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Editorial cartoons for Tuesday, Dec. 12

A sketchy look at the news of the day.

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Children play and look up at a large whale figure hanging from the ceiling at the Imagine Children’s Museum on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Editorial: Making your holiday shopping count for even more

Gifts of experiences can be found at YMCA, Village Theatre, Schack and Imagine Children’s Museum.

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Schwab: Bullying begins for all those not right with Trump

Trans folks, Democrats, Senate Republicans not keen on his nominations; they’re all on notice.

Dowd: How is Trump ‘protecting’ women by appointing predators?

The backlash against #MeToo has left us to shrug our shoulders to ‘he said/she said’ defenses.

Kristof: Israel’s ceasefire with Hezbollah means little for Gaza

Netanyahu seems willing to let suffering there continue, for Palestinians and Israeli hostages alike.

Comment: MAGA politics more damaging to military than ‘wokeness’

It wasn’t the military generals who lost wars in Iran and Afghanistan; it was the politicians.

FILE — Bill Nye, the science educator, in New York, March 5, 2015. Nye filed a $37 million lawsuit against Disney and its subsidiaries on Aug. 25, 2017, alleging that he was deprived of extensive profits from his show “Bill Nye, the Science Guy,” which ran on PBS from 1993 to 1998. (Jake Naughton/The New York Times)
Editorial: What saved climate act? Good sense and a Science Guy

A majority kept the Climate Commitment Act because of its investments, with some help from Bill Nye.

FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2019, file photo, Washington Supreme Court Justice Steven González listens to testimony during a hearing in Olympia, Wash. González has been elected as the next chief justice of the Washington state Supreme Court. He was elected by his colleagues on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, according to a news release sent by the court. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
Editorial: Daunting fix to fund right to public defenders

With a court system in crisis, threatening justice, local governments say they can’t pick up the tab.

Killer whales not trapped in nets during the 1970 Penn Cove capture stayed near penned kin until the last one was hauled away on a truck. (Wallie Funk/Whidbey News-Times file)
Editorial: After 50 years, the message in orcas’ Penn Cove return

The return by L pod, following deadly roundups in 1970-71, should serve as a reminder of responsibility.

Comment: Insisting on 5-day return to office a bad policy

Not only is it counter-productive, it could cost employers many of their best employees.

Comment: Make Thanksgiving table big enough for all voters

You don’t have to see eye-to-eye to see the humanity in others, especially family and friends.

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