Hammer time

Hammer time

A New York minute, a conscience clash, and more

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Bari Weiss holds a sledgehammer and stands in the rubble of the CBS News building. She’s surrounded by what she has destroyed and portraits of Walter Cronkite, Scott Pelley, and Edward R. Murrow. Weiss says, “60 Minutes? It only took me 60 seconds!!!”

Jack Ohman / Copyright 2026 Tribune Content Agency

Three men and a woman are in a bar watching a TV broadcast from the White House with the UFC cage out in front. A female newscaster says, “With some declining to participate, the UFC event will now be headlined by Trump wrestling with his conscience…” The people in the bar burst out laughing and one of the men says, “I always knew it was fake!”

John Deering / Copyright 2026 Creators Syndicate

A path of creatures shows the evolution of man from a fish in the water, to a fish on land, to an ape-like creature to a caveman and finally a modern middle-aged man. The modern man is walking into the mouth of a giant, metal, sharp-toothed fish labeled “AI”. The man looks worried and thinks to himself, “I should have stayed in the water.”

Christopher Weyant / Copyright 2026 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.

This cartoon is titled “The latest effort to restrict voting.” An elephant in a suit reads from a piece of paper and says, “No polling place shall be 500 feet from a gas station.”

Bill Bramhall / Copyright 2026 Tribune Content Agency

The top panel of this cartoon depicts a nature scene. There's a man backpacking who points at a naked man and woman and says, “Hey! This ain’t a nudist colony!” The naked man says, “Actually, we’re just checkin’ for ticks..you know, Lyme disease.” In the bottom panel, the backpacker has taken off his clothes and looks frightened as he asks, “ICK!! Ya see anything?!”

Joe Heller / Copyright 2026 Hellertoon.com

A male artist holds a paintbrush and paints on an easel labeled “Human Creativity”. Meanwhile, a robot named “AI” is behind him, also with an easel and a paintbrush. The robot stabs the artist through his midsection with its paintbrush.

Steve Sack / Copyright 2026 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.

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