Notes from the Resistance
California’s K-12 Schools Promoting Antisemitism to Children – “Teachers instructing students of all ages that Israelis are responsible for the massacre of their own families on Oct. 7.” [More]
As long as U.S. Jews overwhelmingly support Democrats and consider people like me domestic terrorists, I’m not sure what my expected reaction should be.
And I know it’s verboten to suggest inordinate influence, but let’s look at one of the major driving forces for the sentiment.
[Via Michael G]
A Cleveland man who made thousands of dollars by buying and selling guns used in shootings and homicides said little on Tuesday as a federal judge sentenced him to more than 11 years in prison. Kenneth Smith, 23, apologized for selling 32 guns to undercover federal agents in less than three weeks, netting $24,000. The guns had been used in 30 shootings, including several homicides. [More]
The rest of the story is paywalled and the only other thing I could find is he did all this while being a “prohibited person” himself:
KENNETH SMITH, 23, East Cleveland, was charged with Engaging in the Business of Dealing Firearms without a Federal Firearms License, Illegal Possession of a Machinegun, and being a Felon in Possession of Firearms.
It does raise the question why they needed to drag it out over 32 guns and three weeks when one sale could have done the trick, and for some reason a South Park bust comes to mind (NSFW).
[Via JG]
In House District 51, Marine combat veteran and pro-gun stalwart, Republican James Hieb, is facing a primary challenge from failed governor candidate Christine Drazan, who desperately wants back into politics… [More]
Oregon gun owners– do the self-interested thing and help.
The Governor vetoed 30 gun-control bills, modified 6 other gun-control bills so that they no longer pose a threat to Virginia’s lawful gun-owners, and he signed 4 bills that had been modified in the General Assembly changing VCDL’s position from Oppose to Neutral. There are no more gun-control bills left. [More]
And making lemonade out of lemons:
Today, the Virginia chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, issued the following statements applauding Governor Youngkin for signing two gun safety measures into law, including a measure to prohibit auto sears, which are devices that convert semi-automatic firearms into fully automatic weapons, HB 22 (Del. Jones)/SB 210 (Sen. Perry) and a measure to hold gun owners accountable for allowing children under their care with certain dangerous histories to access firearms, HB 36 (Del. Willet)/SB 44 (Sen. Van Valkenburg).
Even though those bills only parrot what are already federal laws, VCDL being “neutral” doesn’t cut it. The federal laws infringe on Virginia gun owners, and as such, both are should be opposed.
Related UPDATE
‘We can make Virginia a safer place’: Youngkin signs ‘Lucia’s Law’ [More]
I do wonder how a “preliminary determination” rises to the level of proof beyond a reasonable doubt…
But it has “strong bipartisan support,” so it MUST be good. Right?
I’m sure it would have stopped young Dylan in his tracks…
[Via Mack H]
A Tennessee mother is mourning the death of her teen daughter after police said that she accidentally shot and killed her while rummaging in her purse for her keys. [More]
It sounds like being oblivious to how things work and not taking any one of several appropriate available precautions made her a walking IED.
Former Justice Breyer rips conservative Supreme Court for giving nation ‘Constitution no one wants’ – Breyer said originalism will ‘overlook lots of changes designed to further the value of protecting basic civil rights, because the world has changed’ [More]
Yeah, the guy who dissented in Heller and said the RKBA shall be infringed wants the Constitution to say whatever he and his fellow authoritarians want it to say, because they’re smarter than the Founders and they’re smarter than you.
Everybody wants that.
No…?
Nowhere has Kennedy shown that he understands any of this, or of the true purpose and meaning of the Second Amendment. Instead, his “going after people’s guns at this point in history” qualifier is a red flag – it implies there might come another time or set of circumstances where he’ll return to his past hostility to guns and decide the time is right. [More]
The guy’s assurances on guns all come with huge escape clauses. So why are so many gun owners being taken in by equivocal platitudes?
Biden Considering Granting Amnesty, Handing Out Green Cards To Illegal Immigrants [More]
Good thing this has nothing to do with that “single issue.” And I have that on good authority.
[Via Michael G]
I don’t know if I’d be advertising it this way.
Then again, it’s been well established that I don’t own any guns.
Nasty, evil things, always going around killing people…
[Via Jess]
“I theorize that marriage fundamentalism, like structural racism, is a key structuring element of White heteropatriarchal supremacy,” Professor Bethany Letiecq wrote in the Journal of Marriage and Family. [More]
I guess I just can’t do anything right.
Either that or the beef secular lefty eggheads have isn’t really with me at all…
Rachel Maddow called NBC’s decision to hire Ronna McDaniel “inexplicable” and compared the former RNC Chairman to “a mobster.” [More]
Jeez, intellectual property thief Roger Friedman, gush much?
If establishment Vichycons are mobsters and fascists, what must that make the rest of us, and what place must there be for us in their society if they prevail?
“There is absolutely no indication that there’s any terrorism, that this was done on purpose,” said Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley. [More]
Funny, how officials can speak with such certainty so soon.
I hope he’s not suggesting it was in any way DEI-related…
In any case, since we’re told Francis Scott Key was racist, how is this any different than tearing down a Confederate monument?
Mexican president says the ‘flow of migrants will continue’ unless the US meets his demands – The interviewer recalled that critics derided Obrador’s requests as ‘diplomatic blackmail’ [More]
I thought we didn’t negotiate with terrorists…
Tangentially-Related UPDATE
Regulars here know who the whistleblower is.
