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THE FOUNDATION "They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." —Benjamin Franklin (1759) https://patriotpost.us/fqd/83182-founders-quote-daily-2021-10-04 IN TODAY'S DIGEST Fauci Moves the Goalposts Again Phony Pulitzers, Fake...

District 9 School Board Candidates Favor Local Search For Superintendent Applicants; See Pandemic Recovery, Elimination Of Social Issues As Critical Tuesday, July 27, 2021 - by Dennis Norwood Prior to Tuesday evening’s District 9 School Board Forum, County Commissioner and former school board member Dr. Steve Highlander iterated that he was looking for someone who will work with the district’s families and the community. As it turned out each of the eight candidates vying for the posi...

By Mark Alexander web posted July 5, 2021 June 19 is now a federal holiday. Historically known as "Jubilee Day" or "Emancipation Day," the celebration originated in Galveston, Texas, to commemorate that day in 1865 when General Order No. 3 proclaimed the freedom of remaining slaves in Texas — then the last state of the Confederacy. It enforced Republican President Abraham Lincolns Emancipation Proclamation, which took effect on January 1 of 1863. The official holiday, calle...

The rise of First Amendment suppression in my generation.

Thomas Gallatin On the eve of the Senate’s second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, here’s a look at his legal team’s defense. The first and most important point Trump’s lawyers are expected to argue is the unprecedented and unconstitutional nature of the Democrats’ impeachment gambit. Trump’s legal team asserts, “The Senate of the United States lacks jurisdiction over the 45th President because he holds no public office from which he can be ...

Patrick Hampton, Hamilton Flourishing Parting Ways; Conservative Black Says He Is Under Attack From Leftist Groups Thursday, January 21, 2021 Patrick Hampton, who has served as vice president of Hamilton Flourishing since October 2018, said he is parting ways with the conservative group. Mr. Hampton, who is unusual in being a black who is an outspoken conservative, said he would issue a statement after his last day on the job - Feb. 5. He said the two sides "are in litigation." Doug Daugh...

Nate Jackson Democrats prevailed in the House and Senate by the skin of their teeth. In the lower chamber, they hold a 222-212 majority, with Republicans still likely to secure one more uncalled seat. Functionally, it’s 219-212 until three Democrats are chosen to replace the three Joe Biden picked off to serve in his administration. A bare majority is 218. In the Senate, Democrats cling to a 50-50+1 majority. But that doesn’t mean they’re going to pursue a 50/50 agenda of moderat...

Thomas Gallatin When it comes to his son Hunter, Joe Biden will see and hear no evil. This reality was once again driven home last week with Biden’s insistence regarding the criminal investigation into his son: “I have, we have, great confidence in our son. I’m not concerned about any accusations that have been made against him.” Biden then passed off the criminal investigation as “kind of foul play.” The obvious issue for the Trump administration is whether it can...

Now what? Last week, we had hopes for a Hail Mary from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton — a pleading with the U.S. Supreme Court that the fraudulent electoral processes in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin “suffered from significant and unconstitutional irregularities” and violated the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause, and that the results in those states should therefore be negated. No dice. “The State of Texas’s motion for leave to file a bill...