The Myriad Permutations of Socialism. Democrats in 2026

I have followed with interest the continuing drama of Conservative Talk Show Host (and friend to us all) Lee Elci in his bid for the Connecticut State Senate Seat of the 20th District against Democrat incumbent Martha (“Wire Cutter”) Marx.

As was quite predictable to me, once Elci announced his candidacy, Marx pressed her right to the statutory benefits of “equal time,” in other words, being allowed to broadcast to the 94.9 News and Stimulating Talk audience that follows Elci at comparable times of the day. As the station works out the details of the demand, Marx was bold and glib to state her intentions to “The Day” of New London. https://theday.com/news/916512/democrat-marx-considers-sharing-airwaves-with-conservative-talk-show-hosts/

As stated in the article: “Marx said she has no shortage of topics she would address if she goes on air — tenant rights, LGBTQ issues, health care, immigration — many of them will come with a view from the left and will be a contrast to the themes, advertisements, and callers on Elci’s show.

“I don’t know how many listeners Lee Elci has, and I don’t know that his listeners would care about hearing what I’m talking about,” Marx said. “I would be able to elevate and give a voice to so many of the causes that are so important to me.


“The first day, I might have representatives from Planned Parenthood, OutCT and Moms Demand Action,” Marx said. “I would have my Democratic colleagues and candidates on, and listeners would be able to hear their real voices instead of the lies they usually hear on that station,” Marx said.”

While being a First Amendment absolutist and a strong believer in the law of equal time, I beg to differ with Senator Marx in that perhaps not everything spoken on station 94.9 is a lie. For example, Senator Marx inexplicably cut wires under her legislative seat in 2024 causing multiple thousands of dollars in damage and neither political party called for censure, expulsion, or even an investigation. https://ctexaminer.com/2024/08/08/state-senator-cuts-voting-box-wires-damages-could-reach-15k-sources-say/ . However, my friend and colleague Tony De Angelo did, only to be rebuffed by the ostensibly cowardly Capitol Police. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUehKZTrxpA&t=2s However Tony is not bothered, as he will sure to ask Martha as to her reasons for doing what she did with the wires when the floor is hers, and 200,000 ears will listen for the answer.


Some may find all the foregoing entertaining. Others may find it vengeful. But my reasons of recounting the foregoing are only for the purposes of showing the First Amendment of the United States Constitution at work and showing that Freedom of Speech is a blessing to us all and is indeed a two-way street, much to the chagrin and uncomfortableness awaiting Martha Marx in the future.

But even that premise pales in comparison to the most critical issue: Because we live in a free society where all can throw stones and duck stones thrown at them, both Marx and Elci have the right to say whatever they wish within the limits of actual malice and threat. Marx may now have difficulty, fear, and trembling coming to grips with that reality, which may be why her and her ilk run to the marvelous umbrella of Socialism as the elixir that heals all ills. What these misguided souls do not comprehend is that in Socialism and Marxism one’s right to dissent is often met with ostracization, imprisonment, beatings and yes, even death.

You see in Socialism, Marx thinks she is safe being on the side of the oppressor, for now. But oh, how little does she really understand?

 Imagine being tortured to death because you were forced to believe the lies your government was claiming and disagreed with them. Imagine you were a firm believer in Freedom-Freedom of thought, economic and personal freedom, freedom to live your life without governmental control.

Imagine reading about and believing that the Holocaust existed and that over eleven million were tortured to death by a variety of means especially those of Jewish faith and of Polish ancestry.

Imagine reading about and believing that the around twelve million died during the peaceful Russian Revolution of Communism and Marxism.

Imagine reading about and believing that in Cuba, the Castro Brothers were responsible for over 12,000 deaths by various means including firing squads and their murder of Oswaldo Payá.

Look him up if you dare.

Imagine reading about and believing that in China under Mao Zedong's rule that 30 to 45 million died under his tortures and starvation.

Imagine reading about and believing that in North Korea since 1948 over ten million have died from torture and or starvation.

Imagine reading about and believing that in Cambodia, Pol Pot killed over two million of its own citizens through a variety of means. 

Yet these bothersome facts are ignored. Forgotten by enthusiastic and brainwashed Democrat Socialists of America and their paid protestors continually forgetting the 100 million people who have been murdered in one way or another over past 100 years by Socialist/Communist regimes in our world.  Somehow, in 2026 too many young people have no idea of the destruction brought about by communist regimes throughout our world history. I personally will never forget my ancestors in Poland were murdered in cold blood by both the Germans and Russians during World War II and many years afterwards. As far as they have been told, Socialism is the land of Milk and Honey and they will all be standing at the end of a plenteous conveyor belt amply supplied by government and the working taxpayers.

Thus in 2026, I am forced to write this column in support of freedom and our free United States of America with the Marx-Elci race as a perfect example of what all of this means. An America that we are somehow led to believe that freedom is bad because of irrational, incomprehensible, and illogical arguments by a propaganda machine of liberal wealthy elitists (or brainless “useful idiots” like Marx). One must wonder why our political system is being hijacked by these domestic terrorists better known as liberal Democrats who have intense hatred of President Trump and no coherent or conclusive solutions to any critical issue.

Facts do not lie. Millions of innocent people have died because of Socialism and Communism and continue to die today. It is nothing new. One can twist and distort the evils of Socialism and Communism to suit their hatred of our country and our free way of life. The new age Democrat Socialists of America are just as bad as their ancestors, arguably worse in that they do not know the world of horror upon which they tread.  We do not need this kind of evil being spread in our country and in our upcoming election. The atrocities of Socialism and Communism are on full display today with the Democrat Party and their lies. The great silent majority has had enough of their wokeness, pomposity, and waste of human life.

 

Therefore, in closing, does Senator Marx understand or comprehend any of this? My guess is no. However, she would be made to understand quite readily when a much  more dastardly and purposed far leftist wishes to take her to far more treacherous places that even she could tolerate. By then, the usefulness of her idiocy will have expired and she will “get the bullet” just like multiple thousands before her. Because the only way one like Marx can ever get to address our views and redress our grievances in a society free allowing life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness through the resources God has provided and the elimination of government micromanagement.

Whatever goes around, comes around.  If only these delusional Democrats understood that before it becomes too late.

August 11, 2026. The Primary To Nowhere

 Rumor had it that King Ned Lamont the Unaccountable, the 89th Governor of the once-great state of Connecticut, participated in a primary election that recently damaged the singularly-uninspiring Democrat Socialist/Communist Josh Elliott by beating him with brute force in the August 11 Democrat Primary. As literally every state union, state-supported adjunct, corrupted NGO, and bought-off church and community group of color was ready to do their trained-dog act to remain on the food chain, the dull Mr. Elliott had no chance, and conceded his loss like a misbehaving puppy asking to be placed in his master’s good graces. For such an Academy Award winning performance, I am sure Mr. Elliott will be rewarded with a state-paid nonjob in the extremely near future just to show us all how balanced and inclusive The Unaccountable is to all persons and viewpoints, your tax dollars, be damned.

 

But how is any of this surprising? Ned desperately needs his job for family business and will continue to throw around your taxpayer money to ensure that the Lamont's Hedge Fund Cash Machine is safe until the end of his term  or another four years of ripping off Connecticut Taxpayers. He must now face a form of reality with a young Republican candidate running against him with his failed economic policies that have placed Connecticut last in many economic categories and first in the highest taxes in the country. But who cares if you subsist or  do quite well on the state dollar? And who pays attention to that. especially Connecticut's obedient state-run media and the politically connected of the Connecticut Democrat Party as the greatest offenders of public decency?

And why worry? Why even bother to have an election? Polls from everywhere and anywhere the stoic media has been already declaring Lamont the victor! And why not? Just continue to hand free taxpayers monies to the state-run media to keep them "viable", pay for unlimited abortions, parrot anti-ICE rhetoric, ignore high electric rates, high fuel oil prices and most importantly continue with an unlimited source of Connecticut Taxpayer funded revenue for the Oak HC/FT hedge fund profits funneled through state funded nonprofits and shady outfits such as the boiler-room “Connecticut Innovations.” 

Doesn't this sound familiar? Haven't we seen this for eight long years? Why does the smarmy cloak of legitimacy from both sides of the aisle continue towards Ned Lamont with no complaint about any of this?

But this is a familiar scenario, as truth and reality are not known to Ned Lamont and his Connecticut Democrat Party. The lies they spew are parroted as truth by the state-run media and Connecticut Taxpayers are always shortchanged. One genuine issue that does not get addressed is voter fraud which many know is rampant in state elections, especially in Bridgeport. Just recently,  more absentee ballot fraud hit Crime Free Democrat Bridgeport with allegations of  former state Sen. Dennis Bradley with voter intimidation and absentee ballot misconduct, but who is actually counting? (https://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/fairfield/bridgeport-police-investigating-allegations-of-absentee-ballot-misconduct-against-former-state-sen-dennis-bradley/). Just another nodding performance by a Democrat Party appointed judge and the usual brushing aside of voter fraud by the Democrats. A young man named Jonathan De Barros has simple questions about his Congressional primary defeat that are  clear but remain unanswered and avoided. Given the number of incidents, it is hard not to conclude that voter fraud in Democrat Connecticut has influenced and effected both local and state elections especially in crime riddled and corrupted Bridgeport. But again, who cares, since it somehow it is never prosecuted nor challenged except by a few brave voters who believe in integrity of our scared election process. The fact remains that your vote does count unbelievably and must count, except obviously in Bridgeport, where the system does not care what you think.

But there is a sanity test here. Why would Lamont and his Connecticut Democrat Party be winning in the polls supposedly, given the horrific economic conditions in Connecticut and the extreme hatred shown for him on social media and uncontrolled environments? His reign has given us a state that has massive debt and unfunded liabilities along with high local and state taxes, massive state spending for state employee wages, benefits, and pensions, along with a poor infrastructure, rampant crime, and a horrific business climate? Why would anyone continue to vote for this deficient social and economic mess? And now, Lamont must contend with the failed lies of the new and improved Democrat Socialists that have taken over most of the failed aspects of this horrific morass called the Democrat party and appease these socialists at every turn since he must remain in office at all costs, especially when you are paying the costs.

But what really happened in this primary? Nothing. Nothing at all. Nothing has happened to want to make any sane person, who believes in Democracy and Capitalism to want to vote for these failures called successes in 2026. The Democrat Party continues to fail Connecticut and its big cities daily, and will bribe, cajole, and throw your money to remain exactly where they are. There are massive drug abuse problems, murders on the streets of formerly safe city areas, massive crime, massive social problems, and massive corruption everywhere you look in the state. The Democrat Party owns these issues and refuses to accept blame nor offer any solutions to them. It is just more, more of the same failed rhetoric that is spewed from top to bottom.

Yes, Ned Lamont won on Tuesday. And he is an odds-on favorite to remain exactly where he is for at least another four years. The only thing that would ever change that is a consistent and super-charged effort to drive him, his ilk, his incompetence, his spouse, and his cronies from power. But to do so would take boldness, courage, and vision which is tough to come by from a large supplicant and questionable voter base and a comfortable opposition party that does not blister and batter this reprehensible conduct daily and embrace viewpoints contrary to its  failed modus operandi.

 Elections 2026. It is the Last Chance Saloon for Connecticut. I pray to God people are seeing this for what it really, is and act accordingly.

Pay No Attention To The Man Behind The Curtain! The Eight-Year Fantasy Reign of Governor Ned Lamont

 The eight years of the fantasy reign of King Ned Lamont the Unaccountable as Governor of the State of Connecticut can best be summed up by this dialogue from the 1939 classic film “The Wizard Of Oz”

The Wizard (booming voice, as the giant head):

“Do not arouse the wrath of the great and powerful Oz! I said come back tomorrow!”

 

Dorothy:

“If you were really great and powerful, you’d keep your promises!”

The Wizard (still booming):

“Do you presume to criticize the great Oz? You ungrateful creatures! Think yourselves lucky that I’m giving you audience tomorrow instead of 20 years from now!”

(Toto pulls back the green curtain, revealing the ordinary man working the levers and speaking into a microphone.)

The Wizard (startled, still trying to maintain the booming voice):

“Oh! … The great Oz has spoken!”

(He tries to close the curtain.)

“Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain! The great Oz has spoken!”

(Dorothy pulls the curtain fully open.)

Dorothy:

“Who are you?”

The Wizard (first booming, then dropping to his normal voice):

“I am the great and powerful… Wizard of Oz.”

Dorothy:

“You are? I don’t believe you!”

The Wizard:

“I’m afraid it’s true. There’s no other Wizard except me.”

Scarecrow:

“You humbug!”

Cowardly Lion:

“Yeah!”

The Wizard:
“Yes, that’s exactly so. I’m a humbug.”

Dorothy:

“Oh, you’re a very bad man!”

The Wizard:

“Oh, no, my dear. I’m a very good man. I’m just a very bad wizard.”

 

 This 90-year old classic snippet of dialogue from "The Wizard Of Oz" describes the reign of King Governor Ned Lamont The Unaccountable perfectly, but for one item: While “Most Popular” Governor Ned Lamont may get an A+ in the categories of wonder and achievement courtesy of his state-run hack media stable, he differs from The Wizard in that in actuality, he is both a bad man and a bad governor.

Pick any sycophantic state-run media outlet or print publication in Connecticut, and you will get the same tale concerning Ned Lamont. There is economic magic in Connecticut! It is due to an amazing run of all sorts of the Democrat Party pulling economic rabbits out of their hats by the one and only, King Ned Lamont, the Unaccountable! In a recent news article that read like a campaign press release written by the Connecticut Democrat Party, somehow there is no longer any unfunded liabilities to the Connecticut State Pension System.  This is due to the magic of King Ned and his over taxation of Connecticut Taxpayers to create fiscal balloon surpluses.

From the article: https://www.courant.com/2026/08/03/a-look-at-cts-recent-fiscal-matters-pensions-debt-revenue-surpluses-taxing-the-wealthy/?lctg=64C6443F951205741532846538&utm_email=64C6443F951205741532846538&active=yesP&utm_source=listrak&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.courant.com%2f2026%2f08%2f03%2fa-look-at-cts-recent-fiscal-matters-pensions-debt-revenue-surpluses-taxing-the-wealthy%2f&utm_campaign=trib-hartford_courant-five_things_you_need_to_know-nl&utm_content=hybrid “Central to Gov. Ned Lamont’s political brand and his run for a rare third term is a fiscal discipline that has contributed to Connecticut’s extraordinary run of budget surpluses. He’s wrapped seven consecutive years in the black, using $11 billion of those unspent funds to wipe out pension debt. No other governor in modern history has made one such payment. And Lamont, a Democrat who has served with strong Democratic legislative majorities, cut state income tax rates in 2023, something done only once before in the 35-year history of the levy, while still building a record-setting budget reserve that tops $4.4 billion.”

This particular version of sycophantic blather was never parroted until the Lamont versus Socialist/Communist Josh Elliott primary. As someone who has studied the and written about the Connecticut State Debt for decades, I am truly amazed by these farcical statements.  When one tries to understand Connecticut State's Debt, one may be overwhelmed by the spider web of deceptions and untruths that have been force fed to Connecticut Taxpayers over the years. For to even get at what the real state debt is truly a challenge.

One thing the sycophants and lackeys will never tell you is that there are many aspects to Connecticut's debt that include long term and short-term bonding of different debts along with billions in unfunded liabilities that state taxpayers are liable for. This chorus of magpies would never tell you that Connecticut has one of the highest ratios of debt functions in the country along with one of the highest local and state tax burdens simultaneously. Few even understand this is happening. Connecticut State workers have one of the highest wage, benefit, and pension structures in the country accounting for over $11 billion dollars this past year out of state budget or roughly $27 billion dollars.  This is roughly 41% of Connecticut's state budget. Other examples include a 17.15% Debt to Gross Domestic Product ratio. This is a ratio calculated by dividing total debt by annual economic output, reflecting Connecticut's ability to pay back what it owes. And business development and economic opportunity? Connecticut has a population of roughly 3.6 million people of which over 380,000 are on Food Stamps which is over 10% of the state's population (https://www.usdebtclock.org/state-debt-clocks/state-of-connecticut-debt-clock.html). Of course if you can make your own way, you do not need government food subsidies. But! (but) isn't the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development leading the charge into the Mojo-driven Lamont universe? Roughly two billion dollars has been siphoned from state coffers into varying socialistic scam spending during the Reign of Lamont. But one wonders for what purpose have these funds been allocated for reasons other than serial waste, fraud, nepotism, cronyism, and abuse? https://wp.cga.ct.gov/apa/wp-content/cgacustom/reports/FullReports/Economic%20and%20Community%20Development,%20Department%20of%20FULL_20260729_FY2023,2024.pdf .

Continuing from the above news article/press release: “I think people are taking a second look at Connecticut” because of this fiscal dedication, Lamont said this week. “They say, ‘They’ve got their act together.’” 

How did Connecticut ever get its act together with crushingly high state debt and 41% of the budget just going to salaries, benefits, and pensions, coupled with Wizard of Oz-like budget surpluses caused by Democrat Party over taxation?

However, no state-produced lie is ever complete without a benchmark reference to the failed leaders of the past. Here, the reference is to good old Former Governor Dan Malloy, who ran on a platform of “no new taxes. When elected that lie was forgotten about. Again, from the “above news article/press release: “(Malloy) took an issue that was [behind] closed doors … and really put it out there for people to understand the level of the problem,” said Joe Aresimowicz, the House speaker during the last two years of Malloy’s tenure and first two of Lamont’s. “It takes a different kind of human being to stand up in front of hundreds of people night after night, knowing that they disagree with you, knowing that they’re angry, knowing that they’re going to yell at you, and you keep doing it anyway,” said Roy Occhiogrosso, a senior adviser and campaign strategist for Malloy. “And it was because he believed deeply that you cannot fix the massive problems that he inherited unless you educate people about them first.” “In Dan Malloy’s defense, he was the first guy to at least make the current [pension] payments,” the governor said, “and I respect him for that.” Malloy’s tax hikes forced high earners to pay more..."Lamont ultimately closed his deficit by raising some business taxes and by canceling some sales tax exemptions and previously approved tax cuts that hadn’t taken effect yet. He was spared from increasing the state income tax, which carried the biggest political risk."

None of these characters of the state’s storied past will ever tell you that Malloy's legacy was one of making Connecticut's State Income Tax one of the most progressive in the country to fuel much higher state spending under the guise of paying down state debt. For such a destructive reign of fiscal irresponsibility. Malloy's payoff was getting a political nonjob in Maine via his financial glad-handing of Maine-based Jackson Labs. And when the state pays the freight, no news article is complete without painting Lamont as a discernable improvement over the failures of the past.

But wait! Here’s More! More confirmation of the Lamont economic brilliance is a recent report from Reason Foundation (https://reason.org/commentary/cts-pre-k-endowment-diverts-pension-dollars/). From this report,  Connecticut’s Early Childhood Education Endowment (ECEE) was created to further the state’s efforts to subsidize early childhood education. The goal is commendable. Childcare is expensive, and surely many families in Connecticut could benefit from additional support.

But the financing structure of this endowment is troubling. It redirects surplus dollars that would otherwise have gone toward paying down Connecticut’s severely underfunded public pension systems, setting up the state for future problems.

Connecticut already funds early childhood education through its operating budget. The state approved $418 million for fiscal year 2026 and $443 million for fiscal year 2027, separate from the endowment. These funds are part of the regular budget process, where spending is debated, appropriated, and subject to the state’s fiscal guardrails.

The endowment is different. Starting in fiscal year 2026, it is set to receive any unappropriated General Fund surpluses once the Budget Reserve Fund is at its statutory cap. Before the endowment was created, those surpluses would have continued to support additional contributions to pay the state’s massive pension system debt that is owed to public workers.

Connecticut’s State Employees Retirement System and State Teachers’ Retirement System have a combined unfunded liability of $31.5 billion. These are not optional obligations. These are pension benefits already earned by public employees that are legally binding claims on future state revenues.

Unfunded pension obligations are among the state’s most expensive fiscal risks. When pension funding falls short, the state forgoes investment earnings that would have accrued on contributed assets, increasing long-term costs, and shifting a larger burden to future taxpayers. For decades, Connecticut did exactly that, using funding practices that lowered near-term budget pressure while pushing debts and costs into the future.

But didn’t the above news article/press release tell us Lamont wiped out debt? If that is the case, how is it possible that a mere $31 billion dollars plus in unfunded pension liabilities exists in one place alone? Who is telling the truth? Who is lying? I highly doubt it is Democrat Governor Ned Lamont through his state-run media.

True money does not lie. Connecticut, depending on your periscope, still has $100,000,000,000 to $150,000,000,000 billion dollars in short- and long-term debt along with unfunded liabilities. It has moved billions over dollars off budget over the years  and hidden that from public view and comment. Connecticut gives away your tax dollars freely and without oversight through nontransparent agencies such as the Department of Economic and Community Development, which really should be eliminated and via myriad non-profits that no one in elected government wants to stop funding. Connecticut remains a fiscal mess with high debt, high taxes, and a poor business climate.

If you do not mind being ripped off daily, by all means keep voting for incompetent Democrats who are running in November. If you do not mind living in an economic and unaffordable economic sewer where there are few places you can grow and advance, keep voting for incompetent Democrats who are running in November. If you like busting your rear-end to feed the masses, illegal aliens and the entitled, keep voting for incompetent Democrats who are running in November. If you like all the daycare opportunities in-state but have no idea as to how much grift and fraud you are supporting since no politician anywhere cares, keep voting for incompetent Democrats who are running in November. If you want a genuine growing economy that attracts winners rather than a state-supported morass that attracts only politicians, keep voting for incompetent Democrats that are running in November. If you like serial crime and mere lip-service by police agencies to stop the crime as lip-service is all that is allowed, keep voting for incompetent Democrats who are running in November.

 

Maybe, just maybe this election could finally be different if voters see the economic light of darkness that is Ned Lamont and his political hacks who rule Connecticut with an iron fist.

 

Connecticut: Where The Biggest Criminal Is The Government

It is staggering to me and to many others how mired Connecticut participates in various forms of crime of all types, where little to nothing is ever done to cause the perpetrators to account. Moreover, several types of activity such as gambling, weed, and abusive practices with children in educational settings have been made “legal”, regardless of their deleterious effects on the citizenry. Sophisticated patterns of self-dealing, larceny, and financial fraud from high-ranking government officials are as much of a hallmark of the Great Nutmeg State as New Haven Pizza. 

But as the crimes mount and the nationwide shock grows at yet another Connecticut crime, scam, or embarrassment, one thing is for sure:

Crime is simply a way of life in Connecticut, and the biggest criminal, is the state government.

Let’s start with something we are all familiar with. Death. Death is an everyday occurrence in the state of Connecticut. Some deaths are caused by criminals and crime. One such example, which could have been avoided was the senseless death of off-duty Bridgeport Police Officer Cooper Whiteside,  who was only 38, years old  and passenger Brittany Islami, only 34 years old. Ms. Islami had three children who now have no mother. They were killed by a Melissa Ramirez, who allegedly had a had a blood alcohol content almost twice the legal limit (https://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/fairfield/womans-bac-almost-twice-the-legal-limit-in-crash-that-killed-bridgeport-police-officer-girlfriend-in-danbury-warrant/). What was not reported in this state-run media article, (nor, as of the time of this writing was even mentioned by ANY candidate or elected official),  was that Ramirez, was an illegal alien. The Department of Homeland Security confirmed in a statement to The New York Post that Ramirez was in the country illegally. (https://nypost.com/2026/07/29/us-news/illegal-migrant-allegedly-killed-connecticut-cop-and-his-girlfriend-in-dui-crash/). This a person who was here illegally, did not have a Connecticut driver’s license according to the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles, and a substance issue. It is interesting to note that there was little mention in Connecticut's mainstream state-run media as to Ramirez being in our country illegally, because in Connecticut crime is a way of life, and Connecticut is the paterfamilias Criminal.

Would you like a cherry for your sundae? In Plantsville CT, on July 20, a motorcyclist was surrounded during a "Rideout". A "Rideout" is where hundreds of riders of all ages join in, often coordinated through social media and the riders will usually block out public streets and roads from legal users. It is extremely popular in Connecticut and law enforcement officials somehow are never proactive in stopping Rideout’s.  In this “Rideout,” a 58-year-old man on motorcycle was blocked in, was robbed of his cellphone, and was stabbed in the back with screwdrivers allegedly with Kevin Manuel Rodriguez, 20, of Waterbury, and a 13-year-old juvenile from Cheshire being the assailants.  

Rodriguez was charged with:

• Criminal attempt to commit first-degree assault.
• Conspiracy to commit first-degree assault.
• Second-degree assault
• Conspiracy to commit first-degree robbery.
• Second-degree riot
• Unlawful assembly
• Second-degree threatening
• Second-degree breach of peace

Police said Rodriguez was held on a $500,000 cash/surety bond and was scheduled to appear in New Britain Superior Court on Tuesday, July 21.

The juvenile was charged with:

• First-degree robbery
• Conspiracy to commit first-degree robbery.
• Fourth-degree larceny
• Third-degree assault
• Second-degree riot
• Unlawful assembly
• Two counts of second-degree breach of peace

The juvenile was transported to the Hartford Juvenile Detention Center under an "Order to Detain." (https://patch.com/connecticut/southington/2-arrested-after-southington-rideout-ends-assault-robbery-stabbing-police). I attempted to find his July 21 court appearance but was unable to. There is little follow up information to this case and or to the health status of the man stabbed in the back with screwdrivers.

Two additional questions immediately come to mind for many and remain unanswered. They are Why are "Rideout’s" not being dealt with more aggressively by local Police and State Police as in one of their biggest priorities? And why was bail offered to Rodriguez in the first place for his despicable actions that almost killed an innocent man?

Of course, in Connecticut, such questions become redundant. Get over it, folks. Crime is simply a way of life in Connecticut, and the biggest criminal and enabler, is the state government.

Let us move on to what Connecticut is world-renown for. Voter Fraud! Voter fraud is rampant in Connecticut. Just look at Bridgeport, especially in their absentee ballots/mayor elections as being the model city for these crimes in the number of arrests that have taken place. Bridgeport as we know has a convicted felon as their mayor in "honest" Joe Ganim. Sadly, most arrested never do prison time but are granted probation for their crimes except for Ganim and his wholesale rape of the city. World-famous “ballot stuffer” Wanda Geter-Pataky, and Alfredo Castillo have until August 25th to accept a plea deal from their part in ballot tampering. Many are nervous as to what Wanda may tell (and on whom) on her way to copping a plea.

"Two suspects charged with hundreds of ballot tampering charges in Bridgeport now have four weeks to decide whether to take a plea deal, a judge decided on Tuesday. Former Democratic Town Committee vice chair Wanda Geter-Pataky and current city councilman Alfredo Castillo must decide by August 25 whether to accept an offer from prosecutors or go to trial. They are two of the most prominent faces of the sweeping scandal that made national headlines and forced a re-do of the 2023 mayoral election." (https://connecticut.news12.com/judge-gives-top-bridgeport-ballot-suspects-four-weeks-to-accept-plea-deal)   Castillo: “The lead bosses tell us to do the work, and we do and then we get criminalized. And it’s just not fair.”

Reporter: “Alfredo, when you say the ‘lead bosses,’ who is telling you to do this?”

Castillo: “The [Sen. Chris] Murphys. Everybody, all the Democrats.”

Reporter: “What about Joe Ganim?”

Castillo: “Yeah, he's our mayor.”  

Can it be possible that these two Democrat Party operatives were being told what to do by Joe Ganim and other Democrat Party operatives? Isn't this evidence conclusive that Democrat Party voter fraud is a major issue in the state and just never gets resolved? How can voters have confidence that their vote counts given this constant fraud including people in the state here illegally and voting in unascertainable numbers?

Of course, in Connecticut, such questions become redundant. Get over it, folks. Crime is simply a way of life in Connecticut, and the biggest criminal, is the state government that enables all of this.

But why stop there.

Remember 2020? Remember Covid-19? Remember Dr. Anthony Fauci? Remember Ned and Annie Lamont selling Covid tests of uncertain accuracy to the state via family equity Sema4? Remember the “pump” of Sema4 stock leading up to a large cash-out by the Lamont family group fueled by $48,000,000 granted or borrowed at a 2% rate from the (should-be-abolished) Department of Economic Development, followed by a huge “dump” of Sema4 stock and subsequent flying lawsuits? Remember Ned Lamont’s close partnership with the modern-day Dr. Josef Mengele (Fauci)? Well, my friend and colleague Tony De Angelo remembers quite well, and covered this on his July 30, 2026, episode of THIRTY WITH TONY. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUnhkB2qwJc&t=2760s

But in Connecticut, such questions become redundant. Get over it, folks. Crime is simply a way of life in Connecticut, and the biggest criminal, is the state government, which enables all of this.

In the upcoming election in November, maybe just maybe voters  will realize that Connecticut has reached a breaking point. It has massive crime, massive voter fraud, massive local and state taxes, a crumbling infrastructure, a public educational system that no longer prepares students with functional life and work skills. It has a failed and arrogant state government and administrative state reeking of political nepotism and complete disregard for the Taxpayers who support this quagmire. It has elected officials robbing the state treasury by ostensible outright larcenists like Doug McCrory and Erin Stewart, or sophisticated criminals like those enabling Ned Lamont. It is a truly a Democrat Party controlled Kingdom enabled by a weak form of Republicanism, where the legal working class are the serfs supporting this self-appointed Monarchy of corruption and decline.

But let us be entirely clear, while many hands have made this debacle, the system is truly broken. And the ownership of this mess falls entirely upon the Democrat Party. Get ready for even more of the same in 2026 unless something drastically changes.

 

The Pharisee And The Publican- The Connecticut Democrat Version of 2026

Most people are familiar with the Biblical tale of the Pharisee and the Publican.

It goes something like this: Two men went up to the temple to pray: one a Pharisee (a member of a Jewish religious group known for strict observance of the Law) and the other a publican/tax collector (a figure often viewed as a sinner and collaborator with Roman authorities, despised).

 

• The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: “God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.”
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• The tax collector (publican) stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven but beat his breast and said, “God, have mercy on me, a sinner.”

In the Bible, two men came before God seeking him and one was able to approach God for mercy, being of a sincere heart. In the political theater of Connecticut, two men came before members of their party seeking primary votes. Sadly, both failed miserably as both projected no sense of sincerity whatsoever.

 

Welcome to the 2026 Democrat Version of the Pharisee and The Publican. 

 One, Josh Elliott wants to be the Governor of Connecticut so badly he can taste it. He demands your vote as any good Communist/Socialist Young Democrat demands. He confronted the Taxpayer funded Capitalist evil, enemy Governor Ned Lamont in a 45-minute debate held on July 22 on WTNH News 8 for all to see (https://www.wtnh.com/news/elections/lamont-elliott-spar-over-taxes-utility-costs-and-ice-mask-policy-in-news-8-debate/). And what a stale, scripted debate it was.  The same old, same old, tired failed Democrat policies echoed repeatedly. The agreed-to, (or network prepared?) questions were out of central casting.   No new ideas or logical thought provided.

Here are some interesting and as expected quotes from this fight between two Democrat Party brothers in corruption. (https://ctmirror.org/2026/07/22/lamont-and-elliott-clash-politely-in-only-tv-debate-before-primary/)

 Elliott:  “We’re the second-most reliant state on the property tax, which is deeply regressive,” Elliott said Wednesday. “The only way we can fix this is through a fair tax structure, asking the wealthy to pay a commensurate amount, a fair amount.”  Hey Josh! how much are you going to charge the wealthy in taxes?  100%? 200%?  At what point do you think they will move out of your state and thus pay zero in Connecticut taxes as they have done in every other state except your own?  Have you seen anyone and or any business move into state to pay Connecticut taxes in your ten years of damaging public service as a State Representative? In fact, what businesses have moved in state, excepting those receiving 2% taxpayer-funded sweetheart loans from our should-be-abolished Department of Economic and Community Development? What experience do you have with said loans? Why don’t you ask your opponent Mr. Lamont about this type of 2% forgivable economic assistance as he is well familiar with multi-million-dollar fundings advanced to his wife’s investors via Sema-4 and the Digital Currency Group?  What have you done about any of this?  

Not much as your record of accomplishments in unrecognizable.

Elliott also stated: “When I see that I’m up against somebody who takes my message and does the Temu version of it, I find it deeply frustrating,” “The fact is, I’m glad we’re rowing the same direction, but not quite the same, and not quite the same velocity. We could do so much more here in Connecticut, and the fact is, we have to fight for fairness up and down the board.”  What is this fairness he is talking about? Political nepotism for Connecticut Democrat Party operatives as in Bridgeport? More low-income jobs, multi-unit housing, and supporting dependency on the backs of the remaining legitimate taxpayers in the state? More gender-affirming care for innocent children?

Lamont:  “He (Elliott) doesn’t have much of a track record to talk about,” Lamont said. “I could talk about minimum wage. I could talk about economic growth. I could talk about the money we got for education and what we’re doing for health care. So, it gave me a lot of material to work with.”  Corrupted Capitalist Lamont could answer questions on how much did his family's hedge fund profit from Infosys Limited, Digital Currency Group and its affiliates, "ADVANCECT", Boston Consulting Group, UNITE US (CT), Mt. Sinai Genomics, "Thermo Fisher Scientific", "Sema 4", " Core Informatics", "Ocrulus", "Urjanet", "1life Healthcare", "Galileo Health", "Castlight Health", "Paladina Health", "4-CT", and "VillageMD ““The Horsebarn Hill Investment Fund”, McKinsey, “CT Next”, and the Tidal River Fund, 'Baby Bonds portfolio, the UCONN Foundation, to name a few?  I wonder why the moderators of the debate nor Elliott did not bring these areas up. Also, why does the Boiler Room of Connecticut ("Connecticut Innovations") steadfastly refuse to release any information whatsoever on their portfolio holding “Yuma Asset Management?” Is it because it is directly related to that same Digital Currency Group, and neither you nor your wife ever really “got out” of that deal and you lied to the citizens as you are wont to do?

Or how about both candidates disclosing their Income tax returns? (Hey Josh! Be sure to ask for Annie’s separate return, especially the part of Schedule “B” that asks for locations of foreign investments such as the tax-free and secret Cayman Islands, an integral part of the Sema-4 debacle).

Lamont also added: “We’re getting our fiscal house in order, and we had some surpluses to allow us to pay down some of the pension debt,” Lamont said. “Now we have the resources we need to make some of the big investments to really make a difference in people’s lives.” But what are exactly these investments? More 2% loans? More throwing money in exchange for votes and gimmees? More picking of winners and losers? But who cares about Connecticut and its  $100 and $150 billion dollars in short and term debt along with unfunded liabilities? What is the plan to pay that off? Why are so many legal and illegal citizens on state taxpayer funded social aid? Why do you never seem to care about any of that?

 You could have predicted the rest of debate. More rhetoric, more theatrics, and more spins on one of the worst performing states economically in the country.  Are you excited about either Democrat Party candidate? I would venture to say no as both will end up increasing state spending, increasing taxes, do less to try to combat crime and take away more of your personal freedoms. It’s the same garbage force fed to you by the Connecticut Democrat Party and its state-run media since time immemorial. It is the same rhetoric and the same lies over and over again. And most insultingly, they believe that no one sees (or cares).

Yes, both candidates are "insincere" about representing Connecticut. Both candidates represent the powerful economic and social self-interests that have made them career politicians with zero accomplishments. One candidate desperately wants to be important and be a good socialist helping to tear apart our country and its very fabric of being. The current Governor is desperately trying to keep his family's Connecticut Taxpayer funded increase in wealth, through the biggest bunch of shell companies with zero transparency and the stock deer-in-the-headlights look whenever he is confronted with a question of self-dealing or leveraging the state for personal gain. Both are inept and both are unfit to serve the Connecticut Taxpayer. 

It is the 2026 Connecticut Democrat Version of the Pharisee and The Publican. The difference, is, neither Elliott or Lamont promises to repent, straighten up, and fly right.

 

Democrat Mission Statement 2026: Hide The Red Jackass

How much more progressive can the new Communist/Socialist Democrat Party veer to in 2026?  As we see a daily assault on traditional American values peppered by the lies of progressive Democrats, any people of common decency wonder why there has not been a greater outcry against this attempted governmental overthrow, especially by the remaining moderate Democrats in the party, followed by establishment Republicans who mistakenly are treating this concentrated evil as a flukey joke at most?  Why is there a great delight by a small minority in our political system to hate Jewish people, hate the police, defund the police, hate free-enterprise, eliminate our sovereign borders, eliminate the rule of law, eliminate prisons, eliminate personal freedoms, eliminate personal and real property, hate religion and hate God? And how do those in this twisted minority feel they have the lawful right to force their sickening views on the rest of us Americans who vehemently disagree with them?  Do they understand how many millions of Americans lost their lives defending freedom so these radicals within the failed Democrat Party can bellow their hatred of our country on a daily basis?  Are those lives lost in vain?  Do they understand that they are functionally nonproductive for any purpose, and that the only way these people can exist from day to day is by relying on the largesse of others? It is ostensible that they understand very little about anything whatsoever other than the psychobabble that has been drilled into their heads by evil adults and authority figures having twisted Communist agendas.

It is no secret these truly evil of the left wing wish to clean house of all of the rich, fossilized career establishment Democrats populating Congress. Perhaps it may be the personal wealth of the Frozen Chosen that irritates these evil people.  The decrepit anti-wealth Bernie Sanders is worth $4,000,000 plus.  Nancy Pelosi tips the scales at a mere $245,000,000.  Vietnam Veteran Dick Blumenthal, a warrior to the core, sports a modest $85,000,000.  Mark Warner, another assailant of wealthy billionaires, shows he is not one of them,at $206,000,000.  Barack Obama, a poor community organizer from Chicago is now worth $70,000,000.  Rosa De Lauro is a relative piker at $5,000,000, which certainly is enough to provide for purple hair dye.  Ilhan Omar is alleged to be worth $30,000,000, and she has yet to prove otherwise. (Open Secrets.org) Do a search on Democrat politicians’ wealth and it might surprise you to see these same multi-millionaires decrying our free market system and capitalism while they profit off it.    Why aren't these same Socialist Democrat multi-millionaires  giving away their money to help to right of all the supposed social wrongs that they bitch about on a daily basis? Why aren’t they funding this new cadre of renegade Communists to assail America with more energy, vim, and vigor? The answer is that the established group of Democrat fossils sees this new Demo-communist as a threat to their position, power and financial endowment.  In fact, the old guard hates these Communists more than you and I might. What a sickening example of hypocrisy this is. 

I wonder how many more examples of socialism and communism failure must be discussed to counter the rose colored glasses view of these horrific ideologies? It would be a wonderful world if these same communists/socialists were forced to study the following atrocities; (the) Bolshevik Revolution, Bataan Death March, Chinese Communist Revolution, Pol Pot's Communist Party of Kampuchea, (resulting in the Cambodian genocide) and the Holocaust.  How did any of these atrocities against humanity benefit freedom?  Russia, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Cuba, Zimbabwe and North Korea have all changed for the worse under Communist influence, yet they are glorified by this generation of deranged idealists.  

 

Through it all, we are thankful that President Trump realizes this assault on our freedoms and stated in his July 3rd speech at Mount Rushmore; “There is now a resurgence of the communist menace in our land, including from newcomers to our country who embrace ideas totally opposed to our way of life and our great success. These are not mere political disagreements like differences over taxes or regulations. Communism is a mortal threat to American liberty. It is the greatest threat to our country, including World War I, World War II, Pearl Harbor, or even 9/11. We're not gonna let this happen to us. Believe me, we're not letting it happen. Because communism is the enemy of free people everywhere, everywhere in the world. Never works. It's the enemy of the Constitution.  Above all, it's the enemy of July 4th, 1776. It is the enemy indeed. Even while the radicals and extremists attack our incredible history at every turn, they are silent on the miserable history of communism itself because it never worked. Thousands of years, if you look at it under different names, under somewhat different ideologies and systems, that system has led to more death and destruction than any system ever tried. It killed 100 million people just in the last century alone. Communism is the exact opposite of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It's death, tyranny, and the pursuit of evil. The godless communist morality states that anything is justified to bring about inhuman visions and a pro- -- and to really propose what's good. They don't want good. They don't love God and they don't want God. They don't love religion and they don't want religion, and they won't have it, but we will not let them win. They have no chance against us. They have no respect for law, justice, principle, tradition, or your God-given rights. It's an ideology of mass theft, mass control, mass lies, and mass murder...You can be loyal to Karl Marx or you can be loyal to America. You can be a communist or you can be a patriot. You cannot be both. As for those who pedal Marx's lies about our heritage, who tell our children that we live on stolen land or that our heroes were oppressors." (https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-mount-rushmore-250th-birthday-semiquincentennial-july-3-2026/)

I highly recommend all sides of the aisle to read this speech, and to watch it again, several times over.  Please digest and truly understand what President Trump is actually saying.  And if you are a Republican running for public office at any level, you must quote from it in your pro American/Freedom/anti-Communism/Socialism speeches if you are called upon.  It is unquestionable that our free country and our personal freedoms are worth fighting for once again, as they were in 1776.  

The political pap and crap that is force fed to us by an out of touch with reality Socialist Democrat Party embracing this communism/socialism is continually enabled by an obedient docile, and inept media. This toxic mess needs to be confronted once and for all.  The time and money we have to invest in this fight defies logic as we do live in the freest and greatest country in the world.  If this small minority of Communists/Socialists do not like living here, then please get the hell out of America once and for all.  Your system has never worked and will never work, contrary to your lies. Better communists than you have failed miserably in this endeavor and you are not equipped to succeed. Most of you cannot even explain the difference between Pol Pot and a Coffee Pot.  Stop infringing upon my and millions of other Americans economic, personal and religious freedoms.  We are the majority, and your sickening doctrine you are trying to shove down our throats is best left ignored.

In closing, may the complacent and comfortable elected members of the political system take this situation to heart with urgency, and not with the usual stubbornness and incompetence. If this class of individuals fights Communism at least half as hard as ordinary citizens are, this fight will be over very quickly.

May God Save The United States Of America from all enemies, both foreign and domestic.

 

Connecticut: The Land Of Steady Failures

 What should be the caption title of the State of Connecticut? In the past, we have seen “The Constitution State,” “The Land of Steady Habits,” and “The Nutmeg State” used to describe a relatively small state bordered by three other ones. However, I submit unto you that a much more apt and descriptive name for the state of Connecticut would be “The Perpetual Debtor State” as politicians of all stripes have done little but spend and bond the way to Connecticut’s economic oblivion for the past thirty-five years.

Does more state governmental spending of taxpayers’ dollars solve social problems? A simple look around will tell you that Connecticut does not solve anything, nor offer any resolutions to the state's social problems with the vast sums of cash being spent by its state government. Kindly note that Connecticut spends $28.1 billion dollars yearly, with the adoption of its new budget and spends over $11 billion dollars on social welfare programs. So why do conditions perpetually worsen?

As we examine more closely, we see that Connecticut being a state of roughly 3.3 million people, spends 40% of its budget on social welfare programs. If one reads even slanted state-run media reports regarding all the social welfare problems the state has in 2026, one could logically assume that the state is throwing away this money with no positive results in solving all these issues. As just one example from a recent article by the left-leaning, oft-quoted, and Democrat friendly nonprofit “Connecticut Voices For Children,” it is stated that, “Connecticut ranked 29th in the nation for the percentage of children living in high-poverty areas. At 7 percent, Connecticut reports a higher share of children living in concentrated poverty than most New England states." (https://ctvoices.org/press_releases/connecticut-ranks-7th-in-the-nation-for-child-well-being-but-economic-inequities-continue-to-hold-too-many-families-back/). Many wonder if the state is spending over 40% of its budget on social welfare programs, how could poverty increase? yet it does.

As much as it wants to spend, Connecticut never rids itself of the social problems of illegal drug use, deaths due to these same illegal drugs, rampant crime, slum-like living conditions in its cities, homelessness, hunger not satisfied by numerous food banks throughout the state and increases in child poverty. If one multiplies the ever-increasing state spending on social welfare since the 1991 implementation of the Utopian State Income tax, billions of dollars, (many matched by Federal funding), have been spent in the last 37 years with little or any positive result. It becomes more evident daily that Connecticut has refined a state perpetually financed with taxpayer-paid spending on welfare, poverty, crime, illegal drug use, hopelessness, hopelessness, and penury. And again, one must realize that Connecticut still is a top five highest taxed state in the country having a poor economic and business climate with $100-150 billion dollars in short- and long-term debt along with unfunded liabilities, and massive industry and corporate losses. Where has all the money gone to produce such poor results? Or is this the intended consequences of attempting to strip a productive economy of its past vibrancy. and replace it with failed socialism and control of its youth?

Much to the chagrin and to the resistance of just about every Connecticut state office holder and candidate being afflicted with the debilitating disease of Trump Derangement Syndrome, there have been several plans and provisions under the Trump Administration to change this way of welfare life. My colleague Tony De Angelo has talked numerous times about the economic benefits for young people of the 530A Trump accounts, and is now in the process of challenging (if not, embarrassing) these same politicians asking why they wish for children in their districts to remain in perpetual poverty (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXoj4oZgvW8&t=2132s) However, and in fairness, this program is doubly despised by Democrats in liberal states such as Connecticut. The same “Connecticut Voices For Children” (funded by angry, older,wealthy Liberals) also condemns them; "Proponents frame these as “freedom-based” fiscal tools. While all of this sounds good—for clarity, there can be value in these types of accounts—this policy may exacerbate racial inequality. Unlike Baby Bonds, a policy we’ve been championing, Trump accounts are not equity-based by design. What’s more, Trump accounts are private, market based investment vehicles intended as a diverted payroll tax
alternative to traditional Social Security." (https://ctvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Candidate-Briefing-Book-2026-6.23.pdf). How could the revered lunatics in this Liberal “Think Tank” ever arrive at such nonsensical conclusions? How is this investment intended to a baby or a child who is 5 years old or less be tabbed as a “Social Security” alternative? Are these children working a job paying contributions under FICA? Do the “Voices” (along with the equally mentally bereft Connecticut Treasurer Erick Russell) feel that “Trump Accounts” are for “white kids only?”  Why is it wrong with teaching young people the value of savings (tax free), and creating the desire to build wealth and economic freedom? With all that Connecticut spends on child welfare, why are so many kids in poverty? I will note that the Executive Director of Connecticut Voices For Children, Emily Byrne received $160,776 in Compensation in 2024 along with "Other" Compensation of $17,486. (https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/61435280). That is an awful lot of money to pay to someone who has no concept whatsoever of how economics really work.

Maybe before one more Connecticut Taxpayer dollar is spent, a complete punitive audit/review of all these $11 billion dollars in social welfare spending is in order. because it is obvious to many that the funds are not correcting these various social atrocities found in Connecticut. Maybe candidates running for state office this year could actually offer real solutions rather than just spending even more money to get even poorer results, year in and year out. If there were any political courage whatsoever, illegal drugs, rampant crime, slum like livings conditions in its cities, homelessness, hunger not satisfied by enormous food banks throughout the state and increase in child poverty can be alleviated through major changes in the state-run bureaucracy that embraces it. Maybe candidates can take Tony’s hint and while they are out door knocking, take a moment to explain how a Republican-designed Trump Account can provide more than enough money for their children’s education at Age 18 rather than their precious child becoming a welfare recipient or a lifelong debtor at that juncture, irrespective of the color of their skin. Or, conversely, will the brainless perceptions and prejudices of ignorant adults operate again to snatch failure from the jaws of success in what we now understand to be "The Connecticut Way?" Connecticut Taxpayers quickly need to see solutions from their failed government. They are tired of supporting this litany of failure. 

Will 2026 finally be the year of boldness and change that taxpayers have waited to see? It must be so, for there will be no other opportunity.