Notes from the Resistance
Gun Owners of America has learned that the FIRST gun bill that House Republicans plan to vote on is… NOT a pro-gun bill. The bill would expand the FBI’s power to punish Americans who attempt to legally purchase a firearm from a commercial gun dealer by reporting them to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. [More]
My new rep and one of my senators are enemies, so no use writing them.
It really seems to me a more effective tactic would be an en masse “WTF?” blast to Kevin McCarthy.
[Via Jess]
One change in particular — which empowers a single lawmaker to launch the process of ousting the Speaker — is giving heartburn to lawmakers in both parties, who fear a hard-line group of conservatives will use it repeatedly to browbeat McCarthy into keeping crucial must-pass bills off the floor. [More]
Consider that a silver lining on a much larger cloud.
[Via Jess]
UPDATE
An interesting speculation making the rounds to explain why the powers behind him would not quit: McCarthy has been designated to be the next president, not because he’s electable but because the “Swamp” needs to replace Biden sooner rather than later, realizes Harris is an utter disaster who needs to be “persuaded” to step aside, and the Speaker being third in line would make a controllable “Republican’s” succession the option least likely to provoke unmanageable resistance… and pave the way for a Democrat victory in ’24 with such a weak incumbent.
Obviously, there’s no way to validate any of this, but it will be interesting if things start to shape up that way.
That was the third-highest NICS number ever, following records set in 2020 and 2021. [More]
So where’s that red wave?
Making happy talk assumptions doesn’t help.
[Via Jess]
So why should California Republicans (and those from other states where they think they can get away with it) do anything more than give lip service to gun owners, assuming they even need to do that? After all, they’ve been getting away with serial betrayals for years. [More]
What incentives do they have to change if they continue to get away with it?
Retired FBI boss says agency has lost independence, been co-opted by liberal DOJ ideologues [More]
He just couldn’t say anything about it until his pension checks were assured.
That he “remains friends with Chris Wray” tells me any “solutions” he backs will make noise and nothing more. After all, who calling the shots in government went to prison after the Church Committee wrapped up?
[Via Michael G]
Know that CNN will consider Kinzinger one of their “conservative” contributors, just like the Washington Post keeps on staff “conservative” columnists Jennifer Rubin and Max Boot. [More]
Gee, that was certainly difficult to foresee.
[Via Michael G]
Sen. Jon Tester refuses to say whether he will seek re-election in 2024 [More]
He’s so “pro-gun” he wants to see you disarmed when you pick up the mail.
[Via Andy M]
By publicly pressuring Musk to censor “hate speech,” which is indisputably covered by the First Amendment, Schiff and Takano are trying to indirectly accomplish something that the Constitution forbids. [More]
Well, it also says “shall not be infringed, but that’s never stopped either of these @$$holes.
If you are experiencing the symptoms of whiplash, you are not alone. The saga of Measure 114 is moving so fast and taking so many unexpected turns that keeping up is nearly impossible, and, in fact, most in the media have not been able to. [More]
Which is why those following the story need to make Oregon Firearms Federation Alerts a regular stop.
Why having 51 vs. 50 senators matters way more for Democrats than you think – It’s not just one extra vote; it’s a change in Senate procedure that gives Democrats additional power. [More]
And don’t forget to factor in the usual suspects.
That’s the way The Swamp wants it.
Democratic Rep Took Donations From Bankman-Fried, Lobbied Against Crypto Regulation, And Now Blames SEC For FTX’s Collapse [More]
And like all self-serving Marxist criminals, he wants you disarmed.
[Via bondmen]
Congressional investigators are being denied access to 148 Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) filed with the Department of the Treasury by banks concerning financial dealings of President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, and brother, Jim, according to incoming House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio). [More]
On the other hand, there will soon be no shortage of Detection Scenario Reports on you and me…
[Via bondmen]
It’s not like Congress can’t protect identities when there is a legitimate reason while retaining the power to compel testimony under oath. To assume Schiff and fellow Democrats are the only ones who can be trusted is an obvious political move to keep claims from being verified while the freedom of citizens hangs in the balance. [More]
The press being watchdogs was supposed to mean for the people, not for the ruling elites.
Will everyone get along? Anna Wintour joins the Bidens, Republicans, Democrats and celebs for White House state dinner with Macron – as GOP leader Kevin McCarthy brushes off question about dining with investigation target Hunter [More]
Look at all those names.
“I Will Have Vengeance” – ‘Architect’ of Mar-a-Lago Trump-Ye Dinner Vowed in 2020 to “Burn Republican Party to F**king Ground” [More]
You know what? I don’t care. Negligent mistakes add up.
It’s up to Trump to vet his guests and associates, and if he’s that careless in guarding his own interests, why would I have confidence he’ll take greater care with mine?
[Via bondmen]
‘YOU OPENED THE DOOR’ Wray hides in BASEMENT after ‘calling ri0ter’ clip in ‘January’…Pelosi cries [Watch]
Let’s hope Clay Higgins is right when he says they’re going to find out. I’ve got an AmmoLand article in the queue about AP “fact checkers” covering for Adam Schiff’s “scrubbing” comment I hope he looks into.
[Via Jess]
Senate candidate Herschel Walker is facing renewed allegations of carpetbagging, ahead of next week’s runoff election in Georgia, for claiming a special property tax break in Texas and making statements about living in the Lone Star State while campaigning to unseat Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga. [More]
Between this, the baby mamas, and the vulnerability to the abortion charges, I’m wondering if the GOP and Trump were just so enamored by celebrity potential and exploitable race that they failed to do any basic vetting at all. Either that or Team Swamp knew and wanted this outcome.
This is ridiculous, and to be just finding out about it now is inexcusable. And pointing out how Democrats do it misses the point. Anyone who doesn’t realize they don’t have to play by the rules is negligently naive, and besides, “our side” is supposed to walk the talk.
Columbus leaders are making the argument that despite Ohio’s preemption law and despite a judge’s “stay” order in their lawsuit against the state, they have the right to pass certain gun control laws. [More]
It’s not like it’s their money they’re spending. The same can’t be said for anyone opposing them, and that’s part of the plan.
Biden’s Former ‘Disinfo’ Czar Registers As Foreign Agent [More]
Time was if you tried to make stuff like this and this up about influential people in government, everyone would dismiss it because it’s too unbelievable even for absurdist fiction.
And that’s coming from a guy who’s read lots of Vonnegut.
[Via Michael G]
If America had properly functioning democratic elections where only legal citizens voted secretly and securely after first establishing their identification, Republicans would have a hundred-seat margin in the House. Instead, centrist dullard McCarthy will “lead” a threadbare majority ripe for rancor and future Democrat flipping. In the Senate, globalist shill Turtle McConnell succeeded in manipulating Alaskan election law to ensure that despicable Democrat Lisa Murkowski — and not Alaskans’ actual Republican nominee — retained her aristocratic sinecure in the U.S. Senate. [More]
There is no one lower than a Quisling. That GOP Inc. exalts theirs tells us much.
[Via bondmen]
[Via bondmen]
Warnock’s former church repeatedly hosted antisemitic, Black supremacist professor – Leonard Jeffries, uncle of Dem. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, espoused Black nationalist views popularized by Louis Farrakhan [More]
Why does that not surprise me that such in-your-face Marxist bigots are who “progressives” would support?
Or that none of them are concerned about Warnock obstructing a child abuse investigation?
We couldn’t get ’em riled about one of theirs pulling a gun on an unarmed black jogger, either…
It’s almost like they don’t really believe in the sh!+ they espouse but just say it to trick the stupid into voting for them.
With a radical like Jeffries on track to be the House Democratic Leader, look for even more outrageous efforts to subvert the right to keep and bear arms than even Nancy Pelosi (who at times tried to keep a lid on the next generation), was able to propose. [More]
The real question is will he be radical enough to where even Clown World Republicans know better than to “compromise” and cave?
A New York Times analysis of more than 700 armed demonstrations found that, at about 77 percent of them, people openly carrying guns represented right-wing views, such as opposition to L.G.B.T.Q. rights and abortion access, hostility to racial justice rallies and support for former President Donald J. Trump’s lie of winning the 2020 election. [More]
As long as they’re going to bring up lies, just calling questioning the election “baseless” does not make it so, nor do demands to impose coercive Marxist wealth redistribution equate with racial justice.
I’d argue going unarmed anywhere you know violent communists are going to be is not prudent. Then again, I’d also argue for being very selective about joining public displays and the part you choose to play in this era of embedded provocateurs and seditious conspiracy trials…
I’ve been a speaker and observer over the decades. Ours wasn’t the side frothing with “hostility.” Another lesson learned: You don’t do yourself any favors or advance any issues by becoming a victim or a patsy.
