NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States of America, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, in honor and tribute to the memory of President James Earl Carter, Jr., and as an expression of public sorrow, do hereby direct that the flag of the United States be displayed at half-staff at the White House and on all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions for a period of 30 days from the day of his death. I also direct that, for the same length of time, the representatives of the United States in foreign countries shall make similar arrangements for the display of the flag at half‑staff over their embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations.
I hereby order that suitable honors be rendered by units of the Armed Forces under orders of the Secretary of Defense.
I do further appoint January 9, 2025, as a National Day of Mourning throughout the United States. I call on the American people to assemble on that day in their respective places of worship, there to pay homage to the memory of President James Earl Carter, Jr. I invite the people of the world who share our grief to join us in this solemn observance.
Proclamation Announcing the Death of James Earl Carter, Jr. | The White House
USA Today: What is a national day of mourning? Why the US is honoring former President Jimmy Carter--- What is a national day of mourning? A national day of mourning is a day to honor and pay respects to a revered public figure who has died, most commonly a U.S. president. In the case of Jimmy Carter, the national day of mourning will be held on the same day as the 39th president’s funeral at Washington National Cathedral. The history of the national day of mourning The most recent president to be honored with a national day of mourning was George H.W. Bush after his death in December 2018. The tradition began in 1865 with a one-day government shutdown six weeks after Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, according to the New York Times. While several presidents have been honored with a day of mourning in the subsequent years, others have been commemorated as well. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy were each honored with a national day of mourning after they were assassinated in 1968. […] What is closed on a national day of mourning? Biden issued an executive order Dec. 30 that “all executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government shall be closed on Jan. 9,” except those necessary for “national security, defense, or other public need.” That means federal employees will have a paid day off. Here’s a list of agencies and services that will briefly close for the day: The U.S. Postal Service said post offices will be closed and regular mail will not be delivered Thursday, although a… Read more »
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All living former presidents attend President Jimmy Carter’s memorial service at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC.
Fitting tribute to a remarkable guy who deserves better than he got.
a morning of mourning, coast-to-coast miseries by fire and ice —
Southern California wildfires kill 5, burned more than 2,000 buildings – Los Angeles Times
So Long Jimmy. I was lucky to have you for political inspiration at a young age. I see college kids worshiping Trump and wonder if at my age now they’ll regret it.
meantime, colbert last night
early on in his monologue he notes that KY is in the teens. sorry, stephen, it’s more like the single digits in these parts today and 2 to 5″ more snow coming tomorrow.
I am sort of surprised Jimmy was not brought to the Naval Academy for a couple of days. He is the only USNA graduate to become president. The last president of the era.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/01/09/south-jimmy-carter-civil-war-00197120
A friend went to Rotunda yesterday and they gave these out. Very classy.
It so happens I am driving right past the National Cathedral during the service, on way to doctor’s appointment, so I’ll give him a wave.
FEMA was President Carter’s creation. I did not know that.
I hope anyone in Congress who hides behind the Bible and knows better than to support the tRUMPsky/Project 2025 agenda will do some soul searching (if they didn’t sell it, outright)…or just burst into flames the next time they utter a churchy lie.
I did not know that BiD, nice catch..
FEMA Mourns Agency’s Founder President Jimmy Carter
WASHINGTON — FEMA joins the nation in mourning the passing of President Jimmy Carter. The 39th U.S. president will be remembered for his service to our nation as a Naval officer, governor, diplomat who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (2002), and Habitat for Humanity volunteer. At FEMA, he will also be remembered as our agency’s founder. President Carter created our agency in 1979, strengthening our country’s ability to address disasters.
https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20250108/fema-mourns-agencys-founder-president-jimmy-carter
Oof, President Obama has to sit next to Prez-Elect Poopy Pants & listen to orange nonsense and lies.
Poor Obama, Trump has not stopped talking to him and he’s trying to be polite. Noticed W shook hands with Obama, totally ignored Trump.
President Carter built homes.
Prez-Elect Orange Adolf prohibited POC from living in his buildings.
The side-by-side is glaring.
tRUMPsky is probably relieved to be away from Elon for an hour.
FEMA going into operation in California. Thank You, President Carter.
You-know-who hasn’t even offered condolences to those who’ve died in the fires.
patd, it’s a balmy 26 here this morning, with no wind to speak of. We’re waiting for whatever doesn’t get left with you tomorrow night. The good news is that the temps are rising a little – still below freezing, but still warmer than today’s predicted high of 24 (my thermometers disagree with TWC’s).
BB, that’s a good point.
BiD, “POS Orange Adolf prohibited POC from living in his buildings.” Fixed that for you.
I had forgotten Steve Ford was an actor.
The part President Ford included that President Carter reminded us Jesus was a carpenter. (Not a real estate swindler, a carpenter. Real work.)
POS Orange Adolf (thanks, Pogo) isn’t even able to comprehend what’s going on. He’s probably thinking about his lunch order; with or without cheese. Hmmm.
I love the Naval Hymn, my dad having been a swabby.
He never does.
Passed by Cathedral during service, and waved for all Trailmixers.
I’m not much for religion or funerals, but that was a good one.
today’s meme…
Good snap of the church, Craig. Thanks for waving on our behalf.
Ivy, luckily I had just enough time at the stop light to get a pic, and before the massive security forces around me got itchy.
Observers blast Trump for ‘disrespectful’ conduct at Carter funeral. “Watching Trump talk to Obama at Carter funeral. Obama looked like the guy stuck in airplane seat next to a guy who won’t shut up.”
https://www.rawstory.com/jimmy-carter-funeral/
If Michelle had been there, she would’ve been seated next to SFB. Barack taking one for the team.
Karen Pence didn’t shake Adolf’s tiny hand, nor even look at him.
If I’m still around after SFB eats one burger too many, I’ll be having a party. If I go first, I’ll be haunting him.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/trumps-greenland-overtures-are-scaring-confusing-residents-rcna186932
“The world’s largest island has been under Denmark’s control since the 14th century, and most of its citizens belong to Inuit tribes. But for the longstanding independence movement in the autonomous territory, being sold by the Danish government to their American counterparts is hardly part of the plan.”
“We are a proud Indigenous people with right to self-determination and not some sort of good that can be traded,” Aaja Chemnitz, a member of Greenland’s parliament, told NBC News, adding that the future “is for Greenlanders to decide, and the majority wants to be independent.”
“On the same day, his son Donald Trump Jr. visited Greenland’s capital, Nuuk, which was covered in a thick blanket of snow. If he’d looked beyond the smattering of enthusiastic supporters wearing MAGA hats who greeted him, he would have found a mixed reaction and some alarm among ordinary Greenlanders to Trump senior’s suggestion of brute force.”
*Hmmmm, MAGAt hats in Greenland? Paid some folks to do that so they could start building their lie.
WaPo: (Jennifer Rubin)
Funny kind of mess the country’s in.
Pogo – When I moved to this little town, I heard two women at the grocery store saying how frightened they were of immigrants coming across the TX border; they were talking about the young woman who’s death was exploited by Adolf at the Republican n@zi Convention.
There is no cable in this house, but the family listens to Joe Rogan, the bug-eating comic who filled the vacuum left by Rush Limbaugh, religiously. I would argue that most of the so-called “Christian” males are actually followers of fragile-ego misogynists like themselves.
It would be nice if President Carter’s public service caused some of Adolf’s followers to have a bit of introspection and maybe even regrow their spines.
ps – In addition to thinking about his lunch order during the service, SFB was probably also thinking about how much bigger and goldy-er his service will be. I can see it now. Fifth Avenue is closed down for a public service, then his plus-sized casket ascends the escalator in tRUMPsky Tower of Babel.
Jimmy could’ve chosen to be buried at Arlington.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/01/09/texas-summer-school-lunch-food-stamp/
“Texas is silent on whether it will offer summer food assistance for students”
“Nearly 40 states have chosen to participate in a more than $2 billion grocery program that gives low-income families an extra $120 per child to help feed them during the summer break.”
“But Texas, which has 3.8 million children eligible for the program, is not one of them.”
“Last year, when the federal funding was first offered, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission passed on it, saying it did not have enough time to set up the program. This year, commission officials have not said if the state will participate, referring all questions about the program to this section in its legislative appropriation request for 2026 and 2027, filed months ago.”
“Half of the states who have not yet joined the summer program have been slow to expand programs for low-income residents, the biggest of which is Medicaid. Texas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee and South Carolina are among the 10 states that have refused to expand Medicaid health insurance to more state residents.”
*Jesus wept.
BiD, they would probably be better off worrying about the drug-addled meth heads in their local trailer park than Central Americans coming across the Texican border.
My dad and my uncles would have been eligible for inurnment at Arlington or for burial at a VA National Cemetery, but they never apparently considered it. The one uncle who retired from the USAF wsa eligible for either. Not sure where he elected to be buried, but I don’t think it was a National Cemetery.
Just saw that the Will Rogers ranch house has burned. Truly iconic home and polo grounds in the surrounding state park with its riding and hiking trails!
“ I see college kids worshiping Trump and wonder if at my age now they’ll regret it.”
if i make it to your age those little trump-worshipping bastards will be running my society
…if their dumb fuckin parents don’t collapse it first
Beautiful snow here, and a buck snacking on the deer block.
Well, SCOTUS told Dumbass “nope”.
“A divided Supreme Court refused to delay Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case, clearing the way for the president-elect to face judgment in a New York courtroom on Friday and to be formally classified as a felon before he returns to the White House.
“Trump turned to the Supreme Court in a last-ditch effort to stop the hearing, citing the conservative majority’s explosive opinion in July that granted him and other former presidents immunity from criminal prosecution for their official acts.
“He is set to be sentenced Friday, after a jury convicted him of 34 counts of falsifying business records related to a hush money payment made to an adult-film actress during the 2016 election. New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, who presided over Trump’s trial, has said he does not plan to give the incoming president jail time or probation.”
… which formalizes his status as a convicted felon.
I wonder if those mugshot Tees will again sell like hotcakes.
https://www.businessinsider.com/scotus-allows-trumps-ny-hush-money-sentencing-proceed-friday-2025-1
“SCOTUS allows Trump hush-money sentencing to proceed on Friday”
Is the oath of a convicted-and-sentenced felon worth the paper it’s sworn on?
My friend texted me, “No mail today.” I replied, “For Jimmy?” She replied, “A national day of mourning.” I replied, “That’s every day now.”
lol people complaining about egg prices- all the expensive eggs were sold out, plenty of store brand eggs
Americans are the worst
it’s Biden’s fault that quail eggs are so expensive 🙄
i’m starting to think it wasn’t about egg prices 😝
Your white people grocery store is expensive to keep out the people of color, it’s not inflation it’s exclusion
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