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Mark Dixon

@markwdixon.bsky.social
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Retired Australian now living in Melbourne (originally from Sydney). Progressive Aussie. Married, two adult sons, one grandson. Supporter of NRL Bulldogs and GWS Giants. Don't Trump at me!

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Care package. My @smh cartoon.
Single frame. Kitchen scene, table with teapot and cups of tea in front of middle-aged woman holding phone, talking to frail elderly woman in mauve dressing gown and slippers. First woman says, “They say once we get our AUKUS subs, they’ll have a better idea of how much they have left to spend on your aged care package…”
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Don’t ask me. My @smh @theage cartoon.
Six frames. 1. Fellow with clipboard bails up woman passer-by, says, “Excuse me, I’m doing a short survey. Do you think Australia takes in too many immigrants?” 2. She says,”I don’t know. I mean, are we talking about the immigrants who look after my mother in the aged care home?” 3. She continues: “Or the ones who come here to pick fruit for low wages so we have affordable fresh produce?” 4. “Or the ones working in construction to build our housing and infrastructure?” 5. “Or those training to be the medical specialists were short of?” 6. “I really don’t know. Maybe you could ask the government. They should know.”
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
No access. My @smh cartoon.
Single frame. Left, people (a bloke in a red cap; a woman checking phone with security guard; a man with camera wearing News24 vest) entering a venue inside which are visible orange balloons, a man in an orange cap welcoming. Outside is a sign saying “ONE NATION PRESENTS PAULINE HANSON LIVE! -‘MY PLAN FOR USTRAYA’” and behind that a smaller sign saying “KEEP OUT: GUARDIAN, ABC, AGE.” To the right female reporter stands talking to camera saying, “Sadly, Mrs Hanson won’t give us access, so we can only assume that what she’s selling won’t stand up to scrutiny and is not in the public interest.”
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Sit down.
Two frames. 1. Barnaby Joyce as on TV turning to shout “SIDDOWN!” 2. Two dogs on grass beside a fence, one black and white, the other curly blond. Black and white one says: “I was only asking if he regretted hitching his wagon to an even bigger attention seeker…”
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Lucky kids. My @smh cartoon.
Four frames. Intro: “The Government’s new gambling add rules mean kiddies will only be free to see 3 ads per waking hour. So make them count!” Frame 1. Kid eating snack bar in front of TV saying “Cost of Living (TM) blah blah blah, but YOU COULD BE THE LUCKY WINNER…” 2. Kid with teddy and TV says, “Dad lost his job? You’re going to live with grandma? No better time to TRY YOUR LUCK!” 3. Kid with drink and TV says, “Australians are the world’s BIGGEST LOSERS and YOU COULD BE TOO!” 4. “And after they go to bed, we’ve got them covered…” kid in bed with phone saying, “Don’t forget to add your pocket money to Australia’s $32 billion GAMBLING BONANZA!”
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Baffle no more. My @smh @theage cartoon.
Single frame. Intro: “Baffled at how a racist grifter who’s been flogging her schtick for 30 years with minimal success has suddenly shot to prominence? I present: A PLEASE EXPLAINER”
Series of illustrations: “THE STRATEGIST” Steve Bannon saying “Flood the zone…” “THE MODEL” Trump saying “Fake News murderers and rapists drill baby drill…” “THE BILLION/TRILLIONAIRE PLATFORM-OWNING HATE-SPEECH-LOVING AMPLIFIER (et al)” with Elon Musk performing the Nazi salute; “THE VESTED INVESTOR” with Gina Rinehart holding a toy bulldozer saying “BRRRRRRRRR”; “THE PRODUCT” Pauline Hanson saying, “Trashy journalist no good Muslims trans insurgency climate hoax”; “THE INDONESIAN BOT FARM* (and Vietnamese and Indian) Pumping out AI content and disinformation to boost Hanson and attack her political opponents”; “THE AVERAGE PUNTER” bloke looking at his phone which is pinging, saying “She seems authentic…”
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Not the same. My @smh @theage cartoon.
Two frames. Same picture of Trump at his desk holding up Obama’s Iran agreement - “JCPOA 2015 US-IRAN. #Limit Nukes; #Inspectors; #Lift sanctions; #Unfreeze assets. - Obama”.and his own:”MOU -MY TREMENDOUS PEACE DEAL WITH IRAN: #Limit Nikes; #Lift Sanctions; #Unfreeze Assets; #Open Strait - (Trump signature)”Frame 1. “It’s not true that my deal with Iran is the same as Obama’s deal from 2015, which I tore up…” 2. “For a start, Obama never got them to open up the Strait of Hormuz.”
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Treatment. My @smh @theage cartoon.
Single frame. Penny Wong at lectern. Behind her, images of (left) activists, prostrate in rows on board ship, as seen in video from Itamar Ben-Gvir. (Right) image of rows of Palestinian prisoners behind razor wire. Wong says, “We call on the Israeli government not to treat the Sumud flotilla activists the way they treat Palestinians.”
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Mark Dixon @markwdixon.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
I just signed @australiainstitute.org.au's petition: Tax the gas industry its fair share! Will you join me? nb.australiainstitute.org.au/gas_export_t...
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✍️ PETITION: Help take on the gas industry
Tax the gas industry its fair share! Australia Institute research shows a 25% tax on gas exports could solve the gas crisis – and raise $17 billion every year at the same time. ✍️ Add your name now >
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Bill Browne @browne90.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
One Nation's success at the South Australian election puts them in line for $6 to $7 million in taxpayer funding -- most of it thanks to the electoral changes the Malinauskas Labor Govt passed last term. By comparison, One Nation spent $3.3m *nationally* ahead of 2025 election.
Labor on track for $10.4 million public funding, Liberal $8.7 million, One Nation $7.0 million, Greens $3.3 million, over the 2026-2030 election cycle.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Just like you. My @smh @theage cartoon.
3 frames. 1. Man in jeans with goatee and red hat walking along nearing VOTE 1 ONE NATION poster with no face in frame.. 2. Man stops to look at poster, sees self reflected in frame. 3. Man continues on his way, poster again shows nobody, man says, “Wow, relatable!”
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Mark Dixon @markwdixon.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/utm_checker?...
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[DON'T DELETE] UTM Checker
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Vetting the brides. My @smh @theage cartoon.
Title: Vetting the ISIS brides. Two frames. 1. Man with clipboard inside entrance of tent talking to woman in full burqa nursing baby with two small kids playing beside on the dirt floor. Man says: “Just a few questions…Are you: bigoted? Lacking compassion? Have you scant regard for due process and the presumption of innocence?” 2. Same scene, man continues: “If ‘yes’ to all those, you satisfy the “Australian values” test as demonstrated by our political class, and we look forward to bringing you home.”
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Cohesion. My @smh cartoon.
Single frame. Chris Minns stands beside a massive tonne weight marked NSW POLICE being lowered by a crane. Visible sticking out from under the weight are hands, legs, a woman’s face, a keffiyeh and placards saying “NO TO GENOCIDE”, “FREE PALESTINE”, “HERZOG OUT”, “NO TO VIOLENCE” Minns says, “Thst should socially cohere them nicely.”
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Mark Dixon @markwdixon.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
A climate disaster levy could raise billions of dollars a year from gas and coal exporters to cover the skyrocketing cost of disaster response and recovery. Join more than 30,000 Australians and sign the Australia Institute's petition: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/climatedisas...
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✍️ ADD YOUR NAME: Make fossil fuel polluters pay
Climate change is making natural disasters like fires, floods, heatwaves and drought worse, costing Australians billions every year. Make fossil fuel producers pay a climate disaster levy to help pay...
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Crackdown. My @smh @theage cartoon.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Grass roots. My @smh cartoon.
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Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Seen one ... seen them all? So what year was this then, those who disagree?
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Bondi politic. My @smh @theage cartoon.
Two frames. Frame one: Sussan Ley and David Littleproud. Ley says “We *could* try bipartisanship.”. Frame two: Ley and Littleproud wheeling John Howard in a wheelbarrow, Littleproud says “Yeah-nah.”
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Two men. My @smh cartoon.
Single frame. Washed out image from photo of the two gunmen 1 walking up stairs and 2 aiming gun. Words: “Two men. Not university students, lecturers, historians; not protesters, marching for peace and an end to the killing; not artists expressing solidarity over the killing of civilians, doctors, journalists, humanitarians…
Two men. Full of hatred; radicalised; blind to humanity; with training, plans and a stash of legally obtained guns.
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EDC🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇰🇨🇦🇦🇺🇵🇹🇩🇪🇮🇹🇫🇮🇸🇪 @simplyedc.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
The purpose of the United States Constitution is to limit the power of the Federal Government, not the American People. #Truth
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jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social @jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
It's just satire....Would it be???
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Put it down. My @smh @theage cartoon.
Single frame. Left: man and woman at kitchen table having drinks. Woman pointing to her phone, saying: “Immigrants are causing the housing crisis, the environmentalists want to ruin our lifestyle, and our children’s minds are being poisoned by woke!” Right: Young teen girl walking through doorway carrying drink and plate with sandwich, says, “Omigod Mum, put that thing down, can’t you see what it’s doing to you?”
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Winner. My @smh @theage cartoon.
Single frame. Soccer field, FIFA boss Gianni Infantino holds up trophy. An assorted line of little kids in soccer gear with “Under 8” on their jerseys; standing in line with them (and pushing his young neighbours back) is Donald Trump with “Under 80” jersey. Infantino says “…and for the player most likely to turn up for a prize…”
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Mark Dixon @markwdixon.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Australians have a right to access government information and to understand how decisions are made on their behalf. I just signed this @australiainstitute.org.au petition calling to end government secrecy: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/end_governme...
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✍️ ADD YOUR NAME: End Government Secrecy
Australians have a right to access government information and to understand how decisions are made on their behalf. But the Labor Government’s proposed changes to freedom of information laws threaten ...
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Barnaby out. My @smh @theage cartoon.
Single frame. Barnaby exiting a room from which a leg kicks, a hand flipping the bird, another throwing a tomato, an akubra hat and a beetroot flying, and “BUGGER OFF!” and “GOOD RIDDANCE!” Barnaby in melodramatic pose looking back says “Don’t try to beg me - I’ve made up my mind.” In front of him, Pauline Hanson in burqa (dress, legs and high heels showing) arms outstretched, saying “COME TO MAMA!” - eclipsed by Gina Rinehart behind her, long white dress, same pose also saying “COME TO MAMA!”
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
The news has been coming so fast, I did another later which might not otherwise see the light.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Who’s in the room? My @smh @theage cartoon.
Title “Main players in the Liberal Party room net zero meeting.” Subtitles: top left “The moderates” showing Jane Hume, Julian Leeser, Tim Wilson, ? , Melissa Price, Ann Ruston, Andrew Bragg. Centre: “The Leader” Sussan Ley. “The conservative rump” includes James Paterson, ?, Andrew Hastié, ?, Angus Taylor, ?, Sarah Henderson, Dan Tehan, Ted O’Brien, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price. Bottom left: “The mining lobby” including rural type in Akubra, business type, Gina Rinehart, type in sunglasses holding cash, anonymous type on phone… Bottom right: “The Advance/Atlas/IPA propaganda units” showing Advance boss, faceless operator, Sky News numpty, glamorous influencer, sponsored nuclear whizz-kid
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Agnes Mack @agnessmack.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Amy Remeikis on Gough: Lost in that analysis, and the lessons not learnt, is that we have his legacy because he didn’t bend. Because he knew that to compromise, to give in, would mean nothing ever changed. Politics 101: Learning the wrong lesson every time www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
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Australian politics 101: Getting the lessons wrong every time
If one thing is true for all mainstream political parties, it’s that they will always learn the wrong lessons.
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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
The art of the possible- my #Mamdani cartoon for @australia.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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How Mamdani broke the Democrat machine | Fiona Katauskas
Will they listen to his message?
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Anti-Fascist Translator Monkey @translatormonkey.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Joyless. My @smh @theage cartoon.
Single frame. Doorstop. Reporter to Sussan Ley: “Ms Ley, you claim that you yourself were once a punk.” Sussan Ley, wearing a t-shirt with”NO JOY, JUST DIVISION”, says, “Yes, but I didn’t inhale.”
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Environmental protection? My @smh @theage cartoon.
Three frames. 1. Larissa Waters behind box marked ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION & BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT, saying, “I don’t like it because it doesn’t prioritise the environment.” 2. Sussan Ley behind same box saying, “I don’t like it because it doesn’t prioritise business.” 3. Murray Watt, holding box turned on its side to show its empty, looking through it, saying, “Looks good to me.”
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Penny Wong accidentally saying the quiet bit out loud - for Labor the US relationship is more important than the Australian environment. Who do this lot think they work for?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Make it make sense. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]
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Mark Dixon @markwdixon.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
I just signed @australiainstitute.org.au's petition: Strong environment laws stop new coal and gas! Will you join me? nb.australiainstitute.org.au/strong_envir...
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✍️ PETITION: Strong environment laws stop new coal and gas
The Australian public voted for a climate majority at the last election, and we want strong environment laws that can stop new coal and gas.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Scale. My @smh @theage cartoon.
Single frame. Scale. On one side of scale, weighing heavily, a small gold weight marked “OCT 7 2023”. On the other side, much lighter, a huge bag (of sand?) marked “EVERY DAY SINCE.”
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Canada vs. America
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Canaries. My @smh cartoon.
Two scenes. 1: advisor to Albo at his desk: “Sir, I must inform you that our canaries-in-the-coal-mines of climate change, transparency, accountability and social equity are all looking sickly…” PM: “Hmm…”
Scene 2: Albo at a lectern with press around: “…and that’s why my government is proud to announce the development of a new SUPER BREED of canaries…”
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LESams @lsam22.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Crash and blame. My @smh @theage cartoon.
Single frame. Blue ute crashed into tree roadside, smoke rising from crumpled car bonnet.. Policeman with notebook attending. Driver Peter Dutton in red cap points to Andrew Hastié behind him in back seat saying “He was passenging recklessly.”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Stoke fear. Exploit desperation. Suspend the rule of law. Fan brutality. Every time the stronger brutalize the weak, it’s fundamentally the same playbook. Our duty is to stand up to brutality. Our moral obligation is to protect the vulnerable and hold the powerful accountable.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Pump it up. My @smh @theage cartoon.
Two frames. Both show couple outside building with AUCTION sign looking at brochure. Frame 1: Person one says, “It’s perfect, but we’ll never be able to afford it.” Person two says, “But the govt’s first homebuyers’ assistance scheme means we only need a 5% deposit…” Frame 2: person one says, “The same 5% the price went up since the last time we said we’d never be able to afford it?”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
These so-called "DEMOCRAT AGENCIES"... -Ensure our food is safe to eat -Keep our air and water clean -Alert us to natural disasters -Protect us from financial fraud and scammers Remember what Trump is actually attacking.
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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
So much chaos, just to protect monsters in the Epstein files.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
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Mark Dixon @markwdixon.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
No surprise. Trump leading America down a dead end road. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
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Fusion-power deal heralds beginning of next great energy transition
China is driving hard to supplant the US in this new military industrial complex, and has already achieved leadership in electric vehicles, batteries, drones and renewable energy.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Car crash. My @smh @theage cartoon.
Single frame. Scene is outside the UN building entrance (on the right). A couple of flags in the foreground (France and Europe)) Trump getting blithely out of presidential car approaching entrance. Behind him, multiple car pile-up caused by his car with cars marked UN, CLIMATE, DEMOCRACY, GAZA.
Security guards at entrance, one says to other: “Maybe it’s time they take away his keys…”
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