Once again Mike shows why he is the master of political cartoons. Content and insight give a clue to the real truth. They are not protecting us. They are protecting criminal from us. They are Trump and the GOPs defense from justice and the rule of law. Enforcers of the MOB.

Beware the Praetorian guard.

Tax money "well spent"

I wonder who the dude in the blue suit is meant to be.

I love editorial cartoonists.

@mluckovich.bsky.social One of the best EC in the world. This is another 🎯

There won’t be enough 😏

actually, the troops are protecting you from The Constitution...

And by 'protecting you', you mean separating, insulating, deleting you from the protections of...

And making up for the fired Park Ranger.

That’s it exactly

And The US Constitution.

They successfully distracted all the MAGA goons demanding the Epstein files be released by letting them dress up in military cosplay and march around the capital shouting orders for people to show their papers. 😐

That is EXACTLY what they are really put there to do: thwart any uprising. 😉

This says it all. No townhalls for gop members, just pure vkay mode and going to fairs in their states. Only talking to repubs, not democrat constituents.

RepubliCLOWNS broke it - they OWN IT. 🤬

Great cartoon!

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Enjoy. Those same fellows may escort you to a wall in the fullness of time.

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Fabulous cartoon!

That sums it up!

The Republican party should hang its head in shame but unfortunately Republicans have no shame! :)

That's exactly what this is all about!

turn to the right and fire.

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As Benjamin Franklin once said, "any man who would trade essential liberties for safety deserves neither."

The best humor is based on truth.

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Nailed it

It certainly makes Heir Bone Spurs feel safer.

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So true!

I wouldn’t be surprised if they didn’t start having ICE at their town halls

There's a chubby Cankles in Thief far Right-White POS trash in the Whitehouse, & it's a TRAITOR! Go dispose that trash! Remember, your Oath!!

the real reason

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Exactly. They know what they deserve.

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Sad, but this how republicans actually feel about Americans. You’d think they’d get it. You’d think it would be simple to understand. What they should do instead is stop doing what they want, and do what American people want. We did not elect them to obey a man who dreams of being a king.

Truth... Welcome to the 2nd American Civil War brought to you by the corrupt SCOTUS & GOP cowards. The 4th Reich would appreciate all Americans to be true patriots and civilly cooperate with your imprisonment and enslaved labor to the oligarchy.

BRILLIANT!🤣🤣🤣😂

Sums it up beautifully.

That’s exactly it!

cowards

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Sorry, but the GOP constituents appreciate and value what the GOP is doing in this country, but it also benefits the Democrats, whose constituents are at odds with their efforts to destroy this country and instill a Marxist government, which does NOT offer the rights and freedoms we enjoy.

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imho, GOP members of congress NEED protection from those who elected them. But that protection has an expiration date....and then what? jus' sayn'....

And it begs the question what metric trump used to determine DC was crime ridden. It couldn't possibly have been DC's 40% black population.

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✊ I will be taking down Hakeem Jeffries in the June primary for NY-8 Brooklyn. I need ALL the support I can get! The billionaires fund Jeffries, and for that he is one of their top puppets. The system is rigged against us. They want us tired, broke, docile, and silent! Not anymore!

The truth shall set you free...lol

Release the Epstein files, Release the Epstein files, Release the Epstein files, Release the Epstein files, Release the Epstein files, Release the Epstein files, Release the Epstein files, Release the Epstein files, Release the Epstein files and furthermore...Release the Epstein files...

Exactly 🎯

Truth

Critical thinking interpretation is "Let Them Eat Cake". History repeats yet again. Groundhogs Day iteration #12.

bsky.app/profile/figh... If you are woke then wake up your friends and family to how dire it is.

😂 I thought it said the national guard was protecting us from our constitution. 😂 That would have worked too!😂

GOP, you really shouldn't.

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They're being protected from the Epstein files. That's what this is really about.

Luckovich is a genius and more truthful than 99% of popular media.

I can see what some republicans would feel that way…. The cowards that don’t want town halls……

Spot on accurate 👍🏼

Thomas Jefferson warned that when representatives become "withdrawn such a distance from the eye of their constituents," they are more susceptible to corruption. He felt that this disconnect could lead to public officials losing sight of the general interest & instead pursuing personal gain. Hmmm.

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EXACTLY! 👍 😡

Republican Shit Stains!

But they couldn’t protect Trump from his poor health!

Soon those troops will switch sides

When they find out they ain't getting paid.

That’s what I thought. The playing field levels when tyrants don’t pay their bills. As Mike Johnson says, “Glory, Glory Hallelujah! Wait, where’s did the enforcers go?”

Optimist, aren't ya? I seriously doubt it.

@mluckovich.bsky.social is the only good thing left at the AJC

And there you have it!

that's the real reason. The protestors outnumber them.

Whoever runs y’all’s social media… bravo 👏🏻

Exactly.

We know their intentions.

Humans are not cattle for the rich or powerful to own as property, slavery or indentured servant/laborer!

Tell them that.

Has anyone told them that lately? I ask because the rich ARE currently farming us like cattle. So it seems like maybe nobody told them.

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Actually, that’s probably pretty near the truth.

Trump certainly does. I wonder what it's like for him to be the most hated man in American history? Nah, He's so nuts that he surely imagines himself being loved, just because his cult loves him.

Goddamned Christians

Make that Christians, Muslims, Mormon or Catholic religions.

Literally it

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It may have meant to be humorous, but it’s factual.

Truth!!!!

Next they will be deployed to republican town hall meetings.

Yah, except for the ones who's parents just died because you cut their Medicare. And now are fully armed and watching you while they're forced to pick up dog shit. Totally safe...

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It won't work.

Just wait...

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Exactly

GOP is running behind the Nazi’s, they took 56 days to take total control of a freely elected government

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Awesome 👏🏽👏🏼👏🏽👏🏼

Bingo

Funny but so sad and true. 😔

Nailed it !

The only reason they are on the streets.

Protecting them or conditioning their next vote?

Many a true word spoken in jest !

At lunch do you want to go get a sandwich at subway, I heard they half off on a brick on white bread we can throw them at each of us

That IS the reason tRUMPutin called in the national guard. He knows the magats are going to turn on him at some point.

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Can't say enough about Mike Luckovich's cartoon art.

Given Trump's Mob never gave up the idea of rounding up Congress, zip ties or cloistering Congress & gassing them, someone needs to ensure Congress/elections/voters are "protected," like a sure shield. Also investigate "who" directed Boelter's 2 yrs. of "investigation" compared to hit list... 1/

2/ Because, if you look at the hit list, compare it to the CD's of the intended victims, you'll see Boelter's plans ONLY BENEFITTED GOP/Trump/Dictator & no one else.

Now Shaun Hannity can go out in public in DC.

“It’s lucky we’re never going to let them vote again, isn’t it?”

Good one

Luckovich sure can drive in the knife.

And you're going to need them.

So landscapers are being dragged away by ICE so now the National Guard gets to do all the dirty work. The Ass Backwards World of MAGATS.

They SHOULD & I believe THEY DO! After all, THEIR Constituents think of Bear Repellant Spray & TAZERs as ‘Points of Argument’… Or … Maybe?… Tourism Attractions?… Can’t remember which… ANYWAY! … They ALSO have a fondness for Firearms, SOOOooo…

Cartoon of the fricking presidential cycle. 💔🤍💙

Bingo!

That’s awesome and perfect

This was actually the point

Yup, that.

Most of the real crime in DC happens in corner offices with a view of the Capitol Dome out the window.

That's what it's all about

Disgraceful chapter in the Epstein affair.

That’s the real tea

Cowards

BOOM❗️Everything tRUmp touches dies.

Don't get used to it!

Won’t last!!!

So that’s why they’re there.

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Truth

Not for long they shouldn't.

Shared to fb.

Respectful viewpoint 👌

Totally agree—thanks for sharing 🙏

Love the idea 🔥 Could you expand a bit?

Great point! 👏 What about the other angle?

Body guard for the MAGA faithful, storm troopers for normal people. There’s a budget showdown coming. I ain’t paying for this crap anymore. Shut it down if you have to, but recall the National Guard and Military, and Freeze the ICE budget. This party is OVER❗️

Firstly, what if they get paid no matter what from your taxes? Secondly, when you do not pay taxes how you are going to avoid sentence and jail?

1. National Guard don’t get paid when they aren’t deployed. Normally they deploy one weekend a month and a two week period sometime during the year, not full time. 2. I’m saying that our taxes are paying for something we don’t need, for a made up emergency, which is unconstitutional.

Thank you for speaking the truth

Right, imagine if they get paid as if they are at war. And their first task will be to suppress civilian protests. And in that case who cares about opinion of people how to spent their tax money. Then what?

That is what we had a revolution about in 1776.

It is like from nothing, the whole situation is quite stupid and usual. Just having not enough power and money. I hope, they have enough brain to get away a revolution.

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Meanwhile… 🙄

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Now do the picture of a National Guard mowing the lawn in place of the kid mowing and Trump yelling "It's a National Emergency" at him, please.

Sums it up

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Read this at first as "...protecting us from our constitution". Probably also true.

Yup Soon they will post NG at their town halls, to remove anyone who wants to express their right to freedom of speech.

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This is spot on. Armed troops in the streets, government takes over Union Station. Now they just need control of Reagan International and checkpoints to enter the city. They want to secure themselves before sending troops into Chicago, New York, and other cities.

So true. Who exactly are they protecting because it is not the civilians.

This is actually the reason

BBC News 'The mayor of Chicago has signed an order detailing how the city will resist a potential immigration crackdown threatened by the Trump administration. Mayor Brandon Johnson signs the 'Protecting Chicago Initiative'

COWARDS

At some point one MUST realize that the stink is coming from THEM

And .... think of all the landscaping the National Guard is doing. D.C. doesn't need to spend money on gardening anymore .... WE HAVE THE NATIONAL GUARD TO DO ALL THAT NOW !!

The National Guardeners

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Exactly!

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The guy on the left looks just like #MAGA cult member and my poor excuse for a Congressman Lloyd Smucker. Pretty sure @mluckovich.bsky.social had Smucker in his mind when drawing this excellent political cartoon. Smucker isn't on this platform because he follows #GOP orders. #spineless

Probably why Trump called them in. To protect him should millions of Americans say they've had enough and storm the WH.

Exactly Congress has given up Given up representing the people Given power to Trump so they won’t have to make tough votes…you know…. Legislate…. Protect the constitution… Work for the people Their shame will never be forgotten or forgiven

We’ve lost our country because half the legislators are too lazy to do their jobs.

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Yeah, those cowards are tethered to him with a cord of steel for all eternity.

The Correction Revolution is Coming

Congress has given up given up representing the people. Silly girl. THIS congress never had any intention of protecting the people.

Maybe because they keep getting radicalized by foreigners online and people with drug problems and a record

Our Congress? Are you kidding? They aren’t kids on TikTok. They are adults with a lust for power and wealth.

So you acknowledge kids are being radicalized online?

The people that radicalize aren't drug addicts. They are serious people.

Drug addicts can't be serious?

Take these power hungry idiots down! The only amendment that selects the President is the popular vote! Just like it is for Congress.

Ain’t it the TRUTH!

I'm thinking, this is the real reason for the military in Washington DC...The Rotting Carcass and Republicans probably know that they've become the enemy of the people and now fear the people...hence additional military is there not for the people, but for their protection

Says Randy Feenstra, R, IA04, and Sen. Joni Ernst R IA.

This just uncovered the real reason the troops are in DC! Genius cartoon.

#AltText Mike luckolch Ale @ATK.com 8-22-2S I FEEL SAFER WITH ALL THESE NATIONAL GUARD ROOPS PROTECTING US FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS... GOP. BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL EPSTEIN

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. . . on a tub of orange slug.

Could taste like Cheeto dust.

"Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather".

That's what's really going on.

first line of defense against the Constitution, the military.

👍💯 Cartoons mirror reality.

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Perfect

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Exactly.

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and other duties as assigned

Cartoon facts in every way I see it 😎

Yup

They are about to get their “let them eat cake” moment.