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WEEK 469 / 583 — The Heat
Vol. 7 ·  Chapter 50 — Fight Fight Fight · Jun 4 – Jun 10, 2024
Manga panel 1 of 4, Week 469 “The Heat”: Before dawn, the newly convicted nominee hunches over his glowing phone, firing post after post about violated rights and a failing nation.
Fight Fight Fight
TUESDAY, BEFORE DAWN. THE FIRST FULL WEEK OF THE FELON BEGINS AT THE PHONE.
“MY CIVIL RIGHTS HAVE BEEN TOTALLY VIOLATED WITH THIS HIGHLY POLITICAL, UNCONSTITUTIONAL, AND ELECTION INTERFERING WITCH HUNT. OUR FAILING NATION IS BEING LAUGHED AT ALL OVER THE WORLD!…”
Manga panel 2 of 4, Week 469 “The Heat”: In a television studio the convicted nominee sits for a long, friendly interview — composed, unrepentant, selling the comeback.
THURSDAY: A FRIENDLY CHAIR, A SOFT LIGHT, A LONG INTERVIEW.
I will be interviewed by Dr. Phil on Merit Street Media, and the MERIT+ app (Merit Plus), TODAY!
Manga panel 3 of 4, Week 469 “The Heat”: Las Vegas at a hundred and ten degrees: a desert park boils under flags while the felon-nominee shouts from a sun-blasted stage to a sea of supporters.
SUNDAY: LAS VEGAS, ONE HUNDRED TEN DEGREES. THE CROWD STANDS IN THE FURNACE.
“Join me today in Las Vegas, Nevada at 12:00pmPDT/3:00pmEST.…”
Manga panel 4 of 4, Week 469 “The Heat”: Monday, by video link from his estate: a probation officer opens the file. Name, age, conviction — the nominee, processed like any other felon.
MONDAY: BY VIDEO LINK FROM THE ESTATE, A PROBATION OFFICER OPENS HIS FILE.
NAME. AGE. CONVICTION. THE NOMINEE, PROCESSED.
TO BE CONTINUED →

This week in the saga

CHAPTER 50 OPENS. Tuesday he wakes a felon for the first full week of it, and the wire floods before dawn: his civil rights violated, a failing nation laughed at all over the world. Thursday a friendly studio chair and a soft-spoken television interview — the convicted man, calm, selling the comeback. Sunday it is Las Vegas at a hundred and ten degrees, a desert park boiling under flags, and the crowd stands in the furnace to hear him. Monday the other chair: by video link from his estate, a probation officer opens his file. Name. Age. Conviction. The nominee, processed.

Readers' Corner

Letters from the readership on Week 469. Pick a pen name — no account needed.

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