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John Green 
The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE) has ripped the scab off of the festering wound we call the Senate filibuster. Requiring proof of citizenship to vote, is favored by over 80 percent of the electorate – at least of those voters who can legally vote. Its passage should be a no-brainer. But apparently the Senate lacks the brains for a no-brainer.
The world is filled with thugs – big and small. Whether they were created by nature or nurture is immaterial. They’ve been a fact of nature since Adam and Eve’s first born, murdered his little brother. Thinking we can prevent their existence with compassion and participation trophies is dangerously naïve.
In a just country, those in criminal justice who violate their oath would be punished more harshly than petty criminals. Apparently, America can no longer claim to be a just county.
There are a couple of recent articles, describing the debate underway in two states: Texas and Idaho. Both articles sound very similar in ideology, referencing the 10th Amendment, and arguing for states’ rights. But the actions of the two states couldn’t be more different.
About a year ago, my wife and I watched Netflix’s A House of Dynamite, and found it mildly entertaining. We watched it again last week and found it disturbingly chilling.
Greek mythology says that hubris (excessive pride) inevitably meets Nemesis (the goddess of retribution). When a man’s ambition exceeds his ability, calamity ensues. Well the Grand Poohbah of unjustified pride has to be Joseph Robinette Biden – who suffers the curse of concurrent arrogance and stupidity.
I wonder if Graham Platner (DSA-Maine) is a Madonna fan. I only ask because he seems like a real material boy; someone with a lust for life’s finer things – especially those that belong to other people.
Near the end of Joe Biden’s incompetence, corruption, and dementia extravaganza, thousands of pardons were issued – many for unstated crimes. Most weren’t done with a pen in a human hand, as our founders intended. They were done with an autopen – a machine that can emulate a human signature.
As silly as James Comey’s sea shell picture was, it was an implied threat against a President – which is against the law. That it was done in conjunction with other offenses gives it a special significance – a recent act of an ongoing conspiracy.
I didn’t receive either of my two best Father’s Day gifts on Father’s Day. I got the first one on May 26, 1985 when my son was born. The second was the new daughter I received on January 19, 2024.
The anti-2nd Amendment left insists that all assault weapons be banned from private use. Their logic is that as instruments of war, their only valid use is in the hands of government employees to surrender to Afghan savages, or suppress civil resistance (per Joe Biden). Of course they’ll make an exception for Karmelo Anthony.
In Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, John Galt repeatedly says “A” is “A.” It is his simple way of saying reality is factual – it is not subject to interpretation, context, or lived experience. Facts and the laws of nature are inviolate, and they are beginning to intrude on the propaganda of the left.
Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson, in his dissent to 1949 Terminiello v. Chicago decision wrote: “The Constitution is not a suicide pact.” Maybe yes, and maybe no. It will depend on how the Supreme Court interprets the 14th Amendment to decide the Trump v. Barbara case.
The New York Times recently sponsored a panel discussion : “Did D.E.I Go Too Far?” From the panel’s discussion, it’s apparent that the “experts” remain as clueless about DEI’s downfall, as they were about its potential.
President Asterisk didn’t appoint Ketanji Brown Jackson (KBJ) to the Supreme Court for her intellectual prowess, legal acumen, or incisive jurisprudence. He appointed her for the sole reason that she is a black woman. He even said so … with pride. Well, Justice Jackson has become a testament to DEI – just not in the …
Sir Isaac Newton’s 3rd law applies every bit as much to politics as it does to physics. “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” As applied to our republic, when the federal government stops behaving as intended, so do we.
32 years ago, the guru Forrest Gump told us how to identify idiots: A deficit of intelligence in a person may be verified by the asininity of their actions. Forrest shortened that for laymen to: “Stupid is as stupid does.”
Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandei argued that our various states are laboratories of self-governance – each testing social and economic policies to see what works and what doesn’t. This year we find ourselves in a unique position, two experiments are underway, on opposite coasts, testing opposite extremes of the political spectrum.
The title of this piece is a bold statement, and the SAVE act is proof that it’s true.
The MAGA movement is celebrating like Donald Trump destroyed the Death Star. But we need to remember that year-one, was only the first battle in an extended war, because our enemies within, have not been crushed.