by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 1, 2024) — Last Tuesday, Independent 2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. declared he had chosen attorney and philanthropist Nicole Shanahan, 38, as his vice-presidential running-mate. Both are former Democrats, with Kennedy in October changing his party affiliation to “Independent” in what he said was a “very painful” decision he […]
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Reason Prevails; Rationalization Fails
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2024 (Mar. 4, 2024) — Thank you…, thank you…, yes, your humble servant was right. The Colorado Supreme Court’s dumb decision upholding the Colorado Secretary of State’s determination to exclude President Trump from the primary ballot was stupid when rendered, as discussed here, and has now been reversed – ahem…, 9-zip – […]
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Another Modest Proposal
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2024 (Jan. 22, 2024) — Your humble servant has on several prior occasions made some hypothetical “modest proposals” here at The P&E…, none of which has thus far come to fruition. That aside, here is another one, but not – ** sigh of relief ** – on the nbC “presidential eligibility” issue. […]
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The Mooers Comment/Question
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2024 (Jan. 17, 2024) — Introduction Well, the insightful comments (and questions) on the nbC eligibility issue just keep coming. One particularly interesting and thought-provoking question now comes from reader Mooers. He focuses on your humble servant’s assertion in the post that “an nbC was a person born here to two U.S. […]
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The Maine Trump Decision: Atrocious
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Dec. 29, 2023) — Well, faithful P&E readers, here we go again. Yesterday, on Dec. 28, 2023, Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows – a registered Democrat and perhaps one of the most anti-President Trump, pro-progressive and biased governmental officials in the nation – issued her 34-page “decision” determining that Mr. […]
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The Insidious Mile-High Frankenstein Brain…, Burp
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Dec. 22, 2023) — INTRODUCTION Well, faithful P&E readers, buckle up: the Colorado Supreme Court, consisting of seven judges – all appointed by Democrat Colorado governors – has issued an opinion in a case captioned Anderson v. Griswold. The decision purports to bar President Trump from the Colorado primary ballot, allegedly […]
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In Defense of Speaker Johnson’s Amicus Effort
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Oct. 27, 2023) — Newly-installed Speaker of the House Michael Johnson (R. LA) has recently been vilified because of his role in the 2020 effort by the State of Texas to challenge in the Supreme Court the legitimacy of the 2020 general election. That still-questionable election – keep reading – resulted […]
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In Defense of Jonathan Turley
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Sep. 9, 2023) — For anyone paying even passing attention, the name “Jonathan Turley” will be recognized as one of the few law professors remaining in academia willing publicly to defend the First Amendment, the freedom of speech and the freedom of expression it guarantees…, or at least at one time […]
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The Castro Disqualification and Eligibility Follies
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Sep. 6, 2023) — Well, faithful P&E readers, the 2024 race for the presidency just got a bit more interesting. In addition to all of the “usual suspects” currently recognized as competing against one another for the GOP nomination – President Trump; Governor DeSantis; Vivek Ramaswamy; etc. – a Texas tax […]
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The Chutkan Ethical Lapse
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Aug. 29, 2023) — Several weeks ago, your humble servant made this offering. It was posited in support of the fact that U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan – appointed by the Second Usurper in Chief (the “SUC”), Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. – was hopelessly, not to mention indisputably, compromised and conflicted […]
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Of Aiding and Abetting Riots … and Ice Cream
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Aug. 13, 2023) — Recently, Tucker Carlson scored an interview with Steven Sund, former Chief of the U.S. Capitol Police. If you do nothing else today, watch the entire 55-minute interview, as it will help you understand the title of this post. Stated otherwise, then-Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi – […]
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Judge Tanya Chutkan
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Aug. 6, 2023) — Judge Tanya Chutkan of the Washington, D.C., U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia is the “randomly selected” – really? – jurist who will oversee the most recent indictment trial of Donald Trump, aka “45.” That case, of course, involves the assertion that he conspired to […]
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The Fourth Estate
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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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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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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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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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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A Modest Proposal 4.0
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Open Letter to Donald Trump and Ronald DeSantis
May 25, 2023 Dear Messrs. Trump and DeSantis – Your humble servant has for many years offered comments here at The P&E on various issues, most relating to the “natural born Citizen” presidential eligibility question (no, I am not a “birther” or a “conspiracy theorist,” but instead a “constitutionalist”), as well as on a wide […]