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This cartoon shows an elephant sitting on a table in a doctor&rsquo;s office. The elephant looks downcast and has a Jeffrey Epstein head growing out of its back that a doctor looks at. The elephant says to the doctor, &ldquo;I thought if I didn&rsquo;t pick at it, it might go away on its own.&rdquo;

This cartoon depicts a high-school aged male and female at school walking in front of lockers. The male says, &ldquo;See you after school.&rdquo; The girl responds, &ldquo;If we don&rsquo;t get shot.&rdquo;

This cartoon is titled &ldquo;Designing the New Seal&hellip;&rdquo; The image is dominated by a large circular patch with the words &ldquo;United States Department of War&rdquo; flowing around the image of a muscular and shirtless Donald Trump holding a rifle. He looks like Sylvester Stallone in the original &ldquo;Rambo&rdquo;. At right, Donald Trump speaks to a woman holding a pen and notepad and says, &ldquo;I want more bulge in my bicepts.&rdquo;

This cartoon is titled &ldquo;The American Dream&rdquo;. A man and a woman are in bed at 4 a.m. The man looks wide-eyed and wide awake. The woman says, &ldquo;Honey, why can&rsquo;t you sleep? You know if we work hard we&rsquo;ll get ahead! Oooooooh!&rdquo;

This Donald Trump cartoon is titled &ldquo;Surrounded&rdquo;. Trump looks terrified as he is surrounded by a group of women, one of whom holds a sign labeled &ldquo;Epstein Survivors&rdquo;. Trump says, &ldquo;B-B-But you&rsquo;re a hoax!&rdquo;

This cartoon is titled The &ldquo;War&rdquo; in Gaza. It depicts an oversized Bibi Netanyahu towering over a city in ruins. He holds a magnifying glass and is using it to direct a beam of destructive light that creates more ruins near a woman in a hijab who is hugging two children, afraid.

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This cartoon takes place in a department store where a woman pushes a cart and speaks to a man. The shelves are labeled, &ldquo;Early Halloween Sale&rdquo;, &ldquo;Early Thanksgiving Sale&rdquo; and &ldquo;Early Christmas Sale&rdquo;. The woman says, &ldquo;I have an irresistible urge to make a new year&rsquo;s resolution!&rdquo;

This cartoon takes place on a street in Washington DC. Donald Trump is in a limo and yells &ldquo;FASTER!&rdquo; as he drives past a group of five women who are victims of Jeffrey Epstein. They hold signs that spell out, &ldquo;We are not a hoax&rdquo;.

This cartoon depicts eight Employee of the Month framed pictures hanging on a wall. The first seven are a variety of men and women. The eight is a smiling robot labelled &ldquo;AI&rdquo; giving a thumb&rsquo;s up.

This cartoon depicts cars on a highway driving past a &ldquo;Welcome to Florida&rdquo; road sign. The cars are labeled &ldquo;Rubella&rdquo;, &ldquo;Hepatitis&rdquo;, &ldquo;Polio&rdquo;, &ldquo;Mumps&rdquo; and &ldquo;Measles&rdquo;.

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