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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A Five-Paragraph Treatise on nbC
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Dec. 13, 2023) — In the spirit of Christmas, and with hopes for a very Happy New Year for all P&E readers, your humble servant has determined to create and provide a gift. It is hoped that the gift may assist in explaining, in something of a “Cliff’s Notes®” abbreviated way, […]
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New York State Board of Elections Continues to Misinform on Presidential Eligibility
by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 10, 2023) — A decade and a half after discovering the New York State Board of Elections (NYSBOE) to be misstating a requirement for U.S. presidential candidates, New York resident Robert C. Laity found on Sunday the website continues to misinform the public on that point. Consulting the “Running for Office” […]
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More News on Bing AI’s Views of an nbC
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Dec. 9, 2023) — As the issue of what it takes to be a “natural born Citizen” (“nbC”) as intended by the Founders – as contrasted with contemporary wags and academics – continues to be “evaded” by the U.S. Supreme Court, your humble servant persists in interrogating Bing AI on 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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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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Bing AI Claims “Consensus” on “natural born Citizen” Definition
by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 30, 2023) — On Sunday, legal scholar and frequent P&E contributor Joseph DeMaio queried Bing Artificial Intelligence (AI) about the meaning of the U.S. Constitution’s “natural born Citizen” clause, one of three requirements the Founders placed in Article II for the President and Commander-in-chief of the new nation’s military forces. The […]
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Did PragerU Respond to “natural born Citizen” Video Idea?
by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 14, 2023) — On Monday a citizen who responded to a request for “input” from the non-profit media platform PragerU, a producer of short informational videos with the purpose of presenting an alternative viewpoint of current events, received a reply to his submission. The reader cannot discern from PragerU’s acknowledgement whether […]
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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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Some Free Advice to Speaker Mike Johnson
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Oct. 25, 2023) — Finally…, after weeks of telegraphing to the nation…, and the world.., how dysfunctional the GOP House of Representatives can be, that body has actually elected a new Speaker: Cong. Mike Johnson (R. LA). Simultaneously telegraphing its dogmatic and hyper-political disdain for healing the House in these – […]
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President Murray?
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Oct. 14, 2023) — He’s done it again. The most incompetent, corrupt and arrogant Commander-in-Cheat to have ever “occupied” – as in “likely illegitimately” – the Oval Office has stumbled while trying to climb three (3) stair steps to reach a speech podium. He stumbled not once, but twice in his […]
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The Supreme Court Kicks the Can Down the Road
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Oct. 2, 2023) — Taking a cue from the U.S. Congress as that dysfunctional body addresses government shutdowns by “kicking the can down the road,” – for 47 days…, whoopee … – the U.S. Supreme Court has denied the certiorari petition of one John Castro. Your humble servant discussed the petition […]
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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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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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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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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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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 […]