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POLITICO compiles the week’s top cartoons from political cartoonists nationwide, offering sharp, humorous takes on lawmakers, memes and headlines, in a curated snapshot edited by Matt Wuerker.
An anonymous art collective called The Secret Handshake installed a 10-foot-tall golden toilet near the Lincoln Memorial as a satirical monument mocking Donald Trump’s White House renovations, drawing tourists to pose on the throne and featuring a plaque that lampoons the Lincoln Bathroom remodel.
Druski’s viral sketch portraying Erika Kirk, Turning Point USA’s CEO, during a mock press conference about Iran has sparked a divided online reaction, with supporters praising its satire and critics calling it inappropriate or in poor taste given Kirk’s bereavement; the clip has drawn tens of millions of views, while AI tools even misidentified the spoof as the real Kirk, highlighting ongoing challenges for image-based satire interpretation.
Seth Meyers used a Late Night Roundup to mock President Trump after House Speaker Mike Johnson presented him with the first-ever ‘America First’ award at a Republican fundraiser, quipping about “fake trophies” like the FIFA Peace Prize and suggesting the award proves Trump is neither “America First” nor pro-peace.
On The Daily Show’s Late Night Roundup, Josh Johnson mocks the Army’s decision to raise its enlistment age to 42 from 35, quipping that “42 is the new 35” while lampooning the timing of U.S. war aims and Trump’s messaging, as part of a broader segment of political and pop-culture punchlines.
On his 100th birthday, Dario Fo is celebrated as a figure who fused populist theatre with sharp political satire—forming Nuova Scena, staging Mistero Buffo, and writing Accidental Death of an Anarchist and Can’t Pay? Won’t Pay! which brought protest theatre to wide audiences and earned him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1997. Fo and his wife Franca Rame faced censorship, religious and political hostility, and numerous prosecutions, yet used comedy to confront cruelty, injustice and oppression, making theatre both entertaining and a vehicle for social change.
In the SNL U.K. premiere, Keir Starmer—portrayed by George Fouracres—tries to tell Donald Trump he can’t go to war but suggests they can still be friends, a break‑up voice note that kicks off with a gag-filled political satire and a Gen Z adviser weighing in on modern drama.
Bungie’s Marathon reimagines a humanless Tau Ceti as a logistics-and-legal nightmare in which “runners”—uploaded consciousnesses bound to disposable android bodies—take on contracts for mega‑corporations to extract data and salvage. The battle royale becomes a biting satire of work, debt, and the cold calculus of corporate power, where victory is brief, the debts keep growing, and solidarity is scarce.
Rolling Stone notes that SNL’s Cold Open parodies a fictional anti-science hospital called MAHA, led by a doctor played by Harry Styles, lampooning RFK Jr.’s health ideas with over-the-top, meat-first remedies and other absurd medical scenes.
What I’m Hearing’s 2026 Awards Season Awards delivers a playful recap of the year, spanning from Chalamet’s self-immolation to Hamnet’s self-inflation and Sydney Sweeney’s timing. It notes the season had strong films but little offscreen drama until the final stretch, with Timothée Chalamet’s quip about ballet and opera coinciding with voting closure as the near-scandal.
A nearly 12-foot gold statue on the National Mall, attributed to The Secret Handshake, depicts Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein as Titanic lovers in a scene echoing Jack and Rose, titled “King of the World.” The installation—accompanied by banners with “Make America Safe Again” and redacted DOJ insignia—continues a series of guerrilla artworks intended to keep Epstein’s ties to powerful figures in public discussion. The White House condemned the piece; Trump has denied any wrongdoing and says he was exonerated. The permit lists a start date with an end date left blank, raising questions about its duration, and the project follows earlier pieces like “Best Friends Forever.”
A Late Night Roundup recap centers on Stephen Colbert joking about the Pentagon’s 2025 spending spree—lavish seafood, donuts, ice cream machines, and even fruit-basket stands—while poking fun at Pete Hegseth and other hosts’ takes on defense and Middle East policy, illustrating political satire around government spending and celebrity-host humor.
An OutKick column praising Kamala Harris’s remarks at Jesse Jackson’s funeral calls her moment a confident, nostalgia-filled “hit,” contrasting it with heavier national news and using sharp humor to poke at political seriousness and her speaking style.
Saturday Night Live’s cold open riffs on U.S. tensions with Iran, with Colin Jost spoofing Pete Hegseth and declaring the conflict a “situationship” rather than a war. The bit includes digs about naval missteps and Cuba, plus Ashley Padilla as Kristi Noem in a mock-firing arc, Gosling’s hosting and a Harry Styles cameo, and Weekend Update quips about Noem and Iran.
NBC/SNL's Weekend Update mocks Kristi Noem’s firing as Homeland Security secretary, lampooning her controversies and her new role as Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas, including a gag about a department located on a farm upstate; the segment also targets Iran tensions and Trump administration aides in its humor.