The Law Is a Jackass (And So Are You, If You Follow It)

 Do laws really exist in our society today? Or do we have a choice as to which laws we follow and which laws we do not? Minnesota is an excellent example of this question. Minnesota does not appear to be an isolated case, as other Democrat Party strongholds are also showing signs of fraud, paid professional protestors, a complete and total failure of governance, incompetent and excuse-ridden elected officials, and a growing disrespect for the rule of law in our country. It is well-settled that Minnesota has a serious, ongoing corruption debacle within its Somalian community. Fraud is rampant across several different social services programs in the state. Estimates of the fraud now exceed $9 billion, which is a sickening waste of taxpayer money. 

The magnitude of this waste, fraud and abuse caused a Congressional Hearing to take place on January 7. Here is an overview of what had transpired:

In his opening remarks, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) stated the following:

“Federal prosecutors estimate these criminals have stolen at least $9 billion. The breadth and depth of this fraud is breathtaking. And I fear it is just the tip of the iceberg. Governor Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison, and Minnesota’s Democratic leadership have either been asleep at the wheel or complicit in these crimes. They failed Minnesotans and all Americans, handing millions of taxpayer dollars to fraudsters. They failed children and others in Minnesota. They failed their own state employees, some of whom have come forward as whistleblowers. How could they allow this massive fraud to go on for YEARS? This is why we are here. We must expose this theft of taxpayer dollars and hold everybody accountable who let it happen. The American people demand jail time for those who stole their hard-earned money and accountability for officials who sat by as resources were drained.”
(https://oversight.house.gov/release/hearing-wrap-up-minnesota-governor-walz-and-attorney-general-ellison-ignored-rampant-taxpayer-fraud-and-silenced-state-whistleblowers/)

Minnesota State Representative Marion Rarick stated:
“I am a member serving on the Minnesota House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee. I message with whistleblowers almost daily. Their message has been consistent. They are grateful for our attention to this fraud. They have explained that they live in constant fear of retaliation. 

A former compliance specialist stated that the Minnesota Department of Human Services (“DHS”) functions in the opposite manner of what you would expect. Minnesota employees who suggest improvements, (or report fraud, heaven forbid), face significant retaliation. The messenger is shot. In 2019, employees alerted Minnesota DHS officials to sloppy contracting practices that were not legally compliant. They were later escorted out of the building, faced lengthy investigations, and received involuntary transfers.”

Unlike past Presidential administrations, The Trump Administration is not taking this gross malfeasance lightly. To date, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has charged ninety-eight defendants in Minnesota fraud-related cases—85 of whom are of Somali descent. Sixty-four have already been convicted. The DOJ has also issued over 1,750 subpoenas, executed more than 130 search warrants, and conducted over 1,000 witness interviews.
(https://oversight.house.gov/release/hearing-wrap-up-minnesota-governor-walz-and-attorney-general-ellison-ignored-rampant-taxpayer-fraud-and-silenced-state-whistleblowers/)

The following testimony came from the same hearing cited above.

Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) stated:
“According to the FBI, the $250 million in federal taxpayer money stolen was funneled into luxury cars, homes, and lifestyles. The Committee is back today because this fraud is just the tip of the iceberg. Do you all believe the Walz administration seriously pursued whistleblower reports of fraud?”

State Rep. Rarick responded:

“I think the Walz administration seriously retaliated against whistleblowers. Threats of firing them.”

Rep. Foxx concluded:
“Innocent American taxpayers are collateral damage in their reckless disregard for taxpayer funds. Hardworking American communities are left to pay the price.”

To me, this says it all—a complete disregard for both the rule of law and taxpayer money. However one underlying fact is crystal clear: While one side of the citizenry believes in the premises of laws, consequences for lawbreakers and the benefits of America and its freedoms, the side most clearly tied to Blue-State Democratic leadership is fighting a war against decency, freedom, common sense and truth, amount other things. They really do not care about whatever lie they propound and perpetuate, as long as it meets the objective and gets the job done. You see, laws and right and wrong are not applicable to them.

As we know, the federal government has also acted by sending ICE agents into Minneapolis, Minnesota, to locate illegal immigrants in the city, some of whom may be involved in the widespread social services fraud scandal and other heinous crimes. Naturally, when ICE enters an area, there seem to be never-ending protests against their presence. As usual, cries from the Democrat Party help fuel anti-ICE fringes, culminating in yet another unnecessary death of an irrational woman this past Wednesday. If a law enforcement official requests that you stop, why is this wrong? Aren’t they in charge of law and order in our country? By simply complying and answering ICE law enforcement officials’ questions, this person who died would still be alive today. That is the simple yet harsh truth of what happened, contrary to the usual Socialist/Democrat response. Their anger, cries, and incoherent gibberish mask the plain fact that the rule of law exists and that some of us in society still follow it. Paid protestors shouting everything from “Free Palestine” and “Free Maduro” to “Down with ICE” created an incoherent rhetoric of hatred against all things American. This is the reality of the Democrat Party in 2026: a party that lacks ideas, lacks solutions, and—most importantly—lacks respect for the rule of law.

But I submit unto you that this disdain for all manner of lawfulness is fought with a zeal and violence far beyond the conceptual understanding of mainstream Republicans and Conservatives that believe it is still 1995. They search for reason and discussion with Democrats and leftists that are only interested in the destruction of all things American, and sane thinking be damned. At one point in 2025, Tim Walz supercharged his constituents by comparing ICE to the Gestapo. (https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/05/19/dhs-hits-back-tim-walzs-dangerous-rhetoric-comparing-ice-gestapo). California Governor Gavin Newsom, presiding over the serial destruction of his own state, continually defends Tim Walz and demonizes President Trump as the root of all evils (https://www.thedailybeast.com/newsom-blasts-ices-state-sponsored-terrorism-after-minneapolis-killing/). More attacks against law enforcement by illegal aliens happen in other cities (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/us/politics/federal-agents-shooting-portland.html) . And given the absolutely propitious and perfect timing of the January 7 Minneapolis ICE shooting, one can only wonder if this event was perfectly calibrated to take the world’s eyes off of the Somalian multi-billion dollar fraud scandal and paint miscreants such as Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey as innocent victims, something that would have been impossible one day prior. My friend and colleague Tony De Angelo did an excellent job of exploring this possibility-becoming-probability on the January 8, 2026 THIRTY WITH TONY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0tN24XnARo) . The fact remains that these leftists and Democrats see every day as a war against all things good and decent, and they have no commitment to decency, transparency, nor reason to bring their wicked concepts to pass. They will simply kill you (and if necessary, themselves) to accomplish their objective.

So, what caused this massive Democrat swing to a lack of reason and domination at all costs including one’s life? Is it because the laws do not correspond with the political ideologies of those who wish to disregard them? Is it because the Biden Administration and other Democrat-run states and cities simply do not care about laws if their disjointed and slurred policies take priority? Do you really want to live in a state of constant chaos and anarchy? Some, do. It is clear that many in the Democrat Party want to nurture this chaos and anarchy for political benefit and that is all that matters to them.

Law and order, rooted in the Holy Bible, are the foundation of our society. Following the rule of law makes life better for everyone and truly does save lives. The Democrat Party’s disrespect for the rule of law and ethics in government needs to stop immediately, and in the interim must be aggressively fought by anyone carrying a label that says “Republican”. Leftist and Democrat arguments and temper tantrums show how severed they have become from what is actually happening in this country. 

May God finally free America from the wretched cancer now known, as the Democrat Party.

January 1, 2026. America And Connecticut Are Once Again Fighting A Revolution

 Its 2026, and we begin yet another new year. It is America’s 250th birthday. The slate is clean and ready for new actions, achievements, directions, goals, and fulfillment. We are hopeful that our lives will change for the better, and we hope for peace in the many areas of the world torn with conflict. It is an exciting time to be an American. Those who are Christians in our society look to God for the energy and power to keep pushing forward and not yield to the evils that burden our society. Christians are not fearful, contrary to what educated non-believers want society to believe. They can withstand anything and everything thrown at them as they have for over 2,000 years. But then as is now, we have doubters, malcontents, and non-believers. While non-believers worship around their false idols, they also worship all things government. Their false idols in some cases, are the leaders of different governments that buy and cheat their way into power with a superior, self-glorifying nature of being somehow great leaders, when in true reality they are the reason and cause as to why we have so many problems in our society. Once again, America is in the throes of revolution, and the battle is renewed on America’s 250th birthday year.

All of my life, I have written about societal corruption and problems. Today, there is a great divide in our society over having a different belief than the other side. One side does not believe in illegal immigration, the murders of innocent people, the use of all types of illegal drugs, free taxpayer cash given to fraudulent organizations with no worries about repayment, horrific and unnatural physical sex changes at a young age, the hunting down of political enemies, and the dictates of non-elected activist judges who arrogantly claim unfounded legalities as law. The other side embraces this rhetoric and lies while screaming how their pompous views are always correct.

Conservatives and God-fearing people are told that they must obey this tortured and painful cancer of what liberalism has become over the years. For what reason? Has liberalism, socialism, and/or communism resolved any problems such as illegal immigration, human trafficking, the illegal drug trade, murders of innocent people, starvation, homelessness, massive national debt, and corruption in government? Has it really solved these problems? No, it has made them much worse, and its daily mantra of hatred toward all things natural and normal has grown stale. Yet brainwashing continues, as we see with the different liberal, socialist, and communist figures who have gained office over the past few years. And one must point out especially to our liberal friends that over half the country does not accept their ideologies, creed, or failed doctrines. These ideas do not work, they never have worked, nor will they work in the future. Many better-educated and higher-quality liberal people of past years tried these ideologies and policies and failed miserably. These people were simply better, more thoughtful, and more intelligent than this current crowd. So now, how can these current people be any type of solution?

But conservatives are not dealing with rational premises when it comes to liberals, socialists, and communists. They are dealing in many cases with unchecked anger, hatred, rage, and violence. It is their thought that counts only, they are always right, and we are always wrong. They are allowed to be violent, ruin both public and private property, and then are allowed to walk away unchecked from their lawless vengeance. Laws need to be followed by others, not by them. It is sickening to watch liberal destruction and be forced to accept it, thanks to the destruction of accountability and lack of government competence and coherence in many locales cursed by the very same liberalism and socialism.

If one doubts the failure of liberalism and one-party rule, all they have to do is open their door and step out of it if they live in Connecticut. For in Connecticut, every single horrific and destructive policy finds a home. Also as discussed in past articles, corruption from the office of the Governor through various state agencies remains either winked at or unchallenged by any politician or candidate. But there is a solution. Money. A lot more of it. Like the disaster of the capitol city of Hartford. It is recommended that a mere $450,000,000 be injected into this floundering sinkhole, and by using the good counsel of the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (“DECD”)  Hartford can finally be saved,  A much better solution would be to abolish the DECD and turn the City of Hartford into a tax-free economic opportunity zone, but liberals never think of private incentives as such thought is sinful in their religion of government.  https://www.courant.com/2025/08/03/a-450m-fix-for-troubling-ct-office-vacancies-eye-popping-price-looked-at-for-converting-to-new-use/

Elections are coming in November. “Experts,” who in my opinion have little grasp of what is really going on in both our economy and society, will be blaming President Trump for the failures of others. Millions upon millions of dollars will be invested in buying offices at all levels of government. Can you imagine if every dollar spent in the upcoming election were actually spent on real improvements for the country? But that will never happen, as the name-calling, insults, hatred, and lies will be ongoing 24 hours a day in our “non-fraudulent and safe” election process. The games have once again begun. Solutions to anything are in short supply, as we are told that wasting more taxpayer money on the politically connected will somehow “solve” the ills of society. Since it has never worked before, there is a legitimate question as to why 2026 will be the year when all things magically fall into place.

We pray that America will win this current struggle and survive another 250 years more as we battle the deceptions of failed government and social programs. We are still trying to understand what our forefathers created back in 1776. And we know fully how horrific a country under the grips of the fiasco known today as liberalism can be and needs to be addressed for the last time. We need a true give-and-take of ideas that can actually create real solutions for our country. The incoherent gibberish we are continually force-fed is an insult to the fabric of our country’s founding. We need actions and resolutions in 2026. The operative question is, is there any elected official willing to provide that quality in this most critical year?

 

An Ode To 2025

Depending on which side you are on politically, socially, and even morally, 2025 was either the best of times or the worst of times.

To me, it is beyond clear that the first year of President Trump's second administration has been a vibrant and energizing time for much of our country. His actions, reactions, and forceful leadership are making major inroads to many of our Nation's ills. President Trump has attacked illegal immigration by closing our borders, arresting criminal aliens, and deporting them. We are looking at energy independence once again, while energy prices in many areas have gone down dramatically. Economically, we are seeing lower taxes for both individuals and businesses, while the President wants our country to become self-sufficient and produce more goods domestically. This new production helps to create new jobs and economic stimulation for our economy. Crime is falling, especially in Washington, D.C. The President is attacking the illegal drug problem head-on with positive results. Law and the rule of order have become priorities, not some fantasy. Internationally, President Trump helped to negotiate a Gaza ceasefire while getting higher defense spending from NATO nations. America is respected once again and there is hope for a new Golden Age.

But sadly, there are a number of Trump-deranged brain addled people that see these positive developments through an entirely different lens. To them, the first year of President Trump’s second administration has been deeply divisive and destabilizing for much of the country. They will say that his impulsive actions, erratic reactions, and confrontational style have exacerbated many of our Nation’s long-standing problems rather than solving them. They will say that his immigration policies have focused on harsh enforcement, family separation, and mass deportations that critics argue undermine human rights and America’s historical role as a nation of immigrants. They will claim that the Trump energy independence policy favoring fossil fuel interests will threaten long-term climate stability and be the death of us all, even as energy costs remain volatile for many households. They will claim that the “One, Big, Beautiful Bill” of 2025 only favors corporations and the wealthy regardless of the extremely favorable law changes for modest citizens. They will claim the cities were safe and the Mexican border was secure under Alejandro Mayorkas and Joe Biden, and all should have been left alone. They will claim assaults on narco-terrorists are an unjustified attack on the innocent and the vulnerable. On the international stage, while the administration points to a Gaza ceasefire and increased NATO defense spending as victories, these poor souls will argue that America’s global standing has suffered due to damaged alliances, transactional diplomacy, and diminished moral leadership. They also view the horrific surgical mutilation of children as a human right that should be taxpayer-supported. What is astounding is that these naïve and often deranged individuals cannot grasp the economic, social, and physical destruction that would happen to them and the country if any of their irrational policy concepts were put into effect for any period of time. If this happened, the country would simply accelerate into chaos and upheaval.

Given this additional obstacle of the deranged and the deluded in the United States of America, President Trump and his administration have much more work to do over the next three years in addition to continuing to daily fight the incoherent Democrat Party, non-elected activist judges, and a media who despises all things Trump. It is truly beyond comical to watch some days. Can one imagine how far we could grow as a country, economy and world if President Trump was actually allowed to govern without both hands tied behind his back? What would happen if all of the Democrat outbursts, tantrums, lawsuits, and incoherent gibberish spewed finally stopped, and they actually offered something other than their same failed liberal, socialistic destructive programs and policies that have done little, if anything, to solve the problems in our country? Do we all live in the same country? Because in 2025, it does not seem that way.

And then, 2025 brought about the phenomenon of the recalcitrant Blue state, which zags every time the Presidential administration zigs. One of the biggest examples of this pathetic social and economic regression is Connecticut, as it continued its accelerated decline in 2025. An arrogant and omnipotent ruling Connecticut Democrat Party controlling all state and national offices daily accelerate the economic and social ruin of the state. Elected officials such as U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro, and Attorney General William Tong cannot hate President Trump and things Republican enough for their daily shows of anger. These individuals and others from Connecticut's Democrat Party communicate daily in front of an obedient, state-run and paid media with their disjointed, garbled, muddled, and unclear statements and non-solutions to the disasters of the state. The state is a bottom feeder economically, with high taxes on a local and state level, a poor economic climate hosting a mere $100 to $150 billion dollars in short- and long-term debt along with unfunded liabilities. Yet "gender affirming care" and horrific child mutilation is the priority of these fools who feel that they are superior to those people they supposedly represent.

Perhaps there is hope on the horizon with an election for Governor upcoming in 2026 that will feature Governor Ned Lamont against, someone. But will that special "someone" finally attack and root out the sickening Lamont and other state corruption that has become a state hallmark? Given the progress to date on this front for years by the State GOP, one cannot be hopeful. Many including myself have written about the lies, fallacies, and theft of the Lamont administration with little result other than a global awareness that many things are horribly amiss. Connecticut taxpayers still do not have any answers with the 2020 COVID-19 debacle, the suspect business in the secret REOPEN-CT Committee meeting in the super-secret ADVANCE CT, Ned Lamont's family hedge fund (Oak HC/FT Partners), investments in Rapyd, a global fintech-as-a-service provider, and Unqork, both having documented common-investment ties to "Infosys." Nor are any answers forthcoming from associated companies relating to the COVID-19 crisis that include "Thermo Fisher Scientific," "Sema4," "Core Informatics," “Centrellis,” "Ocrulus," "Urjanet," "1Life Healthcare," "Galileo Health," "Castlight Health," "Paladina Health," and "VillageMD," to name several. Nor are there ever any answers to the questions concerning the Lamont-related Cayman Islands partnerships, large Cayman Islands deals such as the "Horesebarn Hill Investment Fund" hiding in the UCONN Foundation, and other incoherent economic deals working through “quasi-public” organizations such as the now-clearly Lamont-connected (and covert) “Connecticut Innovations.” It is all a compounded lack of transparency by Ned and company. Perhaps I am in error. Will this be the year that these subjects be throttled upon in the upcoming Governor's race? I can truthfully say that if they are not, the status quo will continue without any resolution whatsoever. This result is totally unacceptable to any law-abiding, right-thinking, decent and taxpaying citizen in the state.

As 2025 draws to a final close, I am optimistic on the direction of our country, but not so for Connecticut. Many are very thankful that we have President Trump, not a President Biden or Harris. Many want a new "real" Governor for Connecticut, not more of the scams, schemes, and “beardings” of the Ned Lamont gang. We still live in the greatest country in the world, contrary to what some misguided individuals want us to believe. We can and will overcome the internal and external forces that wish to destroy our states and country with a failed socialist and communist agenda. We can become self-sufficient in our economy and provide upward economic mobility for all, not just the elite political ruling class that continues to stifle all viewpoints that they do not agree with.

God Bless America today and every day. Happy New Year to all. And let us work and pray that things finally (finally) change, in Connecticut in 2026.

 

 

Incompetence. The Democrat Gold-Standard Of Governance In 2025

 In a review of 2025, let us look at a history of governance and leadership by our best and brightest elected officials, all of whom are Democrats, or were hired by a Democrat.

• January 1, 2025: The New Orleans Bourbon Street massacre unfolded tragically. Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick was completely blindsided, unaware of the barriers that should have been in place. This incompetence allowed a truck to plow through the crowd, resulting in fifteen deaths and ISIS flags being waved. The city council demanded her resignation, but Kilpatrick did not care. She even admitted that she was unaware that the barriers even existed. And she continues in her ostensible non-job of police employment to this day.

• January 8, 2025: Los Angeles wildfires raged out of control. Mayor Karen Bass fumbled the response with botched evacuations and delayed aid as she jetted off to Africa. Elon Musk tweeted to millions calling her "utterly incompetent." Homes turned to ash and lives were scorched, while Bass dodged questions and blamed the wind. A negligence lawsuit is now on the horizon. And she continues as Mayor to this day as virtually no damaged homes have been rebuilt in the region.

• August 20, 2025: Rhode Island's "Drunk AG Girl" incident caused a major meltdown. The Assistant Attorney General (Connecticut Native Devon Flannagan Hogan),while heavily intoxicated, trespassed at a fancy restaurant. She berated police officers on Nationally seen body cam footage in a horrific spectacle, demanding, "Do you know who I am?" Despite a zero-tolerance policy, she was only placed on leave and was given an ostensible break by her work colleagues in her sentencing.

• November 29, 2025: Governor Tim Walz's Somali fraud fiasco erupted in Minnesota. Billions in Medicaid funds were swindled under his clueless and hopeless watch, with half potentially fraudulent. Somali refugee programs were implicated in laundering cash. Donald Trump blasted the state as a "fraud hub." Walz downplayed the issue, leaving taxpayers to bear the financial burden. Great public outcry is also leveled at Minnesota Congresswoman Ilian Omar, who continues to smile, take no responsibility for the scandal and somehow attributes this financial and governance rape to Donald Trump.

• December 13, 2025: A Brown University shooting of multiple studying students turned into a nightmare. A gunman went on the loose, with suspected links to other institutions. Security measures failed colossally, and the manhunt was botched. Inane and embarrassing press conferences featuring leaders of questionable qualifications and blatant agendas droned on for days spewing politico-babble as the good people of Providence walked in fear. At last count, all people who participated in this farce remain employed leaving the same good people of Providence and all of Brown University under daily jeopardy.

(Note: “Drunk Girl” Devon Flanagan works under Peter Neronha, the Attorney General of the State of Rhode Island. With the suspected shooter found dead this past Tuesday, the good people of Providence are now breathing a sigh of relief )

• December 10, 2025: Waterbury, Connecticut faced a second, larger water main break leaving 60,000 residents without water for days. Healthcare facilities and schools were crippled by the outage.      Waterbury's decrepit infrastructure finally crumbled under neglect, leading to finger-pointing among officials. Residents described the situation as "horrible," with restoration efforts moving slowly amid escalating blame.

 

Of course, if you are a skillful Democrat incompetents, you must be very skillful in deflecting your personal responsibility towards any disaster that you, yourself are responsible for. Waterbury is no exception: “Working together, there is nothing we cannot achieve. Waterbury's best days are ahead of us.” — Democrat Mayor Paul K. Pernerewski, Jr., 47th Mayor of the City of Waterbury.
(https://www.waterburyct.org/administration/mayor)

However, clean water may not be one of those areas that Waterbury can achieve.

“The catastrophic failure of a high-pressure line in Waterbury’s aging water system left Connecticut’s fifth-largest city, and most of two suburbs—Wolcott and Watertown—without water Saturday, forcing a scramble to keep two hospitals open and bring in water by tankers and truckloads of bottles.

City officials said an earlier failure of a 10-inch water line installed in 1901 undermined a 42-inch, 55-year-old transmission main that burst with explosive force late Friday night on Thomaston Avenue by Waterville Park, launching pavement into the air and shattering windows.”
(https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/water-line-failure-waterbury-leaves-about-100000-without-water)

Needless to say, the public water situation in Waterbury will continue to be precarious, at best. You cannot drink the water, nor would most people want to bathe in it. One may also question why a Democrat-run city’s infrastructure for something as critical as water is still relying on a 124-year-old pipe along with a 55-year-old transmission line to supply the city. Of course, no previous Democrats in Waterbury over the past 20 years have ever been proactive about this situation as well. And ostensibly, Waterbury pays employees quite well via tax dollars that are charged with the responsibility of the city water system. Waterbury’s annual budget exceeds $446 million. A closer look shows that employee benefits, including pensions and health insurance, total over $114 million. Pensions and retiree health benefits alone account for more than $86 million. Combined, these costs exceed $200 million annually—almost 45% of the city’s total budget.
(https://www.waterburyct.org/filestorage/103431/104943/2025-2026_Mayor%27s_Proposed_Budget_Presentation.pdf)

The city also receives substantial aid from the State of Connecticut. Waterbury is a Connecticut example of a cash faucet city with no results and incompetence in governing, even though officials claim they are attempting to upgrade the water system. In private business, this type of crisis would not be tolerated and those responsible would be fired, but in government it has somehow become expected and the persons responsible never are removed.

And then we move to Providence and Brown University. Providence, Rhode Island will forever be enshrined in the Hall-of-Fame of political incompetency in its obtuse and fumbling efforts to locate a criminal who killed two students and wounded nine others at Brown University. University. What went on with Brown truly boggles the mind. A gunman just walks in to set up a killing machine. Security reportedly became lax, with camera monitors turned off, non-functioning or otherwise nonexistent in addition to other security failures. As a result, innocent students studying in a classroom were murdered in cold blood. And many students and their parents are now counting the cost of their woke ideologies and their hatred of police and law and order. For they are now learning a bitter and costly lesson. Neither incompetence, nor being woke, stops a bullet.

Police have been defunded in many parts of the country, while crime, contrary to false statistics presented in places such as Washington, D.C., continues to rise. Consider the daily antisemitic attacks occurring in Democrat-controlled New York City. For what reason? Have we become a lawless society? In many cities and states, it increasingly appears to be so. And what will the cost of this lawlessness be? How will those of a liberal mindset feel about being victimized and attacked? For they too will find out that neither incompetence, nor being woke, can ever stop a bullet.

One must also ask what would happen if a prominent Democrat became the victim of a crime, particularly at the hands of a repeat offender. How quickly would the narrative change? Or would President Trump somehow be blamed—as he seemingly is for everything since the nation’s founding? Regardless, they too as well, will find out that neither incompetence, nor being woke, stops a bullet.

Sadly, political incompetence takes many forms not necessarily dealing with immediate attacks of hostile violence. There is a form of incompetence which is much more subtle (and far more devastating) than any one incident. It is the destruction of an entire state economy leading to confirmation of its defeat as a welfare state. In that connection, Governor Ned Lamont of Connecticut has now officially given his state the economic last rites by condemning it to perpetual beggar-welfare status as other states are aggressively availing themselves and using the incredible economic provisions of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” to create economic opportunity and to empower its citizens.  Lamont and his ilk and minions never seem to ask themselves why their states have so many poor and so many needing help and never try to fix things. They simply hand out more of your tax money and blame Donald Trump more frequently. https://ctmirror.org/2025/12/18/lamont-aid-food-pantries-planned-parenthood/ My friend and colleague Tony De Angelo did a terrific job on his December 18 THIRTY WITH TONY show describing this very subject: https://x.com/TonyDeAngelo7/status/2001746474439426413. It is a sad situation, and in my opinion Republicans do a very poor job in not making this critical point clear and evident for all.

Accountability is in short supply today. Competence is even more scarce. Too many people shrug and look the other way when crimes are committed, whether shoplifting that raises costs for consumers or cold-blooded murder that wastes innocent lives while offering little justice for victims. Even more are silent at gross acts of political malfeasance to where Republicans, especially in Connecticut, never complain about Democrat incompetence such as the economic destruction of the state. Many Americans have had enough of the incompetence of government—elected officials, un-elected officials, and a legal system that often protects criminals over victims—along with the endless nonsensical fixation on President Trump.

Incompetence in governing has become the norm in our country. It must end, or we risk ceasing to be a country at all.

Rip-Offs. They’re Not Just Committed By Criminals, Anymore.

 Why can't people stop ripping off our government at all levels? Because it is too easy. Why can't government at all levels stop ripping people off? Because it is too easy. And this is one of the biggest issues in our country and in many states in 2025 today. It has been a problem for many years, and it is becoming worse.

One can estimate that a great deal of our federal deficit of $38 trillion dollars may be from fraudulent spending. A small contribution in this category is the throwing of $79 billion dollars in Taxpayers monies out the window was echoed by Republican Iowa Senator Joni Ernst on Wednesday when she stated.; "$79 billion in COVID fraud could have been prevented if four basic questions were asked. Is the Social Security Number valid, does the number match the name, does the birthday match, and is the individual ALIVE?"  (https://x.comSenJoniErnststatus/1998850871757602839ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet ). Obviously, those four questions were too difficult for the dullard bureaucrats who were working on this program to be bothered with. Hey what's another $79 billion dollars of Taxpayers monies anyways? When is my next (vacation, holiday, mental health, or emotional support) day?

Why is this not front-page news?

Most recently, we find that fraud is rampant in Minnesota, where the astounded "deer in the headlights” incompetent Democrat Governor Tim Walz was totally unaware of the massive rip off of Taxpayers by various Somalian groups and individuals. Over $1 billion dollars in fraud has taken place in Minnesota. Examples include: "A group called “Feeding Our Future” spearheaded the theft of $250 million in federal school food aid administered by the state Department of Education. More than 50 people have pleaded guilty to crimes related to receiving government payments for meals not delivered to the claimed groups of children. “...”A new fraud scandal is now rocking Minnesota. Last week, Acting US Attorney Joseph Thompson charged eight people with stealing millions of dollars from a Medicaid program called Housing Stabilization Services. The defendants are alleged to have filed a raft of bogus program claims for clients with disabilities and then pocketed the benefits. This is just the “first wave of charges in a massive fraud in Minnesota’s housing stabilization program,” said Thompson. The Minnesota housing program was originally supposed to cost $2.5 million a year, but the annual cost soared to $104 million by 2024, mainly due to fraud." (https://www.cato.org/blog/minnesota-fraud-illustrates-federal-aid-failure) 

Apparently, this is just the tip of the iceberg there. Why was this allowed? Are there no safeguards in place to prevent this type of fraud?

How about Maine's Medicare fraud with “Gateway Community Services LLC,” which was founded by Abdullahi Ali. Abdullahi Ali was born in Somalia and was recently seeking the the presidency of Jubaland, a region of Somalia bordering Kenya. Whatever “Gateway Community Services LLC” does, it ostensibly does larceny at a very high level. The rip off from this program is estimated to be over $28 million dollars. (https://nypost.com/2025/12/10/us-news/maines-medicaid-program-bilked-out-of-millions-of-dollars-in-somali-fraud-whistleblower-claims/ ).

With so much nonprofit fraud nationwide it has almost taken on a casual connotation to the point where it does not register as a big deal by government and state-run media. However, nothing could be further from the truth. Section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code was specifically written by Congress to allow resources to flow to those in need. But with the larcenous nature of those at the helm of many state-connected nonprofit organizations, charity goes only as far as one’s pocket or purse. 

And nationwide rip-offs are not limited to nonprofits alone. For example. we know in Connecticut massive Democrat Party voter fraud has taken place in Bridgeport for decades. Most recall the infamous Bridgeport State Senator Ernie Newton ballot fraud case. But it goes back much longer than that. In Bridgeport, voter fraud goes back to Mayor John Mandanici’s people submitting ballots for dead people in the 1970s. Look at what happened with the 2023 Bridgeport Democrat Mayoral Primary, and again in 2025 with the stuffed absentee ballot fraud that took place by “The Stuffer” Wanda Geter-Pataky, who in 2023 was charged with "42 counts of possession of ballots and envelopes restricted, two counts of fraudulent voting, 22 counts of misrepresenting eligibility requirements for voting by absentee ballot,17 counts of being present when an absentee ballot applicant executes an absentee ballot, and nine counts of conspiracy to commit possession of ballots and envelopes restricted". (https://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/fairfield/5-charged-in-bridgeport-absentee-ballot-fraud-to-be-arraigned/ ). This case finally came to trial in March of this year. Curiously, mum is the word on “Wanda the Stuffer.” What did Wanda know? What did Wanda do? For whom? How many losses were miraculously spooled into wins? What if Wanda sings? What about fraud in the election of 2025? (Possibly someday we will find out).

But questions, fraud, concealment, and obfuscation are the Gold Standard parameters of Connecticut governance. Kindly note that Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has successfully avoided any type of transparency nor accountability with his involvement with numerous shady dealings for six years, nor has he been pressured by anyone in the Legislature with respect to the same. Years later, Connecticut Taxpayers  do not have any answers with the 2020 Covid-19 debacle and the suspect business in the secret REOPEN-CT Committee meeting in the super-secret ADVANCE CT nonprofit that is fully exempt from all Freedom of Information and state transparency laws by that very same Legislature. Years later, we still do not have any answers to Ned Lamont's family hedge fund (Oak HC/FT Partners), investments in Rapyd, a global Fintech-as-a-service provider, and Unqork, both having documented common-investment ties to "Infosys", that same Infosys that received Connecticut taxpayers monies. We have no disclosures as to what happened in the Lamont-Infosys trip to India in February of 2025 completed under that secret cloak of that same ADVANCE CT. Nor are any answers forthcoming from associated companies relating to the Covid-19 crisis that include "Thermo Fisher Scientific", "Sema 4", " Core Infomatics", “Centrellis”. "Ocrulus", "Urjanet", "1life Healthcare", "Galileo Health", "Castlight Health", "Paladina Health", and "VillageMD" to name several. Nor are there ever any answers to the questions concerning the Lamont-related Cayman Island partnerships, large Cayman Islands deals such as the "Horesebarn Hill Investment Fund" hiding in the UCONN Foundation,  and other funny-money  deals working through “quasi-public” organizations such as the now-clearly Lamont-connected (and covert) “Connecticut Innovations”.  There is a massive nonprofit funding  scandal involving alleged malfeasance between Democrat State Senator Douglas McCrory and the malignant and out-of-control Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development ("DECD") This situation is being investigated by a Federal Grand Jury as the state is incapable of policing himself and the entire Legislature refuses to institute meaningful and useful controls and standards for this money throwing agency.  My colleague Tony De Angelo has discussed these ties and issues numerous times over the years, and silence is the result of both elected officials and the state-run media.

The question every Taxpayer must ask is when are we going to be paid back for all these rip-offs? When will taxpayers be allowed access to the books and records of these organizations that these miscreant “leaders” are stealing from? When will we hear one (read that as ONE) legislator of gubernatorial candidate in Connecticut champion the cause of a no-holds-barred Citizen DOGE and meaningful and punitive fiscal controls and penalties for these state-funded nonprofits? Or should Taxpayers just shut up, dig in deeper, and work longer hours to pay more taxes so that these frauds can continue unabated and the leaders and politicians get off scot-free and spend more taxpayer money? Why is justice so slow in its efforts to both find and prosecute these individuals who steal from our government? And why has Connecticut allowed the rampant voter fraud to continue in Bridgeport, Connecticut? Where has been any oversight into the numerous schemes of Ned Lamont and family profiting from the Connecticut Taxpayers’ backs?

Why has this been allowed? Why are legislators and candidates silent about all of this? 

Fraud is embedded in our political system. It is nurtured and encouraged by everyone and anyone in and out of government. It seems to be a big game of theft and fraud and rape of the Taxpayers with no consequences legal or otherwise.And it needs to stop now-today-as soon as someone with ethics stands up in government and ends it once and for all. 

Connecticut, and many other states, cry out for just that special someone.

The Greatest Foe of Affordability Is The Connecticut Government And Its Ruling Elite

 What is the root cause of this American “affordability crisis” we hear so much about these days? The truth lies in something no Democrat wants you to know. The affordability crisis started in the 2020 election of the incompetent and incontinent President Joe Biden in a highly suspect election that laid bare the very integrity of our democratic processes. After this election rigging, decent Americans were horrified by seeing four years of reckless spending sprees, incompetent DEI personnel picks, economic bungling, the shutdown of the Keystone Pipeline and the arrogant and reckless policy of open borders. All these grievous and sickening errors ignited an inflationary inferno that scorched the pockets of everyday families, as groceries, gas, and housing became luxuries only the elite could afford without a second thought. After his 2024 election, President Donald J. Trump set his mind to undo this economic disaster, as the irrational and insane fight bitterly every day against him while he deals with the affordability crisis they themselves created.

But what exactly is this concept of “Affordability”? Affordability is defined as “able to be afforded: having a cost that is not too high.” For Connecticut taxpayers, the definition of affordability seems to be a constantly moving target as interpreted by the delusional ruling elite. Before President Trump was elected in 2024 we listened daily to the nonsensical blather of hopeless functional incompetents such as Karinne Jean-Pierre and Kamala Harris tell us that “Bidenomics is working” or “Inflation is under control” while it is more than evident the affordability conditions then were far worse than now. But as readers of my column know, the rules of fact and common sense do not apply to the delusional ruling elite.

But let’s drill down on Connecticut affordability. Does affordability in Connecticut mean that the Democrat Connecticut state government dictates to its legal and illegal citizens what they can and cannot have? Does affordability mean that the Democrat Connecticut state government builds housing and then dictates how much rent can be charged? Does affordability mean that the Democrat Connecticut state government can control all zoning in the state (as seen in HB 8002), and you, dear citizen, can screw off? Does affordability mean that the Democrat Connecticut state government will start running state-run grocery stores? Does affordability mean that the Democrat Connecticut state government will now insure all drivers in the state, since car insurance has increased dramatically due to the massive amount of car thefts and road takeovers over the past five years, and insurance companies no longer want the risks of insuring a lawless state? Does affordability mean that the Democrat Connecticut state government continues to use Connecticut taxpayers’ money to pick and choose economic winners via its non-transparent and malignant Department of Community and Economic Development ("DECD") or its taxpayer-paid penny stock "boiler room" operation known as "Connecticut Innovations?"

Like their incompetent predecessors in the Biden regime, the concept of Connecticut’s “affordability” is a vague construct by the Connecticut Democrat Party, their state-run media and attendant state-paid media image consultants. Here are some real economic facts showing that Connecticut is not affordable to work and live in: The first problem area is naturally, taxes. The state has one of the highest state and local property taxes in the country. High state sales tax, user and license fees, and excessive business taxes in every way, shape, and form continue to burden Connecticut taxpayers to the point of no return. I have stated numerous times: why does a state as small as Connecticut spend over $26 billion a year in its budget? Needless to say, no one on the state food chain would dare admit that a reduction of state spending would increase affordability for citizens because preservation of their bureaucracy takes precedence over the citizen, (and why has that not sunken in by now?)

But let’s move down the line. Please look at what Connecticut taxpayers pay for state employee salaries, benefits, and pensions, as it should astound any working person in the state. The state spends a mere $6 billion a year in pension payments; that does not consider the future unfunded liabilities of the state pension system. Connecticut already has $100 to $150 billion in short- and long-term debt along with unfunded liabilities. What is the plan to pay off this debt? There is none, and never has been one as just about everyone in political land chortles about the need for the “fiscal guardrails”, which “fiscal guardrails” do not take into account this bulbous and unsustainable amount of legacy debts and liabilities.

But what about fuel? The ruling elite does not care. For the sake of all things green energy, Connecticut gets to pay one of the highest electric rates in the country. Part of this high cost of electricity is an economically insane public benefits charge that costs Connecticut electricity consumers a mere $1 billion plus per year. This public benefits charge is a slush fund that is doing little, if anything, to reduce the cost of electricity in the state. The ruling elite runs from cheap and simple fuel options such as natural gas. But the ruling elite has solutions! Like wind power. This pathetic sea mammal and bird killing industry is the biggest con job ever sold to the American taxpayer. After four decades and literally trillions in subsidies, tax credits, and mandates, wind power limped its way to producing a laughable 10.5% of U.S. electricity in 2024, and that’s the cherry-picked “nameplate” fantasy number. In the real world, thanks to its pathetic 35–42% average capacity factor (meaning the blades are spinning uselessly or standing dead still most of the time), wind actually delivered less than 5% of America’s total primary energy needs. Https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=427&t=3 https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/economic-aspects/energy-subsi

dies. But who cares? Your elites know better than you.

 

Affordability in Connecticut starts at the state government level. Republican candidates for Governor need to make this their main platform in 2026 in addition to dealing with the malignant Lamont-based corruption. Why is the state spending so much money on salaries, benefits, and pensions? Why is the $100 to $150 billion in short- and long-term debt and unfunded liabilities not being addressed? Why not create a state DOGE to begin clearing out the fraud, inefficiencies, and wasteful spending that take place in a $26 billion budget? And from Day 1 of their term, state that they want all department heads and agencies to cut their budgets by 10-15% in Year One, followed by 5% cuts for the next three years. Couple that with a 1% decrease in the state income and corporate taxes each year for the next four years. Force government officials to find savings in their departments. And do it without the traditional stoic bitching and complaining that it cannot be done—because it can be done and has been done in numerous other states. Connecticut taxpayers want results for a change, not the same stale political rhetoric. And it is quite achievable. My friend and colleague Tony De Angelo did an excellent job discussing the need for candidates to be serious in this regard and to quickly adopt the Gasoline driven Trump Energy Policy on his December 4 THIRTY WITH TONY. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyn17QSx-XE . But I have doubts if any standing incumbent or candidate from either party can actualize these fundamental factors, let alone grasp them. These folks cannot even grasp that once fuel prices come down, so do all prices, because everything (everything) is made with fuels.

Connecticut needs to address these issues from the top down- yesterday. Connecticut has a bloated, economically inefficient, and non-transparent state government that needs to be pared down and seen through. Connecticut needs a leader that will reform the consuming mess that has become the state workforce, root out corruption, force the state to take a course in Management-101 and dedicate their loyalty to the taxpayer (the shock of all that is). Because Connecticut taxpayers must stand on their heads to find ways to save money just to survive in the state. Connecticut government and its ruling elites must be no longer permitted to do so.

2026 Is Calling In Connecticut. Who Will Answer?

 In 1687, Connecticut declared a day of Thanksgiving to be November 3rd. They were rebuked by the Royal Governor of the Dominion of New England, Sir Edmund Andros, who ruled from his seat in Boston. When he learned of their chosen date during a visit to the colony, he immediately sought to annul the decision on the grounds that only he had the authority to name a day of Thanksgiving. Citizens in Connecticut and other New England colonies disliked being ruled by an Englishman and resented the English laws imposed on their new land. The seeds of the American Revolution were sown.

In 2025, Governor Ned Lamont of Connecticut, known affectionately by his battered subjects as “King Ned”, “The Unaccountable” , “Ned the Unrecallable”  “The Perpetual Governor” “The Prince of Greenwich” (and a whole lot of other terms and epithets unsuitable for print), arrogantly and disdainfully signed into law a community destroying zoning disaster bill known as HB 8002, a litigious manifesto guaranteeing the destruction of the long-standing character of Connecticut as we know it. Aided by his legislative operators and driven by private-equity interests from by he personally profits and is obligated to perform for, his signing of HB 8002 ushered in the age of the final destruction  of the Nutmeg State. Justifiable hatred and vitriol spouted from citizens in all corners of the state be it in print, online, or on talk radio. Virtually no taxpaying, homeowning, or non-politically connected citizen could arrive at a conclusion as to why the political system intended to destroy all that they had lawfully achieved. Like their antecedents, these poor souls disliked being ruled by an arrogant, disjointed despot and resented the horrific and nonsensical burdens thrown upon them by the incompetent people that were elected to represent them. 

Have the seeds of the Connecticut Revolution finally been sown?

Much to the chagrin of the arrogant political class, it is no longer 1687. Legal citizens wounded by the processes of arrogant government are now demanding transparency and accountability from said government. For in point of fact, the rule of law in Connecticut is decreed with no input from Connecticut taxpayers, no public hearings for new laws mandated on the population, there is never any referendums, and there is no regard for the state Constitution. There is serial disregard for the set of laws that govern the state, either by state judges or state officials. It is now quite clear that Connecticut is ruled in a cruel and oppressive manner by a self-appointed and self-profiting political hierarchy that hates and abuses its ordinary citizens and feasts upon the elimination of personal freedoms, economic freedoms, and personal property rights (as just seen with the enactment of HB 8002 into law).

Due to this rape of government and governance process, many are hopeful that 2026 will see a second revolution taking place in Connecticut. The first will be celebrated 250 years later on July 4, 2026. The second might possibly occur on November 3, 2026, when Connecticut holds its elections. A new Governor could emerge from that election, along with a State Senate and State House that become Republican rather than maintaining the omnipotent, incompetent, and destructive legendary one-party rule of the Connecticut Democrat Party. Starting from now, all sorts of gaming and backroom political deals are being negotiated in both parties. The huge political plum of highly paid state nonjobs is being jockeyed for. Despite the continual failure and malfeasance of the (should-be-abolished-scandal ridden) Connecticut Department of Economic Development (“DECD”), the lure of  free taxpayer money in the form interest-free, forgiven “economic” loans, shady undisclosed loans, and race-based loans are now being discussed in the traditional horse-trading manner using Democrat Party donations, votes, and that are sought after sinecure of being a Commissioner of something-or-other, regardless of personal ability and qualification. And in the executive suite of this putrid boiler-room, the Lamont reign continues its gaming with its neat cloak of Cayman Island accounts, deals hiding in nonprofits such as the UCONN Foundation and ADVANCE CT,  and working through “quasi-public” organizations such as the now-clearly Lamont-connected (and covert) “Connecticut Innovations”, needless to say a subsidiary of that same, failed DECD.  

But is there hope for improvement? As of now, It is now clear that two young candidates have emerged in the race for Governor on the Republican ticket: former New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart and Greenwich State Senator Ryan Fazio. Stewart chose to run for Governor rather than seek re-election as Mayor after 12 years. The question on many minds is: if Stewart was such a good Mayor, why did a Democrat liberal named Bobby Sanchez become elected as the new Mayor rather than the Republican candidate replacing Erin Stewart? Does this lack of momentum carry over into her run for Governor as a Republican? As questions abound on social media as to her real commitment to Republican principles, or sometimes any principles that could be clearly ascertained.

It is my opinion that State Senator Ryan Fazio seems to have more to offer in his candidacy for Governor, as he demonstrates conceptual conservatism in several of his ideas and has been active in the Connecticut State Senate. Will this be enough to satisfy the Republican Party and its members? There are a great many voters who supported President Trump, contrary to what the Republican Party elites believed or gave credit for. Can they be given a candidate they can endorse and support both financially and in getting out the conservative message and vote, especially in the inner cities and among young voters? These are the same young voters who are accepting without question the horrors and lies of both socialism and communism.

However, both of these young candidates  have either not grasped, (or have ignored) the brutal destruction of Connecticut largely at the hand of the Lamont administration and of the Connecticut administrative state, to date. Will either candidate stand up to corruption? Will either candidate have the temerity and the intestinal fortitude to rail Ned Lamont (and where necessary, Ann Lamont) for the myriad and well-documented history of profiting from the state? Will either candidate have the ability and leadership skills to appoint competent Commissioners that will dismantle and revamp malignant bureaucracies such as the DECD? And this is a short list of critical tasks, but all are so critically needed to fix the wreckage called Connecticut. Ignoring these issues is an insult to every legitimate taxpaying citizen.

You see regardless of what you may be told, Connecticut is not in good shape financially or socially. The state has massive short- and long-term debt between 100 and 150 Billion dollars, an illegal immigrant problem, a massive crime problem, a huge corruption problem, a horrific illegal drug problem, an infrastructure problem, and a critical crisis in the ethics, honesty, information sharing, and transparency of its state government, all of which are funded by Connecticut taxpayers. It is an abysmal failure going somewhere to happen.

And as I have mentioned earlier, the fix-it list above is a short one. While Republicans are deciding, Connecticut’s Democrat Party continues its push toward more stringent socialist/communist means and methods: to eliminate opposition, eliminate public comments, eliminate options, and eliminate all transparency. Creation of an all-powerful, centralized, state-controlled government mindset is Job Number 1. The government can do no wrong, and you, as a Connecticut taxpayer, can do no right. For the "elephant" in the Republican living room is a question: Does either young candidate have the temerity and the personal and professional skill and running gear to deal with this oncoming train as well? Given present conditions, no, is an unacceptable answer.

Sadly, Connecticut is in such bad shape that the characteristics mentioned above are no longer nice to have, but are now critical requirements. It is your choice as a Connecticut voter in 2026 to break these atrocious chains of indentured chattel slavery that the Connecticut Democrat Party has wrapped around you. Its up to you to insist that your candidate has all of the necessary tools to fix the mess, once and for all. If a person that checks all of those boxes is elected as a Republican governor, rest assured that the Second revolution of Connecticut will soon be in the offing. 

For the humble, taxpaying citizens of Connecticut now know what the issues are, and frankly want and need to see a complete housecleaning of the Royal Castle and its associated Court Jesters. 

It is now 2025 and no longer 1687.