by Joseph DeMaio, ©2024 (Apr. 2, 2024) — [Update, 5:58 p.m. EDT April 8, 2024: The last three paragraphs of the following initial segment of the author’s three-part analysis has been amended to reflect a discovered change in the subject article’s footnote #4.] Introduction In 2015, two former high officials in the Office of the […]
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The Kerchner “Hint”
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Dec. 6, 2023) — In response/comment to your humble servant’s post here, P&E contributor, reader and nbC warrior CDR Charles Kerchner (Ret) suggested asking Bing AI if any of the Founders understood French. The response could shed light on a predicate foundation for the Founders’ use and understanding of Emer de […]
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From Crisis to Catastrophe to Cataclysm
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Sep. 23, 2023) — The Hoover post published Friday cogently asks when unstoppable immigration will become a crisis. It can be posited that the process already began Jan. 20, 2021 — the day of Brandon’s installation as Chief Execu-Goof — when by executive order/proclamation he halted construction of The Wall. Since […]
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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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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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A Modest Proposal 4.0
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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 Role of States and “POPE’s” in Presidential Eligibility Determinations
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Mar. 20, 2023) — Recently there appeared here at The P&E – one of the few remaining viable and non-censored Internet “natural born Citizen” information sources – a particularly relevant and insightful post. The P&E post reprised the article and substance of a proposal advanced here by one Roger Ogden. Mr. […]
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Response to Some nbC Comments
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2022 (Dec. 2, 2022) — Well, here we go again. As faithful P&E readers know, on occasion several of your humble servant’s posts generate robust comments. These comments usually relate to posts addressing the “natural born Citizen” (“nbC”) presidential eligibility clause of the Constitution, Art. 2, § 1, Cl. 5. There, of […]
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The Brownshirt Brandonistas
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2022 (Aug. 28, 2022) — Brandon recently fulminated that President Trump and Republicans supporting him are “semi-fascists” who are purportedly “full of anger, violence, hate, and division.” He added, falsely (what’s new?), that Democrats “have chosen a different path forward, the future, unity, hope and optimism.” In fact, the only path and […]
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The Coin of the Realm
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2022 (May 13, 2022) — Well, whatta ya know: crack pipes for junkies were, after all, included in the “safe smoking kits” distributed by the Goofball Regime. This, of course, after the regime’s termites – including scarlet-coiffed, soon-to-be-ex press flak Jen Psaki – assured everyone that no such thing was planned or […]
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“Native-born” ≠ “Natural-born”
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2022 (Mar. 1, 2022) — From time to time, your humble servant’s P&E postings generate comments deserving response. On most occasions, the responses are posted in the same place. When a longer, more comprehensive response is indicated, a separate post is offered. Such is the case with the following response to the […]
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You’ve Been Warned
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2021 (Nov. 28, 2021) — As we approach the one-year anniversary of unquestionably the worst president and worst presidential administration in the history of the Republic – and with the likes of Presidents Harding, Buchanan, Nixon, Carter and Clinton behind us, that is saying a lot – let us briefly recap how […]
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Might Impeachment Be On The Horizon?
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2021 (Oct. 21, 2021) — Well, whatta ya know…? Arguably, it was only a matter of time before either (or both) Senator Joe Manchin (D. W. VA) and Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D. AZ) began questioning their continued allegiance to the political party now dedicated to the destruction of the Republic. Senator Manchin […]
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Every…, Single…, Time….
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2021 (Oct. 10, 2021) — The tsunami of outrages flowing from the “Let’s Go Brandon” Goofball Regime just gets deeper and more destructive. With each passing day, the intentional effort by the Goof’s D.C. cabal and marionette-masters to destroy the foundations of the Republic proceeds largely unabated. These calamitous actions include, among […]
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Of the FHDP and Benjamin Franklin
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2021 (Sep. 30, 2021) — Once again, with each passing hour, day, week and month, the incremental disintegration of the nation under the metastasizing tyranny of the Goofball Regime continues. The latest news comes via a Border Patrol whistleblower to Congressman Jim Jordan. The whistleblower has informed Jordan that Customs and Border […]
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Natural Born Citizens and USSC Docket 20-1503
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2021 (May 16, 2021) — When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for your humble servant to respond to comments in greater detail than allowed in the designated section of P&E posts, a longer post is required. Such is the case with this offering regarding assertions made by those who […]
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Now. Not in 2022
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Remember What Stalin Said
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2021 (Apr. 4, 2021) — Let us cut to the chase: the goal of the Democrats under either and/or both H.R. 1 and S. 1 – both woefully, but intentionally mislabeled by their Democrat creators as the “For the People Act of 2021” –, is not expanded voting opportunities for “people” or […]