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Pants Donkey
Nov 13, 2011

OP



Previous Threads: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2007-2008

Welcome to the Political Cartoons Thread! This is where we post, discuss, and mock political cartoons and the cartoonists that make them. It's the first year of Joe Biden's presidency, and we await the fresh hell that approaches us. So more than ever, edits and parodies are welcome in this den of hacks, shills, and has-beens, with weekends being a good opportunity to share any older cartoons you've dug up. Check out your local library for older archives and don't be afraid to share. So familiarize yourself with the thread rules, and dive into what's been called "D&D's worst thread" by critics!

Hey, we have a new president, meaning it's a great time for newcomers to join in, as conservative cartoonists start pretending to care about the national debt again, while liberal cartoonists act like everything is back normal! It's going to be a lot of fun! I'm dying inside!




:siren:This is the stuff that can get you probated or banned, so listen up.:siren:
  • Sometimes cartoonists are cheeky and use nudity in their cartoons. Remember to link that poo poo and put a :nws: warning next to it.
  • There is no moratorium for any subject. When something bad happens, don't tell people that it's "too soon" to bring up topic X, Y, or Z. This bugs the mod staff because it's not like someone is going to come in later and say it's now okay to discuss those topics now. It also derails the thread like you wouldn't believe.
  • Chris Muir and Day by Day are still banned from the thread.
  • Do not touch the poop without extremely careful consideration. "Touching the poop" means interacting with a cartoonist for the sake of getting some chuckles out of it. This can be funny, but some of the cartoonists discussed in this thread have legitimate mental illnesses, and we don't need to send these people over the edge or trying to sue this place (even if you think it would be hilariously futile). If you believe you have a stellar idea, then check in with the thread first before going through with it.


:siren:THESE ARE NOT HARD RULES:siren: This is just a list of recommendations to make the thread go more smoothly. Don't yell at people or report them for violating poo poo here unless it actually violates a forum rule!
  • Discussion about which cartoonist is "best" or "worst" have a tendency to go nowhere fast, and it won't cover anything that hasn't been touched on before.
  • Requesting that people stop posting a particular cartoonist is an exercise in futility. It's nearly impossible to get people to agree on what cartoonists to ban from the thread, so they're all allowed. You're just going to have to suck it up and skip the ones you hate. If you really think a cartoon isn't appropriate for the thread, then take it up with a mod.
  • Having said the above, please limit how often you dig up amateur work from places like DeviantArt, 4chan, or Reddit. While it can be a humorous change of pace to bring up some skinhead's furry cartoons to mock, this has a tendency to get old quickly. This also includes outright Nazi crap like Stonetoss; there 's no limit, but for the thread's mental health it's best to not overdo it.
  • When posting a large number of cartoons, don't just post a bunch of links. As a courtesy to people reading, it's helpful to put a unique number next to each cartoon so people can easily pick out certain cartoons out when quoting your post.
  • Kelly from the Onion is parody, and encouraging new readers to think that he's sincere has long stopped being funny.
  • Rarely, a cartoonist will actually acknowledge our existence on social media or wherever. Try not to be weird about it, such as making a post that directly addresses that person.
  • That being said, don't be afraid to engage in some discourse over whatever the cartoons are discussing!
  • Yes. there is a separate thread dedicated to UK Political Cartoons. That doesn't mean you they can't be posted here, so stop bringing it up.



Q: This guy got paid for this?
A: Maybe! Political Cartoonists are generally paid in two ways--as a staff position or on a per-cartoon basis by a syndicate.

If a cartoonist is a staff cartoonist, they'll list their employer by their name. These cartoonists are paid a living wage and just about all of their cartoons are actually approved by an editor, printed, and seen by human beings.

If a cartoonist is a member of a syndicate, they'll list their syndicate by their name, usually Cagle or U-Click. These syndicates act as a market for editors. We have no idea whether a particular cartoon posted by a syndicate is actually sold. Reportedly, they are sold for around $10 a cartoon, which is then split by the cartoonist and the syndicate. As you can imagine, this means a cartoonist can make very little or very much in syndication.

As the internet has ingrained itself in our daily lives over the past 20 years, some cartoonists have found success with crowdfunding such as Patreon or Kickstarter. This is still fairly rare, but as newspaper continue to whittle down their staff to appease their shareholders, it may be the norm.

Q: How obscure is this guy? Is anyone ever actually going to see this?
A: For most, there's no way to tell. Unless they're a staff cartoonist, the cartoon may never be printed or seen by anyone. Most of the cartoonists here are published to a fairly large audience but, as the internet offers easier ways to get your work out there, this thread has seen an increasing amount of obscure or fringe cartoonists. Just assume they're read by a non-trivial amount of people unless there's proof otherwise.

Q: Is everyone posted here an evil, stupid, conservative rear end in a top hat?
A: No, we post all kinds. Sometimes a cartoon will present an evil idea sarcastically, sometimes they're just evil. If you can't tell just by looking at it, just look them up in the index for a very general idea.

Q: Did this cartoonist get a Pulitzer for one cartoon or what?
A: Apparently Pulitzers many decades ago were given out for a particular cartoon or two, but as time goes on it seems to have shifted to the artist's work for the year. So while we make mock someone like Ramirez for obvious "Pulitzer Bait", technically all of his cartoons are judged for the award. Yeah...we don't hold the Pulitzer in high regard.

Q: Is this just for American/Canadian cartoonists, or...?
A: We allow cartoons of all stripes, and we adore stuff from foreign cartoonists as a break from the usual suspects. There is a thread for UK cartoons, but we've felt that there haven't been enough UK cartoons posted in this thread and would encourage people to start posting them in here again. However it would be nice, if you have the time, to explain some of the stuff that harder to decipher.

Q: What about funny page cartoons? Webcomics?
A: A cartoon with regular political content, such as Doonesbury or Prickly City, can be posted here no problem. Your Garfield and Family Circus stuff should go to the Comic Strip Megathread in BSS, although feel free to share the rare individual strips that are political in nature. Webcomics follow the same procedure: it's fair game if there's overt contemporary political themes, otherwise take it elsewhere. Remember that Day by Day, a political webcomic, is banned from this thread. Take it to the Bad Webcomic Thread or whatever place allows such garbage.

Q: Can I share this crazy email from my mom? How about this image macro I saw on Facebook?
A: This thread is strictly for political cartoons. There are usually dedicated threads for crazy emails, social media posts, or Freep-watching. Memes are not political cartoons, so keep that Minion image macro your great aunt posted to yourself...unless Glenn McCoy drew it.

Q: Can I see more from X?
A: We'd really like to see more people consistently posting the same cartoonist(s) so they don't get missed. If you want to step up to the plate for a particular person, then by all means. You can post them as they come, or do weekly dumps if that's easier on you.

Q: What happened to the cartoonist index?
A: The index was an artifact from when old poster XyloJW made the thread, and I kept it updated for the sake of new people. However, the list took a decent chunk of time to update each year, and very few people used it so it didn't solve the problem of people asking the same questions about cartoonists. Xander77 made a few profiles about the more infamous cartoonists posted here, in case you need a primer:
Payne: http://imgur.com/gallery/C2ysj
Garrison: http://imgur.com/gallery/ZdFwM
Tinsley: http://imgur.com/gallery/hFGWV
Gorrell: http://imgur.com/gallery/rnrPT
Ramirez: http://imgur.com/gallery/QrEjj
Rall: http://imgur.com/gallery/xDjKV

Q: Hey, this cartoon isn't political!
A: While "the personal is political" is an overused catchphrase to defend seemingly apolitical cartoons, what is and isn't political can get a bit fuzzy. This can be exacerbated if Death of the Author is considered, and whether or not the creator even intended to make a political statement. Just remember that issues such as LGBT rights, racial justice, and especially topics of class struggle are political even if they don't mention a politician or current event. If got a real bee in your bonnet about it then report the offending post to a mod.

Q: This thread sucks and I want a better one!
A: CSPAM has a thread, for those who are in the mood for a (better?) class of posters. Or you crave punishment for the sins of your past, and want another thread about political cartoons to post in. This is self-harm, and you need help.


The thread has developed a few inside jokes and terms. Some of these are woefully out of date, but preserved just in case:

AGC: Shorthand for "A Good Cartoon." Basically, you intentionally interpret a comic with a fairly obvious bad message as having a good message. The original point of this was to poke fun at some of the really poor metaphors that some cartoonists were crafting, but the concept of AGC has been run into the ground. If you want to see some quality ones, Saint Sputnik has a blog dedicated to these.
Benghazi: While I think everyone is familiar with the Benghazi attacks, newer users might be unaware that one of the victims was Sean "vilerat" Smith, who was a long-time member and moderator of D&D. Seeing cartoonists use the death of a sincerely missed member of the community as a desperate attempt to smear Obama has made Benghazi a rather sore issue for everyone in this thread.
Can't Handle: The thread is known for getting into spats over ridiculous subjects. However, this phrase was used waaaaay too much, and you're not being witty by yelling "Can't Handle!" when people arguing over actual political stuff as opposed to goofy poo poo like weathervanes. Yes, we have actually argued over weathervanes.
DASGC: Stands for "Dumb and so Goddamn Crazy." A cartoon that portrays the opposing side as screaming, ignorant children, and their own side as patient, knowledgeable adults. Based on a Shmorky cartoon.
Don't Be Willfully Dense: A line from cartoonist Eric Allie when someone pointed out how stupid his cartoon was. Has become a thread motto of sorts to not be an idiot when interpreting the message of any given cartoon.
Gerald: A name given to a stock character used in many conservative cartoons. Typically a standard middle-aged white guy with glasses and little hair. Exists only to wryly point out how bad and dumb the strawman of the day is.
It's a Powerful Symbol: Phrase made popular during the short-lived Kelly commentaries. When describing the crying Statue of Liberty, Kelly said "it's a powerful symbol...you don't want to overuse it" when of course the joke is that Liberty is in nearly every Kelly cartoon. Used sarcastically for overused symbolism, especially Liberty but can be anything such as bald eagles or uncle sam.
Nonsense...This Is An Election Year: This phrase comes from a cartoon that was the subject of an Onion article mocking nonsensical political cartoons. Sometimes a person may post this phrase in response to a political cartoon, and that's basically a way of saying "this makes no loving sense."
Pants Donkey: The nickname for a donkey from an old Mike Luckovich cartoon, and is essentially the mascot of the thread at this point. We have no idea why.
PBF: The Perry Bible Fellowship was a webcomic that people frequently over-analyzed, so much to the point that to "PBF" something is to dig way deeper than you were supposed to for a cartoon's meaning.
Skull Donkey: Several cartoonists, including Lisa Benson and Jerry Holbert, draw donkeys in such a way that it's easy to edit their snouts into cartoonish skulls. The golden age of skull edits is long over, but it's still a fun game. An example:

becomes

Please put some thought into skull donkey edits!
Wormbama: It was common for Michael Ramirez to draw former President Obama with a weird squished face that resembled a worm. The thread game up with this nickname for the phenomenon.
You Gotta Give Me the Fangs: Another joke from the brief Kelly video series, it references Kelly begging his editor to keep fangs on a Chinese person. Used to describe when a cartoonist is being especially racist with their caricature.
Zionism: Okay, not really unique to this thread, but enough people have asked about it to merit being in here. Zionism, in a very simple definition, is just far-right nationalism for Israel. However, if you are hearing Zionism used in the same context as the Rothschilds or the Illuminati or basically any Dees cartoon, then you're just dealing with antisemitic conspiracy stuff.
$CUM PASS: A cartoonist drew a sign intended to read SCUM PASS, but they decided to use a differently colored $ symbol for the S. The end result was something that read CUM PASS and made the thread lose its collective mind.


Some edits, parodies, and cartoons become quite memorable and frequently requested. Please check out the Politoon Archive first before asking for stuff in the thread. I'll try to remember to use the OP to collect memorable stuff from this year, and then archive it at the end of the year.


Sometimes stuff that starts here gets collected on its own site. Note that several of these sites have stopped updating, but the archives are always fun for a spin.
A Good Cartoon: Saint Sputnik collects the best AGCs here.
Ye Fowl Herald: You know that old medieval tapestry maker thing that was popular on the internet several years ago? Well, Saint Sputnik is using it to recreate Mallard Fillmore strips.
Iran Will Have Nukes Any Day Now: Pants Donkey has collected cartoons that predict the imminent threat of a nuclear Iran. Some of these cartoons are over a decade old.
If Global Warming Is Real, Then Why Is It Cold: A depressing collection of cartoons that display people's complete lack of climate education.
Political PBF: Some unknown genius took old PBF strips and turning them into political cartoons. It's a lot better than it sounds.


The Gay Abortions are our annual awards for the worst cartoons of the year (and the best edits or parodies), named after a hilarious parody cartoon. If you see a cartoon you want to nominate, quote it and include "Gaybies nomination:" and the category you want to nominate it for, so the organizers of the contest have an easy way to track nominations. The current categories are:

  • Worst Cartoon about a Tragedy
  • Worst cartoon about Terrorism
  • Worst Obituary Cartoon
  • Worst Caricature
  • Worst "A Thing Happened" Cartoon
  • Worst Label
  • Most Incomprehensible
  • Least Concealed Bigotry in a Cartoon
  • Worst "Deep State" Cartoon
  • Laziest Non-Gorrell Cartoon
  • Most Easily Reinterpreted
  • Most Willfully Dense
  • Worst Gaslighter Cartoon
  • Best Edit/Parody
  • Worst Cartoon about the Election

I've marked new categories in bold.

Please note that "Worst Cartoon about Terrorism" includes mass shootings.

To make the life of the compiler easier, Wiki Sours now has a nominations page as well. Please consider cross-posting your nominations to that page as well!

Around the end of the year, the Gaybies thread will be created, where we'll collect the various nominations and also take nominations for Worst Overall Political Cartoon 20210.

I'd like more information about the political cartoons I'm reading!

Check out Wiki Sours, the companion wiki to the Politoons thread!

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Pants Donkey
Nov 13, 2011

RESERVED

Pants Donkey
Nov 13, 2011

Let's ring in the new year with Ben calling for imprisonment of political enemies!

Ben Garrison posted:

SAVE THE DATE!
Wednesday, January 6 is a red letter day. I’m sure many have the date circled on their new calendars. Probably in red ink. Soon it could be circled in fire.

It’s a protest day for many Trump supporters. They’ll be in Washington D.C. to help the president in his quest for justice. The election was blatantly stolen by the Democrat Socialists. The evidence is overwhelming, but the corporate media, the courts, and many in Congress are content to be led by a corrupt and demented swamp and basement-dwelling pedophile, China Joe Biden.

The big question is, will Vice President Mike Pence come through for Trump and challenge the electoral votes in key states? Will he stop the steal? We will all soon know, but I have my doubts. If Pence sides with Biden, then he’ll go down in history as the second Benedict Arnold. Trump should then initiate the Insurrection Act and arrest them all for attempting a coup. After all, they were aided by China and other foreign operatives. Trump should hand Pence a second envelope that says, “You’re Fired.” I hope I’m wrong about Pence, but I have my doubts about him. If he proves me wrong and sides with the president, I’ll be delighted.

January 6th can be a turning point in US history. It can be the day when patriots take not just a stand, but real action against the globalists who want a ‘great reset,’ which means America will live under a totalitarian system similar to communist China.

We don’t want a ’new normal’ that’s being forced upon us by tyrants. We want the regular constitutional normal. We The People want our Republic back.

Make America Great Again!
Starting off the new year with a muscular eagle. I see Ben resolved to push the furry art in 2021.

Pants Donkey
Nov 13, 2011

There should be a thread for nominations at some point? It’s not my thing.

Pants Donkey
Nov 13, 2011

Ishida took all of the jokes about 2020 never ending as fact.

Pants Donkey
Nov 13, 2011

Or Janet Jackson’s nipple, which harkens back to the repressed Bush era and has a depressing story about the incident.

Pants Donkey
Nov 13, 2011

Speaking of Garrison

Ben Garrison posted:

Ted Cruz, Super Senator and The Justice League

Senator Ted Cruz has stepped up in support of President Trump and our Republic. He could have easily gone the McConnell and Romney route, but instead he’s doing the right thing along with eleven other Republican senators.

“We will together object to certification in order to force the appointment of an emergency commission to perform an audit of the election results. We have an obligation to the voters and the Constitution to ensure this election was lawful,” said Cruz.

Right on, senator. This is all the president and his supporters want. A fair and transparent audit of the votes. It will reveal blatant voter fraud including dead people voting, Chinese fake ballots on pallets, fake signatures and addresses,Trump votes getting shredded, and Dominion voting machine switches to Biden. The evidence will be overwhelming. Biden could barely draw 100 people to his ‘rallies,’ whereas Trump consistently drew enormous crowds. Biden scored a mere six percent in Gallup’s poll of the most admired man. Trump won that poll by a landslide and he won the election by a landslide.

I know I have been tough on Cruz in cartoons drawn during the 2016 presidential election. He didn’t deserve my ridicule back then, but…well, editorial cartoonists can be mean. Let me make amends with this cartoon. My kudos to Senator Cruz and his Justice League of 11 other superheroes. They will be doing the right thing. Let’s hope Mike Pence joins them.
again, it is amazing how Garrison’s opinion of anyone is based on how they’ve treated Trump in the past 24 hours.

Pants Donkey
Nov 13, 2011

Mr. Squishy posted:

https://twitter.com/GrrrGraphics/status/1346292119174975488

Apologies if this has already been discussed, but I have two questions: why are Hillary and McCain wearing ski-boots (I know why Hillary is missing one shoe), and who is the lady w/ the plane necklace and the redhead with the gun?
Either they’re old and frail, or it’s the QAnon idea that these people are secretly under house arrest and that’s one of the security devices to go off when you leave the defined area. The boot is to hide the device.

And this is an older comic (McCain is still alive), so it predates the Biden boot.

Pants Donkey
Nov 13, 2011

The whole party runs on cognitive dissonance. You have the president telling people the vote in November was rigged while simultaneously telling them to go out and vote today.

Part of it is pride. The deeper you get into this poo poo, the more of a gullible rube you appear when you admit you got suckered. So you make excuses for why things didn’t work out THIS time, pulling you deeper into the rabbit hole, and putting more of your ego on the line. It’s a feedback loop that ends in Satanic Pedophiles running a pizza store.

Pants Donkey
Nov 13, 2011

Ben has said he win’t draw a commission if it runs counter to his chud worldview, so you won’t be able to get scintillating art of Hillary stepping on Trump or whatever.

Although, I WILL say that Garrison may draw Biden giving Trump the big steppy if Ben decides to turn on Daddy after his loss is made official.

Pants Donkey
Nov 13, 2011

Dems taking the Senate plus Trump eating poo poo tomorrow is going to create a perfect meltdown for Garrison.

Pants Donkey
Nov 13, 2011

Dr. VooDoo posted:

Who gives a gently caress about Rall I want a Zyklon Ben cartoon about Georgia
Ask and ye shall receive:


Ben Garrison posted:

Results are Not Official Yet- Look Familiar?

This cartoon captures a moment in time- subject to change

I expected the Georgia Republican candidates to win their Senate seats, so drew a cartoon that illustrated the event. Then Warnock started pulling away. I made a last-minute adjustment that would still make the cartoon work. Then Ossoff started pulling ahead, too. Darn it! At midnight I began drawing a brand new cartoon and you see that here.

CNN was overjoyed. They laughed at Trump and his ‘conspiracy theories.’ They kept saying the word ‘historic’ over and over again. The first black senator from Georgia. Fine, but what does he stand for? Reverend Warnock is pro-choice and pro-using your tax dollars to murder the unborn. But he sounds a bit like Martin Luther King, and he uttered the usual warm-sounding empty platitudes. Historic! One thing CNN didn’t mention, though: Warnock once urged blacks to use any means necessary—including violence—to overthrow a racist America. How Christian of him! Historic!

Warnock is a gun-grabbing socialist who once called Fidel Castro a great and honorable man. Warnock praises Marxism. Historic! Warnock is a Christian who hates white Christians. Historic!

Ossoff is also a committed socialist and together with Warnock, Biden will get things done. So says CNN. Their respected journalists were all giddy at the prospect. Historic! Now Biden can rejoin the Paris Accords and cudgel us with climate change fear mongering. He will use it to lock the country down even more. Maybe Green New Deal Biden will ban cars and gasoline will hit $20 per gallon under his rule. Historic! We will see higher taxes, more war, and more graft in the pockets of Biden cronies. Biden will stack the Supreme Court in his favor. Historic!

The Democrats are getting away with rigging the elections in their favor. If left unchallenged, their election theft will become routine. We’ll have a monolithic one-party system, just like those lucky citizens in communist China have. The Democrats want what the Chicoms have. Total control! They want to micromanage our lives on a granular level. They’ll see to it that We The People will continue to lose our free speech, our freedom to assemble and travel, and even control over our own bodies. We will be forced to trade our freedom and our guns for government handouts, which won’t be handed out unless we do as exactly as we’re told.

Georgia used to be a red state. It’s gone blue. Permanently. Historic!
Drink deeply

Pants Donkey
Nov 13, 2011

Jesus I didn’t notice the buck teeth on the Chinese Donkey holy poo poo

Pants Donkey
Nov 13, 2011

Viewtiful Jew posted:

https://twitter.com/GrrrGraphics/status/1347384905047494663

Reality breaking down around Garrison. That video released a few hours ago saying there's gonna be a "Peaceful Transition" was all CGI to him.
It’s especially stupid because that video was loaded with cuts. They likely had to splice out every time he went on a tangent about how he won.

Pants Donkey
Nov 13, 2011

Everyone: wow that whole deal was hosed up
Branco, twelve loving hours ago:

Pants Donkey
Nov 13, 2011

Nenonen posted:

That's from 2019, PD
Sorry, I meant he posted that on twitter twelve hours ago.

Pants Donkey
Nov 13, 2011

In chud land, Wednesday was Test #506 of who is loyal to Trump and who is not. Literally every time he fails to get his way it’s spun into a super secret test of loyalty to the Cause. I really do wonder what is going to happen on the 20th when he’s no longer president and they can’t just write it off as Part of the Plan anymore.

Pants Donkey
Nov 13, 2011

F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:

Ramirez is a chameleon: able to blend into whatever the GOP needs at the moment. Decrying the coup but not mentioning Turp allows him to hedge his bets: it appears as though Turp's fat rear end is out the door very soon, but just in case the chud base is still useful in the future, he doesn't call out Turp directly. That makes him a lot smarter than the Lesters and McCoys and Brancos of the world, who will gladly ride the Titanic to the bottom of the sea if it means "owning the libs".
I think a big problem for Republicans is that the “polite” elders who called the shots and made up the lies to line their pockets are retiring or dying off, and the people who grew up fed on those lies as bonafide fact as taking over in the party. They know nothing of the subtlety and deception needed to maintain the lie, and this irritates the old guard. Trump is exactly what happens when someone whose politics are dictated by Fox News and Rush Limbaugh gets into politics.

It doesn’t help that the democrats greatly want to just go back to quietly being rich while occasionally tossing the poor a few crumbs.

Pants Donkey
Nov 13, 2011

What a wasted week. They could have had 2020 die a week ago ON TIME and it’d have changed nothing.

Pants Donkey
Nov 13, 2011

Yup. His last like five cartoons were an object labelled 35 Years Of Madigan Rule

Pants Donkey
Nov 13, 2011


Ben Garrison posted:

SHUT UP! THEY SHOUTED

While luxuriating in Tahiti, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey made a shameful but bold decision: He removed thousands of conservative voices from his platform, including GrrrGraphics. Our mass violation? We were all pro-Trump. Dorsey lied and said we were promoting violence while he allowed ‘hang Pence’ messages to stay.

Not to be outdone, Jeff Bezos also ‘cleansed’ the Twitter alternative, Parler, from his company’s cloud servers. Trump supporters are now being smeared as ’terrorists’ by the far left mega billionaires.

BREAKING @GRRRGRAPHICS HAS BEEN SUSPENDED FROM TWITTER FOLLOW US ON GAB SAME ID @GRRRGRAPHICS

Throughout 2020, Facebook was busy censoring conservative voices on their platform. Mark Zuckerberg is good friends with China’s President Xi. Zuckerberg speaks Chinese. He asked Xi to name his child. Zuckerberg clearly interfered with the election by refusing to allow any comments or links to Hunter’s notorious laptop. Facebook went the Hillary route of lying and said (with zero proof) that it was ‘Russian disinformation.’

Try using Google for any searches of conservative opinions and you’ll see page after page of leftist opinions stating why conservatives are wrong. Goggle does evil and it’s now nothing more than a socialist propaganda arm—not a search engine.

Many on the left claim it’s perfectly fine for these CEOs to burn conservative opinions. After all, they are private companies and can do whatever they want. Not exactly. They are publicly-held companies. Today Twitter’s stock got slammed and rightfully so. Let’s hope the mega billionaires are all taken down a peg or two, but more importantly, we all need to point out the hypocrisy of the left for blatantly violating our First Amendment.

The lefty mega billionaires know their plans for us are unpopular. Their ideas don’t stand up in the marketplace of ideas, so they want to limit and control that marketplace. They know this is not aligned with our Constitution, but they don’t care. They admire the Chicom system more. Hence their naked display of reckless power.

They must be awfully afraid if they’re resorting to silencing millions of Americans.
Oh my god he think publicly traded companies are the same thing as federal entities.

Pants Donkey
Nov 13, 2011


Ben Garrison posted:

NEVER DONATE TO THE GOP AGAIN

In a disgusting display of virtue signaling, many Republicans have said they will vote to impeach President Trump.

A legion of these backstabbers have now joined forces with Nancy Pelosi, who wants the president removed immediately, even though his term expires in a handful of days. It’s bad enough that Pelosi’s latest power play is a slap in the face to the millions of us who voted for Trump, but to see a legion of Republicans helping her in her effort is downright despicable.

The first rat to jump ship was Mitch McConnell. Ol’ turtle head was never on the side of Trump—not really. He has strong ties to China and wants to return to globalism and send our jobs back to that communist country. He wants to continue running an expensive empire in terms of money and lives to benefit the military industrial complex. He wants to serve the interests of large global corporations while lining his pockets. In other words, he wants business as usual and his business, like Biden’s, is corruption.

The Republican Party is quickly reverting back to what they were—a New World Order neocon party in lockstep with the Democrats, a neoliberal, socialist and globalist party.

Both are on the same page. Both have contempt for most Americans, whom they consider to be their subjects. Trump was a billionaire, but he brought back jobs and a sense of national pride to millions of average Americans. We all had great hopes that he would drain the Swamp and restore our Republic, but he wasn’t part of the globalists’ ‘Big Club.’ Therefore he was run through a political ringer of lies for four years as the Democrats tried to impeach him at every turn. A few Republicans helped him half-heartedly, but it became clear that they were only marking time.

Now the Republican hearts have turned ice cold on the president. Most of them have become ‘never Trumpers.’ Or perhaps more accurately, ‘never again Trumpers.’ Both parties want to see to it that he doesn’t run again and they may get their way. There will be consequences, however. Many of us will not be voting for their candidates again. I voted for Senator Daines here in Montana and he became one of the backstabbers. Shame on you, Daines.

It is apparent that saving the Republic will be up to “we the people”, not the politicians.
Oh no don’t stop donating to the GOP! Anything but that.

Pants Donkey
Nov 13, 2011

the_steve posted:

https://twitter.com/happyroadkill/status/1349502474198114309?s=19

I hope this cartoon ends up being wrong, but we shall see what happens once Trump is officially out and things get a chance to settle down somewhat.
Things seem at least more positive than expected. Biden has some self-awareness, and seems to be at least going with Bernie against austerity measures and actually putting forth a stimulus bill worth a drat. Of course, we’ll see on the 20th, but if Biden can be half as socialist as Republicans claim he is, then we’ll be in much better shape than expected.

Pants Donkey
Nov 13, 2011

Hope truly is the first step on the road to disappointment.

Pants Donkey
Nov 13, 2011

I regret to inform you it’s that time of year again

Pants Donkey
Nov 13, 2011

Ben MAD

Ben Garrison posted:

JOKE YAPPER FAKE NEWS HACK

CNN’s Jake Tapper really stuck his foot in his mouth when he insulted Florida’s Republican Representative, Brian Mast.

Tapper questioned his patriotism after Mast supported an effort to look into the election fraud. Jake said something about Mast fighting for Democracy in Afghanistan and then added “Although I don’t know about his commitment to it here in the United States.”

Tapper was wrong on so many levels with that statement. We’re not in Afghanistan to bring them Democracy. We are still there for geopolitical reasons, as well as to protect the opium fields for CIA drug runners. Secondly, America is a Republic, not a Democracy, which has become the Democrats’ code word for ’socialism.’ Thirdly, to question a well-decorated military man’s patriotism after he lost his legs in service of his country is deeply insulting to us all.

It probably shouldn’t be surprising, though. Tapper loves to insult those who aren’t aligned with his own network echo chamber.

Along with the ADL, he helped make sure I was disinvited from the White House media summit back in 2018. He has repeatedly stated on Twitter that I’ve drawn ‘anti-Semitic’ cartoons. This is a blatant lie. I’ve never drawn an anti-Semitic cartoon—ever. It’s not anti-Semitic to criticize central bankers and globalist corporations having an influence on our politics. Tapper rakes in $4 million per year toadying to his corporate masters.

We all know whose interests he serves as he sports a very concerned expression while on air.

It’s a good thing for Tapper that he is able to get fantastically richer by means of telling lies. He would never be able to make a living through cartooning…because he’s terrible at it.
He’s still mad that he was considered too embarrassing to be seen with Trump lol

Pants Donkey
Nov 13, 2011

It would also be inaccurate, as Pence is only interested in mares.

Pants Donkey
Nov 13, 2011


Ben Garrison posted:

“C’MON MAN! SHUT UP, WEAR YOUR MASK AND GET YOUR VACCINATION”

President Select Joe Biden wants us all to get the COVID-19 shot. Yesterday I watched him as he bluntly slurred, “We’ll have to move heaven and earth to get more people vaccinated, to create more places for them to get vaccinated, to mobilize more medical teams to get shots in peoples’ arms.” Joe is treating us as if we were government-owned cattle.

Even with the shots, Biden still wants everyone to social distance and wear masks, which presumably will be made permanent. Masks do nothing to stop the virus and they cause their wearers harm, but the powers that be want their sheep wearing them as symbols of submission. Joe’s handlers know that mask wearers are brainwashed by their media that spews out constant fear. Mask wearers are more likely to vaccinated, which will also become routine and permanent. Cajoling Joe says wearing masks are ‘patriotic,’ when in reality it is just the opposite because it means giving up even more liberty. We no longer control our own bodies—Biden and his handlers tell us what to do.

We don’t need a rushed-out vaccine against a virus (if there even is such a virus) that has a 99.7 percent survivability rate. In fact, the vaccine is 50 times more likely to produce side effects than a flu shot. Many people have dropped dead after getting the dangerous vaccine. Yet China Joe claims we need to get it because ‘science’ says so. Such science is distorted by mega billionaire globalists who are bent on reducing the world’s population while greatly increasing the bottom line of their vaccine makers.

Bill Gates is such a mega billionaire who wants to rake in even more billions of dollars from the shots. Taxpayers are forced to pay for vaccines that could lead to their own demise. Remember, Bill Gates is the Joseph Mengele of our times. He has pushed and funded experimental vaccines in India and Africa that led to sterilization and death. The DTP vaccine from Bill Gates killed ten times more African girls than disease itself. Don’t be surprised to see similar results with the COVID shot.

Who Got Richer off of Covid? Not you or I


Those resisting the vaccine are already being labeled ‘anti-vaxxers,’ and ‘anti-science.’ Airlines are proposing ‘vaccine passports’ in order to travel. This sort of tagging, whether by paperwork, physical chips, or digital tattoos will lead to deleterious results for those of us who will still refuse the shots. We won’t be able to travel or go to a supermarket. Eventually we’ll be called medical ’terrorists’ and rounded up.

Regardless, many of us will never get the vaccine no matter what. We must resist medical tyranny. We must resist Creepy Joe. Not my president!
I don’t know why he’s offended by being called anti-vaxx when he’s literally against vaccines.

Also he’s made a new account on Twitter lol.

Pants Donkey
Nov 13, 2011

RoboRodent posted:

I've seen anti-vaxxers claim that the term is a slur meant to shut them down, except I'm pretty sure they came up with the term themselves, because it's a neutral description.
Ah yes, the terf defense

Pants Donkey
Nov 13, 2011

Nihilarian posted:

So why is Winslow waiting for a pardon? Did he take part in the insurrection?
I think he still has a few days for the delay to catch up on that.

He’s more likely referring to the many Very Bad pardons Trump did during the holidays.

Pants Donkey
Nov 13, 2011

Rall will probably be right, and Trump will in fact be alive twenty years from now kept alive purely by hatred. Still ranting in his 90s about how he won.

Pants Donkey
Nov 13, 2011

Despite how nervous Biden looks, Garrison seems to have fallen into despair.

Ben’s Take posted:

In the waning hours of Trump’s presidency we are hearing a lot about scenarios in which patriots are still in charge. Supposedly the military has been shown proof of foreign interference in the presidential election. They will arrest the conspirators and allow Trump to rightfully continue his presidency into a second term. Naturally I have my doubts. I consider it all so much hopium. It looks like nobody is coming to save us. We must save ourselves. We must deal with reality and it will harsh.

The election was stolen by globalists who want socialism. They know it’s a good system of control. Combined with open borders, lockdowns, and the undoing of everything Trump accomplished for the economy, we’ll see more small businesses destroyed. The globalists want us all dependent on big government. We will be forced to obey it if we want to receive assistance. Who controls that government? The mega billionaires at the top of the pyramid, of course. They want it all. All the money. All the land. All the power. We will become their serfs and forced into obeisance by means of high tech whips and chains.

Can Trump prevent this dystopian future planned by criminals who stole away his landslide victory? Does he have anything left up his sleeve? Will anyone stop this Bolshevik coup? Can anyone stop it? We will soon find out. If nothing happens and Biden and Kamala are allowed to seal their ill-gotten victory, we will know that Q was nothing more than an elaborate psy-op to keep Trump supporters hopeful in the face of repeated disappointment. Many social media personalities will be proved wrong and lose credibility.

Over the decades the globalists made sure all of our institutions were assimilated. Public education teaches it. Big Government funds it. Our security agencies and courts enforce it. The lying media amplifies it. The Swamp should have been drained long ago. It was not drained under Trump and now it will drain us of our liberties. Or what’s left of them.
Note how Garrison cannot just say “I guess if Q is wrong then they were a troll or scam” but it has to be just part of a different conspiracy. They can’t just admit they got hoodwinked by some idiot on 4chan: only a sophisticated government operation could fool true MAGA patriots :911:

Tina’a Take posted:

Trump’s biggest accomplishment? Waking us up to the corruption of the Deep State Swamp, pulling the mask off the spineless Republicans and exposing the Democrat’s America Last policies. The American people are awake, in fact, the people of the world are awake. Awaken, we have realized we have been used, duped and turned into citizen cattle. I feel that we won’t stand for it any longer.
That last line is definitely a thing said by people who didn’t support the violence on the 6th.

Pants Donkey
Nov 13, 2011

OPEN THE

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Pants Donkey
Nov 13, 2011

Here’s the real Ben you’ve all been waiting for:

Ben Garrison posted:

THE FRAUD IN CHIEF

It was fortunate for Biden that there were thousands of troops at the capitol for his swearing in ceremony. If they had not been there it would have been a starkly empty sight. Similar to his campaign appearances, few people showed up. That’s because China Joe is not popular with Americans regardless of party affiliation. Sleepy Joe’s campaign trail mostly took place in his own basement. He knew the election would be rigged in his favor, so he didn’t have to expend an inordinate amount of energy on winning the hearts of voters.

Trump pardoned foul-mouthed rappers but failed to pardon Assange and Snowden. That’s disgraceful. Julian Assange is a real journalist who heroically made us more aware of Hillary’s corruption. Yet she wasn’t locked up. The Swamp wasn’t drained. The Swamp will now retain power permanently and try to drain us. We can’t vote them out because our voting system has been compromised. There’s no sense in voting for Trump’s “Patriot Party” until we get rid of the mail-in ballot abuse as well as the computer voting. We need to stick to paper ballots and voter ID at polling stations.

Regardless, we now have to deal with a very corrupt Biden who is already undoing all the good Trump accomplished. The lying corporate media are gushing over Biden and his cabinet picks. Many Democrats such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Michael Moore are eager to pursue a purge of Trump’s followers. They want strip us of our jobs, our remaining freedoms, and send us to reeducation camps. That’s what communists do. They love sending their enemies to gulags.

Look for Biden and his party of totalitarianism to continue their compromise of conservative free speech. There will also be false flags leading to gun confiscation. He will push for mandatory vaccination. It’s not a pleasant situation. We conservatives can’t depend on politicians, the military, or the courts to help us. If we are to restore the Republic then we must first stop hoping that someone else will save it for us. To even have a chance we must first stick together and save ourselves. We are the patriots in charge.
Not even backing the Strong Daddy Party. The love affair is over.

But wait! That’s not all:

Tina Garrison posted:

REMEMBER BIDEN AND THE REST OF THE TRAITORS LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE AT A FUNERAL YESTERDAY.

BIDEN’S INAUGURAL SPEECH WAS EXTREMELY LOW ENERGY. WATCH THIS VIDEO OF A BODY LANGUAGE EXPERT’S ANALYSIS AND MAKE UP YOUR OWN MIND. WHY WASN’T EVERYONE HAPPY? THEY “WON” RIGHT?

“THE CRIME HAS BEEN COMPLETED”

No matter what happens, we will never give up. Hold the line. This is just the beginning..why would Trump KEEP saying “The Best is YET to Come”

Do your own research. AND keep the faith!
...nevermind. Strong Daddy cannot fail.

Pants Donkey
Nov 13, 2011

Fister Roboto posted:

Who's Coal Jobs?
Steve Jobs’s younger, blue-collar brother.

Pants Donkey
Nov 13, 2011


Ben Garrison posted:

WELL THAT DIDN’T TAKE LONG!

The Fraud In Chief, barely 24 hours into his illegitimate presidency, betrays our troops.

Contrary to the glowing praise heaped upon Biden from Marxist boot-licker news networks such as CNN, Joe is a screw up. He always has been a screw up and he always will be. He used thousands of military men to protect him at his inauguration. He also wanted them there to provide an illusion that there were actually people there in attendance. After he was done with them, he tossed them aside like a kid does when he’s finished playing with plastic army men.

After Pelosi screamed for more and more troops to protect ‘her’ capitol from a non-existent threat, our military were forced into a cold parking garage instead of being provided sleeping quarters in a warm building.

The story is that a member of the National Guard was not wearing a mask on federal property (just like the Cheater in Chief) and some Democrat congressworm freaked out. This resulted in the troops being forced into an underground parking garage with no sleeping mats and only ONE bathroom.

Compare this disgusting treatment of the military to how President Trump treated the troops…tells you everything!



The Military is not the Democrats’ play things.

Never before in American history did troops turn their backs to their commander in chief. Yes, it happened when the Fraud in Chief Biden’s motorcade drove by on Wednesday.

https://youtu.be/e7HUqbU4PUs

Cheater in Chief Biden is not our president, and many in the military seems to agree with our opinion!

This morning OANN reported that President Trump has given permission for the troops to stay at his lavish Trump Hotel in Washington DC.

TRUMP LOVES THE TROOPS. BIDEN USES THEM AS DECORATION AND CANNON FODDER.

WHICH AMERICA DO YOU WANT TO LIVE IN?
1. Some Capitol Cop told the guard to move to the parking garage. As you might imagine, Biden is not micromanaging the guard like some kind of RTS, and the situation was rectified once word got out.

2. As I’m sure two seconds of thought has already told you, the troops are there for security, not to look pretty. So yeah, most of them are looking outward for potential threats. This may be a surprise to Garrison, who has likely gotten used to Trump treating the troops as props for four years. Look at the rope keeping the troops away from Trump lol.

Pants Donkey
Nov 13, 2011

Just realized Garrison’s cartoon sucks even more, because he made a cartoon about troops being stuck in a garage during the Inauguration of Joe Biden and couldn’t even make an easy Zappa reference.

Pants Donkey
Nov 13, 2011

And the big “scandal” of last week wouldn’t have even happened if conservatives hadn’t tried to overthrow the government two weeks prior.

Pants Donkey
Nov 13, 2011

Should it be Kellies? The Thorsberg Bronze Quill Award is a more subtle reference.

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Pants Donkey
Nov 13, 2011


Ben Garrison posted:

WELCOME TO THE DARK WINTER OF DEMOCRAT RULE

Biden promised us a ‘dark winter’ if elected, and he’s delivering. We patriots who voted for Trump are left out in the cold as China Joe’s regime labels us ‘domestic terrorists.’ Biden immediately issued executive orders to dismantle many of Trump’s accomplishments. Biden wants America to be masked, injected, distanced, impoverished, and rendered quiescent.

Of course, Sleepy Joe’s election was a complete and obvious fraud. Trump won in a landslide but the Democrats, aided by their mega-billionaire globalist allies, arranged for mass cheating that allowed Biden to claim victory. Such election rigging will now become permanent. The Democrats will vote to make the District of Columbia a state, thus giving them two more senators. Maybe they’ll make Puerto Rico a state as well. More senators. They will allow illegal aliens to vote. Maybe they’ll vote away the Electoral College. They want voting to be easily abused and manipulated—by them.

They will continue to limit our free speech. They’ll come after our guns by means of staging false flags. They want to impeach a president who is no longer in office to make sure he never comes back. The socialists are kicking us while we’re down and their corporate media cheerleaders love it.

The Tree of Liberty is dead. Nothing was done to stop the steal. COVID-19 was set up to help them steal the election more easily. Now the Democrat Socialists are nailing down their advantage. Once a country goes socialist, they won’t allow their subjects to return to a constitutional republic. There’s no going back except through violence and the socialists in charge have a monopoly on that. The military will save us? If they could, they would have already. It’s game over for now.

Now is the winter of our discontent.
I’ve seen Little Shop of Horrors, so I know that a plant demanding blood is better off dead.

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