Al Goodwyn

After 47 long years of seeing hundreds of Americans killed and thousands more maimed at the hands of Iran, someone in Washington finally decided to do something. Of course, the haters with terminal TDS are having their say because, well, orange man bad. There have been too many shrugs for decades at the ways Iranian leaders have… Continued at… open.substack.com/pub/algoodwyn/…

Sometimes it’s just fun to draw craters… …and Iran mullahs… …and ownerless shoes. open.substack.com/pub/algoodwyn/…

Democrats and the media are acting like they’ve picked Iran to win their tourney bracket. It’s certainly popular to sprinkle in a few upsets, but going all in on the mullahs means that TDS can get worse.   Liberals have turned geopolitical analysis into a combination therapy session, self-flagellation effort, and a desire so strong for Trump to fail that a failing US is a small price to pay. open.substack.com/pub/algoodwyn/…

My latest, … on Gen Z’s addiction. open.substack.com/pub/algoodwyn/…

Breaking news: after decades of Iran waging war on the U.S., funding proxy terrorist organizations, trademarking their highly enriched uranium brand as The Great Satan Disinfectant, killing hundreds of our troops, and turning “Death to America” into their toddlers’ first spoken words,… we’ve finally decided to call this thing a war. It’s like showing up to your own birthday party in 2026 wearing a party hat and going, “Wait… this has been going on since 1979?” except the invitations were sent with IED’s attached. @algoodwyn?r=bl034&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=stories&shareImageVariant=light" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">substack.com/@algoodwyn?r=b…

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open.substack.com/pub/algoodwyn/… Editorial Cartoon: President Harris’ Diplomacy

algoodwyn.substack.com/p/cartoon-demo… Just this week we had the two top Democrats in Congress concluding that the effort to stop Iran from achieving their nuclear weapon ambitions will fail. From Akeem Jeffries, “The American people want us to focus on making their life better, making their life more affordable, not getting involved in another endless war in the Middle East that is going to end in failure.” From Chuck Schumer, “Wars without clear objectives do not remain small. They get bigger, bloodier, longer and more expensive.” No doubt, this is certainly a time for concern due to the situation’s volatility, the nature of the enemy, and the stakes in innocent lives, but barely one hundred hours in and the Democrats sound like failure is a fait accompli. They immediately jumped to the conclusion that we’re headed for a U.S. debacle, but ignore the grave nature of nuclear weapons, Iran leadership’s Death-to-America mantra over the last 47 years, every action they’ve take to kill Americans since 1979, and the current objectives that the Trump administration laid out including destroying Iran’s missile capabilities, navy, nuclear-related infrastructure, and terrorist support networks. American citizens will be safer without Iran’s itchy nuclear trigger finger, but the stakes are high getting to that goal. Let’s call it a challenging, dangerous, risky effort, but it does no good calling it a failure on the initial steps out the door.

Trump 47 collided with Iran’s 47 years of rule and sent 47 of their leaders to meet 72 virgins.

open.substack.com/pub/algoodwyn/… Our presidents’ blustering has been extraordinary over the last few decades while Iran continued pushing their nuclear ambitions. The Persian centrifuges have been spinning as fast as their turn tables playing Death to America chants. Instead of actual action by the leaders of the free world, we got Red Line Kabuki Theater. Every few years, a new president steps up to the podium, adjusts his flag pin, furrows the brow, and delivers the classic line: “Iran will not be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons… period.” Firm, unyielding, and destined to be ignored. - Clinton slapped sanctions like they were parking tickets while shaking his finger and adding “you will not have inappropriate relations with that isotope, uranium-235.” - Bush called them part of the Axis of Evil and continued down the sanctions path with admonishments in a Texas instead of an Arkansas accent. - Obama negotiated the Nuclear Deal, which was a very polite “pretty please don’t build the bomb… yet” allowing the mullah f…ers to continue their scaled back nuclear ambitions, research, and enrichment. And then there's the cash windfall, because nothing says "thanks for taking a pause on destroying western civilization" like unfreezing tens of billions in assets and lifting sanctions on oil exports, banking, and trade. The deal sweetener, they can continue their missile program and fund regional terrorist organizations. - Biden wanted to reinstall the Nuclear Deal but with a stern glare and a firm “DON’T”, except nap time got in the way. These White House occupants promised to stop the nuclear program but with mere speed bumps. The current president didn’t negotiate a sunset clause on Iran’s nuclear dreams, he just dropped the curtain on the whole production. Trump 47 collided with Iran’s 47 years of rule and sent 47 of their leaders to meet 72 virgins.

@DoryBeutel @MarioNawfal @chasrmartin What a sight!

@MarioNawfal @chasrmartin It’s the dawn of a new day! ☀️

🇮🇷 Iranians doing the Trump dance while waving American, Iranian, and Israeli flags. Three flags that were never supposed to be in the same sentence together.

@MarioNawfal My cartoon today.

This says it all

“Like ending the Soviet Union and tearing down the Berlin Wall.”

Trump, the eternal showman, turned the chamber into his personal comedy club, baiting the Democrats into being drunken, heckling audience members.  Then when their defiance was at its peak the trap is sprung.  The request to stand if you agree that… “The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, over illegal aliens.” They sat steeped in their smug, self righteousness. Trump let the applause continue and the Democrats’ proud defiance slowly melted away. … continued applause...   They dared not move but the discomfort ramped up like a nest of fire ants just exploded at their feet. .… more applause…. Instead of even a twitch, they sat stoic in their own excruciating misery wishing they had stayed home to make more release-the-Epstein-files buttons.  But they’re trapped, amplifying Trump’s message to every swing voter glued to their TV.  Trump grins, the applause stays steady as the narrative flips from "policy critique" to "look at these unhinged haters." Masterclass in trolling. They walked into it willingly. Like overconfident cartoon characters strapped to a skywriting rocket ready to send a message… until they realize that somewhere along the way their ride made a 180-degree turn. On Trump’s way out the door, he slows, leans down to Pelosi and whispers, “I think I’ll celebrate with a cup of covfefe.”

My latest batch of editorial cartoons. open.substack.com/pub/algoodwyn/…

Unbelievable! What a sight! Patriotism at the Olympics!

A couple of days ago, my wife and I watched The Insider, the gripping 1999 film starring Russell Crowe as Jeffrey Wigand and Al Pacino as Lowell Bergman, a 60 Minutes producer. It tells the true story of Wigand, a vice president at Brown & Williamson Tobacco in the 1990’s, who became an historic whistleblower by exposing how Big Tobacco deliberately enhanced the addictive properties of cigarettes, while publicly denying nicotine’s addictiveness. The movie powerfully draws you into Wigand’s personal life and the courage it took to come forward, the devastating retaliation he faced, and the profound impact his decision had on the industry and public health. What made the timing eerie was that the very same day we watched it, Mark Zuckerberg testified as a non-voluntary witness in a major Los Angeles civil trial accusing Meta (especially Instagram) of deliberately designing addictive platforms, particularly targeting children and teens, in ways that cause or substantially contribute to serious mental health harms, including anxiety, depression, body dysmorphia, and, in some tragic cases, suicidal actions. Zuckerberg’s testimony felt strangely familiar. Just as the Big Tobacco CEOs sat before Congress in 1994 and feigned shock—shocked, shocked that anyone would call nicotine addictive, Zuckerberg appeared equally bewildered at the suggestion that social media could be engineered for addiction. The same playbook: deny intent, reframe heavy use as voluntary enjoyment and “value,” hedge on scientific proof of harm, and profess deep concern for users’ well-being. Different product, same stunned surprise. I highly recommend The Insider, not just as a good movie, but as a chilling reminder of how industries can prioritize profit while claiming ignorance… until the evidence becomes impossible to ignore. By the way, in my cartoon, Big Tobacco is represented by a caricature of Brown and Williamson’s CEO in the 1990’s, Thomas Sandefur.