Pre-vacation blues

Pre-vacation blues

Gas prices, tax day, and more

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This single-panel cartoon depicts a family sitting on a couch surrounded by "Summer Vacation" brochures and a digital tablet. The father looks on in bewilderment, explaining that the GPS claims they "can't get there from here" after he tried to input their road trip destination. The mother asks “GPS?” and the father responds "Gas Price Surge.”

Joe Heller / Copyright 2025 Hellertoon.com

This cartoon depicts a sarcastic 1040 income tax form. Some of the options include, “Check here if you want $3 to go to interest payments on the $47 trillion national debt” and “Check here if you want to borrow billions more per day to open the Strait of Hormuz.” and “Check here if you want to borrow $300 to fill up your gas tank this week.” Some of the Filing Options include “Single going broke” “married going broke” and “broke”.

R.J. Matson / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.

This cartoon depicts a doctor dressed like AI Jesus Trump speaking to a patient. The so-called doctor says, “Drink two gallons of bleach and call me in the morning.” The patient responds, “I have to get a new doctor.”

Clay Jones / Copyright 2025 Claytoonz

J.D. Vance is depicted as a battered crash-test dummy standing before Donald Trump in the Oval Office. Vance is covered in bandages and casts labeled "IRAN TALKS" and "HUNGARY," while leaning on a crutch. He says, "READY FOR MY NEXT ASSIGNMENT, BOSS!..."

Steve Sack / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.

This cartoon depicts two toll booths. Donald Trump is in one taking tolls for pardons, access, favors, and tariff exemptions. An Iranian ayatollah is in the other collecting tolls for Oil Tankers, Natural gas and helium. An offended Trump yells, “HEY!”

Nick Anderson / Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency

This cartoon puts the reader in the sky, looking down at one small and one large footprint. The smaller one has a house on it. It’s labeled “Carbon Footprint.” The other giant footprint is labeled “Data Centers” and “Silicon Footprint.”

John Cole / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.

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This carton depicts a naval officer in the pilot’s deck of an American warship. He speaks into a phone and asks incredulously, “You want to blockade the Vatican?”

Michael Ramirez / Copyright 2025 Creators Syndicate