IT DOES NOT MATTER IF DONALD TRUMP IS AN AGENT OF THE DEEP STATE OR NOT... HE IS BASICALLY GOING TO DO WHAT THE DEEP STATE WANTS: OWNERSHIP OF THE ENTIRE WORLD... FOR THIS HE HAS ALREADY MADE CLAIMS ON CANADA, GREENLAND AND PANAMA WHILE SUPPORTING ISRAHELL 110 PER CENT... HE WILL MAKE DEALS WITH RUSSIA AND CHINA THAT WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE DEEP STATE EVENTUALLY CONTROLS THESE TWO "ROGUE" ENTITIES. THIS, WHETHER TRUMP IS AWARE NOT, IS THE GAME PLAN...

DONALD MIGHT EVEN MAKE PUERTO RICO THE 55TH STATE OF THE UNION...

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         POLITICAL CARTOONIST SINCE 1951.

HYPOCRISY ISN’T ONE OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS SINS.

HENCE ITS POPULARITY IN THE ABRAHAMIC TRADITIONS…

PLEASE DO NOT BLAME RUSSIA IF WW3 STARTS. BLAME AMERICA.

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Incumbent US President Joe Biden has paid tribute to the "strength of character" and faith of former president Jimmy Carter at a state funeral for the "great American" in Washington DC.

Mr Biden delivered the eulogy to his predecessor before a congregation at Washington National Cathedral that included former presidents Donald Trump, Barack Obama, George W Bush and Bill Clinton, and a host of dignitaries.

Mr Carter, the 39th president of the US and noted humanitarian, died on December 29, aged 100.

Mr Biden recalled his friendship with his predecessor and how he was the first to back the then-Georgia state senator for the presidency in 1976.

Taking the White House during a period of soaring inflation and geopolitical turmoil, he would serve just one term, from 1977 to 1981, but has been commended for his continuing public service after leaving office.

"Jimmy Carter's friendship taught me, and through his life taught me, that strength of character is more than title or the power we hold," Mr Biden said.

"It's the strength to understand that everyone should be treated with dignity and respect. That everyone, and I mean everyone, deserves an even shot."

The outgoing president, who will hand over to Mr Trump on January 20, also used the eulogy to warn against the "abuse of power", adding: "We have an obligation to give hate no safe harbour, and to stand up to the greatest sin of all: the abuse of power."

Throughout the service, family members and close friends paid tribute to his values, politically difficult decisions and his dedication to humanitarian and environmental causes.

Jimmy Carter's grandson Jason honoured his grandfather at the state funeral with a blend of personal anecdotes, humour, and admiration. 

He depicted his grandfather as a humble "PawPaw" from a small town who, despite his global prominence, remained deeply connected to marginalised communities. 

Jason highlighted Carter's intense drive, ambition, and unwavering commitment to helping others, both in politics and beyond. 

He also referenced a church song that reminded him of his grandfather’s life, which he described as a constant reflection of God's goodness.

Finally, he expressed gratitude to the attendees, especially former presidents and first ladies, for recognising the human side of the US presidency.

Mr Biden also reflected on Mr Carter's post-presidency life, saying he used his time after office to make a "powerful difference".

"That's the definition of a good life, a life Jimmy Carter lived during his 100 years."

Jason Carter, also paid tribute to his grandfather's recognition of climate change as early as the 1970s, as well as his determination to rid the world of preventable diseases.

"Half a century ago, he preached an end to racial discrimination and an end to mass incarceration," he said.

"Fifty years ago, he was a climate warrior who pushed for a world where we conserved energy, limited emissions and traded our reliance on fossil fuels for expanded renewable sources."

The president's grandson said Carter pursued a progressive agenda, labelling him the world's oldest millennial.

"He cut the deficit, wanted to decriminalise marijuana, deregulated so many industries that he gave us cheap flights and … craft beer," he said.

"As president, he gave voice to dissidents, stood up to dictators, brought countries together in peace."

Also at the service were Vice-President Kamala Harris, former vice-president Mike Pence and former secretary of state Hilary Clinton.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and UN Secretary-General António Guterres also attended.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-10/jimmy-carter-farewelled-at-funeral/104802546

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         Gus Leonisky

         POLITICAL CARTOONIST SINCE 1951.

HYPOCRISY ISN’T ONE OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS SINS.

HENCE ITS POPULARITY IN THE ABRAHAMIC TRADITIONS…

PLEASE DO NOT BLAME RUSSIA IF WW3 STARTS. BLAME AMERICA.

GUSNOTE: ALL OF THE PRESIDENTS, PAST AND PRESENT, HAVE BEEN DEEP STATE ENABLERS... PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DEEP STATE IS NOT A PHYSICAL ENTITY BUT A PHILOSOPHY, SOMETHING THAT IS FAR MORE IMMEMORIAL AND RESILIENT THAN A SINGULAR HUMAN — OR A GROUP OF PEOPLE... EACH PRESIDENT HAVE HAD THEIR STYLE BUT ALSO THEIR CONTROLLER... BIDEN, AS CROOKED AS HE IS, WAS UNDER THE THUMB OF OBAMA FOR EXAMPLE...

JOE BIDEN EVEN BEATS NIXON AS THE WORST PRESIDENT EVER...

APPROVAL RATINGS: https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-poll-worst-president-since-richard-nixon-2011155

If They Don’t Believe They’re Enemies, Why Should You?
If these guys don’t buy into the story that they are on opposite sides of a ferocious battle of existential importance between two wildly different ideologies, then why should you?
Caitlin Johnstone

Trump and Obama were seen happily chatting and laughing together at the funeral for Jimmy Carter. If these guys don’t buy into the story that they are on opposite sides of a ferocious battle of existential importance between two wildly different ideologies, then why should you?

I saw Alex Jones proclaiming on Twitter that “Elon Musk just took down the New World order!”

One of the dumbest psyops in history is this idiotic faux populist faction being marketed to rightists which claims that a brave revolutionary movement is being led against the establishment by a plucky band of billionaires, defense contractors, Zionists, and DC swamp monsters.

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Trump says he’s “the best friend that Israel ever had.” Anyone who still believes this asshole presents a threat to the establishment is a drooling moron who deserves to have their feelings hurt.

MAGA support for Israel invalidates damn near everything MAGA supposedly stands for. They shriek about antisemitism while denouncing woke identity politics and the weaponization of racism allegations, they want to shovel money into Israel while mocking Biden for funding Ukraine, they shout “America first” while prioritizing the interests of a foreign government on the other side of the planet, they claim to despise the mainstream media while swallowing every MSM propaganda lie about Gaza right down their throats with zero gag reflex, and they claim to want to end the wars while backing a country that cannot exist without nonstop war. 

These contradictions are possible because these people do not have any real values and don’t actually stand for anything; they’re just mindless, bootlicking sheep who think whatever the right wing pundits tell them to think.

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Western critics of Israel tend to fall into two categories: those who believe the western empire supports Israel because the western empire is evil, and those who believe the west is naturally good but has become corrupted by Israel. I find the latter group ridiculous and baby-brained.

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Joe Biden, on his deathbed: I… I hope we can send just one more arms shipment to Israel before my term ends.

Jill Biden: You’re not the president anymore, Joe. You haven’t been president for two years.

Joe Biden: Can… can you at least bring me a Palestinian baby to kick?

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An 81 year-old House representative named Virginia Foxx fell down the stairs at congress the other day and required treatment for minor injuries.

The US Capitol Building is a giant nursing home that happens to help oversee the operation of an empire. The whole place smells like denture cream and urine. Picture a bigger version of the assisted living facility your grandma died in, but with a bunch of lobbyists and Israeli flags.

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First end the active genocide, then talk to me about your concerns regarding a rise in antisemitism. This isn’t one of those “we can walk and chew gum at the same time” things. No, obviously we cannot, because accusations and narratives about “antisemitism” are used to deflect criticism of the genocide. Even if everything Israel defenders are saying about rising antisemitism was true (and it most assuredly isn’t), genocide is an infinitely more urgent concern than hurt feelings and graffiti. Resolve that first, then we can talk about your far less urgent concerns.

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I saw a video clip the other day of an Israeli settler from New York responding to questions about the slaughter of children in Gaza by saying “Who gives a shit?” because those children “grow up to be Arabs”.

You see a lot of this kind of genocidal rhetoric from Israel supporters. The argument is basically that because the Palestinians will never accept the existence of the Jewish state, then the Jews don’t have to accept the existence of the Palestinian people.

You can immediately see the flaw in this logic when it’s written out like this, though. A wildly unequal dynamic is being falsely framed as equal: Israel supporters want an end to the Palestinians as a people, while Palestinians just want an end to the tyrannical apartheid state which murders their children and has taken everything from them. Palestinians don’t seek the extermination of the Jewish people, but Israel’s supporters absolutely seek the extermination of the Palestinian people — or at least their perpetual subordination.

By falsely conflating a particular apartheid ethnostate continuing to exist in its present iteration with the existence of Jews as a people, Israel’s supporters can then claim “We have to kill them because they want to kill us,” because “us” here means the state of Israel. This dishonestly frames this as an “it’s us or them”, kill-or-be-killed situation, which is much more morally defensible than the truth, because everyone can sympathize with the act of killing in self-defense when you will be killed if you don’t kill your would-be killer first.

But of course that isn’t the reality of what is happening with Palestine. This isn’t two groups mutually opposed to one another’s existence, this is an apartheid settler colony backed by the most powerful empire in history getting dropped on top of a pre-existing civilization, with the people who had been living there being told that they must either submit to losing their rights, their property and their dignity, or face extermination.

These things are not equal. Clearly. Israel’s supporters just need to make them look equal to obfuscate the wildly unjust reality of what we are seeing today.

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YOURDEMOCRACY.NET RECORDS HISTORY AS IT SHOULD BE — NOT AS THE WESTERN MEDIA WRONGLY REPORTS IT.

         Gus Leonisky

         POLITICAL CARTOONIST SINCE 1951.

HYPOCRISY ISN’T ONE OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS SINS.

HENCE ITS POPULARITY IN THE ABRAHAMIC TRADITIONS…

PLEASE DO NOT BLAME RUSSIA IF WW3 STARTS. BLAME AMERICA.