DONARUDO
WEEK 415 / 418 — The Red Button
Vol. 6 ·  Chapter 44 — Espionage · May 23 – May 29, 2023
Manga panel 1 of 5, Week 415 “The Red Button”: Two weeks after the verdict the appeal goes in, and the case files under the old heading: part of the playbook, he writes, to tarnish his name and person.
TWO WEEKS AFTER THE VERDICT, THE APPEAL IS FILED.
Page 2: The Carroll case is part of the Democrats playbook to tarnish my name and person,…
Manga panel 2 of 5, Week 415 “The Red Button”: Wednesday evening the governor in his shadow declares for president, by voice alone on an audio stream. The stream crashes under the crowd, and for long minutes the launch is dead air.
WEDNESDAY EVENING: THE GOVERNOR IN HIS SHADOW DECLARES FOR PRESIDENT — BY VOICE ALONE, ON AN AUDIO STREAM.
THE STREAM CRASHES UNDER ITS OWN CROWD. FOR LONG MINUTES, THE LAUNCH IS DEAD AIR.
Manga panel 3 of 5, Week 415 “The Red Button”: He answers the launch within the hour, thumbs flying: Rob, my red button is bigger, better, stronger — and is working. Yours does not.
““Rob,” My Red Button is bigger, better, stronger, and is working (TRUTH!), yours does not!…”
Manga panel 4 of 5, Week 415 “The Red Button”: By nine he has his verdict on the rival's launch and the night belongs to him: wow — a disaster. The whole campaign will be a disaster. Watch.
“Wow! The DeSanctus TWITTER launch is a DISASTER! His whole campaign will be a disaster. WATCH!”
Manga panel 5 of 5, Week 415 “The Red Button”: Memorial Day closes the week among the flags: to those who gave the ultimate sacrifice, he writes — and the race for the nomination is now truly joined.
“HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY TO ALL, BUT ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHO GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR THE COUNTRY THEY LOVE,…”
THE WEEK ENDS AT THE FLAGS. THE RACE, NOW, IS TRULY JOINED.
TO BE CONTINUED →

This week in the saga

Two weeks after the verdict the appeal goes in, filed in his mind under the old heading: part of the playbook. Then Wednesday evening the governor in his shadow declares for president by voice alone on an audio stream — and the stream crashes under its own crowd. He answers within the hour, thumbs flying: my red button is bigger, better, stronger, and is working; yours does not. By nine the night belongs to him — the launch a disaster, the whole campaign a disaster, watch. Memorial Day closes the week among the flags, and the race is now truly joined.

Readers' Corner

Letters from the readership on Week 415. Pick a pen name — no account needed.

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