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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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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: 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