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John Cole

John Cole

John Cole's political cartoons on Tennessee topics appear in the Tennessee Lookout weekly. He is currently the staff cartoonist for the editorial pages of The Times-Tribune in Scranton, PA. Prior to this, he enjoyed a nearly 20-year run with The Herald-Sun in Durham, NC. His award-winning work is internationally syndicated by Cagle Cartoons.

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John Cole's Tennessee: Bondage. Sale of bonds for a new Tennessee Titans stadium revealed taxpayers will be on the hook for more than $1 billion in interest payment, effectively chaining them to the NFL team.

John Cole’s Tennessee: Bondage
By: - September 13, 2023

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John Cole's Tennessee: Gov. Bill Lee whiffed a special legislative session on public safety, going missing and leaving the Republican Senate and House sparring over bills -- with the outcome that no-one was satisfied.

John Cole’s Tennessee: Bang bang.
By: - September 6, 2023

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Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee was missing in action during a special legislative session he called to address public safety, as the House and Senate bickered and accomplished little.

John Cole’s Tennessee: Twisted
By: - August 30, 2023

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Tennessee Republican House leadership has effectively silenced the public from providing input into a special legislative session.

John Cole’s Tennessee: Silenced
By: - August 23, 2023

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The Tennessee General Assembly prepares for a special legislative session prompted by a mass shooting at Nashville's Covenant School.

John Cole’s Tennessee: Locked and loaded
By: - August 16, 2023

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Tennessee Rep. John Ragan compared school shootings to homicides and drug overdose deaths, saying "No one is crying out to ban hypodermic needles."

John Cole’s Tennessee: Red-flagged Ragan
By: - August 10, 2023

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Editoral cartoonist John Cole depicts Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti as a dung beetle, rolling an increasing number of lawsuits against the state up.

John Cole’s Tennessee:
By: - July 26, 2023

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John Cole's Tennessee: As former state Sen. Brian Kelsey fires one legal team and hires another, his stalling tactics leading up to his sentencing on federal campaign finance charges could inspire another politician under indictment.

John Cole’s Tennessee: Delay, delay, delay
By: - July 19, 2023

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John Cole’s Tennessee: Parental rights?
By: - July 12, 2023

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Four lawsuits have been filed to either halt or speed a pending deal between NASCAR and Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway. (John Cole)

John Cole’s Tennessee: Vroom, vroom.
By: - July 5, 2023

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John Cole's Tennessee: Cole depicts Tennessee Attorney General with an LGBTQ person crushed under his shoe after he asked Vanderbilt University Medical Center for a sweeping range of records related to gender-affirming care.

John Cole’s Tennessee: Stepping in it
By: - June 28, 2023

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John Cole's Tennessee: Tennessee is one of eight states with voter turnout lower than 50% over the last two elections, yet state officials do little to boost it.

John Cole’s Tennessee:
By: - June 21, 2023

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