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cartoon carousel Every week, political cartoonists from across the country and across the political spectrum apply their inky skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies, and other shocking events in the world of politics. The fruits of this labor are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and infuriate readers of all political persuasions. Here's a deal on the best of this week's crop, fresh from the Toonosphere. Edited by Matt Wuerker. By POLITICAL STAFF 07/21/2023 04:30am EDT

Mayorkas' department is in charge of preventing domestic and foreign terrorist attacks. Monitor threats from weapons of mass destruction, protect infrastructure, and ensure we are safe from cyberattacks. What many of the DHS agencies have in common is that you often don't hear much about them unless something really bad has happened. So even if Mayorkas didn't also oversee immigration, that most tense of political issues, being DHS secretary, responsible for defending the nation against terrorism, hackers, nuclear weapons and natural disasters, can often be a thankless job. And despite his best attempts, it is Mayorkas' management of Border Patrol,…

But the House Republican leader, who has felt compelled to remain neutral during the primary so as not to lock up his own members, was not ready to do that. To calm Trump down, McCarthy made him a promise, according to a source close to Trump and familiar with the conversation: The House would vote to scrap the two impeachments against the former president. And, as McCarthy would communicate through his aides later that day, they would do so before the August recess. That vote, made reflexively to save his own skin, may have bought McCarthy some time, avoiding a…

As lawmakers struggle over how to move forward, the Republican presidential candidate wants his party to intervene. “Our caucus of Republicans in Congress should take a position on this. The Department of Defense should stand down,” he said. “We have all these other problems in our military. We need more munitions, we need more recruiting, we need all these other things, and yet they are targeting abortion tourism." On Tuesday, DeSantis expressed his intentions to "wake up" the military if he becomes president, with promises to cut diversity, equity and inclusion programs, and ban race and gender quotas, as well…