
TR: "The best way to fly a flag on the day of Trump's inauguration".
"We will no longer be publishing political cartoons". That's how blunt the editor of The Latrobe Bulletin was in a note (you need VPN to visit the link) in which he apologised for the publication of this cartoon by Lee Judge(Substack) and announced that they will no longer publish political cartoons "so as not to divide".
We apologize today for letting such an offensive political cartoon slip through our editorial process and into our Editorial page of Volume 123 – Issue No. 20, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025.
While political cartoons have run in newspapers, including the Latrobe Bulletin, for many years; this is a final example of how we feel they have run their course.
As Americans we respect rights and views on all sides, however, we assure you, as your community newspaper this image does not reflect our viewpoint…
We will no longer be publishing political cartoons because we strive to better the community, not divide it.
Dave Cuddihy, publisher

Dave Cuddihy's Facebook announcement already has over 300 comments.
Cartoonist Randy Bish has his own theory about the origin of the Latrobe's decision and believes it stems from a message from Leslie Rossi.
Well, now we know who was offended by a political cartoon in the Latrobe Bulletin…
None other than Pennsylvania State Representative Leslie Rossi. (owner and creator of the outlandish "Trump House" in Westmoreland County).
It’s shameful for any newspaper to silence our freedom of speech just because someone was “offended” by a cartoon.
That a newspaper opts for the most cowardly decision and, in addition to apologising, cuts the cartoons in its tracks says a lot about its lack of health and plurality. The cartoons, historically linked to the print media almost since their birth, are published in the opinion section because they are still the opinion of their authors.
By cancelling the cartoons, the paper is telling its readers that it shits on the freedom of expression of its people. I guess now The Latrobe Bulletin will also stop publishing opinion pieces in order "not to create division".
We have already seen this in the case of The New York Times, which stopped publishing political cartoons on 1 July 2019 after a controversy over a cartoon which, coincidentally, also featured Donald Trump.
But these are not the only cases. In 2016, the San Diego Union-Tribune fired Mexican cartoonist Ramses II for a cartoon critical of Donald Trump over his idea of building a wall that Mexicans would have to pay for.
One of the most talked-about events was the firing in 2019 of Canadian cartoonist Michael de Adder, who was fired the day after one of his cartoons about Trump went viral.
Also in 2019, the Elko Daily apologised for a joke about Trump, although on that occasion at least the media outlet did not sacrifice its author.
The number of moves in the US for caricaturing Trump or one of his ideas, including a case in a school, far outnumber the controversies over cartoons about Biden. As far as I remember, the only notable case (and it happened in Australia) was the accusations of racism against The Australian newspaper for a cartoon about Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
Humour in trouble, a collection of cases
Cases of cartoonists who have had problems of some importance because of their cartoons or satirical illustrations. There are also some stories of other people who, without being cartoonists, have got into trouble for sharing them.