I had this concept in mind before I saw it used by Ann Telnaes and Nick Anderson (both did it very well, I should add). Other cartoonists will also use it, so I probably should have avoided it. However, the versions by Ann and Nick used Trump, and I think I can do it differently than the rest who will come after me, so here we go.
Elon started sending emails to the 2.3 million federal employees last Saturday demanding that they tell him what they did last week. He’s demanding that each employee gives him five bullet points of their accomplishments. Earlier in the day, Trump said he’d like to see Elon get even more “aggressive” in his task of rooting out “waste” and “fraud.”
Elon posted on X/Twitter that if any employees fail to respond, it will be taken as a resignation. Federal employees should tell Elon that they couldn’t find the “resignation” post amongst all the 100 other posts on Saturday, or they thought it was just another one of his lies.
Leaders at some federal agencies told their employees to “hold off” on replying to the email. Even Kash Patel, the new ridiculous head of the FBI, told employees to hold off as the FBI has a policy of conducting its own reviews. Those employees are still in danger because the director is Kash Patel who may fire anyone who worked on investigations of Trump and J6 terrorists.
There are a LOT of problems with this. First, a lot of federal workers are prohibited from revealing information about their work to third parties. How stupid is it for a federal employee with a security clearance to receive an email asking, “What did you work on last week?” What if the work is classified?”
Elon says not replying will be considered a resignation, but federal law says government employees must voluntarily resign, not forced to resign.
Tweeting that not replying means it’s a resignation doesn’t make it law. It’s like one of those stupid posts on Facebook about loving America, and anyone who doesn’t repost it hates America.
It should also be pointed out that Elon isn’t qualified to judge what you did today at your job as he may not understand anything about it.
For example: I have a really smart friend who has a PhD and does a bunch of sciency kinda stuff for a company that contracts with corporations and studies weather patterns and other science things. Since that’s the best way I know how to describe what he does, even after he’s told me multiple times over the past 25 years, then I’m not qualified to judge how he spent his day.
Elon is demanding that government employees give him reasons to fire them. This is like Office Space where you’re sent to a room with the Bobs who ask you to describe your job and what you do all day so they can decide to fire you or not.
Eric Allie used the Office Space concept a few days ago, but it doesn’t look like he understood the plot. At the very least, Eric is rooting for the Bobs. Maybe Eric never had a real job. Is Elon going to start asking for STP reports? Someone’s going to draw that.
Gary Varvel did a cartoon on the email and in typical Varvel style, he doesn’t understand the issue, turned it into propaganda, and sucks at analogies and metaphors. The luxury of being a MAGAt cartoonist is that you don’t have to research your subject and just do what the Fox News/MAGA/Kremlin talking points direct you to say. The hardest decision fucknuts and shitweasels like Gary has to decide is what brand of tinfoil to wear on his head. Can the Deep State’s mind-control beams cut through Great Value brand tinfoil?
Where Gary fucks up in the cartoon is that students know there will be tests. They know there will be pop quizzes. Teachers are authority over students and they have a right to give them pop quizzes. Gary, you went to school…right? Maybe he went to Jesus College where every answer is Jesus.
Who wrote the Constitution? Jesus.
Who won the Civil War? Jesus.
Who built the Ark? Jesus.
Who wrote When the Levee Breaks? Jesus.
Who is foozball for? THE DEVIL!!!!
Elon does not have the right to give employees pop quizzes or to fire them. Is the teacher going to fire students who don’t cooperate? Gary’s also telling us not to ask questions and just obey. You can’t make me obey. My tinfoil is Reynolds Wrap, baby.
Can you imagine the outcry if Biden had made George Soros a special employee who threatens to fire every government employee who doesn’t reply to his demands? I’m confident they’d find some angry antisemitic lying way to be outraged.
Just for shits and giggles, here’s Mike Lester defending Nazis and Sieg Heils over a month after the fact. That’s weird, right? Lester also fails with his analogy unless going around giving Sieg Heils is a normal thing. Maybe it is in the clubs he joins.
Also, someone tell Steve Kelley that godparents don’t give birth to their godchildren. Does White Douchebag College not teach about the birds and the bees?
Doh: I forgot to mention Elon’s new FAA contracts.
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I've not seen others yet -- and look forward to their take. Did Trusk have to do these? What about all the others in the WH? And what about JD?
Kind neighbor that I am, I posted on the weekend a nice note to our as high-rise as DC can have building to advise those who don't check work email on weekends and who may not read news about the requirement, w/ an article from WaPo explaining what to do. That was before those who work in secure positions were told by Gabbard, Patel, and what's-his-name at the Pentagon not to. I was slammed by a clearly "in their pockets" neighbor with every talking point from Elon et al - it was nutsy stuff. I'd not seen their posts until later in the day and OH MY. One said a letter carrier was collecting money for not delivering the mail and was making more than $500k/year. Another about the dead people being paid. Finally that they were reporting me to OPM (I'm not employed by the Guv'mint or a contractor so .. no clue) for spreading false information. Gratefully good neighbors said enough. Now this person is on moderated posts. It's not the first time.
OH let this all end, tho' it does give you, Clay, and others so much fodder.
Excellent, as always.