![Cartoon drawings of Donald Trump, Gavin Newsom, Mike Johnson (in background), Joe Biden, Joe Manchin, Clarence Thomas](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/6e997f5/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2701x1800+150+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fda%2F07%2F7e526fc94c3f8204e07be1cec2b3%2Fla-oe-ehlers-thanksgiving-header.jpg)
You’d be grateful too if you had generous friends like Clarence Thomas’.
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![Donald Trump - Thankful Republicans don't really love law and order as much as they say they do.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4a66297/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2160x2700+0+0/resize/2000x2500!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F54%2Fee%2F88503d2b44999dbfeb3108082b9a%2Fla-oe-ehlers-thanksgiving-1-trump.jpg)
![Gavin Newsom - Thankful he's one year closer to quitting his day job and running for president](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/1da3d6c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2160x2700+0+0/resize/2000x2500!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe4%2Fb1%2Ff114469c4d318ac62dcb5c243e95%2Fla-oe-ehlers-thanksgiving-2-newsom.jpg)
![Joe Manchin - Thankful that once he retires, he can stop pretending to be a Democrat](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/fcfd831/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2160x2700+0+0/resize/2000x2500!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F6f%2Fb3%2F38675b2441388051c0eaae25d87c%2Fla-oe-ehlers-thanksgiving-3-manchin.jpg)
![Clarence Thomas - Thankful for the hospitality of generous friends (and lax ethics rules).](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a366495/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2160x2700+0+0/resize/2000x2500!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F99%2F2a%2F14b3da0d4365973bbfeb9acda40b%2Fla-oe-ehlers-thanksgiving-4-thomas.jpg)
![Mike Johnson - Thankful he wasn't well known enough to be loathed (until he won speaker of the House).](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/dfb5646/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2160x2700+0+0/resize/2000x2500!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F64%2F6c%2F848fdaab4a1dbc2a91d4eeb0040a%2Fla-oe-ehlers-thanksgiving-5-johnson.jpg)
![Joe Biden - Thankful for the best thing he's got going for him: the two-party system!](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/489a86a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2160x2700+0+0/resize/2000x2500!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Feb%2F62%2Fb75f3b0b4cbcbb7f0d661608886c%2Fla-oe-ehlers-thanksgiving-6-biden.jpg)
Ivan Ehlers is a cartoonist and writer in San Pedro. His work has appeared in the New Yorker and MAD magazine, among other publications. @ivan_ehlers
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