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Karyn Milos's avatar

YIKES. 😧 And not just the cartoon. We all know the Orange Creature is despicable, and even so, he continues to reveal just how low he can go. Well done, Clay, and congrats on winning the first round against the cartoon thieves.

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Susan Johnson's avatar

Keep the pressure on.

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Judy the Lazy Gardener's avatar

Congrats on winning this round with the AI copy cats. Why did the AI make Flynn a donkey? It recognized an ass when it saw one.

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Claire Lamberth's avatar

There is not a whole lot to like about MBS, especially after he had Khashoggi murdered, but Trump and his family don't lose sleep over anything that brings in the megabucks.

The one redeeming factor of Trump's absurd speech was how stupid he looked babbling on and on with Elon sitting next to him wishing he was anywhere else.

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NPG BELL's avatar

I hope that you and your fellow cartoonists are able shut down those thieves, even if you have to do Whack-a-mole to them every time they pop up somewhere on-line. They remind me of people who make money from sampling real people's music without giving credit or paying for the access.

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Mark Chatfield's avatar

Blood money.

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Craig Holmes's avatar

The conman in chief was there to get his latest marching orders from his bosses. And to pick up some crumbs from their table. So embarrassing.

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Paul Davis's avatar

MAGA is a death cult, death cults love death as long as it's someone in their "despised" classes. Murder of a WP reporter who has a "foreign" name ticks all their boxes as "better off dead". Of course DJT is sucking up, the base loved it, it irritates any rational person, and it celebrates murder of the "elite".

Of course, it's an elite sucking up to an elite giggling over the murder of a news reporter who sinned by not sucking up. But that's how the MAGA base rolls.

As for the plagiarism, Clay I gotta say, their redrawing of the toon makes no sense. No Democrat thought Flynn should be pardoned, and that donkey has two mouths. That's a fail any way you look at it.

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Joan Eisenstodt's avatar

Remember when they blamed the Saudis for 9/11? Remember when all Muslims were “suspect” making life hell for good people and not enough hell for murderers? I bounce between so angry and so sad from all this but THIS & SCOTUS on TPS today (19 May) has been both.

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Paul Davis's avatar

The Saudis are responsible for 9/11, but not in a fully direct way. That's a long discussion that gets into who funds what, and what happened in 1744 in the "kingdom of Saud" which was a little tiny place then.

Literally, they've been building their own "FOX RELIGION CHANNEL" for more than 250 years.

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Joan Eisenstodt's avatar

The latter (channel) I didn’t know. Their harm to many I did. Soon as the “big beautiful hotel” was announced, I thought: more immigrants at little pay abd great harm will build it. THOSE immigrants will be praised by the grifter.

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Richard Blanke's avatar

Can’t (don’t have to) make this stuff up: DHS is vetting an immigrant reality tv show with citizenship as a prize. More likely, it will be like Admiral Ackbar shouting “it’s a trap!” in ‘Return of the Jedi’ as ICE agents scoop up contestabts for deportation.

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Clay Jones's avatar

I'm looking at this one. Don't tell the other cartoonists.

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Richard Blanke's avatar

Mum’s the word, you’re the only cartoonist I follow. Can’t wait to see it if you decide to draw.

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David Yohalem's avatar

Not certain he was "lured" into the embassy. My understanding is he was there for a marriage license. The rest, though, is spot on. The entire House of Saud is famously corrupt. But you need to whisper it.

Also, if I recall correctly, the Republicans condemned Barrack Obama for a small bowing gesture to the King of Saudi Arabia when he was being received, (who does not shake hands.) Protocol and all that. Like walking in front of the Queen, or pushing the President of Montenegro aside for a photo op - both Drumpf maneuvers.

Congrats on winning against the AI thieves (what the Sec. of Education referred to as A1 - like the steak sauce.)

Punk/reggae Blondie or New Wave/Disco Blondie? Listening to Lucius.

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Clay Jones's avatar

Of course, he was lured in. It was an official decree that he was divorced, and he had to visit three times to get it. It was the third visit that got him. It fits the very definition of being lured.

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Kathleen Reilly Mannix's avatar

Yes! Fine toon & post. Jared, Trump and MBS don't seem worried about a statute of limitation. Awful.

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Joan Eisenstodt's avatar

Still catching up.

Who else has joined you in this fight? It has to be fought but how sad to use creative and other time to do so. Are there lawyers who work pro bono for underpaid cartoonists? I ask seriously. Or any good (in creativity & values) cartoonists with law degrees who kept up their ability to practice? (Unlike the new nominee for SG who’s a non-practicing doctor who says “like” and “like wow” far too often.)

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