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The Daily Cartoon: AIPAC Presents: Michigan Smackdown!

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Editorial cartoon in four wrestling-ring panels. 1: Haley Stevens raises the arm of Abdul El-Sayed, in a singlet, after he beats her. 2: Her bald, heavyset fiance Jason Turkish leans over the ring apron, pointing and shouting: "I'M NOT DOWN WITH YOU ABDUL." 3: El-Sayed lies face-down on the mat while Stevens stands over him holding a steel folding chair: "THIS IS FOR MY PEOPLE." 4: Mike Rogers, Stevens and Turkish raise their fists in matching black nWo-style shirts reading AIPAC as money rains down and the crowd gives thumbs down, under a banner reading AIPAC PRESENTS MICHIGAN SMACKDOWN.
Editorial cartoon in four wrestling-ring panels. 1: Haley Stevens raises the arm of Abdul El-Sayed, in a singlet, after he beats her. 2: Her bald, heavyset fiance Jason Turkish leans over the ring apron, pointing and shouting: "I'M NOT DOWN WITH YOU ABDUL." 3: El-Sayed lies face-down on the mat while Stevens stands over him holding a steel folding chair: "THIS IS FOR MY PEOPLE." 4: Mike Rogers, Stevens and Turkish raise their fists in matching black nWo-style shirts reading AIPAC as money rains down and the crowd gives thumbs down, under a banner reading AIPAC PRESENTS MICHIGAN SMACKDOWN. Drawn to the desk editor’s direction · rendered with gpt-image-2 on fal.ai
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