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Editorial cartoons for Wednesday, March 5
A sketchy look at the news of the day.
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Comment; Trump’s trade war a threat to U.S. economic freedom
Trump’s rocketing tariffs threaten to derail the benefits of his tax and deregulation plans.
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Stephens: Justice, long-delayed, arrives for DEA agent’s family
President Trump’s bullying of Mexico may have helped deliver a murderous drug lord to U.S. custody.
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Comment: GOP plan to slash Medicaid is hiding in plain sight
House Republicans are correct; they didn’t vote for Medicaid cuts. But they put it on the chopping block.
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French: Trump doing long-lasting damage to America
His reversal of alliances and gutting of government can’t be simply undone after the next election.
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Comment: How Yale covid study was twisted into anti-vax claim
A study of long covid and vaccines was misinterpreted by a blogger. That and a post by Elon…
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Editorial: Hold clergy to duty to report child abuse
Teachers, health care providers and others must report suspected abuse. Clergy should as well.
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Comment: America’s rejection of ‘soft power’ a win for Putin
That power was used to get other nations to want what we wanted. Trump now wants what Putin…
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Comment: Medicaid cuts would hurt millions; and Republicans
Significant cuts, like those outlined in a House budget plan, could cost the GOP its majority.
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It’s too bad today’s conservatives ignore reality
In response to a reader’s positive comments in letters to the editor on Herald Columnist Todd Welch, I…
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Trump is alienating allies to favor Russia’s Putin
By the end of last week, the United States, under the direction of its new president, had forsaken…
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Find peaceful solution between Russia and Ukraine
When I was growing up in Seattle years ago I can remember mostly left-wingers defending Russian leaders and…
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Comment: Wishful thinking won’t solve U.S. debt crisis
Putting off spending cuts and tax increases will only get harder in the coming decades.
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Comment: Some of Musk’s DOGE damage can’t be undone
The courts will likely halt his work, but agency officials are likely to formalize the cuts legally.
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Friedman: Trump, Vance make clear who’s side they’re on
Never has a U.S. president backed the aggressor in a major war, ignoring even his county’s own interests.
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Comment: Trump fanned inflation’s flames, now they may burn him
His own policies and partisan politics may conspire to keep inflation from going lower and could push it…
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Citizens must stand as last defense for democracy
I’ve lived a long time in this beloved country and have taken an oath to obey the laws…