Tom Bachtell

Illustrator for The New Yorker; classical pianist; swing dancer.

[Tom Bachtell @mrbachtell]

FLORIDA MAN RAILS AGAINST THE FACTS https://t.co/f90Y9Ktwvk

[Tom Bachtell @mrbachtell]

@bobstaake Bob, I love. Endless imagination, humor, and observation.

[Tom Bachtell @mrbachtell]

Robert S. Mueller, 1944-2026
Public Servant, Man of Honor

“Robert S. Mueller III, who led the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 12 tumultuous years, brought politically explosive indictments as a special counsel examining Russia’s attack on the 2016 presidential election, and then concluded that he could neither absolve nor accuse President Trump of a crime, died on Friday. He was 81.

His family confirmed the death in a statement but did not say where he died or give the cause.

Mr. Trump remained unforgiving of Mr. Mueller’s investigation even after Mr. Mueller’s death. On learning of it on Saturday, he posted on Truth Social: ‘Good, I’m glad he’s dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people!’” — The New York Times

The complete NYT obit:

https://t.co/rHuaZjZ7z5

#drawing by @mrbachtell #tombachtell #robertsmueller

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War and Peace Cannot Be Left to One Man — Especially Not This Man

By @DavidAFrench
@TheNewYorkTimes
March 1, 2026
Drawing by @mrbachtell

“Eight minutes.

That’s the length of President Trump’s social media video announcing his war with Iran. He didn’t go to Congress. He didn’t obtain a U.N. Security Council resolution. Instead, he did perhaps the most monarchical thing he’s done in a monarchical second term: He simply ordered America into war…”

https://t.co/H9diVUWsT7

[Tom Bachtell @mrbachtell]

The weekend shooting in Minneapolis of #AlexPretti — an ICU nurse for the VA —by US Customs and Border Patrol agents may have marked a turning point in our current political moment. Americans across the political spectrum reacted with revulsion at the killing — so soon after the killing of Renee Good — and we’ve gone from the Trump administration doubling down, defending the shooting and labeling Pretti a “domestic terrorist” to an administration in defensive retreat — with President Donald Trump holding “productive” and “very good” phone calls with Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, and the two Federal agents who shot Pretti being placed on leave.

Drawing by @mrbachtell

[Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson]

Democratic candidates: take notes. You need to watch this:

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An Historic Election in New York
Drawing of @ZohranKMamdani by @mrbachtell
“In the final hours of the most closely watched race for New York City mayor in recent years, voters were streaming to the polls in large numbers. By early evening and with polls open until 9 p.m., more people had already voted in this year’s race than cast ballots in any mayoral election in more than three decades.

The contest among the Democratic nominee and front-runner Zohran Mamdani, former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and the Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa could reshape the longstanding power structures in the city. The outcome could also send a message nationally about the direction of the Democratic Party after its disastrous defeat in the presidential election last year.” ~ The New York Times.

[Tom Bachtell @mrbachtell]

An Historic Election in New York
#drawing of @ZohranKMamdani by #tombachtell @mrbachtell

“In the final hours of the most closely watched race for New York City mayor in recent years, voters were streaming to the polls in large numbers. By early evening and with polls open until 9 p.m., more people had already voted in this year’s race than cast ballots in any mayoral election in more than three decades.

The contest among the Democratic nominee and front-runner Zohran Mamdani, former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and the Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa could reshape the longstanding power structures in the city. The outcome could also send a message nationally about the direction of the Democratic Party after its disastrous defeat in the presidential election last year.” ~ The New York Times.

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

A British gentleman's honest opinion of the city Trump describes as a war zone, Chicago. 😳👇

[Tom Bachtell @mrbachtell]

#nokings #NoKingsOct18 #NoKings #NoKingsDayOct18th #NoKingsInAmerica #NoKingsProtest #NoKingsMarch

Here’s to a safe, massive, nonviolent march for democracy — all across America.

[Tom Bachtell @mrbachtell]

@DavidAFrench : “…Trump isn’t replacing D.E.I. with merit. He’s replacing it with sycophancy and malice… look to that military base in Virginia, where an underqualified secretary of defense snarled and strutted before an audience of leaders who knew that he’d already betrayed their trust.”
https://t.co/Q5uTQtAPYA
#drawing by @mrbachtell #tombachtell

[Tom Bachtell @mrbachtell]

How to Blow Up a Planet
Trevor Jackson
@nybooks
September 25, 2025 Issue
Pictured clockwise from top left: @DKThomp , @ezraklein , Andreas Malm , and @WimCarton
#drawing by Tom Bachtell #tombachtell
Leanne Shapton @Shaptonia Art Editor

https://t.co/5mkMJMh4C8

Reviewed:
Abundance
by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson

Overshoot: How the
World Surrendered to
Climate Breakdown
by Andreas Malm and Wim Carton

The people with the answers: Trevor Jackson critiques Klein and Thompson’s neoliberal approach and Malm and Carton’s confrontational and progressive academic approach to our increasingly hopeless climate future.

“For liberal supporters of the “abundance” movement, deregulation is crucial to solving climate and economic crises. Their critics argue something more confrontational is needed.”

[Tom Bachtell @mrbachtell]

Return of the Rahmosaurus https://t.co/qMv1DQ1Z2N #drawing by #tombachtell @mrbachtell #chicagomag

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Capturing The Gilmore Artists: Tom Bachtell’s Ongoing Contribution https://t.co/P07WgcwJzU

For more than two decades, acclaimed New Yorker caricaturist Tom Bachtell has captured every Gilmore Artist—including his latest portrait of 2024 Gilmore Artist Alexandre Kantorow.

#TheGilmore #GilmoreArtist #TomBachtell #AlexandreKantorow

[Tom Bachtell @mrbachtell]

The American press fulfilled its duty this past week; it does not work at the behest of the President or the Secretary of Defensive. My drawing along with the nation’s other cartoonists on the week in politics https://t.co/RYLyBC9fiH via @politico #drawing by @mrbachtell