WATCH: The Plutocrat’s Christmas List [Saunders Cartoon]

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Editors’ note: Mother Jones illustrator Zina Saunders creates editorial animations riffing on the political news and current events of the week. This week’s animation imagines what “gifts” the super-wealthy would like from our legislators. The animation, as always, was written and animated by Zina Saunders.