Nathan DeGrave

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Nathan DeGrave is among the peaceful January 6 demonstrators who are being kept in the Washington, DC jail for practicing their supposed right to free speech and freedom of assembly. Their situation has been dire in an unimaginable hell. I cannot describe what these people are facing any better than the man who is living it now. Here is his message. (more…)

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I never took a side in the Optics War. I only wondered why anyone thought it needed to be fought.

I realize I’m going against the general sentiment of nearly every other writer on this site and most of the readers by stating this, but I feel the entire Optics War was ill-advised, divisive, and destructive. And neither side came out in better shape as a result. (more…)

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The Boston Tea Party, when costumed LARPers began a revolution

As an American observing Wednesday’s “mostly peaceful” protest at the Capitol from abroad, I admit I was taken by surprise. Foreign acquaintances had been asking me for months if anything dramatic would happen in relation to the election. While I was sure that a Trump victory would have led to BLM and Antifa violence on a scale we had never seen before, I assured everyone that in the event of a Biden win, discontent would be limited to the “proper political channels” and social media (more…)

Phil Eiger Newmann, Capitol Offense, 2021

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The worst event since 9/11 happened this week. No, it wasn’t another terror attack, nor was it a natural catastrophe.

Donald Trump supporters stormed the Capitol and . . . just kinda wandered around. Sure, they had to fight their way in and break through doors and windows to obtain their objective. (more…)