave Granlund

#9. John Darkow

#10. Chris Weyant

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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