⛪️New Pope Edition⛪️

Also, due to popular demand, we’ll be returning to a morning email next week

First off, due to popular demand, we’ll be returning to a morning email send starting Monday. You spoke—we listened!

Next up, we have the likely reaction from President Trump from Pedro Molina (Counterpoint Media)

And a wickedly biting cartoon from Lalo Alcaraz (Andrews McMeel). Ouch.

Dana Summers (Tribune Content Agency) reminds us not to forget world crises flaring around the world.

Next up, we have a poignant Mother’s Day cartoon from Clay Bennett (Counterpoint Media).

Tim Campbell (Counterpoint Media) weighs in on the wacky proposal to put large tariffs on movies made outside the U.S.

Bill Bramhall (Tribune Content Agency) weaves together two headline-grabbing stories to spotlight the massive air traffic control woes currently plaguing Newark Airport.

Scott Stantis (Tribune Content Agency) portrays Trump’s fixation on tariffs as a modern-day Nero fiddling while Rome burns — though a closer look might reveal a suspicious set of matches in Nero’s pocket.

Kevin Kallaugher (KAL) (Andrews McMeel) takes a dim view of Trump’s negotiating prowess—especially when it comes to the far-fetched notion of Canadian statehood.

Jack Ohman (Tribune Content Agency) continues the doll motif to deliver a broader commentary on the growing threats to our political institutions.

Counterpoint’s Nick Anderson took the doll theme even further this week—perhaps a bit too far? His syndicate hesitated to distribute this one to newspapers, citing concerns over taste. What’s your take? You can see all his work (including rejected sketches) by subscribing to his Substack newsletter here.

Now, be a doll and get all your friends to subscribe to Counterpoint!