Author: Shaun Kenney

“Dort, wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man am Ende auch Menschen.”“Thus, where men burn books, in the end they will also burn men.”— Heinrich Heine, Almansor: A Tragedy (1823) Since we are all clutching pearls at the idea of burning books quite suddenly, let’s take a moment to remind ourselves when progressive Democrats are entirely complacent about the actual practice of book burning — yes? For instance? When progressive rioters in August 2020 engaged in BLM and Antifa’s favorite pastime — only instead of burning out small businesses they instead burned Bibles in Portland, Oregon — the Democrats initially denied that it happened… until…

The whole election came down to 70,000 votes. For me, this is the fun part where I look at my own MS Excel charts — yes, old habits die hard — with my own special math and reflect on what I got right and what I missed. Despite counsel otherwise, Princess Blanding of the Liberation Party did not make a sizable impact. The generic ballot was probably even, right where Christopher Newport University put it (I had it at D+2). Youngkin winning the race by 5-8 points? Pure bunk and the people peddling it should be ashamed of themselves —…

For about a decade, Republicans were treated to excoriations about non-partisan and bipartisan redistricting by Democrats, telling us how fair and equitable they would be when drawn. Until they are drawn. Now the Democrats are mad as hell, as defined by all these red dots where Democrats complain (a lot) about democracy and fairness as un-democratic and unfair values all of the sudden. (RELATED: Jill Biden Campaigns in Must-Win Territory for Terry McAuliffe) The Virginia Public Access Project (VPAP) has the partisan breakouts here, and for the life of me I can’t figure out why the Democrats are so opposed to these lines…