Editorial cartoons for Thursday, June 30

Editorial cartoons for Thursday, June 30

Editorial cartoons for Thursday, June 30, 2016.

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Gov. Bob Ferguson responds to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi's demands that the state end so-called sanctuary policies. (Office of Governor of Washington)
Editorial: Governor’s reasoned defiance to Bondi’s ICE demands

In the face of threats, the 10th Amendment protects a state law on law enforcement cooperation.

THis is an editorial cartoon by Michael de Adder . Michael de Adder was born in Moncton, New Brunswick. He studied art at Mount Allison University where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in drawing and painting. He began his career working for The Coast, a Halifax-based alternative weekly, drawing a popular comic strip called Walterworld which lampooned the then-current mayor of Halifax, Walter Fitzgerald. This led to freelance jobs at The Chronicle-Herald and The Hill Times in Ottawa, Ontario. After freelancing for a few years, de Adder landed his first full time cartooning job at the Halifax Daily News. After the Daily News folded in 2008, he became the full-time freelance cartoonist at New Brunswick Publishing. He was let go for political views expressed through his work including a cartoon depicting U.S. President Donald Trump’s border policies. He now freelances for the Halifax Chronicle Herald, the Toronto Star, Ottawa Hill Times and Counterpoint in the USA. He has over a million readers per day and is considered the most read cartoonist in Canada. Michael de Adder has won numerous awards for his work, including seven Atlantic Journalism Awards plus a Gold Innovation Award for news animation in 2008. He won the Association of Editorial Cartoonists' 2002 Golden Spike Award for best editorial cartoon spiked by an editor and the Association of Canadian Cartoonists 2014 Townsend Award. The National Cartoonists Society for the Reuben Award has shortlisted him in the Editorial Cartooning category. He is a past president of the Association of Canadian Editorial Cartoonists and spent 10 years on the board of the Cartoonists Rights Network.
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Comment: Ukrainian summitry is all reality TV, zero substance

While bombs fall on Ukrainians, President Trump asks of his staged exchanges, ‘How is it playing?’

Harrop: Only U.S. foes could craft so damaging an energy policy

Trump wants “energy dominance,” but he’s sapping the strength of clean energy and fossil fuels.

Comment: Can ‘smart’ tech improve aviation safety at airports?

Southwest Airlines is testing smart tech on its Boeing 737s to judge their use in avoiding incursions.

Comment: Can you still get a covid booster? It’s complicated.

Shifting guidelines, uncertain insurance coverage and inconsistent availability will make things difficult.

Second grade teacher Debbie Lindgren high-fives her students as they line up outside the classroom on the first day of school at Hazelwood Elementary on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024 in Lynnwood, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Comment: Public schools still country’s ‘highest earthly duty’

A shift to private schools from public could leave the nation less prosperous and more divided.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump shake hands after a joint news conference following their meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, Aug. 15, 2025. Amid the setbacks for Ukraine from the meeting in Alaska, officials in Kyiv seized on one glimmer of hope — a U.S. proposal to include security guarantees for Ukraine in any potential peace deal with Russia. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
Editorial: We’ll keep our mail-in ballots; thank you, Mr. Putin

Trump, at the suggestion of Russia’s president, is again going after states that use mail-in ballots.

Rep. Suzanne DelBene and South County Fire Chief Bob Eastman chat during a tour and discussion with community leaders regarding the Mountlake Terrace Main Street Revitalization project on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, at the Traxx Apartments in Mountlake Terrace, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
Editorial: Gerrymandering invites a concerning tit-for-tat

Democrats, among them Rep. Suzan DelBene, see a need for a response to Texas’ partisan redistricting.

Getty Images Window cleaner using a squeegee to wash a window with clear blue sky
Editorial: Auditor’s Office tools provide view into government

Good government depends on transparency into its actions. We need to make use of that window.

Pay Herald’s news staffers fairly, without quotas

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Lincoln’s empathy: Let’s make America kind again

Regarding Christi Parsons’ excellent column on President Lincoln’s empathy (“A nation divided… Continue reading

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