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Yes, it was ‘just’ a special election, and yes, Mexico-born Mayra Flores will only hold the seat until the beginning of January unless she wins the general election in November, but this could well be a sign of things to come. From The New York Times: Republicans flip a Democratic-held House seat in South Texas, …
Some time ago I finished Volume 2 of Lee’s Lieutenants: A Study in Command by Douglas Freeman. Towards the end, I observed a passage on how General Lee managed to handle the ego of one of his great commanders, JEB Stuart. During the battle of Chancellorsville (May 1863), General Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson was mistakenly shot by …
For those of you who do not live in California let me answer that question.
As I write this, the Great American Public has been subjected to the first days of the tightly scripted and thoroughly rehearsed public portions of the hearings about the events of January 6.
It may have been House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s press conference, but it was Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters who stole the show. A 15-second clip of Pelosi speaking at the Summit of the America’s conference in Los Angeles on Friday as the congresswoman from California stood nearly motionless behind her went viral on Tuesday. In the …
Body Cams are a net positive for Law Enforcement…and could be used for other public applications
We don’t have a gun problem. We have a Democrat overpopulation and governance problem.
Max (Maxim?) Aleksandrovich Boot was born on September 12, 1969 in Moscow, the son of two Russian Jews. They were lucky: they were able to emigrate to the United States in 1976, bringing young Max with them. Mr Boot, whose parents fled a strongly antisemitic regime in the USSR under Leonid Brezhnev, once said, “I …
Thirty-one people affiliated with the white nationalist group Patriot Front were arrested
Ahead of Flag Day, Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser ordered flags with 51 stars to be raised in the district because “DC’s disenfranchisement is a stain on American democracy – a 220-year-old wrong that demands to be righted.” In a statement posted to her government website on Monday, the mayor said, “Today, ahead of Flag Day, …
Words without actions mean nothing. To stop mass shooters, like other criminals, you must remove them from society.
Last September, British comedian turned YouTube host Russell Brand stunned the liberal blogosphere with his podcast titled “Trump was RIGHT About Clinton & Russia Collusion!!” “Russell Brand, an actor typically known for his more liberal political opinions, is starting to lean heavily into right-wing conspiracies on his YouTube channel, leaving fans flummoxed and upset,” bellowed a …
Once upon a time, the ACLU stood for something. Its official statement was that it stood for the rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights.
A urban fable that’s come up recently, is that being a law enforcement officer (LEO) requires less training than a beautician (although inaccurate, I must agree some states put ridiculous requirements on licensing to cut hair). The implication is that police are undertrained, or worse, untrained. To put it mildly, that is inaccurate. Liberals in …
The above is not an assault rifle, and neither are most of the firearms now under attack by the left. We need to take back the language.
John R. Surdu Last week I posted an article, called “What is Hate Speech?” In that article, I asserted that social media tech tyrants, media talking heads, members of every perpetual victim class, Leftist, and woke politicians define “hate speech” as “anything I don’t like.” The Left uses many weapons to divide us, create …
CNN’s Dana Bash asks Democratic socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez if she will back President Joe Biden if he decides to run for reelection in 2024. “You know, if the President chooses to run again in 2024,” the congresswoman from New York says before abruptly stopping and changing course. She laughs and tells Bash, “I mean …
Ordinary Americans aren’t the only ones feeling the squeeze from the record high prices of gasoline. With over three months to go before the end of their fiscal year, the Isabella County Sheriff’s Office in central Michigan has already exhausted their entire fuel budget. According to WDIV-TV, in a now-deleted June 7 Facebook post, Sheriff Michael Main wrote: …
