by Joseph DeMaio, ©2024 (Mar. 29, 2024) — The characterization of Brandon as “the slug at 1600” does not adequately describe him. A potential better term might be the “quisling slug at 1600.” Accordingly, a new, abbreviated moniker for the current occupant of the Oval Office is suggested: “the q-slug,” pronounced: “cue-slug.” The term “quisling” […]
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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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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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The Bing AI Saga Continues
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Dec. 4, 2023) — Welllll…, the natural born Citizen (“nbC”) issue and the Bing AI responses to related questions continues to evolve. As faithful P&E readers recall, the intrepid Editor recently published a post regarding an email that your humble servant had sent to her. The post addressed, among other things, […]
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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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Foolish Consistency, Little Minds and Hobgoblins
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Aug. 21, 2023) — As a preface to what follows, noted American author and philosophical thinker Ralph Waldo Emerson once observed: “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.” Stated otherwise, Emerson was contending that pursuit of consistency for the sake of […]
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The Succession Issue
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Aug. 9, 2023) — Sadly, the time has come for the Republic to prepare for a possible political upheaval not seen since the Civil War. As the Clown at 1600 often states: that is a fact…, not hyperbole. While the events precipitating the crisis might not occur today or tomorrow, circumstances […]
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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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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
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 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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Brandon’s Approval Rating
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (May 22, 2023) — A new ABC/Washington (“Democracy Dies in Darkness”) Post poll discloses that Brandon’s net approval rating – 36% of responding participants, eclipsing his prior 2022 low of 37% – has dropped to its lowest point since he squatted in the White House. Stated otherwise, the dismal reality of […]
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The Ominous Mirage: Today’s FBI
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (May 22, 2023) — The motto of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) is: Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity. That motto, once true, is today in fundamental need of demolition and a total rebuild, as it now constitutes the spreading of disinformation. It is a mirage. Indeed, it could even constitute a […]
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The LoC Kissing Cousin to the Heritage Guide
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (May 8, 2023) — Introduction In addition to the Heritage Foundation’s digital “Guide to the Constitution,” recently discussed by your humble servant here, a “kissing cousin” to that think tank’s explanation exists. Specifically, the U.S. Library of Congress (“LoC”) maintains a similar website purporting to “explain” what the Eligibility Clause of […]
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Information, Misinformation, Ipse Dixit and Censorship
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Apr. 22, 2023) — Constitutional law professor Jonathan Turley recently posted an article pointing out the draconian censorship path upon which Great Britain is descending. It is a short, but ominous read. The censorship of free speech in England is plumbing new depths of lunacy and malevolence…, and yet Hillary (“BleachBit? […]
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The Banana Yellow Indictment of President Trump
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Apr. 5, 2023) — Now that Manhattan Banana Republic District Attorney Alvin (“No Neck”) Bragg has made good on his campaign pledge to arrest President Trump as a private citizen (for the time being), the full, 3-D impaired malevolence of his psyche emerges. By leveraging various misdemeanor acts of “falsifying business […]