Wing and a prayer

Wing and a prayer

Press freedoms, funny pages, and more

View this email in your browser

A small dove labeled “Free Press” carrys a pen and flies dangerously in front of the nose of the Air Force One hand-me-down 747 given by the Qataris to the United States.

Pedro Molina / Copyright 2026 Tribune Content Agency

A group of four Iranian men in religious headdresses are laughing uproariously as they read a newspaper with the headline, Trump Declares: “the Strait of Hormuz is Open.”

John Deering / Copyright 2026 Creators Syndicate

This four-panel cartoon is titled “ATF Loosening Guns-by-Mail-Laws.” It depicts a dog walking past mailboxes where automatic rifles have replaced flags, a U.S. Mail truck that is an armored tank, a mailroom where all the mailboxes have names like “Winchester” “Glock” “Beretta” “AK 47” and “Colt”. In the final panel, a stamp labeled “Forever” depicts an outline of a dead body and police tape that reads, “DO NOT CARE”.

Joel Pett / Copyright 2026 Tribune Content Agency

Todd Blanche sits at a table during his Senate confirmation hearing. Instead of a normal head, the top part of him is a giant billboard owned by Donald Trump that depicts Blanche as a toadie. It reads, “Need a fixer attorney general? He’s on Trump’s side, not yours. 1-800-LAW-HACK. Call Todd Blanche!” Blanche says, “Any questions?”

Jack Ohman / Copyright 2026 Tribune Content Agency

This cartoon depicts a donkey holding a skateboard in a takeoff of the Steve Buscemi meme where he tries to look like a young man. The donkey wears a “Dem Socialism” T-shirt and says, “How do you do, fellow kids” to a group of skeptical-looking young people.

Scott Stantis / Copyright 2026 Tribune Content Agency

Two old men in suits walk past the United States Senate building. One looks at a cell phone and says to the other, “You’re never too old to make proof-of-life video, senator.”

R.J. Matson / Copyright 2026 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.

Make sense of the news, every day of the week. Suscribe now.