Starting in 2024, the Protect Illinois Communities Act (PICA) requires residents of Illinois who own a variety of so-called ‘assault rifles’ to register these guns with the state police.

The bad news is that, so far, courts below SCOTUS have either been upholding the law or refusing to hear challenges to it.

The good news is that there has been little or no compliance with this law.  Well under 1% of gun owners have complied, which means that well under 1% of the guns that are probably out there have been registered.

(Because they haven’t been registered, we don’t really know who has which guns. Which is the whole point of disallowing gun registries, right?)

But there’s even better news.  With a couple of exceptions (you can guess which ones), the chief law enforcement officers of the various counties in the state — elected County Sheriffs — have openly stated that they will be completely ignoring the law, as it so clearly conflicts with the Second and Fourteenth Amendments.

Here’s what the Courthouse News Service (CNS) had to say about this:

This mass non-compliance presents a major political challenge for Illinois’ ruling Democrats. It doesn’t mean much that the party spent 2023 fighting for PICA in the courts, if those charged with enforcing the law decide they don’t care what the courts say.

Exactly.

And that’s the first step towards getting things back on track:  For those who enforce the law to decide that the Constitution means what it says, and not what a bunch of pretend potentates say it means, and that they should be guided by the former, not the latter.

Here’s the second step:  For those who are supposed to obey laws like PICA to come to the same conclusion. A lot of gun owners have apparently taken that step.  Let’s hope they’re soon joined by people whose other rights are being trampled.

 

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As promised in Monday Memes, I have an overflow. And hang on baby… Friday’s coming!

Let the mayhem, mockery, and ridicule resume:

 

*** Warning, a few possibly off-color ones, in case tender eyes are about ***

 

 

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Related:

 

 

At the risk of being crass, you just have to know that every illegal female with even the remote possibility of being fertile is – let me be delicate – attempting to get pregnant.  Because 9 months after that, comes the Golden Ticket.

 

 

I don’t think the protestors have any thought that their protests make people like them or want to look into their cause.  IMHO they’re merely showing their power… and how the police, etc., must bend to them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The bottom center one really hit me.  I’ve seen multiple memes about the fact that a father used to be able to support a family with his own salary… not rely on the wife having to work too.

 

 

 

But… but… but our intellectual and moral superiors assure us that’s not real Communism.

 

 

 

 

Speaking of puberty blockers, etc.:

 

 

DeWine was a squish when I lived in Ohio.  Hasn’t changed.

 

 

A good leader, who understood his power came from The People, would take the message sent by the Blade Runners as a signal for correction.  The fact that he doesn’t indicates he doesn’t see The People as his boss…

 

 

 

 

 

This is very long, but an excellent essay:

Breaking the Spell: MindSpace, Trance Warfare, and Neuro Linguistic Programming – the Canadian patriot

So far the feedback from those persons to whom I’ve sent it has been very positive.  And quite a few AHA! moments as I read it.

 

 

 

Every time I’ve gone to the hospital I have them PRINT OUT the admissions form; I don’t sign the little electronic pad.  On EACH PAGE I put NO COVID VACCINATION… to be broadened to NO VACCINATIONS AT ALL next time… initial and date, sign the last page, and photograph each page before handing it to them.  Not bulletproof but at least you have that if they do do something.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there anyone with any illusions about how the Native Americans would have treated the White Europeans had the levels of technology been reversed, and it was they who crossed the Atlantic to Europe?

 

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PSA – PSA – PSA – PSA – PSA

 

 

In anticipation of a Survival Sunday this weekend.

 

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Remember that unless it’s an ultra-red area, it only takes a relatively small amount to flip it blue.  They plan in terms of decades.

 

 

 

 

 

RIP officer.  But… the media wouldn’t release descriptions while the perps were still at large???

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Pick of the Post:

 

 

Not just because of the Jew hatred there… this has been simmering in a cauldron of hate for everything American and eveything Western Civilization for years and years.  But, finally, it’s coming to light.

 

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Palate cleansers:

 

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Come back on Friday for more memes.  Same meme time.  Same meme channel.

 

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We like to think of judges as learned arbiters, thoroughly knowledgeable in the finer details of the law and, above all, eminently honest and fair – nonpartisan and unbiased. That’s especially true of Supreme Court justices.

Sometimes, they don’t meet our expectations. Take, for example, those four justices serving on Colorado’s supreme court. Their recent ruling, excluding Donald Trump from Colorado’s 2024 presidential ballot, exposed those so-called arbiters of justice as nothing more than political hacks.

All those years in Ivy League law schools certainly gave them intricate knowledge of our legal system, but like some others in the legal profession, they chose to use that knowledge to justify a forgone conclusion rather than dispense justice. Using ambiguous laws, obscure courtroom decisions, and twisted logic, they succeeded in convincing Trump haters across the country that their decision was based on solid legal grounds. But others understand that had they used simple common sense, they would likely have reached a different decision.

Instead, they first had to accept the absurd Democrat lie that the incident at the Capitol on January 6, 2021 was an “insurrection.” They created a labored and contorted legal explanation rationalizing that position.

They should have first checked a dictionary for the most common definition of the word – “an organized attempt by a group of people to defeat their government and take control of their country, usually by violence.”

Then they could have taken a closer look at the 14th Amendment, which was written in the wake of a bloody Civil War that ripped our country apart and killed 620,000 Americans. That’s what the writers of the amendment had in mind when the included the words “insurrection or rebellion.” They were clearly were not thinking of some disorderly protest at the Capitol.

They could have simply watched the January 6th videos taken inside the Capitol – the ones posted by the Committee on House Administration. They would have seen what looked like tour groups meandering through the building. They would have seen no hint of an armed rebellion.

Yes, if they had only been guided by common sense, rather than unbounded hatred of Donald Trump, we wouldn’t be talking about this today.

To eliminate Trump from the ballot, they also had to explain how Trump, himself, “engaged in insurrection,” even though he’s never been convicted of, or even charged with that offense. His speech that day did contain some fiery rhetoric – but it was no different than the rhetoric regularly used by other politicians. More significant was the cautionary remark Trump made to the crowd: “I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.” Those don’t sound like the words of an insurrectionist.

This isn’t the first time that Democrats have tried to abuse the Constitution and override the will of the American people.

In 2016 they orchestrated the failed Russia collusion hoax. In 2020, they successfully manipulated the presidential election, helped by 50 former intelligence professionals and Trump-haters in the news and social media. Last-minute, illegal changes to election laws in Pennsylvania and other states also helped them saddle the country with their chosen candidate, a thoroughly corrupt stooge – a globalist bent on destroying America’s sovereignty. Sadly, their concerted efforts to defeat Trump also decimated public trust in an election process that was once the envy of the world.

And when obsessed Democrats forged ahead with two frivolous impeachments and a slew of bogus indictments, does anyone believe it was about the will of the people?

Now, as the 2024 election approaches, their tactics have become more desperate and more brazen, but just as despicable. Democrats are appealing to state authorities to remove Trump from their ballots.

Those four obscure Democrat-appointed justices told 1.3 million Coloradan Trump voters that they’ll just have to find another candidate. If that doesn’t defy the democratic concept of free and open elections, how about this? Like a tin-pot dictator, Democrat Secretary of State of Maine, just spat in the eyes of Trump supporters, nearly half the state’s voting population. Short on both legal credentials and common sense, she gleefully jumped aboard the Bump Trump Bandwagon, declaring the former president an insurrectionist, and proclaiming that he would be excluded from Maine’s ballot.

In less than 12 months the American people will elect a president to lead them out of this morass – to stop the invasion on our southern border, restore our once-thriving economy, and regain our respect on the world stage. Donald Trump has accomplished all that in the past, and polls indicate that voters would reelect him today over Joe Biden. A handful of zealots in a few Democrat-controlled states are trying to upend our election process and stop Trump at any cost – even at the expense of our republic.

Most legal experts expect the U.S. Supreme Court to end their insane gambit, but even if that happens, voters will have to remain vigilant. We’ve seen what desperate Democrats are capable of in their frantic quest for power.

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Several authors on the ‘Grok have suggested that the inside-the-beltway crowd and their Demp Party masters have no intention of letting Joe Biden be their candidate come November 2024. They may “let him” win the nomination but then perp-walk him into retirement for any number of reasons.

Biden’s departure could happen on the convention’s last night or days after. He is honored but poor health, blah, blah, blah. I’m not sure what the DNC has planned for Jill Biden. She won’t want to go quietly into any goodnight, but that’s never stopped the uniparty before. Kamla will have to go, too, quietly or not. She’s worse than him without any of the obvious excuses.

The ‘Grok has been milking this theory for a while, but who will be the stand-in?

In tonight’s performance of the US Presidential elections, the part of Joe Biden will be played by [blank]. There are at least a few Dems on the bench who would like the coach to put them in, but California Governor Gavin Newsom seems the most likely not that they won’t get California to vote Democrat come election night. He’s young, creepy, wants the job, and isn’t named Clinton.

It’ll be someone younger, dynamic, capable of basic human speech, and a reliable Marxist.

Preident Trump agrees it won’t be Biden. In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News, Donald Trump said he “can’t believe he’s going to be the nominee.”

 

“He’s a cheater. He’s a scoundrel. He’s a bad guy,” Trump told Breitbart News of Biden. “But in his life, he’s always been able to convince people he’s this really nice guy. I laugh when they say, ‘Trump is the evil one, and he’s the nice one.’ That’s the one thing he’s been able to do. All you have to do is look at his credentials. When you compare him today to 15 or 20 years ago, he’s a different kind of a guy. The guy can’t talk. The guy can’t put two sentences together. So I do think this: I cannot believe he’s going to be the nominee. I hope he is. But I can’t believe he’s going to be the nominee.” …

Asked later in the interview again what he thinks happens among Democrats if they ditch both Biden and Harris from the ticket and who replaces them, Trump again said he is unsure who might emerge but said he thinks it will be a “free-for-all” among Democrats to try to seize the top spot on the ballot.

“That I can’t tell you,” Trump said. “There will be a point at which it’s a free-for-all.”

“I don’t think that Biden will make it to the gate,” Trump added.

There could be a mad dash for that red flag. Power is the defining principle of Democrat politics and the goal of every card-carrying party member. It is a preferred form of government that doesn’t provide much in the way of job security or personal protection. If leadership sees you as a threat to power, your days are numbered.

It is why many of us have also had conversations about if or when that same Bog Government establishment will try to take a shot at Trump, as in assassination. If he’s that big of a threat to their power, what are they waiting for?

I’m sure it’s come up and for more reasons than being rid of a dangerous opponent. It would likely start the civil war for which they’ve been pining—the chance to declare Martial law to impose a wide range of restrictions.

Biden was acceptable because they could control him. Use him as the face of their progressive tyranny. Breaking America is the goal. If it only takes one bullet, they’d be more than happy to take the shot.

 

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The Vermont Legislature returns to Montpelier on January 3rd, and the Democrat Supermajority’s first order of business in the House is a 10 percent state income tax hike. Of course, the bill is titled “S.56 – An act relating to child care and early childhood education” because, you know, “for the children,” but….

Sections 24 -27 lay it out clear that should S.56 become law, income tax rates will increase by bracket from 3.65% to 3.8% (a 9 percent increase) on those earning $42,150 or less, from 6.6% to 7.3% (an 11 percent increase) on those earning between $42,151 and $102,200, from 7.6% to 8.3% (a nine percent increase) on those earning between $102,201 and $213,150, and from 8.75% to 9.6% (a 10 percent increase) on those earning more than that.

According to the Joint Fiscal Office, this would mean an overall income tax increase on Vermonters of $125.4 million in 2025.

Oh, but they’re not done yet! This bill calls for another income tax increase – a “Supplemental Personal Income Tax Increase” — in 2027 by brackets to 3.8%, 7.5%, 8.55%, and 10.05%, which would suck an additional $57.5 million out of working Vermonters’ wallets in 2028 on top of that.

What’s all this for, you ask? The complete hostile takeover of pre-kindergarten childcare – mostly small businesses run by women – by the bloated, corrupt, inefficient, ineffective, but politically powerful public school monopoly.

Yes, the same folks who for multiple decades were failing to teach our kids to read properly are locking special needs students in “blue rooms” when they’re not physically pinning them to the floor, who are responsible for over a dozen years worth of declining test scores, walked out on kids and families during COVID, and who are more interested in cramming woke ideology down students’ throats than teaching them how to balance a checkbook (and here I think we can see why)… want to start the process of miseducating and indoctrinating our kids a few years earlier. And they’re generously willing to perform this service for just a few hundred million dollars a year. Maybe make it half a billion when all is said and done—nice round number.

So, if you thought the new 0.44 percent payroll tax passed just last year that will start sucking $120 million directly out of working Vermonters’ paychecks this July, plus the anticipated 18.5 percent property tax increase would be enough to cover this early childcare nut, it seems you were grossly mistaken. After all, it’s not cheap supplying taxpayer funded childcare subsidies to families earning 575% of the federal poverty level. This means, yes, if this bill becomes law, Vermonters in the lowest income bracket will be paying 9 percent more in income taxes to provide benefits for people earning over $200,000 a year. Quit complaining, poor folks. That’s “your fair share,” according to the lingo.

2024 is an election year, and just so you know, S.56 was sponsored by 17 of the 23 Democrat Senators and passed the Senate last year on a roll call vote of 24-6. Every Democrat voted for it, and one Republican.

Now it’s in the House, and you have a chance to let your Representatives know what you think about all this. Please do!

 

Rob Roper is a freelance writer with 20 years of experience in Vermont politics, including three years of service as chair of the Vermont Republican Party and nine years as President of the Ethan Allen Institute, Vermont’s free-market think tank. He is also a regular contributor to VermontGrok.

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