— a distress signal — flew outside the home of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in mid-January 2021, as first reported by the New York Times. Alito told the paper the flag had been “briefly placed by Mrs. Alito in response to a neighbor’s use of objectionable and personally insulting language on yard signs.”
In the gallery’s lead image, Jack Ohman draws the upside-down flag on the Alito family mailbox. Walt Handelsman groups the flag with ethics and the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Mike Luckovich draws Chief Justice John Roberts lowering the flag to half staff in response to the death of the court’s credibility. Luckovich and Bill Bramhall seize on Alito’s blaming of his wife.
Presidential politics is another key theme in this week’s gallery. Several cartoonists comment on former President Donald Trump’s circulation of a video referring to “a unified Reich” if he wins. Trumpfrom Truth Social after receiving a backlash against the use of Nazi imagery. President Joe Biden comes in for criticism of rising inflation on his watch.who captured the experiences of the dogface soldiers of World War II through a pair of scruffy GIs named Willie and Joe.
Other news events in this week’s gallery include the death in a helicopter crash of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi; insatiable artificial intelligence; and rising sea levels. Cartoons were drawn by Jack Ohman, Nick Anderson, Bill Bramhall, Dana Summers, Drew Sheneman, Scott Stantis, Walt Handelsman, David Horsey, Phil Hands, Joel Pett and Joey Weatherford of Tribune Content Agency; and Mike Luckovich, Steve Breen and Michael Ramirez of Creators Syndicate.Editorial cartoons for May 12, 2024: Stormy Daniels’ testimony, RFK Jr.