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Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here’s an offering of the best of this week’s crop, picked fresh off the Toonosphere. Edited by Matt Wuerker.

Dan Rayfield, attorney general in Oregon, comes on The Conversation to explain his state’s legal battle against President Trump’s attempted National Guard deployment to Portland.

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The Republican pressed Spanberger on a 2022 text message sent by the Democratic candidate for Virginia attorney general.

It marks the vice president’s second trip to the Hoosier State over the remapping effort.

The Democratic National Committee is reading Democrats into its election takeaways, though an aide cautioned it does not represent the full report.

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed called a fundraising email that went out on the anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel a mistake in a statement provided first to POLITICO. “That email mistakenly went out yesterday. Abdul has been clear and consistent: he holds equally valuable the lives of all innocent people and condemns violence against them,” said spokesperson Roxie Richner. The fundraising email from El-Sayed’s campaign started by marking that “Two years ago this month, Netanyahu’s military launched a ground invasion of Gaza. Since then, the world has watched tragedy unfold in real time.” It drew condemnation from many on the right and some Democrats, who criticized it for omitting any mention of Hamas’ attack on Israel at the outset of the war. El-Sayed put out a separate statement on the two-year anniversary of the conflict Tuesday condemning Hamas’ “heinous attack on Oct. 7” and also condemning Israel’s “horrific genocide on Gaza.” The Israel-Hamas war could become a major flashpoint in the Michigan Senate race, with Democrats believing the influential American Israel Public Affairs Committee could intervene in the contest. The group’s political arm has previously backed Rep. Haley Stevens, who’s also vying for the Senate nomination, during her time in Congress. State Sen. Mallory McMorrow, the third major candidate in the race, recently staked out a new stance on the conflict and said she believed Israel’s war in Gaza was a genocide. El-Sayed had been a backer of Michigan’s “uncommitted” movement during the 2024 election, though he’d said he would still support Democrats over Donald Trump. He ultimately endorsed Kamala Harris’ presidential bid.

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Kevin O’Leary: US stake in Intel is ‘waste of taxpayer dollars’ lead image

Paramount Skydance also acquired The Free Press, which Weiss co-founded in 2021.

Mallory McMorrow has shifted her position on the ongoing Middle East conflict.

The second-term congressman enters an already divisive contest for the nomination.

Democrats say new polling gives them a roadmap to neutralizing one of Republicans’ advantages.

Four in 10 Americans say they know someone who would not vote for a woman president.

The former North Carolina governor brought in more than double what his likely GOP opponent raised.

Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here’s an offering of the best of this week’s crop, picked fresh off the Toonosphere. Edited by Matt Wuerker.

The attack lines offer a preview of the midterm battles to come.

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