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Lots of unhinged news = a treasure trove for cartoons. Here’re some of the best
Cartoons of the Year
The best editorial cartoons of the year from Nick Anderson, Michael de Adder, and RJ Matson.
contrarian.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Lots of unhinged news = a treasure trove for cartoons. Here’re some of the best
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“On average, young adults remain much less religious than older Americans,” reads the report released Monday (Dec. 8).
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Decline of religion remains stalled, says new Pew report. But there's no revival yet.
(RNS) — For the past five years, the decline of religion in America has stalled, after years of decline.
religionnews.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
“On average, young adults remain much less religious than older Americans,” reads the report released Monday (Dec. 8).
religionnews.com/2025/12/08/d...
religionnews.com/2025/12/08/d...
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The Episcopal bishop of Texas said the priest was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials this week while returning home from his workplace.
religionnews.com/2025/11/02/e...
religionnews.com/2025/11/02/e...
Episcopal priest has been detained by ICE in Texas, says diocese
(RNS) — 'We do not know yet why he was targeted,' said the Rt. Rev. C. Andrew Doyle, who leads the Diocese of Texas.
religionnews.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The Episcopal bishop of Texas said the priest was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials this week while returning home from his workplace.
religionnews.com/2025/11/02/e...
religionnews.com/2025/11/02/e...
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Good roundup from @usatoday.com here of recent faith-based activism challenging the Trump administration, especially the president's immigration agenda: www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
Pastors at a protest? That's the scene at anti-Trump rallies across the US.
It is time, faith leaders say, to remind the country of religion's role in caring for the poor and the stranger
www.usatoday.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Good roundup from @usatoday.com here of recent faith-based activism challenging the Trump administration, especially the president's immigration agenda: www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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"Pritzker and Newsom see it as a defining challenge of this moment that Trump is consolidating authoritarian power daily, and using it to subjugate and dominate Blue America as if it’s akin to an enemy nation within."
newrepublic.com/article/2014...
newrepublic.com/article/2014...
Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule
He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.
newrepublic.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
"Pritzker and Newsom see it as a defining challenge of this moment that Trump is consolidating authoritarian power daily, and using it to subjugate and dominate Blue America as if it’s akin to an enemy nation within."
newrepublic.com/article/2014...
newrepublic.com/article/2014...
October 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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A page published by the White House entitled "President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian" lists exhibits, educational sites and more that the administration seems to take issue with.
Smithsonian artists and scholars respond to White House list of objectionable art
A page published by the White House entitled "President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian" lists exhibits, educational sites and more that the administration seems to take issue with.
n.pr
August 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
A page published by the White House entitled "President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian" lists exhibits, educational sites and more that the administration seems to take issue with.
I. Can’t. Even.
Los Angeles school district police, staff and volunteers will form protective perimeters around at least 100 schools to help ensure safe passage of children — an announcement that came on a day that immigration agents drew their guns on a student with disabilities. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Agents detain student at gunpoint near school; safe zones to be expanded around LAUSD campuses
Amid immigration enforcement, city and school officials will set up "safe zones" monitored by LAPD and community volunteers to protect undocumented families when school resumes at LAUSD.
www.latimes.com
August 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I. Can’t. Even.
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One in four healthcare workers in Massachusetts are immigrants. Many recently lost their jobs when their parole and work permits were terminated by the Trump administration.
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
Mass. immigrants who had legal status lose work in home and health care
Immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela living in Massachusetts have lost their legal status — and their work permits.
www.wgbh.org
August 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
One in four healthcare workers in Massachusetts are immigrants. Many recently lost their jobs when their parole and work permits were terminated by the Trump administration.
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
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#AmericanNations traced the history of the rival regional cultures of North America, but we've never had a proper, continent-scale map of them...until now.
www.nationhoodlab.org/the-american...
www.nationhoodlab.org/the-american...
The American Nations regions across North America
Nationhood Lab recently mapped the regional cultures across Canada, Greenland, Northern Mexico and parts of the Caribbean, allowing the American Nations analytical model to be used for cross-country c...
www.nationhoodlab.org
August 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
#AmericanNations traced the history of the rival regional cultures of North America, but we've never had a proper, continent-scale map of them...until now.
www.nationhoodlab.org/the-american...
www.nationhoodlab.org/the-american...
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OPINION: San Francisco had long been the mind-bending mecca for the spiritual counterculture of the baby boom generation, with rock music, particularly the Grateful Dead’s trippy, open-ended jams, furnishing the liturgical soundscape.
religionnews.com/2025/07/17/d...
religionnews.com/2025/07/17/d...
A long strange trip from early Christianity to the Grateful Dead's Haight-Ashbury days
(RNS) — Both Christians and Deadheads were a ragtag group of communal devotees, preaching a simple message of love and peace and challenging the materialism of the powers and principalities of their…
religionnews.com
July 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
OPINION: San Francisco had long been the mind-bending mecca for the spiritual counterculture of the baby boom generation, with rock music, particularly the Grateful Dead’s trippy, open-ended jams, furnishing the liturgical soundscape.
religionnews.com/2025/07/17/d...
religionnews.com/2025/07/17/d...
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Since 1954, an IRS rule had barred houses of worship from explicitly endorsing political candidates.
IRS says churches can now endorse political candidates
Since 1954, an IRS rule had barred houses of worship from explicitly endorsing political candidates.
n.pr
July 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Since 1954, an IRS rule had barred houses of worship from explicitly endorsing political candidates.
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76% of Americans think that democracy is under a serious threat, according to the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist poll. And their faith in political leadership in the White House and Congress is low.
Poll: Most feel democracy is threatened and political violence is a major problem
76% of Americans think that democracy is under a serious threat, according to the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist poll. And their faith in political leadership in the White House and Congress is low.
n.pr
July 6, 2025 at 10:14 AM
76% of Americans think that democracy is under a serious threat, according to the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist poll. And their faith in political leadership in the White House and Congress is low.
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1. I’ve got a few minutes, so gonna craft a quick thread about something that hasn’t gotten as much attention over the past few months:
Trump has vowed to be a champion of religion, but *religious opposition* to his administration and policies is loud, persistent and, frankly, overwhelming.
Trump has vowed to be a champion of religion, but *religious opposition* to his administration and policies is loud, persistent and, frankly, overwhelming.
June 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
1. I’ve got a few minutes, so gonna craft a quick thread about something that hasn’t gotten as much attention over the past few months:
Trump has vowed to be a champion of religion, but *religious opposition* to his administration and policies is loud, persistent and, frankly, overwhelming.
Trump has vowed to be a champion of religion, but *religious opposition* to his administration and policies is loud, persistent and, frankly, overwhelming.
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Every $1 spent on vaccines saves $21 in healthcare costs. 💉💰
Vaccines aren’t just lifesaving, they’re cost-saving.
As @gavi.org prepares for its replenishment this month, global leaders have the opportunity to invest in a stronger, more resilient future for everyone, everywhere. 💪
Vaccines aren’t just lifesaving, they’re cost-saving.
As @gavi.org prepares for its replenishment this month, global leaders have the opportunity to invest in a stronger, more resilient future for everyone, everywhere. 💪
June 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Every $1 spent on vaccines saves $21 in healthcare costs. 💉💰
Vaccines aren’t just lifesaving, they’re cost-saving.
As @gavi.org prepares for its replenishment this month, global leaders have the opportunity to invest in a stronger, more resilient future for everyone, everywhere. 💪
Vaccines aren’t just lifesaving, they’re cost-saving.
As @gavi.org prepares for its replenishment this month, global leaders have the opportunity to invest in a stronger, more resilient future for everyone, everywhere. 💪
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The federal government is taking over the California National Guard and deploying 2,000 soldiers in Los Angeles — not because there is a shortage of law enforcement, but because they want a spectacle.
Don't give them one.
Never use violence. Speak out peacefully.
Don't give them one.
Never use violence. Speak out peacefully.
June 8, 2025 at 2:22 AM
The federal government is taking over the California National Guard and deploying 2,000 soldiers in Los Angeles — not because there is a shortage of law enforcement, but because they want a spectacle.
Don't give them one.
Never use violence. Speak out peacefully.
Don't give them one.
Never use violence. Speak out peacefully.
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Follow along for ongoing coverage of the protests around U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in the Los Angeles area.
Trump administration sending National Guard troops to L.A. amid clashes over raids
The Trump administration said it would send 2,000 National Guard troops into Los Angeles after a second day in which protesters confronted immigration agents during raids of local businesses.
www.latimes.com
June 8, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Follow along for ongoing coverage of the protests around U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in the Los Angeles area.
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OPINION: Reread “The Great Gatsby," then ask yourselves: How do we reclaim America from the casual racism of its leaders? And how do we reclaim America from careless people?
religionnews.com/2025/05/08/g...
religionnews.com/2025/05/08/g...
Trump supporters should revisit 'The Great Gatsby'
(RNS) — How do we reclaim America from careless people?
religionnews.com
May 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
OPINION: Reread “The Great Gatsby," then ask yourselves: How do we reclaim America from the casual racism of its leaders? And how do we reclaim America from careless people?
religionnews.com/2025/05/08/g...
religionnews.com/2025/05/08/g...
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The ADL dismayed some progressive Jewish leaders by welcoming Columbia’s acquiescence in March to Trump administration demands and by initially commending the campaign targeting pro-Palestinian activists such as Mahmoud Khalil.
Anti-Defamation League says anger at Israel is now the driving force behind antisemitism in the US
NEW YORK (AP) — The ADL’s findings add grist to an intense, divisive debate among American Jews — and others — over the extent to which vehement criticism of Israeli policies and of Zionism should be…
religionnews.com
April 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The ADL dismayed some progressive Jewish leaders by welcoming Columbia’s acquiescence in March to Trump administration demands and by initially commending the campaign targeting pro-Palestinian activists such as Mahmoud Khalil.
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It's really extraordinary to get a 1 a.m. order from the U.S. Supreme Court on litigation that didn't even exist until 8 hours ago.
That suggests that (at least 7 of them) are taking this Constitutional threat seriously.
That suggests that (at least 7 of them) are taking this Constitutional threat seriously.
BREAKING: SCOTUS orders the government not to remove from the country, for the time being, any of the individuals slated for possible deportation to El Salvador. The vote is apparently 7-2, with Justices Thomas and Alito in dissent
April 19, 2025 at 5:25 AM
It's really extraordinary to get a 1 a.m. order from the U.S. Supreme Court on litigation that didn't even exist until 8 hours ago.
That suggests that (at least 7 of them) are taking this Constitutional threat seriously.
That suggests that (at least 7 of them) are taking this Constitutional threat seriously.
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"The Trump administration is substantially scaling back the State Department's annual reports on international human rights to remove longstanding critiques of abuses such as harsh prison conditions, government corruption.." www.npr.org/2025/04/18/n...
The State Department is changing its mind about what it calls human rights
The agency's annual human rights reports are being purged of references to prison conditions, political corruption and other abuses.
www.npr.org
April 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"The Trump administration is substantially scaling back the State Department's annual reports on international human rights to remove longstanding critiques of abuses such as harsh prison conditions, government corruption.." www.npr.org/2025/04/18/n...
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OPINION: There is a long and ignoble history of antisemites scheduling their attacks on or around Jewish holidays. The timing of the attack on Gov. Josh Shapiro is no coincidence.
religionnews.com/2025/04/14/g...
religionnews.com/2025/04/14/g...
The Passover attack on Gov. Josh Shapiro was an attack on all Jews
(RNS) — When you attack another Jew on Passover, you are coming after me.
religionnews.com
April 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
OPINION: There is a long and ignoble history of antisemites scheduling their attacks on or around Jewish holidays. The timing of the attack on Gov. Josh Shapiro is no coincidence.
religionnews.com/2025/04/14/g...
religionnews.com/2025/04/14/g...
This is so un-American:
"Eight points makes someone a “validated” member of the group. Having tattoos associated with the gang is worth four points.
Wearing clothing associated with the gang is worth another four."
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/w...
Wearing clothing associated with the gang is worth another four."
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/w...
Inside Trump’s Rushed Effort to Deport 238 Migrants (Gift Article)
The Trump administration sent them to a prison in El Salvador under a wartime act, calling them members of a Venezuelan gang. But a New York Times investigation found little evidence of criminal backg...
www.nytimes.com
April 15, 2025 at 12:13 PM
This is so un-American:
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"Eight points makes someone a “validated” member of the group. Having tattoos associated with the gang is worth four points.
Wearing clothing associated with the gang is worth another four."
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/w...
Wearing clothing associated with the gang is worth another four."
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/w...
Inside Trump’s Rushed Effort to Deport 238 Migrants (Gift Article)
The Trump administration sent them to a prison in El Salvador under a wartime act, calling them members of a Venezuelan gang. But a New York Times investigation found little evidence of criminal backg...
www.nytimes.com
April 15, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"Eight points makes someone a “validated” member of the group. Having tattoos associated with the gang is worth four points.
Wearing clothing associated with the gang is worth another four."
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/w...
Wearing clothing associated with the gang is worth another four."
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/w...