Deadly riots
Have you noticed that very often when the MSM or Democrats refer to the Capitol riot the word “riot” is modified by the word “deadly”? And of course, this is correct: the riots were deadly. But what do we know … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Law
Founder of the WalkAway movement Brandon Straka arrested
First they deplatformed him, and now he’s been arrested. The allegations are as follows: Brandon Straka, 44, was arrested on a felony charge of interfering with police during civil disorder. The self-described founder of a movement to “walk away” from … Continue reading →
Washington DC, Biden, and the Democrats: security for me but not for thee
It was understandable that Democrats wanted good security for the inauguration this year. So did Trump in 2017, who had plenty of death threats and hatred thrown his way. But although I’m sure there was security for Trump’s inauguration (and … Continue reading →
Viva Frei and Nate the Lawyer: where do we go from here?
I haven’t watched this entire video; it’s very long. But the part I’m cueing up is much shorter, and it features a good discussion of the Capitol riots and the spin placed on them by the left, as well as … Continue reading →
The Democrats’ plan wasn’t that hard to see even back in March of 2019
Yesterday I accidentally happened across this post of mine from nearly two years ago. The post was about the Democrats’ desire to abolish the Electoral College, and it was in that context that I wrote the following, which may seem … Continue reading →
Why is DC still an armed camp?
Glenn Greenwald has some theories. [NOTE: Although Greenwald doesn’t talk about this, I was just wondering how many Americans have any knowledge of what the words “Reichstag Fire” might mean. For those who know their history, the parallels can be … Continue reading →
Packing the Union: this is a test
Commenter “D. Cohen” describes a problem: One big lack in the constitution is a statement about how small a state can be… Suppose political party A controls a state and both houses of Congress. It can then, constitutionally, have its … Continue reading →
Splitting a state’s electoral votes
New Hampshire is contemplating going the way of Maine and splitting its electoral votes: Like 47 other states, New Hampshire currently awards all its electors to the winner of the state’s popular vote. Across the border in Maine, however, Donald … Continue reading →
Drumming up fear
Inauguration Day is scheduled for Wednesday, and the troops are being put in place. During Trump’s inauguration, there was plenty of reason to expect violence, and in fact it did occur [emphasis mine]: Violence flared on some streets of Washington, … Continue reading →
How the Democrats got the voting rules changed
Could the following process have been successfully stopped by GOP challenges prior to the 2020 election? I don’t see how that could have been done in states in which the office of Secretary of State was held by a Democrat. … Continue reading →
John Sullivan is a person of some interest
We’ve really only barely begun to get the fuller story on what happened on January 6 at the Capitol. But the House was in such an all-fired hurry to stab at Moby Dick Trump that they couldn’t wait for some … Continue reading →
The House votes to impeach Trump
The charge is “incitement to insurrection.” Which is appropriately Orwellian, since there was neither “incitement” (see this) nor an “insurrection” – except to the degree that any protest against the government that involves any violence at all could be labeled … Continue reading →