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.

Iowa Caucuses Winners: Trump. And Chaos.

Posted on February 4, 2020 by Lawrence Person

I’ll just go to bed tonight, I thought, then bang out a blog past tomorrow when it’s clear who won Iowa. Ha! You know who won Iowa last night? President Donald Trump, both literally, with 97% of the vote, as … Continue reading →

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Democratic Presidential Clown Car Update for February 3, 2020 (IOWA CAUCUSES TODAY!)

Posted on February 3, 2020 by Lawrence Person

It begins! The Iowa Caucuses are finally here today, Bernie panic wracks the DNC, a key poll mysteriously vanishes, Delaney drops Out, and one Biden staffer provides handy voter appreciation. It’s your Democratic Presidential clown car update! A special shout-out … Continue reading →

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The Case of the Missing Poll

Posted on February 2, 2020 by Lawrence Person

Not a Hardy Boys mystery: The Des Moines Register, CNN and Selzer & Co. have made the decision to not release the final installment of the CNN/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll as planned Saturday evening. Nothing is more important to the … Continue reading →

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Brexit Is Served

Posted on February 1, 2020 by Lawrence Person

After four years of unrelenting sabotage by the chattering classes, the United Kingdom has finally left the European Union. Here is the BBC 2 minute video summary of why it took four years to get here: Fair enough, though it … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for January 31, 2020

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Lawrence Person

Welcome to another Friday LinkSwarm! If you’re reading this, you haven’t died from the Coronavirus yet, despite China’s best efforts! And so many Babylon Bee slams of CNN that I couldn’t just pick one: This morning’s contarvirus totals: Total Infected: … Continue reading →

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Contempt News Network

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Lawrence Person

Everyone else and their dog has already covered this video of CNN talking heads Don Lemon, Rick Wilson and Wajahat Ali calling Trump supporters illiterate rubes: No wonder the RNC quickly came up with an ad. (Hat tip: Stephen Green … Continue reading →

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Trump Offers Bold New Peace Plan For Palestinians To Reject

Posted on January 29, 2020 by Lawrence Person

President Donald Trump has unveiled Israeli-Palestinian peace plan. Let me summarize: Blah blah blah two state solution blah blah blah land for peace blah blah blah settlement building freeze blah blah blah $50 billion in aid. What, too cynical? So … Continue reading →

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The Twitter Primary for January 2020

Posted on January 28, 2020 by Lawrence Person

As I did in previous months, here’s an update on the number of Twitter followers of the Democratic presidential candidates, updated since last month’s update. Five months ago I started using a tool that gives me precise Twitter follower counts. … Continue reading →

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Democratic Presidential Clown Car Update for January 27, 2020

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Lawrence Person

Everything’s coming up Bernie (including a Joe Rogan endorsement), Biden tranny panders, Buttigieg does a Jeb!, Bloomberg ops get sick bennies, Yang rises, and WaPo worries about screaming ghosts. It’s your Democratic Presidential clown car update! Also: The Iowa caucuses … Continue reading →

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Wuhan Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Pandemic Update

Posted on January 26, 2020 by Lawrence Person

Ready for an update on the pandemic that might kill us all? For those keeping track of the Wuhan Coronavirus (2019-nCoV): Total Infected: 2116 Total Deaths: 56 Total Recovered: 52 Number of Countries Where Cases Have Been Confirmed: 14 (China … Continue reading →

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