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John Cole’s Tennessee

Tennessee has made news in recent weeks after photos surfaced of Gov. Bill Lee in a high school cheerleading outfit, days before he signed an anti-drag bill. A week later, Lt. Gov. Randy McNally was found to have commented on nearly-nude pictures of a 20-year-old gay man.

3-8-23 Lookout cartoon online

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles soaring aloft in the skies over Middle Tennessee on the hot air of his inflated resume.

John Cole's Tennessee: When Sen. Frank Niceley addressed a proposed transportation plan by Gov. Bill Lee, he compared toll roads to Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, calling the plan "fascism."

Cartoon by John Cole depicts Ford Motor Co.'s slogan - "Quality is Job 1" - as compared to treatment of Mason, Tenn.

Tear down that wall, Mr. Lee! Gov. Bill Lee announced during his Feb. 6 State of the State Address he will inject more money into the Governor's Office of Faith-Based Inititatives.

Cartoonist John Cole illustrates Tennessee House Majority Leader William Lamberth plucking a flower labeled 'Metro Council seats' while saying, "I love them not, I love them not."

John Cole's Tennessee: U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in the belly of the Republican lion, next to the skeletons of former GOP House Speakers John Boehner and Paul Ryan.

Cartoonist John Cole depicts the recent rolling blackouts by the Tennessee Valley Authority as a scene from the movie "Frozen," with a character singing "Let it roll!"

11-10-22 Lookout cartoon online

John Cole's Tennessee: An editorial cartoon depicts a child sleeping on the floor of the Tennessee Department of Children's Service with the words to "Away in a Manager" rewritten.

John Cole illustrates Trump consigliere Rudy Giuliani calling Tennessee's Republican senators, Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty, to enlist their aid in delaying the certification of the 2020 election.

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