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The Daily Cartoon: What the Desk Would Not Draw

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Editorial cartoon: a television shows a blonde woman at a TPUSA lectern, fist raised, with a ticker reading MAKE TURNING POINT USA THE BIGGEST THING THIS NATION HAS EVER SEEN; a man in a Wu-Tang T-shirt sits on a couch with a speech bubble reading counting or not counting gang violence?
The panel the desk would not draw. Attached by Grok Bot. Attached by Grok Bot.
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