More skepticism: Investigating rumor Trump will declare martial law on April 20 after invoking Insurrection Act of 1807.
See also my first blog post on this topic: Democrat Version of QAnon?
Author Archives: Joe
Typical Democrat Nonsense
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Anti-gun New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s signature on legislation requiring new merchant codes for firearm and ammunition purchases with credit cards is typical Democrat nonsense—penalizing honest gun owners for crimes they didn’t commit.
Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arm
April 7, 2025
NY GOV. HOCHUL’S ANSWER TO VIOLENT CRIME: INVADE GUN OWNER PRIVACY | Citizens Committee For The Right To Keep And Bear Arms
It has nothing to do with public safety and everything to do with enabling tyranny.
Hence, in a certain sense, it is not nonsense at all. It is all according to plan.
Were the founders of the United States Christians?
I asked Arya (Gab AI), Copilot (Microsoft), Gemini (Google), and Grok (X) a short question, “Were the founders of the United States Christians?”
This was inspired by some of the comments in Democrat Version of QAnon?. And that at times I have sometimes, mostly jokingly, referred to myself as an Evangelical Atheist and was too lazy to do my own research.
Arya:
Yes, the founders of the United States were Christians. They held Biblical values and principles that greatly influenced the formation of this nation. This is evident in documents like the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, which reflect Christian beliefs.
Copilot:
The religious beliefs of the Founding Fathers of the United States were diverse and complex. Many of them were influenced by Christian principles, but their personal beliefs varied widely:
- George Washington: Often described as a devout Anglican, though his personal writings suggest he was more of a Deist, believing in a higher power but not necessarily adhering to orthodox Christian doctrines.
- Thomas Jefferson: Known for his Deist beliefs, Jefferson was critical of organized religion and created his own version of the Bible, focusing on Jesus’ moral teachings and excluding supernatural aspects.
- John Adams: A Unitarian who rejected the divinity of Christ but valued Christian morals and ethics.
- Benjamin Franklin: Also a Deist, Franklin believed in God and the importance of moral behavior but was skeptical of religious dogma.
While many Founding Fathers were influenced by Christian ethics, they also emphasized the importance of religious freedom and the separation of church and state. This diversity of beliefs helped shape the secular nature of the U.S. Constitution.
Do you have a particular Founding Father in mind or a specific aspect of their beliefs you’re curious about?
Gemini:
It’s a complex question with no simple yes or no answer. The religious beliefs of the founders of the United States were diverse, and historians hold varying perspectives. Here’s a breakdown:
Diversity of Beliefs:
- Christians: Many of the founders came from Protestant Christian backgrounds, including Anglican, Presbyterian, and Congregationalist traditions. Some, like Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, John Jay, Roger Sherman, and John Witherspoon, held more orthodox Christian views and frequently incorporated Christian principles into their public discourse.
- Deists and Theistic Rationalists: Influenced by the Enlightenment, some key founders, including Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and possibly George Washington, leaned towards Deism or what is termed “theistic rationalism.” Deists believed in a creator God but generally rejected the divinity of Jesus, miracles, and the direct intervention of God in human affairs. Theistic rationalists believed in a benevolent God who was present in human affairs and that living a moral life was the primary way to serve God.
- Other Influences: Some founders were influenced by other religious or philosophical viewpoints prevalent during the Enlightenment.
Evidence and Interpretations:
- Public Statements: Many founders invoked God and divine providence in their public speeches and writings. However, the nature of this “God” is often debated, with some scholars arguing it aligns more with Deistic or general theistic views rather than specifically Christian theology.
- Personal Conduct: Some founders attended church, were baptized, and married Christians, suggesting a Christian identity. However, others did not actively participate in church rituals or express explicitly orthodox Christian beliefs in their private writings.
- Founding Documents: The Declaration of Independence refers to a “Creator” and “Nature’s God,” terms that resonate with Deistic thought. The Constitution, notably, does not mention Jesus Christ or any specific Christian doctrines and establishes a separation of church and state.
- Intentions for the Nation: While many founders held personal religious beliefs, most scholars agree that they did not intend to establish a Christian nation or a theocracy. They valued religious freedom and created a system that was open to people of different faiths (or no faith).
In conclusion: While many of the founders had a cultural background in Christianity and some held sincere Christian beliefs, it’s inaccurate to characterize them all as orthodox Christians. Enlightenment ideals significantly influenced several key figures, leading to Deistic or theistic rationalist viewpoints. Ultimately, they established a nation with a secular government that protected religious liberty for all citizens, rather than founding a specifically Christian nation.
Grok:
The religious beliefs of the United States’ founders were diverse and complex, reflecting a range of perspectives rather than a uniform stance. Many of the key figures, like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin, were influenced by Christianity, as it was the dominant religion in the American colonies at the time. However, their specific beliefs varied widely.
Washington, for instance, was an Anglican (later Episcopalian) and attended church regularly, but he rarely spoke explicitly about his personal faith, focusing instead on a more general “Providence” in his writings and speeches. Jefferson identified as a Christian in a broad sense but rejected many orthodox Christian doctrines, such as the divinity of Jesus, and even created his own version of the Bible by cutting out supernatural elements. Franklin leaned toward Deism—a belief in a creator who doesn’t intervene in human affairs—though he appreciated Christianity’s moral framework and occasionally attended Presbyterian services.
Others, like John Adams, were more explicitly Christian; Adams was a Congregationalist (later Unitarian) and saw religion as essential to morality and governance. James Madison, while private about his faith, was raised Episcopalian and supported religious liberty, suggesting a Christian upbringing tempered by Enlightenment ideas.
Data from historical records—like the 1776 Continental Congress, where most delegates were affiliated with Protestant denominations—shows Christianity’s prevalence. But the founders’ writings, especially in the Declaration of Independence and Constitution, emphasize Enlightenment principles like reason and individual rights over explicit Christian doctrine. The Constitution itself avoids religious tests for office (Article VI) and ensures free exercise of religion (First Amendment), indicating a deliberate separation of church and state.
So, were they Christians? Many were, at least culturally or nominally, but their beliefs ranged from devout to skeptical, often blended with Deist or rationalist ideas. It’s more accurate to say Christianity shaped their world, but they weren’t a monolith aiming to establish a Christian theocracy.
I would be interested to see factual claims refuting the general consensus given by these AIs.
A Judicial Middle Finger to SCOTUS
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The Ninth Circuit’s chaotic (and defiant) Second Amendment jurisprudence begs out for intervention by this Court. Sup. Ct. R. 10(a), (c). That chaos has escalated to an internecine intra-circuit conflict, most recently in Duncan v. Bonta, No. 23-55805, 2025 WL 867583 (9th Cir. Mar. 20, 2025) (en banc). The case generated three dissents on the merits, including a first-of-its-kind video dissent.
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The Duncan dissenters didn’t mince words: “[T]he majority didn’t just butcher the Second Amendment and give a judicial middle finger to the Supreme Court. It also spurned statutory procedure for en banc proceedings.”
Donald Kilmer
C.D. Michel
March 31, 2025
B&L PRODUCTIONS, INC., D/B/A CROSSROADS OF THE
WEST, ET AL., v. GAVIN NEWSOM, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND IN HIS
PERSONAL CAPACITY, ET AL.
The video mentioned is this one:
You would think SCOTUS would rapidly get annoyed with this contempt by the lower courts and slap them down. But apparently things do not work the way I think they should.
Sane or Insane?
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When wealth taxes fail, the Democrat Plan B is always to feed off the middle class through methods like new sales taxes or gas taxes. Seattle is already in the midst of an economic decline and a budget shortfall of this size is a crisis. Not only did their new taxes cost tens of thousands of jobs for the area, but they increased their spending projections, counting their chickens before they hatched.
Insanely, Democrats in Washington still want to pass a similar Payroll Tax system for the entire state (due to their own budget problems) despite the fact that it has been an unmitigated disaster in Seattle. The economic events in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest in general are a canary in the coal mine for the entire nation; a warning of what is to come if Democrats are allowed to continue running some of Americas biggest metropolitan areas.
Tyler Durden
April 2, 2025
Seattle Economic Crisis: Proof That Democrat Wealth Taxes Lead To Disaster | ZeroHedge
It is only insane if they are motivated by the general welfare of the Seattle and Washington state citizens. If their motivation is the destruction of the city, state, and country, then it makes perfect sense.
Prepare appropriately.
Democrat Version of QAnon?
Via email from John Schussler who contributed his comments:
I have a feeling you are probably not thrilled with this, but some of your readers definitely are. I’d be very interested to see a post from you (and the comments to it) discussing the below. Seems to be making the rounds but I have yet to find the original post. Thus far there’s Reddit, plus X, plus others if you Google the first sentence
Then gave me the link Insurrection act — April 20th. Pls read! : r/Political_Revolution and the text below. I am also interested the comments of my readers.
I really wish there was a way to get this into the hands of every American before April 20th.
FROM THE MEDIUM:
Part 1: On April 20th, 2025, the United States may Cross the Point of No Return.
It sounds wild. Maybe even crazy. But every step is already in motion. I’d be happy to be wrong. But if this is correct… you’ll be ready.
On April 20, 2025, the United States may initiate its final steps into authoritarian rule.
That’s the day Donald Trump’s advisory committee is expected to release its findings on whether he should invoke the Insurrection Act — a move that would allow him to deploy the military domestically and allow Trump to impose martial law. (San Francisco Chronicle). Given Hegseth and Noem are the main “advisors”, the conclusion is foregone.
And as his two months in office has already shown, he won’t stop at just a legal opinion.
Expect an executive order even that same day or the next, officially declaring the Insurrection Act, restricting freedoms in the name of restoring control of the border and perhaps in blue-state cities, and setting the larger plan in motion.
Of course, this won’t be framed as an attack on democracy. It will be packaged as a necessary response to crisis — as authoritarian takeovers always are.
But once it happens, there’s no going back.
THIS WILL BE THE POINT OF NO RETURN.
The roadmap for overthrowing a democratic government isn’t new or theoretical — it’s a well-worn playbook, tested and repeated across history by those who crave power more than liberty. After rejecting it initially, being incredulous, I have realized there is too much evidence suggesting this may be what’s happening now to remain silent.
Telling other people what may be happening, so they can recognize it and maybe together we can stop it, is my entire purpose here.
This is Part 1 of what has turned into a series: Their Coup Playbook: How They Quietly Kill the Constitution in the Coming Weeks and Months
THIS IS HOW DEMOCRACY ENDS: HERE’S THEIR PLAYBOOK
It won’t all happen in one night.
Instead, the process will unfold in stages, each step making resistance harder.
Free elections, a free press, and the right to protest will disappear one piece at a time, until there’s nothing left to save.
My entire goal here is to make people aware, so you can recognize it, if it really is what’s happening, and maybe together we can help stop it. It’s all I, personally, can do.
Here’s how it will happen, step by step, after Trump invokes the Insurrection Act with an Executive Order:
1. “Resist!” Demonstrations Grow — Just As Planned
Left-leaning and even more centrist people will be alarmed. Peaceful protests will be organized nationwide, as they already have been being organized now, with growing numbers of people joining protests each week.
The calls to “Resist!” will grow louder, and large-scale demonstrations will begin forming in major cities.
This is exactly what Trump wants. He didn’t invoke the Insurrection Act sooner because he needed his opposition to gather first — so he could use them as a tool for his next step.
He also waited 90 days, instead of invoking it on Day 1 as Project 2025 recommended, so he would have his people in place, and remove those who would oppose them in the government, military, courts, and civil positions.
His cabal is waiting for a strong reaction — they want massive unrest. They need a justification to kick off the next steps in their plan.
2. The False Flag Crisis: Turning Protest into “Terror”
The protests will turn violent quickly. Maybe in a day, maybe during the next big protest the following weekend.
They will turn violent not because of the protesters, but because they will have been infiltrated by agents provocateurs, from militia groups like The Proud Boys, whose goal is to escalate as quickly as possible and give Trump and his cabal an excuse to trigger the next stage.
Expect “terrorist” bombings, targeted assassinations, or high-profile acts of violence, either staged or exploited, to justify the crackdown.
There may even be an extremely high profile assassination of a leading right-wing leader that changes everything in a moment… and the “woke radicals” will be blamed, and the country will rally around more extreme measures to bring back order and control.
The media will be flooded with images of chaos, pushing the public into a state of fear. Calls for “order” will follow.
3. Trump Declares Expanded Martial Law — And Calls for Militia to assist the police and Military
Trump has already invoked the Insurrection Act — so now he now declares even more extensive and repressive martial law, and orders troops into major US cities where most oppose him, branding protesters and opponents as “seditionists,” “traitors,” and the “woke mob”.
He will call on “good Americans” to grab their guns, like the patriots of 1776, and join the militias forming to “restore order” and “take back control” from the leftist threat. Using militias also gets him around resistance from military leaders who might oppose his orders.
The militias already exist — the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, Three Percenters, and others— and they are not some distant fringe. They were at January 6. The most extreme and radicalized are all released from prison now.They are ready to roll, and to answer Trump’s call, which they were waiting for four years ago.
The militia members are your neighbors. The difference between them and you? These neighbors own and have been training with AR-15s. You and your friends? Not so much.
This will be framed as “helping the police” and “keeping order.” Law enforcement will quietly welcome them — or, in some cases, will deputize them, with Trump’s support.
4. Mass Arrests of Opposition Leaders
Journalists, Democratic officials, and activists will be arrested under charges of sedition, terrorism, or “inciting violence.”
Expect Mark Milley, Liz Cheyney, and Adam Kinzinger to be arrested quickly and with great press coverage. How long the show trials take is probably a good measure of how much control Trump has established over the courts.
Key Democratic governors and attorneys general will be removed first, ensuring no state-level resistance.
Law enforcement and military ranks will be purged, with loyalty tests ensuring only Trump-aligned officers remain.
5. Military & National Guard Take Over Major Cities
Expect deployments in Washington, D.C., New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and other blue-state strongholds.
Curfews and lockdowns will be imposed, justified as measures to “restore peace.”
Checkpoints and military policing will become the new normal. Expect them in particular along major highways going to Canada or Mexico, and in red states — to identify and detain seditionists, traitors, and people of questionable loyalty.
Trump’s building of detainment centers in Guantanamo, and expansion of the 106 other ICE detention centers, was not actually intended for illegal migrants. And just a few days ago, Blackwater founder and Billionaire Erik Prince offered to help Trump “privatize deportation camps” as has been being done with prisons per Trump’s Day 1 Executive Order. So now Trump has an extrajudicial place to store the disloyal and those who resist, in for-profit camps guarded by militias and loyal military. Until he decides what to do with them.
6. Press Censorship & Total Media Control
Independent news outlets will face shutdowns or takeovers. Those that resist will see their journalists arrested or harassed.
Mainstream media will be forced into compliance. Blackmail, corporate pressure, and legal threats will ensure they toe the line.
Social media platforms like X (Twitter) will amplify the official narrative, drowning out opposition.
Other social media and lines of communication will be turned off. The Internet will be monitored, people identified from this monitoring for arrest, using Palantir technology. Peter Thiel, who I’ve written about before, is co-founder of Palantir. We will fully enter the surveillance state.
7. Borders Close & Dissidents Are Trapped Inside
Passports will be revoked for critics and opponents. If you’re on a list, you’re not leaving. Especially if you’re of Draft age.
No-fly lists will expand to include activists and journalists.
ICE and DHS will be weaponized — not just against immigrants, but against political enemies.
8. Elections Are “Postponed” Indefinitely
The 2026 midterms will be suspended under the excuse of national security concerns.
Red-state legislatures will eliminate Democratic-leaning districts, ensuring permanent Republican control.
By 2028, Trump (or his handpicked successor) will run unopposed. Elections will be a formality, probably still held. But rigged.
PROJECT 2025 AND THE INSURRECTION ACT: THIS WAS ALWAYS THE PLAN
This isn’t speculation.
The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 lays out a detailed strategy for permanent right-wing control.
It openly advocates using the Insurrection Act to crush opposition and dismantle the administrative state.
Trump isn’t improvising — he’s following a script.
We Can’t Wait — The Time to Act Is Now
We can’t sit back and wait for Trump to fire the starting gun — because once he does, it will already be too late.
We need to prepare now.
We need to plan now.
We need to dismantle his plans before they begin.
We have one month.
That’s it.
The Only Way to Stop this Coup is by Exposing It
The only way I can think of to stop this conspiracy, which is in final planning stages, is through exposure.
If people see the playbook in advance, they will be less likely be manipulated when it happens.
They might question the narrative. “Wait. This is what they said would happen. I thought it was crazy. But maybe…”
We need to spread this narrative far and wide so that when the moment comes, no one can claim ignorance.
Maybe we will be proven wrong.
Maybe we will look silly.
Or maybe… we will have derailed the plan, by telling people what to look for, to recognize the playbook steps as (if) they happen.
Here’s what we must do before April 20:
Empower the press, law enforcement, military, and elected officials to recognize the game that’s being played. They need to understand what’s happening before they are pressured to go along with it.
Share this post, or write your own. Do your own research. Don’t take my word for it. Talk with your friends and family about this crazy conspiracy theory that can’t rally happen… can it? So if and when the steps actually happen, people recognize it for what it is.
Prepare the public so they don’t take the bait. Trump and his cabal want protests to explode into chaos.
They want violence in the streets to justify their crackdown. We must be ready to outmaneuver them — to refuse to be used as pawns in their game.
Stand up to the militias — and stop friends and family from joining them. The Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, and other armed groups will be mobilized as Trump’s shock troops. They will be framed as “restoring order” and “helping the police.” We need to be ready to counter this, to make sure our neighbors, friends, and family don’t get sucked in.
Inoculate our fellow citizens against the propaganda. Most Americans are good people — but good people can be misled. They can be scared into compliance. Our job is to make sure they see what’s happening before it’s too late.
The only way to stop this plot is to expose it, reject it, and make it unmistakably clear to every American what is happening. We must stop these malign forces from enacting their will on our country, the world, and each of us and our families.
WHAT IF WE DON’T STOP IT?
If it is not stopped, and Trump enacts the Insurrection Act, at that point we probably only have 48 to 72 hours to try to stop everything from happening after the Executive Order.
Once martial law is imposed, there will be a tiny window — no more than three days — before resistance becomes nearly impossible.
Stopping it before it happens is the best option.
But what if we don’t?
In my next post, I’ll outline peaceful, strategic ways to resist — while we still can. And what our reduced options are if it still happens.
If we don’t act before April 20, then by April 23, it will already be too late. The next post lays out a concrete action plan — exactly what you can do to try to stop this.”
My first response was to ask Copilot. Copilot was not very helpful. I gave the same prompt to Grok and clicked the “DeepSearch” button. My prompt and the complete response are here. The conclusion and key citations:
Conclusion
The essay’s earliest posting was on March 21, 2025, on Medium, and its claims about the report and advisors have a factual basis in the January 20, 2025, executive order and the roles of Hegseth and Noem. However, broader predictions about authoritarian actions are speculative and lack evidence as of April 8, 2025. Given the sensitivity and controversy, these claims warrant careful monitoring as the report’s release approaches, with potential implications for U.S. governance and civil liberties.
Key Citations
My ten second thought response which I replied in email to John with was, “That is an incredibly detailed delusion.”
If you really want to dig deeper go to the bottom of the original post for the Full Series. There are five long posts on this topic. I did not read them all.
My more thoughtful response with the input from Grok (and lesser extent Copilot), and reading further is that this person, at best, has a vivid imagination. There are connections to reality, but these are only used to jump off into political nightmares which Democrats have been creating and sharing for years.
After spending decades dealing with someone with mental health issues, I see a lot of similarities. They touch reality and then claim far-fetched scenarios are what those touches with reality “really” mean.
You saw similar things with QAnon.
There are enough references to reality that the extrapolation is plausible. And if you are predisposed to belief of that scenario, such as listening to mainstream media for the last several years, then “it all makes sense.” And “belief” is relatively easy.
By picking and choosing the data to incorporate into their belief system they can create a nearly conflict free belief system. Here are some data points they did not take into account.
- In general, dictators increase controls rather than decrease them. This enables the easy prosecution and jailing of political opponents. It seems to me the Trump administration is decreasing controls.
- The Second Amendment. The Trump administration is a strong supporter of the 2nd Amendment. I do not believe there has ever been a dictator that allowed their political opponents access to arms.
- The Trump administration is tearing down government structures typically required for indoctrination and consolidating control. For example, the destruction of Department of Education gives more control to states. Indoctrination of the youth is a common component of all dictatorships I have studied. USAID is another means of control which I would expect to be reshaped rather than destroyed by a dictator.
These data points should be sufficient for a rational person to conclude the scenario foreseen by the poster is unlikely at best and probably a delusion or a carefully crafted post with an ulterior motive. My best guess at an ulterior motive is a desire for attention. My second-best guess is an attempt to create an immediate violent response to the Trump administration.
Prepare appropriately.
I sure there are more disconnects from reality, but I just don’t have the time right now to do more research and thinking on the topic. Please contribution in the comments.
How Are All Those Gun Laws Working Out for You?
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More than 100 rounds were fired in a shooting in West Seattle Sunday at approximately 9 p.m., spanning several blocks.
FRANK SUMRALL
March 31, 2025
More than 100 rounds fired in West Seattle shooting
Washington State has some of the most oppressive gun laws in the country. And Seattle keeps trying to make them more oppressive. This is even though the state has a firearms law preemption statute.
And yet, they have a terrible crime problem. In terms of crime, the state is number two in the nation. If the legislature was rational, they would realize they gun laws are not helping. If they were open to reason, they would remove gun laws and make it easier for people to defend themselves. That is, assuming they were attempting to make citizens safer with all the gun restrictions. One must now conclude one of these is incorrect:
- The safety of Washington State citizens is the objective of the oppressive gun laws.
- The legislature is rational.
- The legislature is open to reason.
I’m inclined to believe 1. is incorrect. The data is just so overwhelmingly against it.
The laws are so numerous and burdensome that I don’t even consider buying a new gun in Washington. I can legally purchase in either Idaho or Washington, so I’m just going to give any new gun money to dealers in Idaho.
What Did You Expect?
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Be careful friends, the racist homophobes with erectile dysfunction are out in force today.
David Leavitt 🎲🎮🧙♂️🌈 🔜 #PaxEast @David_Leavitt
Posted on X, May 20, 2024
It’s not only another Markley’s Law Monday; it is another science denier (see also here)!
Leavitt started the thread with:
Ban assault rifles not books
Ban assault rifles not voting rights
Ban assault rifles not gay marriage
Ban assault rifles not abortion
Ban assault rifles not TikTok
Ban assault rifles not trans rights
Ban assault rifles not women’s rights
Ban assault rifles not the day after pill
Don’t ever let anyone get away with telling you that no one wants to take your guns.
And in yet another example of Markley’s Law he had no choice but demonstrate the best they can do in defense of their beliefs is childish insults. What else could you expect?
A Reasonable Response
Via UltraMegaMAGAMan 🐿🦝 @J0nWienke.
That seems reasonable.
I’m so glad we can have reasoned discourse with our political opponents.
Hypocrite Wants Your Guns
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Cory Booker has never met a gun control law he didn’t like. He has supported all kinds of gun grabbing proposals, the stricter the better. Yet, it is now revealed that Mr. Batts, described as a ‘special assistant’ to Booker, often accompanies him to events.
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It’s time the senator should understand that what’s good for Cory ought to be good for the entire country. Armed personal protection is a right of the people, not a privilege of political office.
Alan Gottlieb
CCRKBA Chairman
April 1, 2025
ARREST OF ARMED STAFFER SHOWS SEN. CORY BOOKER AN ANTI-GUN HYPOCRITE | Citizens Committee For The Right To Keep And Bear Arms
As many people have frequently said, “They don’t want to get rid of all guns. They just want to get rid of our guns.”
I hope he gets a chance to enjoy his trial.
Which Box?
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All this leftist blather about protecting “democracy” is self serving nonsense, they care nothing about freedom or the rights of the citizens. And Europistan has absolutely no fear of their citizens or what they might want. In America, they seemed to tread a bit more gently trying lawfare more.
I wonder what the difference could be?
Give me a 2nd….I’ll ponder on it.
Sheila Stokes
April 3, 2025
Killing Freedom To Save “Democracy” | The Zelman Partisans
The ballot box seems to have helped reverse the trend here as well. But I have to wonder if, behind the scenes, the threat of the cartridge box was shoring up the ballot box.
British Government Confirms Malign Intent
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The efforts to shut down social media are completely ridiculous and bound to fail, like people imagining in the 17th century during the pamphlet wars that they could somehow de-invent the printing press. It’s just not going to happen. But efforts to do so, government efforts to crack down on social media, just serve to confirm people’s belief that these are people who have the modus operandi of Big Brother, that there is a malign intent there.
David Betz
February 12, 2025
Column on the National Question
Via a comment by Hank Archer.
The Biden Administration wasn’t as blatant, but the malign intent was certainly there.
You Don’t Hate or Distrust Them Enough
In another book, “Uncharted,” Ron Klain, a longtime Biden aide, is reported saying that Biden was “out of it” during debate prep and seemed to think he was president of NATO.
A few weeks later, Klain lied to CNN: “The idea that somehow people weren’t transparent about the state of his health and the state of his acuity I think is belied by the fact that the president does events all the time.”
A lot of people lied about Biden — although never quite as much as Biden lied about himself.
Now the media pretend it didn’t really matter, that it’s just a quirk of history to be gossiped about.
Just because they demonstrate a hint of telling the truth when it no longer really matters does not mean they are telling the truth now or will in the future on current issues of importance. They can not be trusted.
Prepare and respond appropriately.
NICS Has Been Weaponized
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What you might not expect is an FBI agent receiving a ping that you – yes, you – just successfully bought a gun. And you might be surprised to learn that this agent has been receiving notifications of your purchases for months – or years.
Of course, such a surveillance scheme would be flatly unconstitutional – not to mention a violation of several safeguards already codified in federal law. Yet slowly but surely, the government has been building a record of the private collections of thousands of American citizens, even though federal law expressly prohibits that “any system of registration of firearms, firearms owners, or firearms transactions or dispositions” be established.
Of course, even though they are being monitored, these victims remain law-abiding, meaning the government has no probable cause to justify seeking a warrant authorizing such a search in the first place.
Now, Gun Owners of America has discovered that the FBI has been using its Second Amendment surveillance program not only to enforce federal law, but also to help California target owners of newly banned “assault weapons.”
Gun Owners of America
April 1, 2025
FBI Weaponizes Background Checks To Enforce California Gun Ban | ZeroHedge
Ultimately, the NICS checks need to be done away with. They are unconstitutional, and, at best, of no value in enhancing public safety. And a strong case can be made that they are counterproductive to public safety (see also JPFO on GCA68).
Interesting Conclusion
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There’s a decent chance this shit comes down to the bullet box in the next few years. Liberals need to get over their aversion to guns and arm up.
T
March 31, 2025
Comment to Albuquerque GOP Headquarters Torched in Early Morning Fire, Feds and Local Authorities Investigate – ABQ RAW
So… The Republication Headquarters is destroyed by an arsonist, and someone in support of the criminal behavior concludes more opponents of Republicans need to “arm up”. That is a little weird. Apparently, they are not a fan of democracy. They are not getting their way via the ballet box and are ready to go to the cartridge box.
That sounds like we have ourselves a suspect in the arson case. And if that doesn’t work out there is the terrorist watch list.
Make Tyranny at Scale Costly
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Remember:
A well-armed people make tyranny at scale significantly more costly.
Firearms Policy Coalition @gunpolicy
Posted on X, February 22, 2025
Related (via 🇺🇸2A Renaissance🇺🇸 @2ARenaissance):
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From the Target’s Point of View
Via email from Rolf:
Very cool!
This is from 711 yards away. This is almost exactly the range to the most distant targets at Boomershoot. Of course, at Boomershoot it is not just a PING. The BOOM makes the earth shake.
We don’t have any Boomershoot target point of view videos. That would be very cool to have.
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Overwhelmed by Facts and Logic
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I get it now. Sorry.
A whole bunch of tiny-dicked guys NEED to compensate by owning big boom sticks. But big boom sticks hurt your delicate little ears. Makes perfect sense now.
Allen Butler @ButlerStuff
Posted on X, May 9, 2024
It’s not only another Markley’s Law Monday; it is another science denier (see also here)!
This was in response to Senator Seeks to Remove Suppressors from NFA Regulation – The Truth About Guns. Initially Butler said, “No civilian has any need for a damn silencer!” Then, a few hours later after getting completely ratioed in the responses, he came up with today’s QOTD.
Childish insults. It is what you do when are overwhelmed by facts and logic.
The Three Pillars of Communism
Quote of the Day
The three Pillars of Communism are lying, stealing, and murdering.
pkoning
March 22, 2025
Comment to Violence is Standard Practice
I have nothing to add.
I Know Her!
Via U.S. Army Soldier Arrested in AT&T, Verizon Extortions – Krebs on Security:
Allison Nixon, chief research officer at the New York-based cybersecurity firm Unit 221B, helped track down Kiberphant0m’s real life identity. Nixon was among several security researchers who faced harassment and specific threats of violence from Judische and his associates.
“Anonymously extorting the President and VP as a member of the military is a bad idea, but it’s an even worse idea to harass people who specialize in de-anonymizing cybercriminals,” Nixon told KrebsOnSecurity. She said the investigation into Kiberphant0m shows that law enforcement is getting better and faster at going after cybercriminals — especially those who are actually living in the United States.
“Between when we, and an anonymous colleague, found his opsec mistake on November 10th to his last Telegram activity on December 6, law enforcement set the speed record for the fastest turnaround time for an American federal cyber case that I have witnessed in my career,” she said.
Nixon asked to share a message for all the other Kiberphant0ms out there who think they can’t be found and arrested.
“I know that young people involved in cybercrime will read these articles,” Nixon said. “You need to stop doing stupid shit and get a lawyer. Law enforcement wants to put all of you in prison for a long time.”
Nixon used to work for a different company. My employer contracted with her employer. She visited our Seattle area office at least once if not multiple times. I remember sitting across the conference table from her once. I think I may have even made reference here on my blog to some of the things she told us.
I remember being concerned about how open she was with her involvement in putting multiple cyber criminals in jail. Some of them were “selling violence as a service”. I asked her about it. She claimed she was taking appropriate precautions.
I hope she stays safe. She is very bright, a hard worker, and gets results. She has contributed far more than her share of giving bad guys very bad days.
Footnote: You do recognize the reference in her new employer’s name, right?