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.

Former Williamson County DA Jana Duty Found Dead

I was getting ready to do my “Biden is in” post when this news dropped: Former Williamson County District Attorney Jana Duty was found dead Wednesday in South Texas, Williamson County Judge Bill Gravell confirmed to the American-Statesman on Thursday. … Continue reading →

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Clinton Corruption Update for April 24, 2019

No one expects the unexpected return of the Clinton Corruption Update! Surprise is one of our chief weapons… With the Mueller document clearing away the cobwebs of the Russian collusion fantasy, we can finally focus on the other half of … Continue reading →

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How CNN Chose Michael Avenatti Over Alan Dershowitz

In the Before Time, the Long Long Ago (which, in this case, is October of 2016), Alan Dershowitz was almost universally hailed as a leading legal mind. A Harvard professor and staunch advocate of due process and constitutional rights, Dershowitz … Continue reading →

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Democratic Presidential Clown Car Update for April 22, 2019

Word is that Biden is finally going to announce he’s in on Wednesday, Seth Moulten just jumped In, and Terry McAuliffe is Out. Fundraising More Q1 fundraising numbers, continued from last week, with new additions linked and number of donors … Continue reading →

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Nigel Farage Starts New Party

In all the Mueller Report reverberations, you may have missed news from across the pond that UKIP founder Nigel Farage just started an new political party: That Britain, whose voters chose to leave the EU in 2016, will partake in … Continue reading →

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Norman Podhoretz Is Not Pleased With His Former Colleagues

Proving that “neocons” are not a monolithic bloc, Norman Podhoretz had some sharp words for his former fellows. About Donald Trump: CRB: Let’s start by talking about Donald Trump and you. In the first sentence of the first chapter of … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for April 19, 2019

Happy Good Friday! Yesterday was a very good Thursday for President Donald Trump, and a very bad one for the media outlets that lied about the Russian Collusion fantasy for two years. After the Mueller Report release, Democratic House Majority … Continue reading →

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MUUUUEEELLLLEEERRRR MAAAAAAAANNNNIIIIIAAAAA!!!!!

It’s Heeeeerrrreeeee! Yes, now you too can read the Mueller Report, on which so many liberal hopes were pinned, only to be dashed (at least for that ever-dwindling pool of liberals capable of ration thought) by Attorney General William Barr’s … Continue reading →

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Bernie vs. The DNC: Round 2

In 2016, it was obvious to neutral observers that the DNC had put their thumb on the scale for Hillary Clinton and against Bernie Sanders. From mysterious coin flips to Debbie Wasserman Schultz rigging the superdelegate count to Clinton using … Continue reading →

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LBJ Didn’t Kill JFK

Sunday I got my taxes to the all-but-printed stage, and then drove down to Bookpeople to attend a signing for Robert Caro’s new book Working (an excerpt of which I printed back in January). Caro is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author … Continue reading →

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