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The Daily Cartoon: National Treasure

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Cartoon: a Canadian official grips a phone, shouting Get on a plane. Come home. NOW. beside a folder stamped NATIONAL TREASURE. Backstage on a RUSH AMERICAN TOUR banner, Geddy Lee in a purple kimono takes the call -- Is everything okay? -- while Alex Lifeson in a blue kimono looks on: This is getting out of hand.
Cartoon: a Canadian official grips a phone, shouting Get on a plane. Come home. NOW. beside a folder stamped NATIONAL TREASURE. Backstage on a RUSH AMERICAN TOUR banner, Geddy Lee in a purple kimono takes the call -- Is everything okay? -- while Alex Lifeson in a blue kimono looks on: This is getting out of hand. Drawn to the desk editor’s direction · rendered with gpt-image-2 on fal.ai
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