By Chris Powell According to the Connecticut Bar Association, criticism of the courts has gone too far, particularly criticism of the New York State court that convicted former President Donald J. Trump of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. In a letter sent this month to the association’s members, its top three officers, includingContinue reading “Despite fawning lawyers, courts can be corrupt”
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Many are above the law, especially in Connecticut
By Chris Powell Responses from leading Connecticut Democrats to Donald Trump’s conviction for falsifying business records were mostly along the lines of “nobody is above the law.” U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy and U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes, both seeking re-election, Democratic State Chairwoman Nancy DiNardo, and others couldn’t be bothered to examine their tedious cliché, norContinue reading “Many are above the law, especially in Connecticut”
Chris Murphy exceeds Trump with demagoguery on guns
By Chris Powell Suppose Donald Trump, campaigning for president, cited Connecticut U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy’s support for federalizing a right to late-term abortion and said the senator’s pandering to the abortion industry was meant “to kill more kids in order to make more profits for Planned Parenthood.” There would be outrage from the political left,Continue reading “Chris Murphy exceeds Trump with demagoguery on guns”
Murphy challenges Trump for biggest demagogue
By Chris Powell Anyone who thinks that Donald Trump is the country’s biggest demagogue should examine the remarks made by Connecticut U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy last Saturday as the Democratic State Convention nominated him for a third term. Trump, Murphy said, “wants to turn us against each other,” as if Murphy’s party isn’t preaching asContinue reading “Murphy challenges Trump for biggest demagogue”
High school boys weren’t culture war’s aggressors
By Chris Powell According to a report in Connecticut’s Hearst newspapers, the recent destruction of a feminine hygiene products dispenser that had been installed in a boys bathroom at Brookfield High School “ignited a culture war.” But the “culture war” wasn’t ignited by the vandalism at all. It was ignited by the dispenser’s incongruous installation,Continue reading “High school boys weren’t culture war’s aggressors”
Murphy’s pork is inflation; and U.S. wrecks Ukraine
By Chris Powell Connecticut U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, whose idea of national security is to have border control agents wave across 5,000 illegal entrants per day, quite apart from the hundreds more who sneak into the country out of sight, has another great idea. He calls it the Connecticut Fund Finder — an interactive mapContinue reading “Murphy’s pork is inflation; and U.S. wrecks Ukraine”
Democrats abruptly reverse their pose on illegal immigration
By Chris Powell With Governor Lamont playing a big part, Democrats across the country have abruptly reversed their posture on illegal immigration, moving from support or indifference to indignant opposition and blaming Republicans for the problem. In national television interviews the governor said immigration policy should be much stricter, Democrats had been slow to faceContinue reading “Democrats abruptly reverse their pose on illegal immigration”
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