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Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Today's Cartoons

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(Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times Free Press)

(Jorge Gonazlez, Cartoonmovement.com)

(Bill Bramhall, New York Daily News)

(John Deering, Creators.com)

(Nick Anderson, The Contrarian)

(Michael DeAdder, Caglecartoons.com)

(Michael Ramirez, Creators.com)

Pic Of The Day: Lindsey Makes Friends

Sen. Lindsey "Lady Lindsey" Graham (MAGAt-SC), major suck up to the degenerate Malignant Fascist, met up with two UFC fighters last Sunday at the White House. He apparently was impressed with the fighters, and asked if they could "oil him up" back at his place.

Btw, Happy Pride Month!

(photo: AI- generated satire; also, the bulge is too big)

Skeets of the Day

Operation ~~Epic Fury~~ Epic Failure: why bother?, Israel is big mad, Trump out, winner --

You could make the case that we didn’t need to kill over 100 Iranian schoolchildren, countless other innocent civilians, and 13 of our own service members, but why even bother

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— Bill Grueskin (@bgrueskin.bsky.social) June 16, 2026 at 10:45 AM

That’s what you get when you put your faith in Donald Trump. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/w...

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— John Sipher (@johnsipher.bsky.social) June 16, 2026 at 8:04 AM

Trump is done with Iran: President Trump is considering dismissing senior administration officials who opposed the agreement with Iran, including War Secretary Pete Hegseth and CIA Director John Ratcliffe.
— Shipwreck (@shipwreck75.bsky.social) June 16, 2026 at 7:55 AM

Iran's government thinks it has won the war. This may be hubris, but it's also the assessment of a large number of independent western military analysts. And this sense of victory will make it very difficult for Trump to achieve any advance in the nonproliferation discussions.

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— Scott Horton (@robertscotthorton.bsky.social) June 16, 2026 at 8:50 AM

In addition to ponying up tens of billions of dollars to prop up the mullahs, Trump's failure also provided them with a recurring and, I'm going to assume, quite lucrative new funding stream which they can spend on rebuilding their military. Trump fucked this six ways to Sunday

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— scarylawyerguy.bsky.social (@scarylawyerguy.bsky.social) June 16, 2026 at 7:56 AM

So annexing other countries is called "maintaining a security zone," got it, no war crimes detected

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— Seth Abramson (@sethabramson.bsky.social) June 16, 2026 at 12:46 AM

Another Malignant Fascist screw up --

Quintessential Trump: In 2025, Trump axed the program to combat New World Screwworm, stating that they had "saved" $1.5 million a year. In 2026, the Trump announces a $1 billion emergency program to combat the Screwworm outbreak. $1 billion would have funded the old program for 667 years.
— Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) (@portlandken.bsky.social) June 15, 2026 at 8:35 PM

Hiding the MF's humiliation. Bring the tarps and scaffolding down, morons --

Trump’s name is off the Kennedy Center but I guess they’re just going to leave the tarp up until a judge tells them to take that down too

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— Roger Sollenberger (@sollenbergerrc.bsky.social) June 13, 2026 at 11:59 AM

More Epstein Wars coming --

So far there have been two Epstein Wars, Venezuela and Iran. Cuba seems a likely third and Greenland is in the running. What they all have in common is that there is no reason for them except to distract from the president's criminality (which unsurprisingly he seeks to do with more criminality.)
— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf.bsky.social) June 16, 2026 at 10:19 AM

Trump Crime Family watch: crypto bank coming for bribe payment --

New: Trump’s family crypto business expected to soon be allowed to operate like a bank Decision will be made by Trump-appointed regulation Charter approval would allow US companies to complete transactions - like Venmo - on Trump platform, with cut for the firm www.notus.org/economy/trum...

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— Jeff Stein (@jeffstein.bsky.social) June 16, 2026 at 9:19 AM

Checking for a pulse --

Macron’s not shaking Trump’s hand, he’s checking for a pulse.

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— 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 (@sundaedivine.lol) June 15, 2026 at 1:04 PM

Israeli Anger at Trump, Netanyahu Rises

After the delusional and mentally ill Malignant Fascist's "deal" with Iran was announced, the opinion of Israelis across the political spectrum was one of anger. PBS reports:

"Israelis from across the political spectrum reacted angrily Monday to the news of an initial deal between the U.S. and Iran, calling it a disaster for Israel and directing their fury at one man: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The Israeli leader said at a news conference Monday that 'with an agreement, without an agreement,' he would continue fighting to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, which Tehran has long maintained it isn't trying to do, saying its nuclear program is for civilian purposes.
'As long as I am the prime minister of Israel, it will not happen,' Netanyahu said.
But other Israeli government officials, rivals, politicians and commentators were quick to criticize the preliminary deal between the U.S. and Iran, marking a sort of informal referendum on the premier's tenure ahead of elections this fall and underscoring his deepening isolation at home, in the region and, increasingly, from the United States." (our emphasis)

The MF was in a hurry to get something signed by his 80th birthday, so he signed off on a memorandum of understanding that tilts strongly to Iran's interest, without guaranteeing Israel's security from Hezbollah attacks or a definitive solution to Iran's nuclear program. The MF is clearly angry with Israeli right-wing war monger Bibi "Bomb Bomb" Netanyahu for not lining up and praising the raw deal, claiming he's responsible for Israel existing on CNN this morning:

"Without the United States, there would be no Israel. Without me, there would be no Israel, because no other president was willing to do what I did. I had a great relationship with Bibi [Netanyahu], but now Bibi has to be more responsible with respect to Lebanon."

"I had a great relationship..." says it all about their damaged partnership in Middle East violence. We're certain that the MF's braggadocio will go down well with the Israeli people, not to mention Bibi and Company. Shalom!

Jimmy Kimmel On Prez Cankles B-Day

Last night, Jimmy Kimmel covered the Knick's championship win and New Yorkers' reaction, some soccer news from the World Cup, and the Malignant Fascist's vulgar 80th birthday party with his blood sport event on the White House grounds.

Monday, June 15, 2026

QOTD: "Grooming Us For Nuclear War"

Yesterday's Daily Beast podcast featured Dr. John Gartner, a former assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University Medical School, who has been warning about the deranged and dangerous Malignant Fascist for 10 years. His latest dire observations:

"In 40 years of clinical practice and almost 30 years of teaching psychiatric residents, I've never encountered a patient as sick as Donald Trump. He's so many standard deviations away from what we would normally consider normal, and that it's coming to a head now is in his fantasies of being this military conqueror. [snip]
What I believe, [is that] he is setting us up. He is grooming us for nuclear war. He wants to be the person who pushes the button first, because that would put him in history as the most powerfully destructive military leader in human history. And that is what he gets off on because of his sadism. [snip]
He actually gets incredible gratification from destroying things and hurting people and feeling powerful through that. As he's starting to have more and more problems at home, his poll numbers are in the toilet. The economy is in the toilet. He might lose both houses of Congress. If he does, what's the one power he has that no one can assail? Even if we have both houses of Congress, he will still be the commander in chief, and he's going to want to exercise that power in a way that makes him feel powerful." (our emphasis)

Dr. Gartner was one of 27 psychiatrists and mental health professionals who wrote of the MF's mental illness in their book "The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump", originally released in the fall of 2017 and updated since. It's an indictment of the corporate media (and most Dems) that this book and these professionals haven't been widely interviewed and publicized.

Skeets of the Day

Operation ~~Epic~~ Epstein Fury: upset Israelis, what's the plan Stan?, etc. --

“.. A ‘catastrophe.’ A ‘bad deal.’ An agreement that ‘throws a lifeline to the murderous regime in Tehran.’ “.. Among .. Netanyahu’s supporters and critics alike, in the press and on social media, the mood was clear ..” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

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— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) June 15, 2026 at 7:49 AM

Here's the exclamation point on this fiasco. Just crushingly embarrassing on every level.

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— Greg Sargent (@gregsargent.bsky.social) June 14, 2026 at 7:54 PM

So Trump has spent tens of billions of taxpayer dollars, sent gas prices soaring, depleted the U.S. arsenal and further alienated our allies, all to get Iran to restore the status quo that existed before Trump started the war and that’s it? Explain to me what I have wrong?
— Ian Bassin (@ianbassin.bsky.social) June 15, 2026 at 1:45 AM

“In other words, he attacked, did not achieve his goals, his adversary was strengthened, he sued for peace, and they got what they wanted. In diplomatic or military terms that is what is called surrendering after a loss.”

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— Kat Denise (@katpic57.bsky.social) June 15, 2026 at 1:15 AM

Trump got rolled and our ass-kissing media are too chickenshit to say it.
— Adam Parkhomenko (@adamparkhomenko.bsky.social) June 14, 2026 at 7:44 PM

Buffoons, chump Rogan, racist UFC birthday bash for the out of touch Malignant Fascist --

However weird, trashy, racist you think this is, you're underestimating it: this has been part of Hokit's shtick for awhile, he said the same thing after a fight more than a year ago. It's literally his whole personally, he was invited *because* he's a weird trashy racist.

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— Max Kennelly (@maxkennerly.bsky.social) June 14, 2026 at 11:37 PM

Conservatives used to remind us every 20 minutes that Reagan never took off his jacket in the Oval Office because he had so much reverence for the White House.

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— Radley Balko (@radleybalko.bsky.social) June 14, 2026 at 8:37 PM

my man looking like the baby from the Teletubby sun grew up to be an alcoholic

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— alexis simpson (@amutepiggy.bsky.social) June 14, 2026 at 8:52 PM

CNN’s Harry Enten: “The big problem with these UFC fights for Trump is that they reinforce the idea that he's out of touch with Americans. Just 16% say these fights are appropriate. Even just 31% of the GOP do. This comes as 60% of voters and 80% of independents say the White House is out of touch.”

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— Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) June 14, 2026 at 2:12 PM

The Reflecting Pool is a reflection on the Malignant Fascist --

Not believing in science really comes back to bite you, doesn’t it?

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— Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) (@repstansbury.bsky.social) June 14, 2026 at 6:01 PM

Regular reminder of what a vile, murderous p.o.s. fascist trillionaire Elon Musk is --

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— Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) June 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM

Birthday wishes granted --

"Greatest. Birthday. EVER." - President Trump #HappyBirthdayMrPedophile

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— Paulley Ticks (@tomadelsbach.bsky.social) June 14, 2026 at 6:29 PM

Today's Tomorrow Cartoon

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If a reckoning is made about the era of the corrupt and lawless Malignant Fascist's rule, the corporate media will have to answer for its normalization and selective news gathering of this fascist era. Their complicity with the MF's horrors is increasing clear, as mega-billionaires buy up media to propagandize for his agenda.

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Iran's Victory Over Trump

While the narcissistic and mentally unstable Malignant Fascist tried to spin the "deal" he made with Iran's regime, details of the agreement have started to emerge and it's looking like a defeat for the MF. He was desperate to get something in hand to allow the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz (which he and his lackeys claimed we controlled) and the something he got was pretty pathetic. From national security writer Tom Nichols, writing in The Atlantic:

"President Trump has announced that the United States and Iran have reached a deal to end their war. 'Congratulations to all!' he said in a posting on his Truth Social site this evening. He then headed off to oversee the garish public spectacle he’d arranged for his birthday on the South Lawn of the White House. The United States, however, has little to celebrate: Trump and his team, in record time, just lost a war to a militarily mediocre—but nonetheless extremely dangerous—adversary.
The details of the agreement remain unconfirmed, but the president, of course, is eager to spin the outcome as a victory. (Trump was in a hurry to sign the deal on his birthday; the Iranians, who now seem to be in charge of this whole business, instead said they will send someone to a meeting in Switzerland on Friday.) But even before we have the details, it is clear that Trump has failed to achieve every one of the goals he put forward for this war of choice, and now he is determined to sign, seal, and deliver America’s capitulation as quickly as possible. [snip]
The reality is that the war will close with the regime in Tehran intact and in the grip of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps; the Strait of Hormuz will remain under the threat of Iranian attacks; Iran will continue to possess significant drone and missile stocks; the regime will maintain the capability to be a state sponsor of terror; and many sanctions will be lifted and billions of dollars in unfrozen assets will flow to Iran. In other words, the Iranians have achieved their key strategic aims—regime survival above all—while the Americans have achieved none of their own." (our emphasis)

Trump is hoping that the public, especially his restive and cracking base, will accept his shallow assurances and move on. The right-wing, expansionist government of Bibi "Bomb Bomb" Netanyahu is very unhappy with the outcome, which nominally ties their hands with Hezbollah, having had to assure the MF that they would hold off on attacking the militant group. The agreement also defers discussions on Iran's nuclear program to a later date. That's some "Art of the Deal" that isn't nearly as strong as the JCPOA that President Obama negotiated. Winning!

BONUS I: Here is the version of the Memorandum of Understanding released by Iran (click to enlarge):

Mehr releases what it says are details of the Iran-US MoU:

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— Shipwreck (@shipwreck75.bsky.social) June 14, 2026 at 7:04 PM

BONUS II: The MF's loyal propagandist Mark Levin is not pleased with what he's heard. Sad!

Sunday, June 14, 2026

Today's Cartoons

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(Rob Rogers, Tinyview.com)

(Chip Bok, Creators.com)

(Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

(Joel Pete, Tribune Content Agency)

(Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times Free Press)

(Bill Bramhall, Tribune Content Agency)

(Jeff Danziger, The Rutland Herald)

Court Tells Trump Regime to Restore Exhibits

The racist and white nationalist regime of the mentally ill and vindictive Malignant Fascist was ordered by Federal District Judge Angel Kelly to restore the exhibits and information at historic sites that it scrubbed in its attempt to revise American history. From Judge Kelly's ruling:

"Under the guise of promoting American dignity, this Administration seeks to share a limited history by ordering the removal of all signs, displays, and interpretive exhibits at National Parks that do not align with its preferred narrative, thereby telling half-truths. In recent months, the Government has torn down exhibits in Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park memorializing the legacy of people enslaved by the country’s first President;2 removed signage detailing climate threats at Fort Sumter in South Carolina, one of the most environmentally endangered sites in the country; and wiped away descriptions of history and science at countless National Parks across the United States. Not only does this undermine the integrity of the National Parks; it sets a dangerous precedent of censorship and sanitization."

The MF had signed an Executive Order in March of last year that ordered the National Park Service to remove exhibits that supposedly portrayed the U.S. as “inherently racist, sexist, oppressive, or otherwise irredeemably flawed.” The order was aimed at displays that highlighted the both the suffering and the accomplishments of minority groups, and the role that fossil fuel-caused climate change has played in the degradation of the environment. For now, his whitewashing of history to please his bigoted cult has been frustrated, but he's certain to keep trying.

(photo: Workers remove exhibit related to slavery at President's House in Philadelphia. Emma Lee/WHYY)

UFC Fighters To Be Paid In Trump's Crypto

Tonight's ugly UFC cage match on the south lawn of the White House marks a degenerate low for the mentally ill and criminal Malignant Fascist. The giant "claw" over the octagonal ring dwarfing the White House, and the audience bleachers have marred the south lawn and the historic and dignified image of the White House. The planned light show has the potential of fatally interfering with flights in and out of Reagan National Airport. Sponsors like Bud Light and Monster Energy Drinks have prominent signs displayed, adding to the toxic bro-centric, carnival atmosphere.

Today, we learn that the fighters with be paid in cryptocurrency issued by the MF's corrupt "World Liberty Financial" scam. From The Guardian:

"The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) announced on Friday that it will pay bonuses to fighters in a form of cryptocurrency issued by Trump family business World Liberty Financial at the heavily publicized White House mixed martial arts event on Sunday.
The development connects the Trump family’s financial interests to the high-profile UFC competition being promoted on government property. The competition on the south White House lawn is scheduled for 14 June, Donald Trump’s birthday.
The UFC said some fighters will receive bonuses in World Liberty Financial crypto called 'stablecoins', whose value is pegged to the US dollar. World Liberty named the currency 'USD1'.
World Liberty is a venture of the Trump family and the family of Steven Witkoff, Trump’s friend and special envoy to the Middle East. The company is now listed as an 'official sponsor' of UFC Freedom 250, the fight scheduled for Sunday. The use of its stablecoin in the fight would appear to boost efforts to have it used more more broadly." (our emphasis)

The MF has also invested in the parent company of UFC, giving him another reason to promote the for-profit event on public property.

The temperatures in Washington, D.C. today are in the low 90s with high humidity. This evening's event will draw an array of flying insects to the lit stage, and there is a good chance of thunderstorms this evening to rain on the MF's vulgar birthday bash. That would be the best birthday present.

(photo: Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Israel Hits Beirut, Imperiling "Peace" Agreement

Earlier today, Israeli forces hit an apartment building in southern Beirut, threatening to derail the talks between Iran and the U.S. who are purportedly nearing an agreement. Iran has made the issue of Israeli attacks on Lebanon one of its conditions for ending hostilities. The Associated Press reports on the latest attack:

"The Israeli military said it launched strikes on Beirut on Sunday targeting Hezbollah infrastructure, despite ongoing efforts to negotiate an end to the U.S.-Iran war. Smoke could be seen rising over the Lebanese capital.
The strikes threatened to hamper negotiations over a deal, which in its current form is a deep disappointment to Israel’s government. The last time Israel struck the Beirut suburbs a week ago, it set off the most serious escalation of fighting between Iran and Israel since the tenuous ceasefire took hold April 7.
The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the strikes were in response to Hezbollah attacks on the north of the country. Israel’s military said earlier in the day that Hezbollah had launched three projectiles into northern Israel, releasing footage where an audible boom was followed by a column of smoke rising above the tree line.
An Associated Press photographer at the scene in Beirut said the building struck was a five-story apartment building with shops on the bottom floor. The two lower floors were the most heavily damaged by the strikes. Residents of the southern suburbs, many of whom had returned to their homes after a period of relative calm in recent weeks, could be seen fleeing the area."

For its part, Iran has promised to retaliate. Israel, which launched the initial attack on Iran with the U.S. in February, has not agreed to a ceasefire with Hezbollah and withdrawal of its forces from southern Lebanon as part of any peace agreement between the U.S. and Iran. Israel is in the midst of an election campaign, where the extreme right is pushing for more attacks on Lebanon. From Aljazeera:

"Sami Nader from the Levant Institute for Strategic Affairs says Israel’s strike on southern Beirut is 'very strategic testing' of the potential deal between the US and Iran.
'Israel is insisting on decoupling the front with Hezbollah from any negotiations between Iran and the US, while Iran is insisting on the opposite. They want this linkage and put it as a condition to go forward with the deal,' said Nader.
'So this event is quite significant and it has the potential to torpedo the deal between the US and Iran.'
He noted the 'domestic dimension' since Israel is in the throes of an election campaign." (our emphasis)

Israel is unhappy with the fact that the Iranian regime was not "decapitated" in the first wave of strikes in February, which was its main goal, despite the messaging about an Iranian nuclear weapon. The ignorant and narcissistic Malignant Fascist, seeing visions of oil profits in a makeover of Iran's government, was played by Netanyahu. Now, whatever agreement is reached is seen as favoring Iran.

BONUS: Iran is confirming that it won't be signing an agreement today, despite the MF's statements, given Israel's attacks on Beirut. The reckless MF is reduced to begging Netanyahu to stop attacking sites in Lebanon.

A Note To Hackwhackers Readers

FYI folks:

For the next week, half of the Hackwhackers staff will be away. Consequently, some regular features (e.g., "The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly," "Across the Universe," multiple daily cartoons) will also be "away," and the volume of posts will be somewhat less than usual. For some that will be more a blessing than a curse, but nonetheless, we hope you can keep it together until we're fully back on June 21.

"Thank you for your attention to this matter."