Comic #5709: nudge

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Panel 1
Character 1: Good news, President Rex! The asteroid will miss us by over 300,000 miles.

Panel 2
Character 2: But the emergency asteroid deflection program was going to put huge funding in a bunch of swing states!

Panel 3
Character 1: What if we keep this quiet and send out some spacecraft for a liiiittle nudge. What’s the worst that could happen?

Panel 4
Character 2: Great idea, small cold-adapted mammal!

Panel 5
Character 1: It's all upside, Mr. President!