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KS Toronado

(22,918 posts)
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 02:05 PM Oct 1

Best Pete Hegseth editorial cartoons

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Best Pete Hegseth editorial cartoons (Original Post) KS Toronado Oct 1 OP
K&R...nt Wounded Bear Oct 1 #1
And an armband? underpants Oct 1 #2
Handed them out like halloween candy. KS Toronado Oct 1 #3
1st one: most comedy; 2nd one: most pathos; 3rd one: most fear. eppur_se_muova Oct 1 #4
trump & kegsbreath - krapos. erronis Oct 1 #7
Thanks for putting this together! Abolishinist Oct 1 #5
And the picture of Fat Albert on the flag and Orange Julius Caesar with a name tag that says Fat Albert's "Hey hey hey". generalbetrayus Oct 1 #10
Thanks! I saw the pic on the flag but hadn't a clue as to who/what it represents, Abolishinist Oct 1 #14
I didn't see those either. I just saw the rat MadameButterfly Oct 1 #15
Looks like a purple bra KS Toronado Oct 1 #16
You made me see more, thanks MadameButterfly Oct 1 #13
Looking for 'hidden' objects/meanings brought me back to the time Abolishinist Oct 1 #17
I wondered what those were, too, after you got me looking MadameButterfly Oct 2 #19
#7.. good representation of Hegseth'Is too tight suit BlueWaveNeverEnd Oct 1 #6
sneaking up behind him with the straitjacket and an injection... orleans Oct 1 #8
Kicktoons. Whiskey Pete never heard of drones, which need 2 hands & a brain, not steroids & pushups Hekate Oct 1 #9
This one isn't too far fetched. progressoid Oct 1 #11
K&R red dog 1 Oct 1 #12
Okay nekid Pete in his USA undies & Trump w/giant Tylenol Maru Kitteh Oct 1 #18
Wow! Thanks so much! They are all so spot on that I can't even pick a favorite! Rhiannon12866 Oct 2 #20
This one & your top one were my favorites KS Toronado Oct 2 #21
These cartoons are simply great LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2 #22

eppur_se_muova

(40,866 posts)
4. 1st one: most comedy; 2nd one: most pathos; 3rd one: most fear.
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 02:23 PM
Oct 1

The presentation itself: most bathos.

Abolishinist

(2,878 posts)
5. Thanks for putting this together!
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 02:36 PM
Oct 1

Enjoyed all of them. My fave is the 2nd one, 'The Beardos and the Fatsos have to go'.

A lot going on, fRump's tie, the ketchup bottle in his pocket, his hair, the Russian flag. Are those insects buzzing around him? And Hogsbreath with a martini, his phone on with someone on the line saying "da?".

Not sure I get the dolphin or whale on VD Rants, would this have to do with the time he said something about a woman being violated by a dolphin and enjoying it? Whatever, a great cartoon!

generalbetrayus

(1,484 posts)
10. And the picture of Fat Albert on the flag and Orange Julius Caesar with a name tag that says Fat Albert's "Hey hey hey".
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 04:08 PM
Oct 1

Abolishinist

(2,878 posts)
14. Thanks! I saw the pic on the flag but hadn't a clue as to who/what it represents,
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 05:07 PM
Oct 1

so I looked up Fat Albert and the connection to 'Hey Hey Hey'.

Such a great style, I had to look up the cartoonist. Great stuff, I'm going to follow him. For $40 you can buy an autographed print of his toons.

Clay Jones was often sent to the principal’s office as a child for making fun of his classmates and teachers with his drawings. He discovered at a young age he had a knack for making fun of people and he decided later to make it a career and focus on those more deserving of his sarcastic rage, politicians…mostly, Republicans.

For anyone interested, here's his site. He even has a tab that goes to the hate mail he's received.
https://claytoonz.com/

MadameButterfly

(3,725 posts)
13. You made me see more, thanks
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 05:05 PM
Oct 1

I like the second and third one. Hegseth among giant boots. And a diabolical Miller handing out armbands.
These say it better than any of the talking heads on TV

Abolishinist

(2,878 posts)
17. Looking for 'hidden' objects/meanings brought me back to the time
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 06:47 PM
Oct 1

I spent a more than a few hours looking at (online) "The Garden of Earthly Delights" by Hieronymus Bosch. I've seen several of his other works in museums in both Venice and Bruges, totally fascinating.

Anyway, I went to the artists web site (link in post #14) and this current cartoon pops up, along with others. If you click on the 'Continue Reading' link below the Beardos pic you end up with a much more highly pixelated version, where one can make out the labels (after a bit of magnification) of what I suspected to be gummies or pills.

The purplish ones close to his left hand are 'ROOFIES', the blue ones 'HIMS'. So the roofies no doubt are about the charge against him by a woman who claims he 'took advantage' of her by slipping her drugs, and I had to look this up but 'HIMS' are for ED.

This guy is good!

MadameButterfly

(3,725 posts)
19. I wondered what those were, too, after you got me looking
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 01:32 AM
Oct 2

And I am fascinated by Bosch too but haven't seen any in person.

A stretch perhaps, but I loved the picture book "10 Minutes to Bedtime" by Peggy Rathmann
Finding all the subplots in the detailed pictures kept my daughter fascinated endlessly, and the only book she wanted over and over that I didn't tire of.

orleans

(36,633 posts)
8. sneaking up behind him with the straitjacket and an injection...
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 03:50 PM
Oct 1

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too bad maga consists of all fucking cowards

Hekate

(100,131 posts)
9. Kicktoons. Whiskey Pete never heard of drones, which need 2 hands & a brain, not steroids & pushups
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 03:51 PM
Oct 1



progressoid

(52,502 posts)
11. This one isn't too far fetched.
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 04:37 PM
Oct 1

There is no shortage of Generals with ... shall we say ... pointless bars

Rhiannon12866

(249,381 posts)
20. Wow! Thanks so much! They are all so spot on that I can't even pick a favorite!
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 05:30 AM
Oct 2

Though I really liked these two...






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