By Stephen Combs. Last week the governors of five Democrat-ruled states suddenly lifted their edicts requiring private citizens to wear masks in public. (As demonstrated by Gavin Newsom, Stacy Abrams, Nancy Pelosi, Joe Biden, and others, neither state nor federal edicts apply to public figures.) The states are California, Delaware, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Oregon….
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Senate Confirms Controversial U.S. Attorney, Rachel S. Rollins.
By Stephen Combs. Excerpted from the Dec. 10 Friday Letter (stephencombs.substack.com) The U.S. Senate confirmed the nomination of Rachel S. Rollins to be United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. The vote was 51-50, with all Democrats voting Yea and all Republicans voting Nay, and Vice President Harris breaking the tie. Republican Senators fiercely…
When cleaning house, don’t forget the GOP!
By Stephen Combs Lisa Murkowski, the liberal U.S. Senator from Alaska who was re-elected in 2010 as a write-in after she lost the Republican primary to a conservative, is running for re-election in 2022. The question is, what is the constitutional conservative plan for beating her? Conservatives do have a challenger, Kelly Tshibaka, Alaska’s former…
Liberty Means Responsibility. That is Why Most Men Dread it. – George Bernard Shaw
By Stephen Combs. “The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is robbing the human race,” John Stuart Mill wrote in his 1859 essay “On Liberty.” It robs “those who dissent from the opinion, still more than those who hold it.” It is difficult to believe that anyone could be unaware of the…
As the Law Crumbles
By Stephen Combs. Joe Biden’s puppeteers must be getting their inspiration from the American Revolution. While the facts are different, the legal principle seems to be similar between writs of assistance authorized by the Townshend Acts of 1767 and Biden’s plan to let the IRS rummage through your bank account if you are rich enough…
Did Bob Woodward get it right for once?
By Stephen Combs. ‘We inherited a deadline. We did not inherit a plan’ – Secretary of State Antony Blinken Yes, Mr. Blinken. You also inherited secure borders, an historic Middle East peace agreement, low inflation, economic prosperity, energy independence, and trepidation in China and Iran. Understanding why the left remains united when conservatives wither at…
It’s Time to Hear from, We the People.
By Stephen Combs. Our rulers behave as they do because nobody is stopping them. If not us, who? If not now, when? (original subhead) At some point, one has to wonder how much more of this we ordinary Americans will stand for. Apparently, a lot. President Reagan must have wondered that when he asked these…
Don’t rely on the incumbents
The Friday Letter / No. 553 / Sept. 22, 2023 Recently, the Convention of States Foundation convened a meeting of 103 commissioners from 49 states in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia to participate in an important and valuable educational exercise. These state delegates were gathered to simulate an Article V Convention to propose amendments to the US…
When Losing the Debate, Blame Racism!
Excerpted from the May 20, 2022 Friday Letter (stephencombs.substack.com) To understand why Democrats need to keep “racism” at the core of their every political demand and claim, we must know some history of their relationship with blacks in America. But we start with the 2020 election. Trump increased his black vote by a third from…
