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Download all five cartoons and captionsCartoon 1
Hidden B
Trump keeps finding a letter the rest of us left in the spelling book. The article includes twelve records of the recurring routine.
Suggested caption
The B is silent. Unfortunately, the president isn't.
Credit: Cartoon: dontcallit.si
Image ALT: Satirical cartoon of Trump unveiling the B in DUMB as officials applaud and steady a tilted globe. A spelling teacher says, "It's silent. We weren't hiding it."
Cartoon 2
Penmanship Pending
An invented classroom, three real signatures, and a teacher who would like to know whether Greg needs the rest of the line.
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Three geniuses. One exhausted teacher. Nobody gets a gold star for outsourcing their name.
Credit: Cartoon: dontcallit.si
Image ALT: Invented satirical classroom scene: adult Elon Musk, Dario Amodei, and Greg Brockman sit in tiny desks for a handwriting lesson. A teacher points to Brockman's almost empty worksheet, while Trump shows a sheet reading Unites States.
Cartoon 3
Musk drinks the Kool-Aid
Our cartoon turns the Trump-Musk relationship into a drink large enough to drown the principles bin.
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Independent thinker. Presidential flavor. Ask your doctor if orange punch is right for your principles.
Credit: Cartoon: dontcallit.si
Image ALT: Invented satirical scene: Elon Musk kneels while gulping orange punch from a huge goblet. Trump controls a giant Trump-head dispenser labeled TRUMP FLAVOR. A SpaceXSI model rocket stands beside a discarded SpaceXAI label, and papers fill a PRINCIPLES bin.
Cartoon 4
The campaign eraser
An invented campaign makeover shop, a disappearing Trump portrait, and a much harder question about the record.
Suggested caption
They found a spine. It came with an eraser.
Credit: Cartoon: dontcallit.si
Image ALT: Invented satirical scene: a generic Republican candidate uses a giant pink eraser on a Trump campaign poster beneath an Independent label. Trump objects from the doorway, and a box of fake rubber spines sits on the desk.
Cartoon 5
DOGE loses the spreadsheet
The cost-tracking cartoon accompanies our sourced article about paid leave, firings, and the spreadsheet that never got its moment of glory.
Suggested caption
We saved money on keeping track. The shredder would like to accept its efficiency award.
Credit: Cartoon: dontcallit.si
Image ALT: Invented political cartoon: Elon Musk shreds cost-tracking paperwork while Donald Trump stamps a fake efficiency certificate beside an empty piggy bank.
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