An editorial cartoon, killed

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That’s the draft of an editorial cartoon by Ann Telnaes. From top to bottom: Sam Altman, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Patrick Soon-Shiong, and the Mouse. Telnaes left the The Washington Post after her editor killed the cartoon:

As an editorial cartoonist, my job is to hold powerful people and institutions accountable. For the first time, my editor prevented me from doing that critical job. So I have decided to leave the Post. I doubt my decision will cause much of a stir and that it will be dismissed because I’m just a cartoonist. But I will not stop holding truth to power through my cartooning, because as they say, “Democracy dies in darkness.”

Andy Borowitz shared the draft and encouraged his readers to share it:

I don’t know Ms. Telnaes but I admire her work, integrity, and courage. I’m publishing the rough draft of her cartoon ... in the hopes that you’ll share it. If enough people do, it will reach a larger audience than if her WaPo editor had had the cojones to run it. Actually, given how many subscribers have fled the paper in recent months, reaching a larger audience than the Washington Post isn’t a daunting task.

A revised cartoon might now include Apple CEO Tim Cook, “Tim Apple,” who’s giving a million of his own dollars to Trump’s inaugural committee.

[Is Soon-Shiong holding a tube of lipstick? If so, what might it mean? That’s he making ready to kiss ass?]