A WaPo media machine stenographer has decided to float this trial balloon. All that shoplifting that’s been going on shouldn’t be upsetting middle-class, white-bread supremacists. After all, their descendants stole all this land from someone else.

And if theft is a moral and historical tradition…

Do you know what the problem with capitalism is? It doesn’t want to sell stuff to people. Calling it “a late-capitalism horror story,” the Washington Post’s Maura Judkis might have just written the stupidest possible piece about Blue America’s state-sponsored shoplifting craze.

“Besides, there’s a Robin Hood mentality,” Judkis wrote, that allows thieves (and politicians and well-to-do white progressives) to “assume that a massive corporation can absorb the losses of petty thefts. Some shoplifters view it as a form of anti-capitalist social activism.”

Of course, Robin Hood stole from the government, so there is that (which WaPo’s scribblers would never condone). Still, a better point would be that this behavior, legalized by Democrat DAs, is doing as much or more harm to minority neighborhoods and the community than the Left’s white supremacy narratives. They squeak with pride about social justice, but in practice, the policy creates more crime and leaves the people they claim to protect with less of everything, including access and opportunity.

Democrats robbed them of an education and blamed white people. They defunded their police forces, and when crime rose, they blamed white people. They legalized theft, and when it drives businesses out of minority neighborhoods, they blame white people in cities with hives of oppressive, racist police officers whose leaders have been Democrats for so long that few, if any, living can recall it ever being any different.

Blame white Democrats for that, but not just. Many urban plantations have significant blocks of minority voters (mostly Democrats) and minority elected officials (also Democrats), and things have not improved. Some might say they’ve gotten worse with more drugs and violence.

Sure, you can steal stuff, skip bail, and not go directly to jail. You can get a job working for a gang or other organized crime, lifting sums just large enough to keep you under this soft-on-crime reparations radar, but there’s still a price.

Unlike most who live there, the local pharmacy can leave when unprosecuted crime becomes untenable. That business lost a lot of merchandise, but the community lost jobs and convenient access to everyday needs.

The only tradition anyone needs to consider is that, alongside all the other troubles, Democrats are responsible for that, too.

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It seems like this should be a concise article. Obviously, a Chinese Cartel is far more dangerous, and every effort should be made to eradicate it. Well, you would be wrong. Why would I write an article comparing the real threat of Chinese Cartels and the myth of parents who protest school boards as terrorists? I am using this space to shine a light on Merrick Garland and the Justice Department for the priority they placed on the parents and their alliance with the Chinese.

I have written numerous articles about the Chinese Pot Farming Cartel that have quickly spread throughout Maine and many other states. We have also pointed out the efforts of local and state law enforcement teams. We have also reported on the pleas of the Maine federal delegation, and then the letter from 50 Senators and Representatives sent to Attorney General Garland asking for help.

These calls for help have been made since August of 2023 and remain unanswered. I have a letter from Senator Susan Collins and one I just received today from Representative Jared Golden telling of the frustration experienced as they wait for a response from Garland. So, how does this antipathy by the AG compare to his response to the call for help with the parents or domestic terrorists?

The pandemic introduced many challenges to our lives, and the decision to shut down our schools may have a more significant impact than masks, shelter in place, or vaccines in the future. Parents were frustrated and became active and vocal about protecting their children. Their presence at school board meetings was an opportunity to voice their concerns. Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, saw these parents as a threat to teachers and administrators. She reached out to Garland and Biden for help. Weingarten must have pushed the right button because Garland and Biden jumped and had the FBI jump in unison.

Randi Weingarten not only got the attention of the Administration with one letter but was invited to assist in how the FBI would proceed at targeting parents who would be labeled as Domestic Terrorists. The threat of vocal parents was deemed an immediate threat requiring a quick response, yet the Chinese Cartels have yet to get the attention of the President and AG in eight months.

When I first wrote about the illegal Chinese pot farmers, we thought it was just a Maine situation. We now know that the issue is far more severe than pot, and the problem is national. In addition to the 270 farms identified in Maine, there are thousands in California, Washington, Oregon, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Nevada. These pot farms are causing an environmental problem as they illegally grow and distribute pot. Still, these Chinese nationals, many identified as illegal aliens, are also involved in human and sex trafficking, money laundering, and drug distribution and, in many cases, are funded by cash from federal migrant programs. That fact means that many of these illegal farms were set up with your tax dollars.

This article is not about the specifics of the Chinese Cartel but about the confused priorities of the Administration and Justice Department. It is about letters from 50 members of Congress asking for help but screaming into a void. The longer they ignore requests for help, the more they need to explain why they are complicit with these Chinese operators. We do nothing about spy balloons, Fentanyl, the buying of land around our military installations, TikTok, illegal pot farming, human trafficking, and stealing intellectual property. The inaction indicates the Chinese have this president and Administration in their pocket. I told the story, you decide.

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Considering that the RTK Tax, aka HB 1002, still needs to go to the whole House, it’s not yet dead, but in hospice care. I expect Rep Kuttab and Judge Lynn to perform CPR on it from the Reps Hall mic with the same fervor that an ambulance crew responds to a 911 call.  It’s just a question of who drives and who tends the patient bedside.

I’ll discuss this battery unit pair from Windham in more detail in a moment, but consider this “Part Deux” of my previous article.

I’ve modified the title for a few reasons.  One of them is that it’s already known that anyone can email any senator using their “leg.state.nh.us” email if they so choose, which I recommend at least copying to, hence my focus on just the House.  Emailing a government address gets your attempt to make contact on the record.  I used the “jury still out” comment anecdotally because I’m talking about lawyers, and there are seemingly way too many of them involved in the People’s Work to count.

A follow-up piece is in order because Granite Staters need and deserve an update on the situation since my last piece.  After submitting it, I watched the House Judiciary’s executive session (you can do the same by using this link and advance to 1:32:15 if you have the next hour to spare).  That hour is so full of discussion on how hard Kuttab worked on HB 1002, her amendment, and her project of keeping a spreadsheet of all 50 states’ RTK law details.

Um, isn’t that what OLS and staff are for?

I also observed that Mr. Testerman, one committee member who uses a personal email address, played hookey.

Marjorie Smith, the other member who uses personal email INSTEAD OF a government-issued address, revealed to the committee that she’s an active advocate for privacy, hence the preference for personal email, I suppose.  That was said at 2:16:59 when she called out Judge Lynn for talking about helping Kuttab with her application to law school!

Yup, he started singing her praises (as a future law student) at 2:10:10, and therefore, I suggest that their relationship be investigated for any impropriety. Before anyone’s imagination runs wild, you don’t have to block the kiddos from reading this. I’m talking in the professional, scholastic, ethical, and political sense.

I could go on to explore other government bodies and which members use government email addresses and those who don’t because I’ve been told it varies. However, I’m keeping my focus on the state legislature, but if someone else wants to focus on local boards, committees, and commissions, I’d be interested in the findings.

Meanwhile, I am still waiting for a reply from Attorney Lehmann and/or the Senate Judiciary members to my early Wednesday morning email that asks if non-government email accounts(of the legislature) are subject to 91A.  They might think it’s now moot, but the answer still matters.

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