Ann Telnaes, the Pulitzer prize-winning cartoonist for The Washington Post, tendered her resignation after the newspaper declined to publish a satirical cartoon.

WASHINGTON, DC – Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Ann Telnaes resigned from the Washington Post earlier this month, alleging her editorial independence was compromised when the newspaper killed her sketch critiquing Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Republican President-elect Donald Trump.

Barry Blitt, Jack Ohman, and Jen Sorensen discuss the promise and many perils of their chosen artform. Editorial cartoons and illustration are fairly niche topics—or so I once thought. On Jan. 3, cartoonist Ann Telnaes published Why I’m quitting the Washington Post on her Substack.

Now, as Trump returns to the White House, the tech mogul has changed his tune in a shift that could have far-reaching consequences for the businesses attached to his name: Amazon, Bezos’ rocket company Blue Origin and The Washington Post, which Bezos bought in 2013.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist is the first to be charged with downloading AI-generated child pornography.

One thing you can say about Donald Trump is that he's absolutely clear on his furious opposition to immigrants taking American jobs.

In an argument to the jury ahead of the deliberations for the punitive damages, CNN’s lawyer offered up what has to be regarded as a patently ridiculous argument: “ Don’t make the punishment too great, otherwise, it could impact the ability to lie in he future .”

The author is a law professor, political artist, President of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, member of the Board of Cartoonists’ Rights Network International, and LeO contributor.The opinions expressed here are his own.

By the time Donald Trump settles in the White House, the United States would be grappling with democracy ideals and freedom of the press. Now is the time for the media and the political class in Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa to change the narrative.

JOY REID (HOST): Angelo, this felt like probably the most important farewell address, honestly, since Eisenhower warned of the military industrial complex. I thought it was spot on. It was frightening, but I thought, honest and accurate. What did you think?

Zach Rabiroff for The Comics Journal investigates the state of political cartooning as the practitioners face a revitalized and seemingly very powerful Donald Trump who is entering his second term as President of the United States with few limits in his way.