Today’s the Day

Attribution: Election Day by Bob Englehart

Bob Englehart was the editorial cartoonist for the Hartford Courant for 35 years when his job was eliminated by the hedge fund that bought the newspaper. Before that, he worked for Chicago Today, the Journal-Gazette in Ft. Wayne, IN and the Journal Herald in Dayton, OH. He studied at the American Academy of Art in Chicago on scholarship. His progressive editorial cartoons have been distributed all over the world by CagleCartoons.com for nearly 20 years.

The Unknown

The knowns and unknowns of campaign 2026

Even with our democracy at risk, no one can predict the election outcome

by David Horsey

Wiki: David Horsey is a prominent U.S. editorial cartoonist recognized for incisive political commentary. He has worked for major newspapers including the Seattle Post‑Intelligencer (1979–2011), the Los Angeles Times (2011–2018), and later The Seattle Times.


Sunday Serendipity

Some Sunday Jazz for your enjoyment

A playlist starting off election week with an appropriate Jazz composition by the Wynton Marsalis Septet, Ballot Box Bounce. Then followed by several other of my jazz favorites that just seem right for a November morning.

Enjoy, Jack


Halloween Haunts

Attribution: Campaign anxiety by John Darkow, Columbia Missourian

John Darkow has been a professional cartoonist for over 20 years, spending the last 10 as the staff cartoonist at the Columbia Daily Tribune. He is syndicated internationally by Cagle Cartoons.

The Election Crisis is Here

We’ve warned for months that Trump would use federal power to interfere with the election. It is happening now.

Across the country his regime is on the move: threatening prosecutions of election officials who count ballots they don’t want counted, demanding voter rolls they can purge, rejecting ballots ar record rates, and pushing for hand counts to paralyze counties wherever they might lose.

A federal judge in DC has ordered the administration to tell him at Noon today everything they are up to, with an eye toward a likely order forcing them to stop. And it’s all headed to the Supreme Court as soon as tonight.

This maneuver yesterday might be their most ominous move, a scheme to frighten honest election workers everywhere:

DOJ Threatens Election Workers, Opens Criminal Probe

Officials were warned they could face prosecution for counting ballots; Los Angeles County employees have now been subpoenaed.

The Justice Department warned California election officials they could face criminal liability for counting ballots cast by people the administration labels noncitizens. President Trump amplified the threat, saying officials would go to jail. DOJ has since subpoenaed three Los Angeles County election employees for records connected to an official criminal investigation. A judge has urged DOJ to stop threatening election workers.

Associated Press · Reuters · Democracy Docket

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