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.

LA’s Homeless Crisis

Posted on June 30, 2019 by Lawrence Person

Los Angeles is suffering from a huge homeless crisis: Everybody knows about the 36,000 homeless on the streets of LA, over 60,000 in the county, replete with human feces and syringes littering the sidewalks, along with rats, typhus and even … Continue reading →

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The Twitter Primary: Post-Debates Update

Posted on June 29, 2019 by Lawrence Person

With debate fields as large as the DNC hosted this week, it can be hard to get a read on who did best. Partisans and in-the-tank media figures boost their preferred candidates no matter what, so hard data is hard … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for June 28, 2019

Posted on June 28, 2019 by Lawrence Person

Man, it’s been a week. The clown car and NRA pieces have been blowing up my stats, and I’ve got a bunch of other things happening. I tried to watch the Group of Death debate last night, but the stream … Continue reading →

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Kiddie Table Debate Reactions

Posted on June 27, 2019 by Lawrence Person

I tried to watch last night’s kiddie table debate, but was just too tried to endure the pandering. So here’s a roundup of reactions: The Democratic contenders seemed to offer up a doom and gloom scenario at odds with current … Continue reading →

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More NRA Troubles: Wayne LaPierre And The Iron Law of Bureaucracy

Posted on June 26, 2019 by Lawrence Person

Lots more NRA turmoil has bubbled up since my previous piece, including the NRA filing two lawsuits against PR firm Ackerman McQueen and leaks of internal NRA letters expressing alarm over profligate spending. In addition to spending by Ackerman McQueen, … Continue reading →

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The Twitter Primary Revisited for June 2019

Posted on June 25, 2019 by Lawrence Person

As I did in previous months, here’s an update on the number of Twitter followers among Democratic presidential candidates. Joe Sestak has jumped into the race since the last update, raising the number of accounts tracked to 25. The following … Continue reading →

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Democratic Presidential Clown Car Update for June 24, 2019

Posted on June 24, 2019 by Lawrence Person

Biden brags about his segregationist buds, a sleestak joins the race, Beto hires a Ralph Northam staffer, and New York Times and/or Google News screw up a lot of candidate photos. It’s your Democratic Presidential Clown Car Update! Polls Lot … Continue reading →

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Gutfeld: “The Side That’s Having The Most Fun Usually Wins”

Posted on June 23, 2019 by Lawrence Person

Greg Gutfeld on how President Donald Trump is having fun, while Democrats are talking about concentration camps.

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The Case Against Narrowing The Democratic Presidential Field

Posted on June 22, 2019 by Lawrence Person

Ann Althouse linked to yet another of those “There’s too many Democrats running for President!” pieces (this one from Colbert I. King) that appear as recurring theme in the regular clown car updates. The chance that Democratic Party convention delegates … Continue reading →

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Texas To Send 1,000 National Guardsmen To Border To Address Illegal Alien Surge

Posted on June 21, 2019 by Lawrence Person

It looks like Texas is more serious about controlling the border than congress: Gov. Greg Abbott announced Friday that the state will deploy 1,000 troops from the Texas National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border to aid the federal government with … Continue reading →

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