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.

Watch Hillary’s Tool Thwart Democracy

Following up on yesterday’s story of Hillary’s minions rigging the Nevada Democratic convention, more detailed coverage and video is leaking out and it’s even more blatantly antidemocratic than I originally described: The Convention began on a negative note when controversial … Continue reading →

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Pat Condell: “I Vote Against You”

There’s some talk among the #NeverTrump about just sitting November out. Pat Condell explains why that’s a mistake: There’s always someone to vote against. Samples: “Safe space crybabies, left-wing authoritarians, social justice warriors, progressive utopians—whatever these people want from an … Continue reading →

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Clinton Machine Steals Nevada

Hillary Clinton’s election machine has dropped the facade of even pretending to care what actual voters think. In Nevada, they all but told Bernie Sanders supporters “Fuck you. We’re rigging it for Hillary and you can’t stop us.” Team Clinton … Continue reading →

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Great America PAC is Yet Another Dan Backer Scam PAC

Hey, remember Dan Backer, the man behind such scam PACs as Stop Hillary PAC, Conservative Action Now and Patriots for Economic Freedom? Now he has a new Great America PAC ostensibly supporting Trump, run out of the same building as … Continue reading →

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Ted Cruz files for Reelection to Senate

After dropping out of the Presidential race, Ted Cruz filed for reelection to the Senate in 2018. You would think this is pretty early, but at least three senators, Democratic Bill Nelson of Florida, Independent Angus King of Maine (who … Continue reading →

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Governor Abbot Brings the Wood

Texas Governor Greg Abbott delivered a full-bore conservative speech to the Texas Republican Convention today. Thus far I have not been able to find the full text online, but Twitchy offered up some excerpts from Abbott’s Twitter account. A few … Continue reading →

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Life in Venezuela is Murder

In the course of this piece on Venezuela’s bankrupt socialist government using tanks against “paramilitary” opposition, I came across this tidbit of crime information: The homicide rate in Venezuela is surging again in 2016, the Prosecutor General’s office warned in … Continue reading →

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Sanders Refuses to Climb on the Cart

Hillary Clinton and her sycophantic media have declared the Democratic presidential race over. Clinton has stopped spending money on primary advertising and her proxies have called for Bernie Sanders to drop out. Evidently Sanders hasn’t gotten the memo. Last night … Continue reading →

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Texas vs. California Update for May 10, 2016

Time for another Texas vs. California update: In a fiscal test of which states are best prepared for the next recession, Texas ranked best and California ranked worst. (Hat tip: Jack Dean of Pension Tsunami.) And California didn’t just flunk … Continue reading →

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GOP Fundraiser Proposes Stupid VP Pick

A fundraiser for the National Republican Senatorial Committee asked people to vote on a list of choices for Donald Trump’s Vice Presidential running mate. Never mind that they left off Ted Cruz, Rick Perry and Paul Ryan, the biggest problem … Continue reading →

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