Author Archives: Lawrence Person

About Lawrence Person

Lawrence Person is a political commentator and science fiction writer living in Austin, Texas. I'm still between jobs. Feel free to hit the tip jar if you're so inclined.

The Democrat Party’s Existential Crises

Jeff Childers has an interesting piece on the Democrat Party’s self-inflicted “polycrisis,” when all the Party’s myriad bad decisions and extremist positions all come home to roost at the same time. If you listen closely to the wind blowing through … Continue reading →

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Scenes From The Labour Party Wipe Out

We touched on this in Friday’s LinkSwarm, but more news of Labour’s council election wipe out has come in, and the scale at which UK voters rejected Keir Starmer’s party is staggering. Take a look at this chart from the … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm For May 8, 2026

Democrats illegal redistricting attempt in Virginia is dead (while Republican efforts in other states steamroll ahead), more welfare state fraud exposed, Trump actually shrinks the federal workforce, Ukraine hits a wide range of targets across Russia, more Democrats soft on … Continue reading →

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BUFF Gets An Upgrade

The B-52, America’s unkillable Cold War-era strategic bomber, just got the green light for a big upgrade. The Air Force’s program to replace the B-52H Stratofortress’s 1960s-era engines cleared its critical design review, the service announced May 4, setting the … Continue reading →

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Musk’s Terafab Going In Grimes County?

When last we checked, Terafab, the cutting-edge megafab being built to produce AI chips for Elon Musk’s Telsa/SpaceX/xAI consortium, was going to be built and run by Intel, but the location was up in the air. Now, according to regulatory … Continue reading →

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D.C. Assassination Attempts Yesterday: 1 or 2?

Were there two assassination attempts in Washington D.C. yesterday, or only one? This Asmongold video suggests two, one an attempt to kill Trump at the White House, and one someone shooting at J. D. Vance’s motorcade. “A man was shot … Continue reading →

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Iran Getting Spicy Again

Taking a look at the activity in the Strait or Hormuz, it looks like our mostly peaceful pause is at an end and things are about to get kinetic again. Looking at the Iran Livemap, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard has … Continue reading →

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Daycare Fraud, Visa Fraud, Flashy Cars, And Communism

Here’s a story that has a little bit of everything: Welfare state fraud, visa abuse, and ties to communist China. A North Texas daycare operator is facing scrutiny after a video surfaced showing a journalist confronting the business owner over … Continue reading →

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Scenes From The Narco War: Sinaloa Politicians Indicted

Here’s a bit of news that was too large to shoehorn into yesterday’s LinkSwarm: “Feds Charge Sinaloa’s Governor, Senator, Mayor, & Other Top Officials With Running A Narco-State.” Federal prosecutors in New York have charged ten current and former senior … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm For May 1, 2026

Iran is beyond broke, more Trump assassination repercussions, FBI finally raids some fraudsters, racial carve-out congressional districts are unconstitutional, Russia loses more ships and planes, Cornyn amnesty pander unearthed, an oil theft ring busted, DEI earns some college pink slips, … Continue reading →

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