DONARUDO
WEEK 179 / 337 — The Shutdown
Vol. 3 ·  Chapter 18 — The Shutdown · Nov 13 – Nov 19, 2018
Manga panel 1 of 5, Week 179 “The Shutdown”: Chapter 18 opens on divided government: one chamber lost to the enemy, and the king already drawing the border as the ground where the next war will be fought.
The Shutdown
THE HOUSE HAS FALLEN TO THE ENEMY. NOW TWO GOVERNMENTS SHARE ONE CITY — AND THE KING TURNS THE WHOLE WAR TOWARD A SINGLE WALL.
“Catch and Release is an obsolete term. It is now Catch and…”
Manga panel 2 of 5, Week 179 “The Shutdown”: He mocks the opposition for attacking his own hand-picked acting attorney general while ignoring, he says, the far more conflicted prosecutor hunting him.
So funny to see little Adam Schitt (D-CA) talking about the fact that Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker was not approved by the Senate, but not…
Manga panel 3 of 5, Week 179 “The Shutdown”: Across the ocean a foreign ruler talks of raising his own army against America — and the king answers with a taunt of his own.
“......MAKE FRANCE GREAT AGAIN!”
Manga panel 4 of 5, Week 179 “The Shutdown”: He settles old accounts abroad, declaring the years of billions paid to distant nations that gave nothing back are finished.
....We no longer pay Pakistan the $Billions because they would take our money and do nothing for us, Bin Laden being a…
Manga panel 5 of 5, Week 179 “The Shutdown”: A great caravan marches for the border, and he turns their approach into the opening argument for the Wall — the demand that will soon shut the government itself.
“Isn’t it ironic that large Caravans of people are marching to our border wanting U.S.A. asylum because they are fearful of being in their…”
THE COLUMN ADVANCES. THE KING DEMANDS HIS WALL — AND SWEARS HE WILL CLOSE THE VERY GATES OF GOVERNMENT TO GET IT.
TO BE CONTINUED →

This week in the saga

Chapter 18 opens on the wreckage of the midterms: one house of the government lost, two rival powers now sharing a single capital. The king refuses to retreat — he mocks the enemy for attacking his own acting attorney general while sparing the prosecutor who hunts him, trades taunts with a foreign ruler raising an army across the sea, and swears off the billions long paid to distant nations. And as a great caravan winds toward the southern border, he turns their march into the opening argument for the Wall — the demand that will soon darken the government itself.

Readers' Corner

Letters from the readership on Week 179. Pick a pen name — no account needed.

Opening the mailbag…