The Coup Had a PowerPoint

And a pretty bad one at that

Joel Ombry
Politically Speaking
4 min readDec 11, 2021

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A drawing of “Clippy” the character from Microsoft Office applications in the 1990s that popped up and offered help when it recognized user activity. A dialog callout states: “It looks like you’re plotting a coup. Would you like help with that.”
Source: Ron Steslow on Twitter. Used with Permission

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Joel Ombry
Politically Speaking

Trying to figure it out by writing it down. Interested in politics, health and fitness, writing and personal development.