by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Aug. 2, 2023) — The term “Fourth Estate” is today loosely defined as consisting of the press and journalists in general. The term was originally coined in Great Britain as referring to the press and journalists serving in the role of a watchdog over the exercise of governmental power. There, British […]
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A Diversionary Breather
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Jul. 30, 2023) — As a diversionary breather from your humble servant’s usual periodic missives on the presidential eligibility issue and the serial offerings on the unfolding cataclysm of the clown masquerading as a “president” of the Republic – no need to mention his name – the following is a brief […]
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The Churls at 1600
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Jul. 29, 2023) — Well, whatta ya know? The rude, ill-bred and profane grandfather at 1600 has decided to “recognize” – not to be confused with “embrace” – his granddaughter, Navy Joan. Navy Joan’s father is Hunter Biden, currently trying to recover not only from cocaine addiction, but also from the […]
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Could a TelePrompter® Save the Republic?
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Jul. 26, 2023) — As Brandon, enabled by his sycophants and marionette-masters, continues the charade that he is fit to lead the world’s last best hope for a constitutional republic for even one more day, much less another term, NBC News notes that he now relies on extra-large type font on […]
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A Couple of Open Memos to Merrick Garland
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Jul. 23, 2023) — In what some “legal experts” characterize as a “brilliant move,” special counsel Jack Smith – is it just me, or does he remind anyone else of a bearded Joseph Goebbels…?) – is expected to “deploy” an old federal statute in his pursuit of President Trump regarding the […]
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The Emma-Jo Morris Flamethrower
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Jul. 22, 2023) — Emma-Jo Morris was the reporter who broke the Hunter (“does-this-bong-make-me-look-dumber-than-my-dad?”) Biden laptop story at The New York Post (founded in 1801, by the way, by Alexander Hamilton) in the weeks preceding the 2020 general election. She recently testified before the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of […]
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The Presidential Candidacy of Shiva Ayyadurai
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Jul. 18, 2023) — As noted here, earlier this year Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai formed an exploratory committee to “test the waters” for a run as an Independent for president and is now a full-fledged candidate as reflected in Federal Elections Commission (FEC) filings. As also noted, the “long-shot” nature of that […]
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Revisiting Minor v. Happersett
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Jul. 17, 2023) — Well, faithful P&E readers, here we go again. As another “exploratory” candidate for president appears on the scene – Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai –, it may be prudent to once again revisit the Supreme Court’s 1875 decision in Minor v. Happersett. While the major holding of the case […]
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7 ≠ 6
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Jul. 11, 2023) — Mathematically, the number seven is unequal to the number six. Instead, it is one numeric unit more than the number six. For virtually all sentient humans, this is kindergarten arithmetic. However, for other mentally challenged outliers, it might as well be advanced tensor calculus. Cases in point: […]
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Three Simple Questions
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Jul. 9, 2023) — The United States Secret Service (“USSS”) operates under the Department of Homeland Security…, now headed up by one Alejandro Mayorkas. Mayorkas, of course, is the Brandon apparatchik who presides over the calculated eradication of the nation’s southern border. This, of course, facilitates the flooding into the nation […]
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Will Brandon Do The Right Thing?
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Jul. 4, 2023) — Today, most Americans celebrate the Fourth of July, the 247th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. From that day forward, a brave group of people began the process of severing the ties that had previously bound them to Great Britain and to eventually establish […]
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Of Loan Forgiveness and Psychoses
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Jul. 1, 2023) — Sometimes, the lunatic depravity of Brandon and his apparatchiks collides with that bulwark against governmental overreach: the Constitution. Case in point: the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Biden v. Nebraska, declaring as unconstitutional his unilateral end-around-run on Congress and the Constitution to forgive perhaps as much […]
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A Deeper Dive Into the nbC Pond, Part 3
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Jun. 29, 2023) — [See previous installments in this series here and here. The “CKA” article referred to below can be found here. Emer de Vattel’s “treatise” is “The Law of Nations,” also referenced earlier in the essay. – Ed.] In reality, the notion that a child born anywhere in the […]
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A Deeper Dive Into the nbC Pond, Part 2
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Jun. 27, 2023) — [Please see Part 1 of this series here. – The “CKA” work referenced throughout is here. – Ed.] The Clement/Katyal Article The Clement/Katyal article – hereafter, for the sake of brevity, “CKA” – sets out, in some thirteen loosely-related contentions spread over four pages, the proposition that, […]
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A Deeper Dive Into the nbC Pond
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Jun. 26, 2023) — Introduction Faithful P&E readers, two events precipitate this offering, which is intended to examine more closely one of the favorite “authorities” normally cited by the Left in its quest to redefine the term “natural born Citizen” as included by the Founders in Art. 2, § 1, Cl. […]
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Election Interference and Statutes of Limitation
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Jun. 20, 2023) — President Trump and one of his aides have been indicted for alleged federal crimes relating to documents which were the subject of the FBI raid on his Florida home, Mar-a-Lago, on August 8, 2022. This was an unprecedented action by the nation’s analogue to Nazi Germany’s Gestapo. […]
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Brandon’s Grope
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Jun. 18, 2023) — In the continuing saga of Brandon’s plan to decimate what is left of the Republic, his slimy and repulsive inner sexual predator surfaces. Again. Ask Tara Reade and now, Eva Longoria. At the White House, no less, and in front of his (for the time being) spouse, […]
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Brandon is Not a Wannabe Dictator…
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Jun. 17, 2023) — … because he is already a de facto one. Faithful P&E reader, if you watch nothing else today, watch this video clip of “Tucker on Twitter” where he addresses the “chyron” that Fox News displayed below two videos of Brandon on the left…, no surprise there… and […]
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A Modest Proposal 4.0
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Of Rocks at the Bottom of the Pacific
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Jun. 11, 2023) — Your humble servant has just awakened from a 24-hr. semi-coma. That temporary infirmity came as a direct result of watching and listening to Department of Justice (sic) Special Counsel Jack Smith discussing the indictment that his office has filed against former President Donald J. Trump and one […]