Man Photographed with Would-Be Trump Assassin Ryan Routh Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom From Joe Biden [More]
And remember: Trump is an avatar.
Tell me Biden’s handlers didn’t know exactly what they were doing.
[Via bondmen]
Notes from the Resistance
Man Photographed with Would-Be Trump Assassin Ryan Routh Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom From Joe Biden [More]
And remember: Trump is an avatar.
Tell me Biden’s handlers didn’t know exactly what they were doing.
[Via bondmen]
The number of individuals with direct access to the president will be more limited when Donald Trump takes office in two weeks, as incoming chief of staff Susie Wiles seeks to streamline the new West Wing operation. [More]
So, where will Gun Owners for Trump stand? Or have they served their purpose?

It sure sounds like “seditious conspiracy” to me, but I guess that would have to be decided by the victors… [More]
They seem to believe they’ll remain above it all.

Trump hails Florida Dem’s decision to ditch party, join GOP [More]
I’m trying to figure out how including this cow who has pledged to “stand up to the NRA and fight for a ban on military style assault rifles and the high capacity ammunition that make them so lethal” will help…
Anybody else getting a Professor Harold Hill of politics vibe…?
[Via Andy M]
Trump Team Orders Cabinet Nominees to Cease Social Media Posts Ahead of Confirmation Hearings [More]
Sometimes I wish somebody could shut him up.
[Via Michael G]

The whole point of the last election was to turn all that around. [More]
A sinking ship doesn’t need to take on more water, especially if it means excusing Democrats helping send it to the bottom.
Migrants traversing Darien Gap plummet 40% as Panama cracks down on major route [More]
Think of the rhetoric as a way to get them to turn the flow off at the source. That and get a better deal on transit.
Carter was such a boob.
And all that said, Trump needs to tread gingerly. There is a significant American expatriate community in Panama, and stirring up hatred among those they’re immersed in could backfire bigly.
[Via Michael G]

This is where citizens could really use some of those pledges of Second Amendment protection we heard along the campaign trail from Donald Trump, and from every Republican in Congress who won their seat because of gun owner support. [More]
The new administration, through orders to subordinates, and the Republican-controlled Congress, with the power to subpoena and investigate, could do much to stop citizen abuse — if they want to.

The new guy needs to understand all this and have the AG and the president‘s ear to make sure they do, and to restrain their past-demonstrated impulses to ignore the words “shall not be infringed.” [More]
My latest Firearms News article assesses the best we can make out of a no-win scenario.
Homan and Trump Aim to End ‘Anchor Baby’ Citizenship [More]
Just going forward? Millions are already here and coming of voting age. Since there’s no precedent to make it retroactive and there’s a Constitutional proscription against are ex post facto laws, I question if this is something they can just do by decree without years of legal challenges.
[Via Michael G]
Here’s a list of the 38 Republicans who defied Trump by voting ‘no’ on the failed spending bill [More]
He needs to understand we didn’t elect him to compromise with Democrats.
An appeals court in Georgia has tossed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis off of her own case, a series of wild organized crime claims against President Trump based largely on his own expressions of his dissatisfaction with the process and results of the 2020 presidential election [More]
I can’t wait to see her, Letitia James, Alvin Bragg, Liz Cheney, and more get what’s coming to them.

Justin Trudeau ‘is on brink of resigning’ as his liberal government crumbles [More]
He’s humiliating himself, Chickenhawk Bolton. As are you, if you weren’t too invested in sending others to war to realize it.
Tangentially-Related UPDATE
Canadian per Capita Euthanasia Deaths Now Beat U.S. Gun Deaths [More]
Don’t let the propaganda saying otherwise sway you. Over-regulation is a public health problem, especially with the stresses making earning a living or keeping a business open harder. I suspect if you did a study, you’d find the same results for shortened lifespans as Dr. Lott found about homicides, and that makes it look like it applies to the entire population.
[Via Michael G]
Adam Schiff Cries About Trump Pardoning January 6th Protesters – ‘Not What American People Had in Mind’ [More]
Not quite, anyway. After freeing the political prisoners, I’d like to see their cells occupied by Michael Byrd, the FBI provocateurs, and the J6 Committee…
And with this in mind…
[Via Michael G]