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The presidential election is less than six weeks away, but that’s an eternity for scores of Americans burnt out by the non-stop coverage of the campaign.

I laughed at Bob Englehart’s popular cartoon this week, which featured police torturing a suspect by showing poll after poll of the contest between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. There’s were also the devils in Chris Weyant’s cartoon, ready to turn up the heat by turning on cable news.

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

#1. Dave Granlund

#2. Bob Englehart

#3. Bob Englehart

#4. John Darkow

#5. Chris Weyant

#6. Dave Whamond

#7. Jeff Koterba

#8. R.J. Matson

#9. R.J.Matson

#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

Editor’s note: This column has been updated to correct a misspelling of assassination.

Can we get to Election Day without another assassination attempt targeting our presidential candidates?

A potential gunman outside Donald Trump’s Florida golf course was shot at and apprehended by authorities last weekend, calling into question how rigorous security is around the former president. Rick McKee compared Trump’s security detail to a slice of stinky cheese in a popular cartoon among editors this week.

While the second assassination attempt dominated our cartoons this week, our most-reprinted cartoon was Dave Granlund’s funny take on fuel prices going down. So much for electric cars.

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

#1. Dave Granlund

#2. Pat Bagley

#3. Bob Englehart

#4. Jeff Koterba

#5. Chris Weyant

#6. Bob Englehart

#7. Gary McCoy

#8. Dave Whamond

#9. Dave Granlund

#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

That debate was… something.

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris faced off for the first time this week, and cartoonists seem to have focused their efforts on the former president’s false claim migrants are eating the pets of residents in Springfield, Ohio. I liked Jeff Koterba’s cartoon, which melded Trump’s “They’re eating the dogs” line and JD Vance’s earlier attacks on “childless cat ladies.”

Our most popular cartoon following Tuesday debate was Dave Whamond’s funny riff of Trump saying he has a “concept of a plan” on health care.

Back in Washington, D.C., R.J. Matson reminded all of us about the impending government shutdown, which will happen on Oct. 1 if our politics don’t get their act together.

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

#1. Dave Whamond

#2. Jeff Koterba

#3. John Cole

#4. Jeff Koterba

#5. John Darkow

#6. R.J. Matson

#7. Randall Enos

#8. Randall Enos

#9. Dave Granlund

#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

Ads, ads, and more ads.

If you are unlucky enough to live in a battleground state, you’ve probably been inundated with an endless stream of campaign commercials. Bob Englehart’s widely-reprinted cartoon hit the nail on the head, while Dave Granlund and R.J. Matson both mocked the idea voters could still be undecided after such a deluge of information.

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

#1. Bob Englehart

#2. Gary McCoy

#3. Jeff Koterba

#4. John Darkow

#5. Dave Granlund

#6. Jeff Koterba

#7. Randall Enos

#8. R.J. Matson

#9. John Darkow

#10. Jeff Koterba

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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 U.S. will have a new president before two astronauts trapped in space will be able to return home.

Thanks to issues with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams will be stuck on the International Space Station until at least February, when either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump will be living in the White House.

Chris Weyant mocked the situation in a cartoon popular with editors this week, comparing the astronauts’ wait to Joe Biden’s lame-duck status as commander in chief. I also enjoyed Dave Granlund’s comparison of the situation to Gilligan’s Island, the classic TV show where a “three hour tour” famously turned into a much longer stay on an uncharted desert island.

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

#1. John Darkow

#2. Chris Weyant

#3. Dave Granlund

#4. Doug Plante

#5. John Darkow

#6. Dave Granlund

#7. Randall Enos

#8. Rick McKee

#9. John Darkow

#10. Dick Wright

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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

It’s been a whirlwind month in the world of politics, capped off by the Democratic National Convention and Kamala Harris officially accepting the Democratic presidential nomination.

One of our most-reprinted cartoons this week was a celebration of Joe Biden by Chris Weyant, who gained newfound popularity among Democrats after dropping out of the race. It sure seems like Donald Trump is regretting his decision to participate in an early debate, now that he has to face Harris.

Despite everything going on politically, our most popular cartoon this week was Dave Granlund’s celebration of Woodstock’s 55th anniversary, the legendary music festival at Yasgur’s Farm that took place on a rainy August weekend in 1969. Here’s to peace and music.

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

#1. Dave Granlund

#2. Chris Weyant

#3. Dave Granlund

#4. Jeff Koterba

#5. Guy Parsons

#6. Rivers

#7. Rick McKee

#8. John Darkow

#9. Daryl Cagle

#10. Randall Enos

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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

Parents are normally ecstatic when it’s time for their children to shuffle back to school. But thanks to inflation, the price of just about everything remains high, including that cost of school supplies.

Jeff Koterba’s cartoon about budgeting for back-to-school was our most-reprinted cartoon of the week. Bob Englehart’s cartoon about the whole thing being a scam was also popular with editors.

As far as politics are concerned, I chuckled at Chris Weyant’s cartoon about the annoying back-and-forth over crowd sizes, while Dick Wright dinged Kamala Harris for copying Donald Trump’s plan to make tips tax free.

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

#1. Jeff Koterba

#2. Bob Englehart

#3. Randal Enos

#4. John Darkow

#5. Dick Wright

#6. Chris Weyant

#7. Jeff Koterba

#8. John Darkow

#9. Dick Wright

#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

Wall Street gave everyone whiplash last week, with stocks tanking before bouncing back in a late-week comeback.

Dave Granlund’s “The sky is falling!” cartoon was popular among editors this week, and I loved the imagery of Chris Weyant’s Olympics-inspired toon about the brief stock market crash.

This week’s most-popular cartoon continued on a theme that began a few weeks ago, about people looking for any excuse to ignore the election. With astronauts stuck on the International Space Station until February, they won’t just miss the election – they won’t be back to Earth until after we inaugurate a new president.

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

#1. John Darkow

#2. Dave Granlund

#3. John Darkow

#4. Rick McKee

#5. Rivers

#6. Dick Wright

#7. Dave Whamond

#8. Chris Weyant

#9. Jeff Koterba

#10. Pat Bagley

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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 Olympics couldn’t have come at a better time.

The quadrennial competition, being held this year in Paris, is a perfect distraction for weary American voters overcome by breaking news. In the span of a month, former President Donald Trump was shot at a rally, JD Vance was named his running mate, Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race, and Kamala Harris has become the Democratic nominee. Oh, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. left a dead bear in Central Park

Chris Weyant’s toon about the the Olympics giving Americans something, anything else to focus on was our most-reprinted cartoon of the week. I also chuckled at Dave Whamond’s cartoon highlighting the Olympic events for everyday people.

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

#1. Chris Weyant

#2. Jeff Koterba

#3. Chris Weyant

#4. Dick Wright

#5. Dave Granlund

#6. Dave Granlund

#7. Jeff Koterba

#8. Dave Whamond

#9. Dave Whamond

#10. John Cole

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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

It’s hard to keep up with the current news cycle, with the failed assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump being pushed out of the news by Joe Biden’s decision to drop out of the race.

We should see a bunch of great Biden and Kamala Harris cartoons Monday, but the most-reprinted cartoons of the past week were focused on Trump’s close brush with death during a political rally in Pennsylvania.

Dave Whamond penned the most-reprinted cartoon of the week, featuring a kid in front of a computer confused when prompted to go outside and play. Another popular cartoon, drawn by Jeff Koterba, featured a rare agreement between Democrats and Republicans over the shocking security failures that allowed the gunman to get so close to Trump.

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

#1. Dave Whamond

#2. Jeff Koterba

#3. John Darkow

#4. Jeff Koterba

#5. John Darkow

#6. John Darkow

#7. Dave Whamond

#8. Rick McKee

#9. John Darkow

#10. Pat Bagley

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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