Daryl Cagle cartoon
(Daryl Cagle illustration / caglecartoons.com)

The news this week is dominated by the Ukraine alleged extortion story.

Yes, I know, Ukraine doesn’t look like the lady in my above cartoon. She shouldn’t have blond hair. She shouldn’t be fat.

OK, OK. I visited Kiev and I saw this in a gift shop …

Ukraine dolls

(Daryl Cagle photo)

And I found her Ukrainian folksy dress on the Web. We go with the clichés we have, not the clichés we want or wish to have, as former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld would say.

Here are some of my recent favorites on the Whistleblower scandal. This one is by Dave Whamond

Dave Whamond cartoon

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These two are from Roll Call editorial cartoonist R.J. Matson

R.J. Matson  cartoon

(R.J. Matson illustration / caglecartoons.com)

R.J. Matson  cartoon

(R.J. Matson illustration / caglecartoons.com)

This one is by Ed Wexler

Ed Wexler cartoon

(Ed Wexler illustration / caglecartoons.com)

This one is by Monte Wolverton

Monte Wolverton cartoon

(Monte Wolverton illustration / caglecartoons.com)

— Editorial cartoonist Daryl Cagle lives in Montecito and runs the CagleCartoons.com news syndicate, distributing editorial cartoons to more than 850 news sites and newspapers around the world, including Noozhawk. Contact him at editor@cagle.com, follow his blog at www.darylcagle.com and follow him on Twitter: @dcagle. Click here for previous cartoons. The opinions expressed are his own.