đ"Disney Surrendersâ Edition
Disney and ABC are doing their best impression of a stern parent who grounds the kid for a weekend, then sheepishly lets him back out on Tuesday as if nothing ever happened. After yanking Jimmy Kimmel Live! off the air in a flurry of hand-wringing about âill-timedâ jokes and âsensitivity,â the network now insists it has engaged in âthoughtful conversationsâ and decided all is forgiven.
Supporters of Kimmelâcomedians, commentators, and plenty of viewersâspent the interim pointing out the obvious: suspending a late-night comedian for being, well, a late-night comedian looks a lot like corporate cowardice dressed up as principle.
But ABC and its parent company Disney arenât in the business of principle; theyâre in the business of avoiding angry phone calls from affiliates, regulators, and advertisers. So after a quick timeout, the network declared the storm has passed, Jimmyâs jokes will resume, and everyone should move along.
The entire episode reads less like a defense of standards and more like a panicked corporate reflexâfreeze, cover your ears, wait for the yelling to die down, then carry on.
In the end, Disney and ABC get to pretend theyâve âaddressed the situation,â while everyone else sees the obvious: it was never about timing or sensitivity, it was about executives terrified of losing control of the narrative.
Rob Rogers - Andrews McMeel
Pedro Molina - Tribune Content Agency
Adam Zyglis - cagle.com/cartoonist/adam-zyglis
Clay Jones - Substack and Claytoonz
Pat Bagley - cagle.com/cartoonist/pat-bagley
Matt Davies - Andrews McMeel
Nick Anderson - Substack and Tribune Content Agency
Mike Smith - King Features
Chris Britt - Creators
Clay Bennett - Tribune Content Agency
So hereâs how the latest episode in âTom Homanâs Border Czar Circusâ plays out: a few intrepid FBI agents, in their undercover gear and maybe a little too much confidence, allegedly hand Homan a bag of $50,000 in cash. The twist: this cash was supposedly a bribe, disguised as a friendly meeting, where Homan is reported to have hinted that he could set up some juicy government contracts once Trump was back in office. Sounds like something straight out of a political noir screenplay.
Time jumps forward: the probe rolls along, with recordings, sources, people whispering. But thenâpoofâa whole lot of nothing. The DOJ under the Trump administration shutters the investigation, saying there isnât enough credible evidence to prove wrongdoing. Key point: at the time of the alleged bribe, Homan wasnât even officially in government, which becomes a handy âget-out-of-legal-troubleâ card.
Enter the White House. They wheel Homan out with full supportââ100%,â they say. They deny he ever took the money. They call the whole thing a politically motivated sting, a Biden-era âweaponizationâ of justice, or whatever buzzword is trending. To rebut, they wave vague statements about âno credible evidence,â ânothing illegal,â and that the previous administration was just trying to score points or distract.
Meanwhile, critics are back in their offices, raising questions: âIf this were anyone elseâŚâ And asking for proof: tapes, internal documents, tax records, transparency. Skepticism runs high because it seems like one of those tales where the powerful get a pass while the less connected are left hanging.
In short, the story has all the ingredients of a scandalâcash under the table, hush whispers, a probe that gets conveniently shut down, and a loyal administration circling the wagons to protect its poster child. The moral from the White House seems to be: whether or not you did anything wrong, if someone yells âpolitical!â loud enough, you get to walk away unscathed.











The situation is so extreme that all cartoonists are at the top of their vital game. No wonder the Trump regime wants to censor them the mobster way, coercing medias into firing them. Counterpoint is becoming the best media to document the collapse of democracy into Trump's fascist regime.
I love how cartoons jump from one theme towards the next. Each time, I reach yet more information. Luckily, while seeing how serious and even sad the news is, I still manage to laugh or smile. It lessens the seriousness. Thank you, every one of you creators.