IT’S MONDAY! and my head is spinning. First, it was that Trump had classified documents, the political world went nuts, and the Attorney General appointed a Special Prosecutor. Then it was found that President Biden had classified documents, the political world went nuts, and the Attorney General appointed a Special Prosecutor. Now it was found out that former Vice President Pence had classified documents, the political world went nuts, and does the Attorney General appoint another Special Prosecutor?
Where does this stop, do we look for classified documents in Eisenhower’s personal papers? Yes, these incidents must be investigated. We must know the level of classification of these papers and whether or not there was a compromise of National Security. What is important, and what we may never know, is if any of these documents had their classification reduced or eliminated over time. Another important factor is whether or not any of the information in these documents had become public knowledge, thus rendering their classification moot.
There is one standout in all these investigations, Trump! He is being investigated, as usual, for obstruction. He lied about having them, then refused to return them, moved them to try and conceal them, and had his lawyers lie about their existence to the Justice Department. Had he just returned them when asked, it would be a different story.
It appears that you cannot go to a celebration in your local community, as you have done for years, without having a substantial risk of being killed or maimed by gunfire. I heard something on a news story, so I searched it online and found that there have been 43 mass shootings so far in 2023. A mass shooting is defined as one involving 4 or more casualties killed or injured. We are currently averaging more than one a day! When is the Country going to wake up to the fact that you are about 1,000 times more likely to be killed or injured by a weapon of mass destruction than to be saved by one?
The House of Representatives is a disaster. We have Kevin McCarthy, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and George Santos, to name a few. They have turned the clown car into the clown convention. Their agenda is to drive the Country into default, kneecap Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid by any combination of schemes that would reduce benefits and increase eligibility age, eliminate the IRS and institute a 30% sales tax, and most important of all, investigate Hunter Biden! Well, that’s a winner of an agenda if I ever heard one.
We will soon host petition-signing events for the statewide judges, Jefferson County offices, and local positions. If you are tired of Republicans calling all the shots in Jefferson County, run for office and make a difference!
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John Huot, JeffDems Chairperson
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February 14 through March 7 – Petition-signing for county and local offices
February 15, 7 pm Executive Board Zoom Meeting
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