Author Archives: Lawrence Person

About Lawrence Person

Lawrence Person is a political commentator and science fiction writer living in Austin, Texas. His political work has appeared in National Review, Reason, The Freeman, Liberty and The World & I. His SF has appeared in Asimov's, Analog, F&SF, Postscripts, Jim Baen's Universe, Fear, and several anthologies. He owns such a large library (mostly science fiction first editions) he had to buy a two-story house to put it in, and then adopted a golden retriever to drag him out of his house on a regular basis.

RFK Jr. Indicts Modern Democrat Party

Posted on September 15, 2026 by Lawrence Person

I’ve mentioned before that I wasn’t a big RFK, Jr. fan when he endorsed Trump, and I was moderately skeptical of him running HHS. But overall I think he’s done a good job, and he just dropped a banger of … Continue reading →

Posted in Democrats, Elections, Republicans, video | Tagged 2024 Presidential Race, 2026 Election, Cornel West, coronavirus, corruption, Dean Phillips, Democratic Party, Democrats, Department of Health and Human Services, Donald Trump, Elections, Fifth Amendment, First Amendment, Fourth Amendment, fraud, Israel, Jihad, lockdown, Marianne Williamson, Republican National Convention, Republicans, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Seventh Amendment, Title IX, transexual, Trump Assassination Attempt, Trump Derangement Syndrome, video | 7 Comments

A Visa Restriction Too Far

Posted on September 14, 2026 by Lawrence Person

Regular BattleSwarm readers know I’ve become quite the immigration hawk. All illegal aliens should be deported, NGOs that helped carry out the illegal alien invasion should be investigated, disbanded and their members prosecuted, the cost of applying for a H-1B … Continue reading →

Posted in Border Control, Regulation | Tagged Border Controls, H-1B visa, immigration, Markwayne Mullin, Regulation | 18 Comments

Remembering Andrew Wimsatt: “The Coolest Dude Ever”

Posted on September 13, 2026 by Lawrence Person

When I originally posted about the random senseless murder of my friend Andrew Wimsatt, I did so out of a sense of obligation. He was a close friend, and I’m a writer with a blog, so if I wasn’t going … Continue reading →

Posted in Austin, Crime, Republicans, Texas | Tagged AI, Andrew Wimsatt, Austin, Crime, Dustin Burrows, Fox News, Greg Abbott, Howard Waldrop, humor, Iowahawk, Iryna Zarutska, Kat Timpf, Matt Walsh, music, Nancy Rommelmann, New York Post, Not The Bee, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Obituary, Reason, Slowdive, Texas Department of Transportation, The Simpsons, WOMAD | 5 Comments

Updates On The Murder Of Andrew Wimsatt

Posted on September 12, 2026 by Lawrence Person

In my original post on my friend Andrew Wimsatt’s murder, I was relying on early accounts of the crime, and thus said a few things that turned out to be wrong. Here’s the high level summary of corrections: In the … Continue reading →

Posted in Austin, Crime, Media Watch, Texas | Tagged Andrew Wimsatt, Austin, Benedict Ogbodiegwu, Crime, Media Watch, murder, Round Rock, Williamson County | 6 Comments

LinkSwarm For September 11, 2026

Posted on September 11, 2026 by Lawrence Person

The 25th Anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, GOP midterm convention, Iran and Yemen both get spicy again, AfD shocks Germany, Ukraine’s longest drone strike yet, more welfare state fraud, more money for Paxton, It’s the Friday LinkSwarm! More information about … Continue reading →

Posted in Austin, Border Control, Communism, Crime, Democrats, Elections, Foreign Policy, Jihad, Military, Republicans, Social Justice Warriors, Technology, Texas, Waste and Fraud, Welfare State | Tagged 2026 Election, 2026 Texas Senate Race, 37th Congressional District, 9/11 Attacks, Ace of Spades, AI, Alice Weidel, Alla Nowowiejski, Alternative for Germany, Anapa Airport, Applied Materials, Arizona, Babylon Bee, Brandon Waltens, Brian Krebs, Christianity, Cuba, Dagestan, Dallas, data security, Democratic Socialists of America, Department of Health and Human Services, dogs, Donald Trump, drones, Emiliano Martinez Perez, Encinal, feminism, feminists, Football, fraud, Friedrich Merz, fundraising, Gavin Newsom, gay, Germany, Gloria Steinem, Greg Abbott, hacking, Hakeem Jeffries, Hamtramck, Holly Hansen, Hollywood, Houthi, Illegal Aliens, immigration, J. D. Vance, James Talarico, Jamiel Altaheri, Janie Lopez, Jihad, John Cornyn, John Thune, Jovin Bayingana, Ken Paxton, Kronstadt, Kursk, La Salle County, Laredo, LinkSwarm, Maine, Medicaid, Mediterranean, Michigan, Military, movies, murder, music, Muslim, natural gas, Neptune missile, Not The Bee, Novorossiysk, Oziel Ochoa, Ozon, PAC, Preston Stewart, Republican National Convention, Republicans, Rick Beato, Rio Grande Valley, Rula Jebreal, Russia, Russo-Ukrainian War, Saratov, Saxony-Anhalt, Senate Leadership Fund, Sochi, Social Justice Warriors, South Korea, St. Petersburg (Russia), Su-24, Su-33, Su-35, Suchomimus, Super-PAC, technology, Texas, Texas Scorecard, transexual, Welfare State, Windows, Yamalo-Nenets, Yemen, YouTube, Zohran Mamdani | 3 Comments

My Friend Was Murdered On Labor Day

Posted on September 10, 2026 by Lawrence Person

Andrew Wimsatt, a friend for over thirty-five years, a regular member of the Saturday Dining Conspiracy (and the movie night afterwards) and an all-around standup guy, was murdered on Labor Day. New details have emerged in a homicide investigation in … Continue reading →

Posted in Austin, Crime | Tagged Andrew Wimsatt, Austin, Benedict Ogbodiegwu, CHL, Crime, Greg Gutfeld, Iowahawk, movies, murder, music, Obituary, Penn Jillette, Round Rock, Slowdive, Texas Department of Transportation, Tyrus, Williamson County, Williamson County Sheriff's Department | 22 Comments

DOJ: Report Illegal Aliens Or Lose Welfare Funding

Posted on September 9, 2026 by Lawrence Person

One of the most basic, fundamental differences between normal Americans and the left is that normies believe that welfare benefits should be strictly limited to American citizens. On the other hand, the radical, social justice-infected left seem to believe that … Continue reading →

Posted in Border Control, Texas, Welfare State | Tagged Border Controls, Department of Justice, DHS, Hunter Burney, Illegal Aliens, Joshua Craddock, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), T. Elliot Gaiser, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Texas, Texas Scorecard, welfare, Welfare State | 4 Comments

$250 Million Senior Gold Scammer Nabbed

Posted on September 8, 2026 by Lawrence Person

Yesterday’s story featured a foreign scammer ripping off American taxpayers. Today’s story features a foreign scammer ripping off American senior citizens. A 35-year-old man accused of playing a central role in an international fraud network that allegedly stole more than … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Texas, video, Waste and Fraud | Tagged Crime, Florida, fraud, gold, Illegal Aliens, Muzamil Ahmed, New Jersey, Saudi Arabia, scam, senior citizens, Tarrant County, Texas, video | 2 Comments

$1.3 Billion In Attempted Medicare Fraud

Posted on September 7, 2026 by Lawrence Person

Another day, another story of someone using the welfare state to massively defraud the federal government. An illegal alien from the country of Georgia allegedly spent five months running a Pennsylvania medical equipment company that filed $1.3 billion in fraudulent … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Waste and Fraud, Welfare State | Tagged Ben Smith, Colin M. McDonald, Crime, Department of Justice, Erekle Gugava, fraud, Georgia (nation), identity theft, Illegal Aliens, Legal Insurrection, Massachusetts, Medicare, ND Medical Solutions LLC, Operation Gold Rush, Pennsylvania, Russia, Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, Welfare State | 3 Comments

“Mass Female TikTok Psychosis”: The Lindsay Clancy Cult

Posted on September 6, 2026 by Lawrence Person

ShoeOnHead grapples with the inexplicable Lindsay Clancy TikTok Cult, and comes to the same conclusion the rest of us have: They’re insane. “Enough about women’s rights. It is time to talk about women’s wrongs.” “Here is a unique brain frying … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Social Justice Warriors, video | Tagged abortion, astrology, Crime, Dawn Light, feminists, FreedomToons, Hannah Cox, Lindsay Clancy, mental illness, murder, ShoeOnHead, Social Justice Warriors, Tarot Cards, Tik-Tok, video | 12 Comments

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