DONARUDO
WEEK 450 / 583 — Two Verdicts
Vol. 7 ·  Chapter 48 — Half a Billion · Jan 23 – Jan 29, 2024
Manga panel 1 of 5, Week 450 “Two Verdicts”: Election night in New Hampshire, arms high: an eleven-point win, and no challenger has ever taken Iowa and New Hampshire both.
NEW HAMPSHIRE, TUESDAY: ELEVEN POINTS. IOWA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE BOTH — NO CHALLENGER HAS EVER TAKEN THE PAIR.
“Haley said she had to WIN in New Hampshire. SHE DIDN’T!!!”
Manga panel 2 of 5, Week 450 “Two Verdicts”: One in the morning, lit by the television's flicker: even the anchors concede the fight is over, and he lets the screen say it for him.
ONE IN THE MORNING, THE TELEVISION CONCEDES:
(“IT IS OVER—DONALD TRUMP IS GOING TO BE THE NOMINEE…”)
Manga panel 3 of 5, Week 450 “Two Verdicts”: Storming the marble lobby as the verdict lands: eighty-three million dollars, seventy-two hours after the primary win.
FRIDAY: THE JURY'S NUMBER IS $83.3 MILLION — FOR THE MOUTH THAT WON TUESDAY.
“Absolutely ridiculous! I fully disagree with both verdicts, and will be appealing this whole Biden Directed Witch Hunt focused on me and the Republican Party.…”
Manga panel 4 of 5, Week 450 “Two Verdicts”: Alone on the courthouse steps at dusk: for once the voice drops — no longer justice, a system broken and unfair.
AN HOUR LATER, QUIETER:
There is no longer Justice in America. Our Judicial System is Broken and Unfair!
Manga panel 5 of 5, Week 450 “Two Verdicts”: Pointing down the steel wall by moonlight: no bill is needed, he rules — and the party's border deal is marked for death.
MONDAY HE TURNS ON THE SENATE'S BORDER BILL. THE PARTY WROTE IT; HE ORDERS IT DEAD.
“A Border Bill is not necessary to stop the millions of people, many from jails and mental institutions located all over the World, that are POURING INTO OUR COUNTRY.…”
TO BE CONTINUED →

This week in the saga

New Hampshire votes on Tuesday and falls to him by eleven points — no challenger has ever taken Iowa and New Hampshire both. At one in the morning even the television concedes the fight is over. Then Friday afternoon a Manhattan jury hands the writer $83.3 million for the same mouth that won Tuesday — the two verdicts land seventy-two hours apart, and for one hour on the courthouse steps the voice actually drops. By Monday it is back, and aimed at his own party's border bill.

Readers' Corner

Letters from the readership on Week 450. Pick a pen name — no account needed.

Opening the mailbag…