John McCain: The Mad Bomber

t’s time for John McCain to retire. It’s long past due. 

Forget what you read about McCain on Wikipedia and other state-sponsored sites. His history has been sanitized and covered up by the globalists.

Here we have a man whose powerful, 4-star admiral father made sure he got many undeserved breaks in life. He grew up as a smart assed, entitled brat. McCain finished 894th out of 899 at the Naval Academy. He said he enjoyed being off-duty more than flying. He drove a fast car, chased women and gambled. He fancied himself as a ‘maverick.'

He recklessly crashed several planes because he enjoyed being a daredevil. His flying record should have gotten him tossed out of the military, but he knew he was immune due to his powerful connections. He wet-started his jet engine as a jape and it caused the plane behind him to fire a missile. McCain quickly dropped his bombs and ran below decks—never bothering to help in the fire-fighting effort. His bombs exploded and almost sunk the Forrestal. 134 sailors were killed and a helicopter whisked McCain away because many in the crew wanted his scalp.

He sang like a bird while being a POW in Vietnam and disclosed highly classified information to his captors. To be sure, he did suffer broken bones and was bayonetted upon his capture, but when the North Vietnamese realized they had an Admiral’s son, he received special treatment. When he returned to America, he cruelly divorced his wife, who was hospitalized for a long while after a car accident. He then married a rich woman who could fund his political ambitions. Once in power, he then systematically voted against veterans and MIAs. 

Trump was right to speak out against McCain, and now the senator harbors a grudge. The anti-vet, warmongering McCain needs to retire before he causes more grief.

—Ben Garrison

Here's my latest cartoon. I remain amazed by the good eyes of my supporters. Someone asked why Obama was on two bricks. Well, one partially. I didn't figure anyone would notice. Obama did the bidding of the Shadow Government for 8 long years. So I gave him a brick for each of his two terms.

The Shadow has been forced into view. It’s not a pretty sight. President Trump has the wheel and the shadow government can’t stand it.

The American people thought they had the say, but it was all an illusion. The Shadow has mostly had the say since President Kennedy. Their star chambers trumped the voting booths.

Trump is not owned by the Shadow, and it appears he wants to keep his campaign promises, which will be the equivalent of throwing a giant monkey wrench into the globalists' gears. The shadow doesn’t want the swamp drained. Therefore, his minions are doing their best to stop him by loudly repeating a big whopper: They say Russia and Trump somehow ‘hacked’ the presidential election.

What really happened is Hillary Clinton received payola from Russia and in return she allowed them to control 20 percent of our uranium reserves. The legacy press is not interested in that story, though. They take marching orders from the Shadow, whose script is repeated by the far left media and Hollywood. Unencumbered by facts and reality, the legacy media can spew lies endlessly. Then they had the gall to express outrage because Trump didn’t take them seriously at his press conference.

Since Trump didn’t agree with their assertions (lies) they claimed he’s out to end freedom of the press. That’s a howler. The press stopped being free a long time ago. They do as they're told by the Shadow. Instead of investigating Hillary’s long list of crimes, which probably includes ‘pizzagate’ activity, they instead steadily thumped the negative drums of anti-Trumpism. More and more citizens no longer want to listen. People are catching on and are tuning out the Shadow’s propaganda mills.

The legacy media have been exposed along with the Shadow. They will continue to discredit themselves by doubling down on their Russian hacking nonsense. Maybe they think it’s their best hope to impeach Trump and install Hillary. If they succeed, there will be widespread revolt, if not outright revolution.

Eisenhower warned us of the Shadow government, also known as the ‘deep state.’ The Shadow called the shots and rigged the game in its favor for far too long. The Shadow considered voters to be suckers who would believe any lie they were told—whether it be The Warren Commission Report or The Gulf of Tonkin fantasy. They voted for Tweedle D or Tweedle R and the Shadow won regardless. Thankfully, we got the Internet. People are now able to circumvent the propaganda arms and find the truth. As a result, we have a populist, nationalist president who wants to do what the citizens want. The Shadow knows this, hence its desperation. The Shadow is capable of doing whatever it takes, including treason, to stop Trump.

We must remain vigilant.

—Ben Garrison

California: The Cat Lady State

Aristotle recommended moderation, or the ‘golden mean.’ Virtue can be found as a reasoned, logical place between two extremes. For example, courage is virtuous, but when carried to an extreme it becomes destructive recklessness. A lack of courage brings about its opposite, cowardice.

We see today a great many ‘virtue signalers’ who want to feel good about themselves. They consider themselves kind, humane and generous and they want you to know about it. They demand help for poor, suffering people all over the planet. They want them removed from their own countries and cultures and brought to the United States so we can see such help up close and personal. “Let them in!” they shout. Their signs say, “Refugees are welcome!” They think all humans are equal and there should be no borders. At least, not for the United States.

The problem with such virtue signaling is they want to help people by forcing others to participate. Someone has to pay for for the immigrants who come here wanting free stuff. Things such as medical care, education, housing and food. The immigrants also bring cultural conflict, violence and crime. Big government is the tool used by virtue signalers. They want to steal from you via taxes to pay for the welfare of strangers.

I lived in San Angelo, Texas for nearly 10 years. The many Mexican Americans I knew there were proud of their heritage, but they considered themselves Americans first. They scorned immigrants from Mexico who did not bother to learn English. Nowadays, it’s considered ‘racist’ to insist people have a common language and culture. We are no longer a melting pot.

Massive Muslim immigration is even more dangerous. They demand Sharia Law, not our Constitution. They consider Islam to be superior to Christianity. They do not assimilate—they dominate. Importing Islamic culture is a recipe for future strife and conflict. Refugees wanting to escape their hell holes too often want to transform their host countries into the very same hell holes that they left. Look at what happened to Sweden. Crime and rape skyrocketed and now there are ‘no go’ Muslim zones. This the the same vision Obama had for America. That’s why he drove hard to the hoop to import as many Muslims here as he could. A divided country is easier for world government types to control.

Victor Davis Hanson is one of my favorite writers. His books on history are excellent. He also wrote an excellent book titled “Mexifornia,” in which he expertly sums up the problems California and other states are facing. That is, a new paradigm where illegal immigrants are not assimilating. English is no longer expected to be spoken. “La Raza,” an openly racist organization, wants to turn California into Mexico while of course still insisting their people get plenty of free stuff.

California wants to be a sanctuary state for illegal immigrants. There is even talk about secession. Under Governor Jerry Brown (Governor ‘Moonbeam’), the state's debt has deepened to over $400 billion. Regardless, more free stuff is perpetually promised and more immigrants are desired. They can’t afford to help every suffering person in the world without making citizens themselves suffer. This is an example of a virtue being carried to an extreme. Helping others has become a dangerous vice.

—Ben Garrison

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Additional: Every day I get at least a few cartoon ideas submitted from folks who like my cartoons. I never expected so many people out there to have ideas for cartoons and most of them very good. Unfortunately, I am not able to draw them all, and often I don't even have time to reply to all the email and ideas I received. In this case though--a man named Charlie P. suggested I draw California as a 'cat lady' welcoming in all the stray cats of the world...and it was too good to pass up. If I ever draw an idea submitted to me, I will give that person credit on the cartoon itself as well as send them a free, signed print. BG

Boycott Starbucks!

The CEO of Starbucks outdid them all by promising 10,000 jobs to refugees. Shouldn’t Americans get those jobs first? NO! It’s about importing more Muslims who want their own culture—Islam, which they consider superior. It's about tearing down western civilization in order to usher in world government. 
Wake up and smell your burnt coffee, Starbucks. You are brewing up big trouble and I for one will no longer patronize any of your establishments.  

It's time to boycott Starbucks.

—Ben Garrison

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Berkeley Protestors:

Students at Berkeley protested in the 1960s to help bring about freedom of political speech and activities at their university. They forced the administration to acknowledge that such speech should not end on campus.

Nowadays, students at Berkeley want to end free speech. They chased Milo Yiannopoulos off campus and then physically attacked those with whom they disagree. The students turned classical liberalism into the very fascism that they claim to despise.


Chairman Mao once brought about a 'Cultural Revolution’ that was designed to drive out so called ‘revisionists’ and generally instill fear into the populace. Why? Because he could and he enjoyed power. He encouraged China’s young people to harass professors and officials. Many older people suffered beatings, public humiliation and harassment by Mao's young fanatics. This helped suppress any dissent—which was always something Mao enjoyed nipping in the bud. We’re now seeing a variation of this on many of today’s college campuses. Students are indoctrinated into a mindset that places feelings above logic and reason. They attack their enemies through violence—not debate. You cannot reason with a fist in the face. The ‘antifa’ students are funded by the billionaire sadist George Soros, who loves power and tyranny just as much as Mao did. Like Mao, he also wants to live forever.

Today, if you are conservative in many of America’s big cities, you had better keep your mouth shut. Wearing a pro-Trump hat invites a violent response from leftist thugs. Politicians on the left such as Tim Kaine are egging it on. The legacy media are also complicit.

The global elite could not install Hillary, so they are dancing a tantrum. As a result, Trump is threatened with assassination and his supporters are being physically assaulted. We have also seen Richard Spencer get sucker punched. Whether or not you agree with him is beside the point. Spencer does not advocate violence and his free speech should be protected like anyone else’s.
It’s time to stop the violence and start listening to each other. Instead of telling the police to ‘stand down’ in the face of reckless hate and violence from the left, the rule of law should be enforced. The First Amendment should be defended.

—Ben Garrison

Stop it, Starbucks!

A meme box is circulating on the Internet. It features the face of Steve Jobs with the proclamation that he was the son of a Syrian refugee and therefore we should accept all Syrian refugees. The logic of the left is often predicated on such fallacies of logic. The average IQ of a Syrian is 83. Hardly ‘insanely great.’ If you mention that to one of the leftist virtue posturers however, you’ll most likely be smeared as a ‘hater’ or ‘racist.’ The protestors demanding the importation of Muslim refugees are doing it to feel good about themselves. Feelings are of paramount importance to them. They probably feel a happy warm glow inside because they think they are helping people. Helping people is progress. They are progressive.

The problem is, their idea of help does not involve voluntarism. Their idea of ‘common good' relies on government force, and who gets to decide what this ‘common good’ is? Why, the lefties, of course! They want to help people by using bigger government and more taxes. Don’t agree? Don’t want to pay those taxes? There’s always a chance that well-armed government operatives can show up and make you pay--and if you resist, you could be killed.

These progressives now want to force upon us millions of Muslim refugees, who tend to be young, single males. That’s a recipe for crime and terrorism. In Sweden, only a handful of these refugees become employed. Most stay on the dole. Rape statistics are off the charts. Importing such a disparate culture into Europe has been a disaster for western civilization. It didn't work in Europe, but somehow it’s magically supposed to work in America? We see similar liberals here with the same welcoming signs and the same virtue posturing that we saw in Europe. The CEO of Starbucks outdid them all by promising 10,000 jobs to refugees. Shouldn’t Americans get those jobs first? NO! It’s about importing more Muslims who want their own culture—Islam, which they consider superior. It's about tearing down western civilization in order to usher in world government.

Wake up and smell your burnt coffee, Starbucks. You are brewing up big trouble and I for one will no longer patronize any of your establishments.

—Ben Garrison

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President Trump Plays to Win:

President Trump is off to a good start. So far, he’s implementing his campaign promises and that’s very encouraging. The world may be shocked, but too bad. 

The world has grown accustomed to the United States bowing and giving in to demands made by other countries. Trump is a business man who knows a bad deal when he sees one, and for too long he's seen politicians make terrible deals for America. He wants to stop that.

While the globalist Obama played checkers and lost, Trump plays 3D chess—and he plays to win. He wants America to win again. It’s very refreshing.

—Ben Garrison

ADDITIONAL: To the moron who keeps flooding my in box with death threats over this cartoon--please know that I use a filter and all your vile messages go straight to the trash where they belong. The message (see snippet below) is typical of the times, though. Don't like someone's freedom of speech and disagree with him? Threaten him with death! The left is losing the argument and so they are increasingly resorting not just to insults, but outright violence. Track me down if you want, but if you want to try to kill me, be aware that I am armed.

"One more damn cartoon about Mexico, and I promise you, conservatives will learn to respect with blood!"

Inauguration Day:

UPDATE: I came up with an idea while listening President Trump's inaugural speech. So I drew it.

His speech was very encouraging. He reiterated a lot of the core content heard in his campaign speeches. He still placed America first and he wants to make it great again. He assured us all that the American people will not be ignored again. He’s a populist, nationalist president--and that’s a good thing. Don’t let CNN convince you it’s not.

For too long we have endured a president who was bent on dividing and replacing America with the vision held by globalist elites. It’s very refreshing to have a president who tells it like it is. He knows the political elite have for too long reaped the rewards of big government while the American people became more impoverished. Unlike Hillary and the elite establishment, Trump listened. That’s why he’s president.

We have a new captain who wants to ‘right the ship.’ He’ll put our own interests first. Obama put the UN’s interests first. Trump wants to heal our division whereas Obama intentionally made it much worse in order to usher in more collectivism.

And so this is my latest cartoon. I’ve drawn a great many Trump cartoons and now I will move on to other subjects for awhile. I have beern one of the few cartoonists (other than Branco) who drew pro-Trump cartoons. If Trump can close the borders and eliminate the ISIS terrorists, so much the better. However, I think the most important thing he can do is audit and then end the Federal Reserve and return the control and creation of money to We The People. That means returning money creation to Congress where it belongs. Do like Lincoln did—print greenbacks commensurate with production. It’s a good way to pay for all the infrastructure Trump wants to refurbish.

We will now see if 'Captain Trump’ can right the ship of state. He may be our last, best hope.

—Ben Garrison
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Cartoon drawn the day before the Inauguration:

I'm a little late with this one, but I don't have the luxury of being a full-time cartoonist like the few remaining ones working for the mainstream media. I also don't draw a giant salary. That's OK--I get to draw whatever I want and my Patreon members and those who buy my prints and t-shirts keep me going.

Inauguration day is here. The mainstream media, Hollywood, many politicians and the SJWs remain in a protracted sulk.

CNN continued their non-stop Trump bashing the night before the inauguration. They said Trump had better not try to bully the political establishment because they would be pushing back. They drummed up fear and implied Trump might start nuclear war. Even the weatherman claimed Trump’s hair could get rained on—thus revealing whether it’s fake or not. Well, we know what’s fake already: The mainstream media.

The CNN panelists then proceeded to vigorously kiss Obama’s backside. They called him another Gandhi. Yes, a man who dropped more bombs than any other president in history was compared to Mahatma. They called him a 'philosopher president' because he read books while in office. He should be known as the golfer president.

Obama claimed he ran a ‘scandal free’ administration and CNN eagerly parroted that. It was telling, because the mainstream media have become megaphones for the establishment. They could have found scandals a-plenty, but they don’t do investigative journalism any more. That’s because they are owned by globalists.

If CNN did real journalism they would have investigated Obama’s fake birth certificate and stolen social security number. They would have investigated Benghazi. Obama had Gaddafi murdered and then he and Hillary helped create ISIS. They would have questioned Sandy Hook and ‘Fast and Furious.’ They would have wondered why Obama spent nearly $100 million in taxpayer money on personal, lavish vacations. They would have looked into Obama's horrible Iran deal, including a $400 million ransom payment to that country. Then there was the fraud that was Obamacare.

Never before has the country witnessed such a blatant display of petulant poor sportsmanship. They can’t and won’t accept that Trump has been elected our next president. A liberal on Facebook stated she would not even mention Trump’s name. “He’s not my president!” A liberal relative, who unctuously posted that we must all support Obama, now states we must resist Trump. Michael Moore has said pretty much the same thing, although he’d be better off if he began resisting Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream. Rosie O’Donnell even cried for martial law in a desperate attempt to stop the inauguration. 

Meanwhile, Obama did his best to sabotage Trump including even trying to drum up a war with Russia. This is what Michael, er, Michelle must consider ‘taking the high road.’ 

Welcome, President Trump. I truly hope you can make America great again.

—Ben Garrison

Trump Inauguration Souvenir:

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Thanks for your support!

Ben Garrison

Corporate Media: A Dead Dinosaur.

In some corners it’s crudely referred to as “Piss Gate.” It’s a disgusting and completely fictional event that led to the latest desperation exhibited by the mainstream media, who passed the story along as ’news.' When it comes to attacking Trump, they respect no boundary. They have no shame. They are no longer journalists. They don’t bother to do research or basic fact checking. If some prurient rumor affects Trump negatively then they go with it, no questions asked. They have no sense of balance, fairness or decency. Trump was right to castigate CNN. They have degenerated into a fake news outlet. They are shrill shills for their globalist, collectivist masters. 

The mainstream media are owned by a handful of global corporations. They are used to having the narrative locked up. They consider themselves owners of the 'final say.’ They think of themselves as ‘authorities’ when it comes to the truth. They’ve grown accustomed to scripting the news in order to control and brainwash the populace. The people have now awakened thanks to alternative media sources available on the Internet. The elite can’t stand the fact that an outsider, a populist, was elected president and have now revealed themselves for what they are—purveyors of fake news. 

This is why Obama and the people he represents are anxious to gain control of Internet news and discourse. They want Chinese style censorship. We must remain vigilant and not let this happen. We need to continue to shine the light on their plans. The mainstream liars are losing readers and viewers because they are liars. They deserve to become extinct.

—Ben Garrison

Europe is Mad over Muhammad:

When I graduated from Angelo State University many decades ago, I had a chance to go Italy with many of my fellow art majors. Having excelled in the study of the Italian Renaissance, such a trip greatly appealed to me. Alas, I was poor. At night I worked at a bakery while going to school full time. I had rent and bills to pay and I didn’t have any savings for such a vacation. The head of the fine art department, Dr. Otis Lumpkin, offered me some financial aid. He was a great professor, but I had a new job awaiting me at the local newspaper. It was a chance to work at a desk while doing something I enjoyed—graphic arts--and I didn’t want to put that off. I figured I could always go to Europe later on my own time and dime. 

It never happened for various reasons. Now I’m not sure I would like what I see if I do finally make the trip. Will Europe be recognizable if Islam continues to gain power there? “No go” zones continue to expand while those who complain are arrested for ‘hate speech.’ The complainers are labeled ‘Islamophobic,’ ‘xenophobic’ or ‘populists.' Oh no! Populism and nationalism are supposed to be terrible things according to the left. We’re supposed to love everyone and have open borders. We’re all the same, right? Wrong. People and cultures are different. Too much diversity inevitably leads to conflict.

Ostensibly the ‘immigrants’ were brought into Europe to boost the economy and do the work that the citizens wouldn’t do. (Sound familiar?) Instead, they were put on the dole. They got free stuff while out-breeding the locals. They brought their lower IQs and aggressive religion with them. Far too many refuse to assimilate. Why should they? Islam tells them that they are superior. Today, Mohammed is one of the top names for newborn boys. Sharia courts are springing up unopposed. Western civilization is treated with disdain. Women are raped and the police look the other way due to political correctness.

Why are we seeing this self-immolation by the west? Because lefty loons and George Soros want it. They want to tear down western civilization in order to easily usher in globalism to Europe and America. We are beginning to see some push back. The Brexit vote and the election of Trump signaled that citizens have had enough, but there is much more to be done. Soros needs to be arrested. Merkel needs to be thrown out of office. Mass immigration needs to end.

I want the countries in Europe to keep their identities, languages and cultures. I don’t want to visit Turkey in Germany, Somalia in Italy or Syria in France. If I wanted to go to Saudi Arabia, I would. I don’t want to see their oppression when I go to Europe. If we want to help the populace of the third world, fine. But keep them in their own countries while doing it. We don’t need to import them and their problems to the west.

—Ben Garrison

Happy New Year from GrrrGraphics!

“Trump New Year”

Like an Indiana Jones character, Trump heroically cut his way through the perilous Jungle of Lies in 2016. He is now on a clear trail in 2017.

He left behind two battered, corrupt parties that represented the status quo. Their rigging of the game has prevailed for far too long. They made sure their chosen candidates were aligned with big government collectivism and political correctness. Democrat or Republican, whoever won the presidency did the bidding of their globalist masters.

Not any more. Even though Trump ran as a Republican, he’s more of a nationalist, populist candidate who wants to put America first.

To stop Trump, the globalist forces also revealed themselves. Their owned the mainstream media showed themselves to be smearing shills by hurling insults and fakery rather than real journalism. Hillary has been defeated. She can barely walk right now. The chances of her running in 2020 seem remote at best. Soros is hurting. The special snowflakes are melting. Obama is desperate to protect his legacy of destruction. Using the holidays as a distraction, he snuck in a vile law designed to thwart our First Amendment and return control of the narrative to the fake mainstream media. It won’t work.

We’re now on the trail to restoring America. Happy new year from all of us at grrrgraphics.com!

Merry Christmas from GrrrGraphics!

Thanks to everyone who made 2016 a successful year for us.

Thanks to Stefan Molyneaux for having me on his Christmas show:

 https://youtu.be/8Fj9jm6tqrY?t=2h58m20s

--Ben Garrison

The New Bitter Clingers:

Barack Obama once insulted Americans as being ‘bitter clingers.’ He said they clung to their guns, religion and anti-immigration sentiment as a way to express their frustrations. Hillary later referred to such Americans as ‘deplorable.’ These out of touch statements foreshadowed the election of Trump, because it revealed Hillary and Obama’s contempt for roughly fifty percent of Americans. It showed how the elite were actively working against those Americans who still want freedom and the Constitution. Hillary and Obama instead promoted gun control, an open hemisphere and bigger government.

The globalist oligarchy, including their corporate media arms, have now become the bitter clingers. They continue to lose power and influence and they can’t stand it. The fake news mainstream media have been revealed to be nothing but shrill propaganda organs. People are going elsewhere to find the truth. The status quo politicians are desperately clinging to power and making fools of themselves. Their ridiculous conspiracy theories only prove how out of touch they are with reality.

Their tantrums even include talk of a coup against a lawfully elected president. Their attempt to bully certain electors from the Electoral College will not work. Their emotional blubbering and drama only underscores what they really are. They’re collectivist bitter clingers who are desperate. They're spoiled brats who were allowed to get away with their bad behavior for far too long. Times are a-changin’!

Keep on clinging, bitter ones.

— Ben Garrison

Mother Bakes a Cake:

Janet Yellen and the Feds raised the interest rates again. After crying the rate hike wolf for nearly a year, she finally raised rates by another quarter point while promising more hikes to come in 2017. Rates weren’t raised sooner because they probably wanted to protect the stock market under Obama. The Fed protects their own because they want globalism and collectivism. That means most Americans get poorer while the central bankers and their elite friends get stupendously richer. 

Quantitative easing never ended, it simply went underground. The Fed does as it pleases. There is no accountability—not really. The stock market bubble was pumped up to insane proportions without benefitting citizens who can’t afford stocks. Over 50 percent of Americans are now living paycheck to paycheck. (If they can get a paycheck). The perma-bull market has mostly benefited the global corporations and central bankers who own most of the stock market. The elite prints money for themselves—to hell with lending it out to small businesses and entrepreneurs. Meanwhile, they claim a perpetually rising stock market as ‘proof’ that Obama is doing a great job.

Wrong. Mr. 'Hope and Change' helped drive up the debt by nearly 10 trillion dollars while telling everyone the economy was improving and happy days were here again. Obama’s so-called strong economy is based on data distorted by the government itself. It has been based on lies. The employment numbers do not count those who have given up. Too many workers are stuck in low-wage service jobs. The GDP number always comes in high with great hoopla and then it is quietly downgraded. Housing starts are bad. Few can afford a home even with low rates. College grads are burdened with outrageous debt because colleges and banks colluded to get richer. The bankers sell the future in order to immediately pocket their ill-gotten gains, which means young people can’t find work and must move back in with their parents. Real wages haven’t risen in decades. Inflation is apparent at supermarkets. Prices go up while packages get smaller. 

Regardless, Yellen and those running the show must pretend that everything is A-OK and improving. That means they must prove it by raising rates. To keep the bankers afloat they really should be going to negative interest rates, but they know that would attract the torch and pitchfork crowd. Instead, they are trying to make their ivory tower game of make believe a reality. 

The problem with this is the debt. Every time the rates are raised, it will make that debt that much more difficult to service. Consider this—if you had $50,000 in credit card debt at a zero percent interest rate, you may be able to manage it. However, rising rates means you must sell things to make the payment. Stocks, for example. Raising interest rates could collapse the stock market. Perhaps this is their real goal—they want to blow things up so they can blame it on Trump.

Janet Yellen thinks it’s extremely important to protect the Fed’s “Independence.” Of course she does. They don’t want the scrutiny of an audit. They don’t want to answer to We the People. When Fed chairmen speak to Congress, they use grandiose language to prove how smart they are. They aren’t. They’re con artists. The Federal Reserve was created out of conspiracy, and now those private bankers want to protect their private printing press which not only prints up debt currency out of thin air—it also prints up power. They’re able to buy out politicians and the corporate media.

It’s time to end the Fed and return the power of money creation and its management back to Congress as stated in our Constitution. 

Ben Garrison

Trump Sweeps Clean

President Trump needs to sweep away the corruption that has been allowed to build up for far too long. It won’t be an easy task, but Trump has a mandate. If the illegal votes cast for Hillary are taken away, then Trump would have also won the popular vote.

The status quo in both parties got way too comfortable in their globalist ivory towers. They expected Hillary vs. Jeb. Either winner would have continued Obama’s script. That is, the quest for globalism by means of false flags, fear and the confiscation of our remaining freedoms.
The elitists didn’t think they needed to listen to the working people, whose wages haven’t risen in decades. They took the people for granted and concentrated on their own echo chamber world. It’s an unaccountable world of big money and power. It’s a world of abject corruption. They consider themselves above the law and above morals. Many of them even practice satanism and run child sex rings.

The elite running the show never worried about losing. They owned the game and it was rigged in their favor. Their attitude was epitomized by Hillary’s smug and entitled face. She expected an easy coronation. All they had to do was get their mainstream media to spew the usual fake news, smears and mind control propaganda. The oligarchy thought they had it in the bag.

Instead, the citizens finally woke up to the scam. That’s why the globalist elite now want to shut down citizen muckrakers and whistle blowers on the Internet. They are demonizing alternative media. We need to brace ourselves for that.

Trump came along and swept away their grip on the presidency. He needs to keep on sweeping. —Ben Garrison

The 2016 Presidential Election Collection:

My new book is out. Unfortunately it's only for the Kindle right now. I will try to work on a printed version next.

Ben Garrison

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Mount Trumpmore:

I'm trying to make living as a cartoonist, which is no easy feat. I knew it would be difficult, but with the help of my wife Tina, we are making some headway. I've also accepted commissions for cartoons. I've received several commissions from Internet personalities and they have been terrific. (They know who they are). They've always paid me right away.

Some of my customers have been, let's say, less reliable. One wanted a cartoon featuring his four favorite heroes on Mount Rushmore. They included Trump, Benjamin Franklin, Curtis LeMay and "Kelly" Johnson. The featured aircraft includes Trump's 757, LeMay's B-52 and B-29 as well as Kelly's SR-71.

My commissioner loved the cartoon he requested, but once he got the proof, I was subsequently ignored. All attempts to collect what I was owed failed. I assume he was happy with printing out a low-res copy for his wall. The good news is we still sold the original cartoon at a good price at auction. So someone has a nicely-drawn bona fide, original Ben Garrison cartoon! Many thanks to that buyer.

Here is the cartoon:

l'erreur Française?

One of my cartoons made it into a popular French magazine. Their headline refers to cartoonists revolting against the election of Donald Trump. Mine is the lone 'positive' one, which is curious.

It occurred to me that perhaps they thought I was being negative and that I was on the side of the cannons and cannon balls. Nope!

What this collection also shows is the Statue of Liberty crying. That's perhaps the most over-used image in American cartooning. At least the one with Trump 'grabbing' her was more original.

--Ben Garrison

It's a BIG CLUB. And you ain't in it!

George Carlin once famously joked, “It’s a Big Club. And YOU ain’t in it! You and I are not in the big club….”

Only he wasn’t joking. The ‘Big Club’ exists and they are unaccountable to the people outside of it. This private club of globalists came about because we allowed them to control our system of money. At first it was the Rothschilds who gained control of the banking houses of Europe. This notorious family funded both sides of wars and cleaned up. They funded governments and ended up controlling those governments. They tried to do the same for America. Alexander Hamilton was a stooge for European banking interests. He helped set up the first central bank to control our nation’s money. Andrew Jackson spent two terms throwing out the Rothschild snakes, and he succeeded. But the central bankers were persistent. We got the Federal Reserve foisted upon us in 1913 and the globalist bankers once again were in control. As a nation, we got poorer while we were saddled with endless war. To be sure, the very top of the pyramid continues to get stupendously richer, but that’s by design.

And now we have Trump. He was elected to drain the swamp. He may be our last hope to tip the Big Club over a cliff. He has expressed some interest in auditing the Federal Reserve. This is the first step in exposing their rampant corruption. First audit the Fed, then end the Fed. Trump also wants to bring good paying jobs back to America and close the wide open borders. The Big Club doesn’t want this.

Unfortunately Trump appointed Mnuchin, an ex-Goldman Sachs executive, as Secretary of Treasury. More ominously, Mnuchin once partnered with Soros. I would much rather have seen Ron Paul become Treasury Secretary, but perhaps Trump wants a few insiders in his cabinet in order to better deal with the powers that be. Trump said Mnuchin made some ‘amazing deals.’ Fine—as long as he’s willing to deal We The People in this time.

Maybe Trump wants such insiders because they know where the bodies are buried. That way he can better expose them. Can Mnuchin help bring back Glass Steagall and end the Big Club’s stranglehold on us? It remains to be seen, but if Trump continues to dine with Romney and others from the Big Club—and then does does their bidding, his feet will need to be held to the fire. Right now we can only hope that he is playing them off against one another.

Ben Garrison

P.S. I caught some flak for including the Queen of England. While she did voice some support for Brexit, critics are missing the point. She is definitely part of the 'Big Club' and represents the old blood lines who continue to want to dominate humanity. We Americans do not believe in royalty, nor should they have any sway over our country. She is also known to change her mind on news events. She was all for 'diversity' and welcoming immigrants.

Yes, I'm a young man!

The fake media has no clue just how old I really am, ha ha

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Some conservatives went beyond normalization into veneration. Ben Garrison, heretofore known as a "libertarian" cartoonist, has gone full Leaderite, as seen in his extremely flattering nude portrait of The Leader as the biblical Adam, tempted by satanic snakes Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, et alia to take a bite of an apple called "Compromise." "He can’t be going down that slippery slope," insisted Garrison. "If he does, the wall won’t be built and Obamacare won’t be revoked…and most likely, Hillary won’t be locked up." This young man is in for a bitter disappointment, at least until Trump changes his mind to distract from some future crisis in his administration.

http://www.villagevoice.com/news/a-return-to-normalization-rightbloggers-help-numb-the-nation-to-trump-9397446

Hillary Won't Go Away:

They say it's not over until the 'fat lady sings,' and Hillary just won't shut up.

Hillary has decided to join with Jill Stein and challenge the election. The globalist meddler and Hillary supporter George Soros is helping to fund it. This after she had earlier lectured Trump about accepting the outcome. She unctuously lectured him because she expected to win.

In the third presidential debate, Trump said he might contest the election if he found evidence of wrong doing. Hillary scolded him and said this: “We’ve accepted the outcomes when we may not have liked them. I for one am appalled that somebody in a major party would take that kind of position!” Hillary was horrified and got on her high horse to make a big deal of it.

In her concession speech she said, "We have to accept the results and look to the future. It’s time to give Donald Trump his chance to lead.” Apparently she lied. Again. What a shocker!

Hillary, you’re a hypocrite and you LOST. And don’t blame the Russians. It’s YOUR fault. Take responsibility for once.

It’s time for you to get off the stage and into prison.

Ben Garrison

CASTRO IS DEAD:

They say deaths of famous people happens in threes. I have some suggestions in this cartoon for the other two.

A murdering, despicable tyrant named Fidel Castro is dead. He inflicted communism on Cuba, which he and his brother ran with an iron fist.

Castro lived to an overripe old age. Many dictators live long lives because they love power. Gollum in “The Lord of the Rings” couldn’t die as long as he possessed the Ring of Power. Even when he lost it he couldn’t die because he still lusted for the ring. It’s the same principle with tyrants. Some years ago I read a biography titled “Mao, The Unknown Story," written by Jung Chang. When Mao was finally about to die, he resented it mightily. Not necessarily because he feared death. What he really resented was losing his power. He absolutely loved it. He was obsessed with power. So was Castro.

The globalist cabal includes old men such as Henry Kissinger, George Soros, David Rockefeller and many more. All these ancient creatures cling to life, power, influence and money. It’s as if they want to hang around long enough to see their globalist dreams come true.

The war criminal known as Henry Kissinger is a notorious figure who pushes the New World Order. He has contempt for humanity—he considers most people to be 'useless eaters.' Rockefeller is over 100 years old and worth many billions of dollars. He’s had multiple heart transplants. He’s more a ghoul than a human being. He’s proud to be part of a secret cabal bent on dominating the world. Or it could be he knows he can’t take his many billions of dollars with him, so he’s decided to stay on Earth permanently. Soros persistently pumps money into strategies that bring strife and division to America. He thinks a broken America can be made to accept the new world order—with Soros being one of those in charge and administering it. Currently he’s busy funding those who want to challenge Trump’s legal election. 

What these people want is collectivism for humanity. It can also be called communism. They don’t really care what it’s called as long as humanity is united and enslaved under their whip. The cabal is getting more desperate which makes them more dangerous. They want to shut down free speech on the Internet. They know their propaganda arms known as the mainstream media are being held in contempt by most Americans.

These monsters can’t live forever and people are waking up. 

Don’t rest in peace, Castro. You certainly don’t deserve it.

For more on Fidel Castro, listen to this excellent video by Stefan Molyneux:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EhlTI0fte0

—Ben Garrison

Here is President Elect Trump's reaction:

"Today, the world marks the passing of a brutal dictator who oppressed his own people for nearly six decades," Trump said in a statement issued a couple of hours after his tweet.

"Fidel Castro's legacy is one of firing squads, theft, unimaginable suffering, poverty and the denial of fundamental human rights. While Cuba remains a totalitarian island, it is my hope that today marks a move away from the horrors endured for too long, and toward a future in which the wonderful Cuban people finally live in the freedom they so richly deserve."

RACISTS, CNN and the ALT RIGHT:

I was listening to CNN the other day while drawing this cartoon. They were driving very hard to the hoop by attempting to tie the alt right movement with Trump. Every other word they used seemed to be 'racist.'

This is the crazy, name-calling atmosphere in which we now must all live and breathe. The country is increasingly being divided into two camps: Good and Evil. The liberals see themselves as the 'good' and claim the conservatives are evil, racist, Hitler-loving Nazi bigots. Naturally we on the right see good as being on our side. We're disgusted when they send jobs overseas. We can't stand the rampant corruption and rigging of the game in their favor. We're fed up with wide open borders. Hillary advocates an 'open hemisphere,' that is, anyone can waltz in and get free stuff while voting for Democrats. The lefties hope that an influx of 'immigrants' will vote to take away what freedoms we have left--especially our 2nd Amendment.

But I digress. During the election season, the alternative media whooped the 'mainstream,’ in the ratings game. Young people in particular refuse to read newspapers or watch the globalist disinfo channels on TV. More people would rather check the Drudge Report or Zero Hedge than CNN. The mainstream has become the 'legacy media.'

Therefore, the legacy media are panicking and attempting to paint the alternative media with a broad brush of Hitlerism. "Alt Right" suits them for that goal because it sounds vaguely like 'Third Reich.' Most liberals are carrying the propaganda ball on social media to spread the fear. They warn about ominous boogeymen on the alt right who are out to destroy liberal values. It's a new form of McCarthyism. Literally. Hillary and the left are trying to spark a new cold war with Russia. There's no reason America and Russia can't be allied in trying to halt the spread of radical Islam.

But I digress again. I watched the streaming video from a convention center in Washington DC, where alt right personalities such as Richard Spencer, Peter Brimelow and Kevin MacDonald had gathered to speak their minds. Most there supported Donald Trump. This event was then used by CNN to smear Trump and drum up fear—usually involving some vague conspiracy about a Nazi takeover in America. Balderdash.

None of the speakers advocated violence. They expressed their views in a civilized and reasonable manner. I certainly didn't agree with everything they said. But agree or disagree, it's their right of FREE SPEECH. If it's not protected, then it's a matter of time before any political speech not approved by the collectivists gets shut down. Obama has already hinted that he wants this. He claimed the Internet had become the 'wild west' and that order was needed. The New World Order, of course. "Folks need a place where they can find the truth,” he said. Places such as CNN, right Obama? Sorry, that won't work anymore. That's why he's anxious for an Internet that is 'controlled' by a globalist bureaucracy. It will be set up to demonize and shut down anyone stepping out of line. That's why Obama was anxious to give away control of the Internet to his buddies at the UN.

Such demonization has already been occurring. Twitter, Google, FaceBook et al., have begun to silence those who aren't in alignment with things such as open borders, climate change and 'free' trade. People can be shut down for disseminating so-called 'false news.'

Liberals and the SJWs are living in fear. They claim that these are dangerous, perilous times. That danger emanates from themselves. They're the ones who want people humiliated and fired for holding un-PC opinions. They're the ones who have exhibited violence. They’re the ones who want to see Trump assassinated. They're the ones who are intolerant of opinions unaligned with their narrative of the world. They're the ones who seem anxious to give away our freedoms in the name of security. They do this to feel good about themselves while smugly strutting their so-called moral superiority. It's all about virtue signaling.

It's CNN's right to call everyone with whom they disagree 'racist.' It's our right to laugh at them because their rancid flower of their ridiculousness has reached full bloom.

Ben Garrison

No Compromising!

Things have changed since Trump's election. Suddenly, he's no longer the worst human being in the world. Former enemies are now exhibiting deferential kindness toward their new president. Trump can be talked to and persuaded. He’s a reasonable man! He’s an innocent in politics and needs to surround himself with those familiar with how the globalist, er, American system works. It's time to crash his party! That’s their new strategy. Ingratiation. Many of the ‘never Trumpers’ including Romney, Kasich and Bush have called to congratulate Trump after doing their best to destroy him before he was elected. Even the clown known as Glenn Beck wants to board the Trump Train.

Will Trump be overwhelmed by the Beltway's ‘go along to get along’ status quo statism? Will he begin watering down his campaign promises? This is something many of his supporters now fear. The mainstream media are capitalizing on that fear and making claims that he won’t repeal Obamacare and that the wall might end up becoming a thin fence at best. They’re drumming up the narrative that Trump will compromise, thus making it a reality.

People such as Paul Ryan are examples of politicians who compromise as a matter of routine—much to the disdain of many Republican voters. Trump is now also expected to compromise. Many in the alternative media have also hinted that it's to be expected. I disagree. He should not be drawn toward the slippery slope of compromise. The wall must be built. Obamacare must be revoked. Hillary must be locked up. Tariffs must be used to bring back industry to our country. America must become great again.

Trump should gracefully accept congratulations from Republicans who formally smeared and ridiculed him, but he must not reward their betrayal by inviting them to have an influence on his administration. He should listen to world leaders such as Xi Jinping who has warned Trump about starting ’trade wars,’ but he must not compromise and bow to them as Obama has done. For too long trade agreements have been a one-way street that rewards other countries such as China while impoverishing America.

There should be no compromising when it comes to making America great again.

Ben Garrison

The Crying Game: Mourning In America

The always reliable CNN linked to Aaron Sorkin’s letter of comfort to his daughter. That is, he reassured her that he would stand up to the dangerous President Trump and not move to Canada like so many other celebrities threatened to do should Trump win the presidency. They’ve since reneged on their promise. Besides, Canada doesn’t want them.

In his fear-mongering screed, Sorkin said this:

“…it wasn't just Trump who won but the Ku Klux Klan, white nationalists, sexists, racists and buffoons.”

http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/10/entertainment/aaron-sorkin-letter-daughter-donald-trump-win/index.html

How delusional is this man to think that millions of Trump voters are somehow members of the Klan? Is he smearing roughly half of America as ‘racist’ simply because they see the folly of open borders and unaffordable health care? Are they racist because they want to end the rampant corruption and see jobs brought back to our country? ‘America first’ used to be patriotic. Now one is called racist or a ‘buffoon’ simply for being against globalism. The buffoon part is to be expected, I guess. It’s currently the favorite insult for Trump among lefties and it’s seen and heard everywhere on YouTube and elsewhere.

Mr. Sorkin is emblematic of the celebrity crybabies and protestors who are now pitching crying tantrums over Trump’s election. They are truly out of touch with reality and evidence. Apparently the propaganda arms known as the mainstream media were successful in brainwashing many. The globalist billionaire Soros also has a lot to do with funding the protests and conflict in America.

Let them have their fits. Let them wallow in their self pity and crocodile tears. Let them gnash their teeth and curse loudly—that’s their freedom of speech. But when many on social media start crying to assassinate Trump, that’s where the line should be drawn.

—Ben Garrison