I don’t believe most Democratic voters have a problem with this kind of thing. Many of them cheer it. That’s why the overtly psychotic tyrants are taking the Democratic Party by storm, across the country. Even if some Democratic voters dislike it, they will still vote for ANY Democrat, including these, over any Republican. All they care is that we don’t get Trump, or any Republican who actually keeps his promises. Once enough of these deranged, evil individuals are in power, it will be too late to avoid the civil war or similar breakdown that’s likely coming. Republicans: Don’t be so sure Republicans will start winning blue states as Democrats move more left than ever seen in human history. Do not underestimate just how much Democrat voters despise Republicans, not just Trump.
NO THANKS (from Newsmax, more on the future Governor Wong): Wisconsin Democratic Socialist Francesca Hong defended her past call to “cancel Thanksgiving,” saying the holiday remains “a time that’s incredibly painful for many people in our communities.”
Exactly what would canceling Thanksgiving look like? It’s not mandatory. You are free to ignore Thanksgiving. Does this Democratic Party candidate seek to send the FBI into people’s homes and seize their turkeys and candied sweet potato? Will people be fined or arrested if they post on social media, or say out in public, “Happy Thanksgiving”? Once the precedent is set for this with Thanksgiving, who or what will be next?
Democrat voters: This is your party. These are the people you are supporting.
I’m not what you’d call a keen observer of the political climate in our country, but I do pay attention, broadly, to what’s going on within our two parties. Watching the latest from Bill Maher, I was reminded of how we struggle to reconcile our support for an idea we might like, if it’s promoted by a politician we hate. And vice versa. Here though, we have an opportunity – Democrats, in particular – to speak out loudly and clearly against an ideology that has been proven, demonstrably, to be a really bad idea.
It’s alarming to see how quickly communism has been embraced by so many, but it’s even more alarming, to see how many have yet to condemn it, in favor of sheltering under a “big tent.” This week, Gavin Newsom dismissed concerns over Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and progressive candidates winning key primaries, stating he would gladly campaign for them. He argued that the party must be in the “addition, not subtraction business” to retake control of Congress.
Not that anyone asked me, but…wow. The candidates that Newsom is referring to here are not subtle. They have clearly articulated precisely what they want, and exactly what they will try to accomplish if they gain power. No borders. No police. No prisons. No Senate. From each according to his needs, from each according to his abilities, and so forth. They are literally quoting Karl Marx, and they are literally on the record as desiring to completely dismantle our government and replace it with actual communism. And the Governor of California says he will campaign on their behalf, if doing so will result in a Congressional win. Truly amazing.
Seems to me, that this is best opportunity Democrats will ever have to make some kind of reasonable appeal to Independents, and those not on board with this administration. This is a chance to affirmatively distance themselves from an ideology that has caused more human suffering than any other scheme dreamt up by man. And yet, they have not.
I understand how unpopular President Trump is in the eyes of many. But if the DSA continues to grow in popularity, and the Democrats actually campaign on their behalf, I think it’ll be the largest political blunder in my lifetime. Unless of course, I’m wrong, and the DSA expands to swallow the Democratic Party, and communism winds up on the ballot. In which case, Ronald Reagan’s warning will haunt us all.
“Freedom is never more than one generation from extinction.” Ronald Reagan
Dearborn mosque leader threatens to resign. Niraj Warikoo. Updated Jan. 25, 2015. The religious leader of the Islamic Center of America — a landmark religious institution in metro Detroit that’s one of Michigan’s biggest mosques — said Friday he would resign unless the board of trustees dissolves.
The dramatic announcement by Imam Hassan Qazwini to his packed congregation was met by cries of support from members pleading for him to stay and reflects an intense debate in one of the most notable mosques in the United States over finances and what is permissible under Islam.
Imam Hassan Qazwini’s opponents have accused him of using donations to the mosque for family projects and of having an illicit relationship, charges he strongly denies.
A nationally known Muslim leader, Qazwini announced he was stepping down during his Friday afternoon sermon, the most popular gathering time for Muslims. Afterward, when members asked him to stay, Qazwini said he would reconsider if the board dissolves.
“The entire board has to be dissolved, with the exception of the founding fathers” of the mosque, Qazwini said, according to a recording of his sermon. “The entire system has to be dissolved. The by-laws have to be dissolved.”
Qazwini’s announcement came after a tumultuous past few months that saw anonymous letters accusing him of diverting mosque money for his father’s projects in Iraq. Qazwini’s critics want the money instead to retire the remaining debt of the mosque and to help for projects in other countries, such as Lebanon. A majority of the congregation is of Lebanese descent, while Qazwini is of Iraqi descent.
The letters also accused Qazwini, who is married, of having a relationship with a woman through an arrangement in Shia Islam known as mutah (temporary marriage), which allows a man away from his wife to have sex with another woman that may involve a payment.
At a packed event at the mosque Friday night where Qazwini was scheduled to speak to youth, he strongly denied both of the allegations contained in the letters, which were mailed last year to the homes of Muslims who attend the mosque.
“I’m not going to take it anymore,” he said, adding that some Lebanese board members are racist toward Iraqis and called them “selfish.”
“Remove this cancer,” he said of the those board members. “We need to stand up.”
There were three sets of letters, mailed from October to December, said mosque members. They also appeared on the windshields of cars parked outside the mosque during a religious service in November.
“Qazwini is the main obstacle which prevent the payment of all the debt,” one of the letters reads in part. It said that Qazwini “takes the … contributions and revenues” and gives them to his father, a religious leader in Iraq who runs a hospital and orphanage in Iraq.
The letters also criticized Qazwini for naming Ron Amen as chair of the board, saying he was not an observant Muslim. Amen and Kassem Allie, executive administrator of the mosque, did not return calls seeking comment.
On Nov. 28, supporters of Qazwini held a rally outside the mosque, which sits off Ford Road in Dearborn. It’s one of the oldest Islamic congregations in Michigan and has become known as an icon of Islam in the United States.
After Qazwini announced Friday in Arabic he was leaving, some in the audience started to cry out their support, including Moussa Hamka, principal at Grosse Pointe South High School. Hamka then spoke at the mosque in support of Qazwini.
“The community rallied in support of him,” Hamka said afterward. “There was an unprecedented amount of support at the Friday prayers. … The community supports the imam. We’re not going to allow the status quo to continue.”
In Philadelphia, the country’s second-poorest big city, the demand for deeply affordable rental housing is a constant.
To better meet that need, the Philadelphia Housing Authority launched an ambitious — and costly — plan to remake and expand its vast real estate portfolio. Over eight years, the agency estimates it will spend $6.3 billion to preserve, redevelop, build or acquire roughly 20,000 subsidized units.
That translates to an average unit cost of about $315,000 — more than the market value of many Philadelphia homes.
Labor Costs * Regulations(Approvals Take 2–3 Years) * Rent limits (prevent self-funding repairs) * Because of all the above buildings become so dilapidated rehabs costs have soared.
Artificially inflate costs with taxes and regulations Artificially inflate labor costs with minimum wage Increase the need with illegal immigrants Decrease the available housing via regulation.
History shows that mere dissatisfaction with the government is not enough—and that we can prevent a government collapse through our own constitutional and ethical conduct.
Note: This essay is not a call for armed resistance. Instead, it examines historical situations that justify such resistance, as well as the non-violent values and actions conservatives can immediately use to prevent the need for armed resistance from arising.)
Throughout history, free societies have wrestled with an uncomfortable question: Is there ever a time when citizens have a moral duty to resist their own government? The question matters because America is not immune from decline. We are retreating, overtaken by what increasingly resembles a cult, one built around the destructive moral impulses Gad Saad describes in Suicidal Empathy.
Not only are the barbarians and lunatics at the gate; many now seemingly seek their “leadership.”
Rigor, reason, and resolve can only take us so far. There comes a moment when simply talking about our problems isn’t enough, and our best thinking virtues can no longer ensure our survival. As a society, we preach one thing and practice another when it comes to applying force to defend essential virtues.
Resistance should not be defined as dissatisfaction with elections, taxes, policies, or political opponents. A free society depends upon vigorous disagreement, constitutional processes, and the peaceful transfer of political power. Neither is resistance the refusal to obey laws simply because one believes them to be unjust or disagrees with those charged with enforcing them; we are beginning to see both.
In a constitutional republic, lawful remedies must be exhausted before the moral question of resistance can even arise. Not every unpopular law is tyranny, and not every political defeat is oppression. The threshold for legitimate resistance is intentionally set extraordinarily high because violence to reassert our constitutional rights carries terrible consequences.
Only when lawful institutions have ceased functioning according to their intended purpose, peaceful remedies have been exhausted, and government itself has become the principal instrument of systematic injustice, not its remedy, does the moral question of resistance deserve, even demand, consideration.
Across both Scripture and our founding traditions, the ethical use of force is never celebrated but is recognized as sometimes necessary to uphold justice and protect the innocent. The Bible consistently distinguishes between violence driven by malice and violence used to restrain evil: the “avenger of blood” in Deuteronomy, the communal defense of the oppressed in Proverbs 24:11, and in Romans 13 all frame force as a grave responsibility, not a license to trifle with. These principles underpin our Judeo-Christian tradition.
America’s Founders embraced a similar moral logic. Drawing heavily on natural law philosophy, they argued that governments exist to secure the people’s God-given rights and derive “their just powers from the consent of the governed.” When government becomes destructive of those ends through a long train of abuses, the Declaration of Independence affirms that the people retain the right to alter or abolish it. If resistance wasn’t exactly what they had in mind, I’m lost.
This principle is not uniquely American. It runs through centuries of Western political thought. John Locke argued that people possess certain rights simply because they are human—life, liberty, and property. Governments do not create those rights; they exist in spite of and superior to government. Citizens establish governments through mutual consent to protect themselves, not in the reverse, to give up agency.
If government becomes the principal violator of those rights, Locke argued, the people retain the ultimate right to alter or abolish it. That principle is the philosophical foundation of the American Revolution and must remain a present-day expectation.
Our Judeo-Christian traditions reached a similar conclusion. Scripture consistently condemns violence undertaken for conquest, revenge, hatred, or personal gain while recognizing the legitimacy of force used to defend innocent life and restrain evil.
Augustine later developed these principles into Just War theory, arguing that force may become morally permissible only when the cause is just, peaceful alternatives have failed, the response is proportional, and the objective is the restoration of peace rather than revenge. The goal is always justice—not violence. I do disagree with his ideas regarding proportionality; they encourage some bad actors rather than deterring them, but otherwise I concur.
Most people already recognize that rights carry corresponding responsibilities. Parents have a duty to protect their children. Police have a duty to intervene when innocent people are attacked. Soldiers accept a duty to defend our nation. In each case, refusing to act when innocent lives are endangered is itself a moral failure.
That raises an uncomfortable but unavoidable question. If individuals have a duty to protect innocent people from violent criminals, does a free people have a comparable duty when oppression originates from the government itself?
History offers interesting corollaries. During the Second World War, members of the French Resistance sabotaged railroads, gathered intelligence, hid Allied airmen and Jewish families, and fought an occupying regime that had extinguished lawful avenues of dissent. Their actions violated the laws imposed by Nazi authorities. Yet history remembers them not as criminals but as the patriots they were, because the government that demanded their obedience lacked moral legitimacy. We honor them today because they resisted tyranny when peaceful alternatives disappeared.
The lesson of both the American Revolution and the French Resistance is not that violence is noble, but that legitimacy matters more. Governments derive moral authority from protecting justice and liberty. When a government becomes the principal instrument of oppression and peaceful remedies have been exhausted, resistance may cease to be merely a right and become an actual obligation.
Some readers will likely misinterpret me, thinking this is a call to arms. It’s not. Real resistance begins long before physical force ever becomes imaginable. It begins with self-government, civic engagement, moral courage, honest speech, faithful citizenship, and a steadfast refusal to surrender the principles upon which constitutional government rests and the kind of principled engagement too few actually undertake.
Government is not a substitute for personal responsibility. We delegate, as appropriate, those decisions best made by representatives acting within constitutional constraints.
Those representatives must remain mindful of their duty to the citizens they serve, but in an even more profound sense, to the constitutional order and the traditions entrusted to them by our Founders and subsequent generations. Our fealty and fidelity must always be to the Constitution and the liberties it protects, because governments exist to preserve those principles—not to supplant them.
If we ever reach the point where resistance becomes morally necessary and defensible, every institution of self-government will already have failed. Our first obligation, therefore, is not to prepare for that day, but to preserve the constitutional order, civic virtue, and moral courage that ensure that day never arrives.
A big tent may end up being the death of what was once the Democrat Party.
Scott Jennings made the case on Tuesday as the country waited to see whether five Democratic Socialists of America-backed candidates in Missouri, Michigan, Kansas, Virginia, and Washington state would topple Democrat incumbents and push the party even further toward the radical left. What’s unfolding now is not just a primary-season skirmish; it’s the visible advance of a hostile takeover.
Establishment Democrats who refuse to condemn their ideological allies, along with the party’s progressive wing, have spent months celebrating the “big tent” chief among them being Bernie Sanders. Jennings’s warning is simple: take Democrats at their word. If this is the coalition they’ve chosen, then the party is no longer hiding what it has become; it is openly stating it.
“Well, I mean, right at the end, [Sanders] ultimately said, yes, I want people like Hassan Piker in my political party,” Jennings said. “We’re a big tent. He wants people in the party that say America deserve 9-11. He wants people in his party that are out there idealizing Chairman Mao and the like. I mean, this is not something I would be embracing if I were trying to build a political party that could appeal to, you know, mainstream Americans.”
Jennings went on to then attack the rise of antisemitism among the progressive left, who have continued to target AIPAC, Jewish people, and even representatives who support the state of Israel.
“I think they’re going to deeply regret these associations and this continued demonization of AIPAC,” he added. “AIPAC is Jewish Americans, Americans who are choosing to participate in politics. And let’s be honest, they’re just using it as a euphemism to say the Jews. I mean, that’s what they’re doing. And I think it’s a- Senator Sanders is Jewish. Okay, that doesn’t absolve him of demonizing other Americans who simply want to participate in American politics.”
This comes as many Democrats have refused to see the rising threat of the DSA within their own ranks. Whether conservatives like it or not, our opponents are becoming more openly socialist, and that means the case for free markets has to be made more explicitly than ever, on efficiency, on prosperity, and on moral principle.
Too many people assumed the virus of collectivism died with the Soviet Union. It didn’t. Now the scourge of collectivism threatens the soul of the United States as we know it.
Kentucky Woman Got Tired Of Waiting On Her Chicken, So Police Say She Pulled An AR-15 On A KFC Employee
A KFC incident making headlines across Kentucky reportedly began with an ordinary inconvenience before taking a dangerous turn. A Lexington woman is facing a felony charge after authorities said she pointed an AR-15-style rifle at a KFC employee during a confrontation over a delayed drive-through order.
According toWKYT, 33-year-oldNayda Roman allegedly became frustrated while waiting for food at the KFC on Richmond Road in Lexington. The reported confrontation happened on May 11, although Roman was not taken into custody until late July.
An arrest report states that Roman exchanged words with members of the restaurant staff before leaving her position in the drive-through line. Instead of leaving the property entirely, police said she drove around the building and entered the restaurant’s parking lot. Continue reading
Authorities allege Roman then parked her vehicle, opened the trunk, and removed an AR-15-style rifle. The arrest citation claims she pointed the firearm at an employee in a “threatening manner.” Roman allegedly returned to her vehicle and drove away shortly afterward.
The employee was left to process a situation that allegedly escalated from a slow order to the presence of a high-powered weapon. While fast food customers regularly complain about long lines, incorrect orders and slow service, the allegations connected to this situation are far beyond a heated exchange at the window.
The former governor of Washington State blamed the raging wildfires on climate change, but a man who was previously convicted of killing his father has been arrested for allegedly starting the blazes. Jay Inslee, who served in the role from 2013 to 2025, shared a video of himself on Sunday afternoon discussing the wildfires that have burned more than 10,000 acres and remain zero percent contained as of Tuesday morning. Inslee donned a casual royal blue hoodie and filmed himself outside as he spoke about the infernos. In the clip and its caption, the Democrat said climate change was to blame for the fires. He also made the same assumption on CNN. ‘Three enormous wildfires are raging in Spokane. Thousands of people are evacuating, not knowing if they’ll come back to a home or nothing but ashes. ‘Climate change isn’t some faraway threat. It’s happening right now, to our neighbors and friends. We have to fight for them,’ Inslee, 75, wrote. The following day, Aaron F Farinacci, 37, was arrested and booked on suspicion of arson after he allegedly started the Old Trail Fire in Spokane.
Kentucky woman got tired of waiting on her chicken, so police say she pulled an AR-15 on a KFC employee
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Kentucky Woman Got Tired Of Waiting On Her Chicken, So Police Say She Pulled An AR-15 On A KFC Employee
A KFC incident making headlines across Kentucky reportedly began with an ordinary inconvenience before taking a dangerous turn. A Lexington woman is facing a felony charge after authorities said she pointed an AR-15-style rifle at a KFC employee during a confrontation over a delayed drive-through order.
According toWKYT, 33-year-oldNayda Roman allegedly became frustrated while waiting for food at the KFC on Richmond Road in Lexington. The reported confrontation happened on May 11, although Roman was not taken into custody until late July.
An arrest report states that Roman exchanged words with members of the restaurant staff before leaving her position in the drive-through line. Instead of leaving the property entirely, police said she drove around the building and entered the restaurant’s parking lot. Continue reading
Authorities allege Roman then parked her vehicle, opened the trunk, and removed an AR-15-style rifle. The arrest citation claims she pointed the firearm at an employee in a “threatening manner.” Roman allegedly returned to her vehicle and drove away shortly afterward.
The employee was left to process a situation that allegedly escalated from a slow order to the presence of a high-powered weapon. While fast food customers regularly complain about long lines, incorrect orders and slow service, the allegations connected to this situation are far beyond a heated exchange at the window.
The former governor of Washington State blamed the raging wildfires on climate change, but a man who was previously convicted of killing his father has been arrested for allegedly starting the blazes. Jay Inslee, who served in the role from 2013 to 2025, shared a video of himself on Sunday afternoon discussing the wildfires that have burned more than 10,000 acres and remain zero percent contained as of Tuesday morning. Inslee donned a casual royal blue hoodie and filmed himself outside as he spoke about the infernos. In the clip and its caption, the Democrat said climate change was to blame for the fires. He also made the same assumption on CNN. ‘Three enormous wildfires are raging in Spokane. Thousands of people are evacuating, not knowing if they’ll come back to a home or nothing but ashes. ‘Climate change isn’t some faraway threat. It’s happening right now, to our neighbors and friends. We have to fight for them,’ Inslee, 75, wrote. The following day, Aaron F Farinacci, 37, was arrested and booked on suspicion of arson after he allegedly started the Old Trail Fire in Spokane.
Kentucky woman got tired of waiting on her chicken, so police say she pulled an AR-15 on a KFC employee
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Kentucky Woman Got Tired Of Waiting On Her Chicken, So Police Say She Pulled An AR-15 On A KFC Employee
A KFC incident making headlines across Kentucky reportedly began with an ordinary inconvenience before taking a dangerous turn. A Lexington woman is facing a felony charge after authorities said she pointed an AR-15-style rifle at a KFC employee during a confrontation over a delayed drive-through order.
According toWKYT, 33-year-oldNayda Roman allegedly became frustrated while waiting for food at the KFC on Richmond Road in Lexington. The reported confrontation happened on May 11, although Roman was not taken into custody until late July.
An arrest report states that Roman exchanged words with members of the restaurant staff before leaving her position in the drive-through line. Instead of leaving the property entirely, police said she drove around the building and entered the restaurant’s parking lot. Continue reading
Authorities allege Roman then parked her vehicle, opened the trunk, and removed an AR-15-style rifle. The arrest citation claims she pointed the firearm at an employee in a “threatening manner.” Roman allegedly returned to her vehicle and drove away shortly afterward.
The employee was left to process a situation that allegedly escalated from a slow order to the presence of a high-powered weapon. While fast food customers regularly complain about long lines, incorrect orders and slow service, the allegations connected to this situation are far beyond a heated exchange at the window.
The former governor of Washington State blamed the raging wildfires on climate change, but a man who was previously convicted of killing his father has been arrested for allegedly starting the blazes. Jay Inslee, who served in the role from 2013 to 2025, shared a video of himself on Sunday afternoon discussing the wildfires that have burned more than 10,000 acres and remain zero percent contained as of Tuesday morning. Inslee donned a casual royal blue hoodie and filmed himself outside as he spoke about the infernos. In the clip and its caption, the Democrat said climate change was to blame for the fires. He also made the same assumption on CNN. ‘Three enormous wildfires are raging in Spokane. Thousands of people are evacuating, not knowing if they’ll come back to a home or nothing but ashes. ‘Climate change isn’t some faraway threat. It’s happening right now, to our neighbors and friends. We have to fight for them,’ Inslee, 75, wrote. The following day, Aaron F Farinacci, 37, was arrested and booked on suspicion of arson after he allegedly started the Old Trail Fire in Spokane.
Kentucky Woman Got Tired Of Waiting On Her Chicken, So Police Say She Pulled An AR-15 On A KFC Employee
A KFC incident making headlines across Kentucky reportedly began with an ordinary inconvenience before taking a dangerous turn. A Lexington woman is facing a felony charge after authorities said she pointed an AR-15-style rifle at a KFC employee during a confrontation over a delayed drive-through order.
According toWKYT, 33-year-oldNayda Roman allegedly became frustrated while waiting for food at the KFC on Richmond Road in Lexington. The reported confrontation happened on May 11, although Roman was not taken into custody until late July.
An arrest report states that Roman exchanged words with members of the restaurant staff before leaving her position in the drive-through line. Instead of leaving the property entirely, police said she drove around the building and entered the restaurant’s parking lot. Continue reading
Authorities allege Roman then parked her vehicle, opened the trunk, and removed an AR-15-style rifle. The arrest citation claims she pointed the firearm at an employee in a “threatening manner.” Roman allegedly returned to her vehicle and drove away shortly afterward.
The employee was left to process a situation that allegedly escalated from a slow order to the presence of a high-powered weapon. While fast food customers regularly complain about long lines, incorrect orders and slow service, the allegations connected to this situation are far beyond a heated exchange at the window.
The former governor of Washington State blamed the raging wildfires on climate change, but a man who was previously convicted of killing his father has been arrested for allegedly starting the blazes. Jay Inslee, who served in the role from 2013 to 2025, shared a video of himself on Sunday afternoon discussing the wildfires that have burned more than 10,000 acres and remain zero percent contained as of Tuesday morning. Inslee donned a casual royal blue hoodie and filmed himself outside as he spoke about the infernos. In the clip and its caption, the Democrat said climate change was to blame for the fires. He also made the same assumption on CNN. ‘Three enormous wildfires are raging in Spokane. Thousands of people are evacuating, not knowing if they’ll come back to a home or nothing but ashes. ‘Climate change isn’t some faraway threat. It’s happening right now, to our neighbors and friends. We have to fight for them,’ Inslee, 75, wrote. The following day, Aaron F Farinacci, 37, was arrested and booked on suspicion of arson after he allegedly started the Old Trail Fire in Spokane.
A KFC incident making headlines across Kentucky reportedly began with an ordinary inconvenience before taking a dangerous turn. A Lexington woman is facing a felony charge after authorities said she pointed an AR-15-style rifle at a KFC employee during a confrontation over a delayed drive-through order.
According toWKYT, 33-year-oldNayda Roman allegedly became frustrated while waiting for food at the KFC on Richmond Road in Lexington. The reported confrontation happened on May 11, although Roman was not taken into custody until late July.
An arrest report states that Roman exchanged words with members of the restaurant staff before leaving her position in the drive-through line. Instead of leaving the property entirely, police said she drove around the building and entered the restaurant’s parking lot.
Authorities allege Roman then parked her vehicle, opened the trunk, and removed an AR-15-style rifle. The arrest citation claims she pointed the firearm at an employee in a “threatening manner.” Roman allegedly returned to her vehicle and drove away shortly afterward.
The employee was left to process a situation that allegedly escalated from a slow order to the presence of a high-powered weapon. While fast food customers regularly complain about long lines, incorrect orders and slow service, the allegations connected to this situation are far beyond a heated exchange at the window.
Investigators reportedly used multiple forms of evidence to identify Roman. Police reviewed security footage from the KFC and used the video to identify the vehicle involved in the incident. Officers then compared the footage with police body camera recordings from earlier traffic stops involving that vehicle.
Police also presented a photo lineup to the employee, who reportedly identified Roman as the person involved. The combination of the restaurant surveillance, previous body camera footage, and the employee’s identification ultimately led authorities to Roman.
Roman was taken into custody in late July and charged with one count of first-degree wanton endangerment. Jail records showed Roman was booked into the Fayette County Detention Center on Monday, July 27. LEX 18 reported that she was arrested on July 28, creating a one-day difference between the published timelines.
Under Kentucky law, first-degree wanton endangerment applies when someone allegedly displays extreme indifference to human life and creates a substantial danger of death or serious physical injury. The statute classifies the offense as a Class D felony. It becomes a Class C felony when a firearm is discharged during the offense. None of the reviewed reports allege that Roman fired the rifle.
The charge connected to the KFC rifle arrest remains an allegation and does not amount to a conviction. As of August 3, Law and Crime reported that Roman’s next court appearance had not been publicly confirmed. No plea, conviction, or final legal outcome was included in the latest available reporting.
Beyond the legal process, the case puts another spotlight on what restaurant workers may face while simply trying to complete a shift. Employees have no control over every delay happening inside a busy kitchen, yet the person working the window often becomes the most accessible target for a customer’s frustration.
No matter how Roman felt in the moment, the arrest now means navigating a felony case connected to what reportedly began as impatience over food. For the employee, it means being placed at the center of an encounter that allegedly became threatening without warning.
After the high of the Declaration of Independence, wartime reality set in for the founders.
Despite the heady moment in Philadelphia with the Declaration of Independence’s approval in early July, 1776, that summer was a tough one for the nation’s founders, George Washington in particular. The rest of that year — until Washington crossed the Delaware River and won the Battle of Trenton on Dec. 26 — would go down as the worst period of the Revolutionary War.
Throughout those unhappy months, the outcome of the war was very much in doubt. Trouble was brewing even before the founders adopted the Declaration in Philadelphia. On July 2, British forces under Gen. William Howe occupied Staten Island and sought to establish control of New York Harbor. Over the ensuing weeks, they relocated to Long Island and prepared a major assault on Washington’s forces.
Washington and his army had established elements of a defensive position on the island. But they were unprepared for the attack that came. Outnumbered, outmaneuvered and outthought, Washington’s forces were defeated at the Battle of Long Island on Aug. 27 and had to escape across the East River to Manhattan.
This evacuation provided only a temporary reprieve. British forces pursued Washington and his beleaguered army northward, forcing a battle at Harlem Heights near the current location of Columbia University on Sept. 16. There, led by “Knowlton’s Rangers,” the Continentals held their own at first — but soon had to flee north once more. The British again caught up to the Continental Army and achieved another decisive victory at the Battle of White Plains on Oct. 28.
Washington then directed the Continental Army to return to Manhattan and defend Fort Washington. But on Nov. 16, the army suffered another major defeat as thousands of troops were captured. What was left of Washington’s ragtag army fled through New Jersey to Pennsylvania, hoping to outrun the British and perhaps pick up reinforcements from patriotic colonists along the way.
Thus began a counterpunch strategy that Washington would employ in one form or another throughout the war. He generally eschewed open-field battles except when conditions were favorable — as happened at Saratoga in 1777 and Yorktown in 1781 — and instead relied on surprise and deception.
Though reinforcements were generally not forthcoming, rebel and Colonial forces managed to stay one step ahead of the pursuing redcoats. As the belligerents moved closer, the Continental Congress took precautions and evacuated indefensible Philadelphia. Fortunately, Washington’s troops arrived at the Delaware River as winter set in — allowing them to commandeer local shipping and cross the river themselves, creating a defensive barrier against the British that promised to hold at least until the river froze.
That crossing of the Delaware westward bought the Continental Army time to rest and recover — and for Washington to regain his footing. As John Adams wryly put it, reflecting on the events of the previous months, “in general, our Generals were out generalled.” But on Christmas night, Washington would cross back over the Delaware to strike unsuspecting and dispersed Hessian and British forces at the Battle of Trenton. He would surprise the British again a week later at the Battle of Princeton.
Washington was arguably the only American military commander in history to fix his own flawed strategy during a major war. In other conflicts where the U.S. struggled initially but later turned things around, a new military leader was needed to develop and implement a new strategy, as happened when Gen. Ulysses S. Grant turned the tide of the Civil War and when Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway replaced Gen. Douglas MacArthur in the Korean War.
Before turning things around, Washington needed to ride out some tough experiences — and get a few lucky breaks along the way. The Fourth of July in 1776 was a short-lived party. Celebrations over the signing of the Declaration looked like a premature taunt of King George III until the Continental Army’s fortunes improved. Washington’s perseverance might be the most important lesson from 1776 — and one Americans can still absorb today.
Michael O’Hanlon
Michael O’Hanlon is a defense and strategy analyst at the Brookings Institution and the author of “To Dare Mighty Things: U.S. Defense Strategy Since the Revolution.”
There’s been a real mess brewing in the city of Seattle, and things have just about reached a fever pitch.
Criminal activity has reached an all-time high within the city, thanks to an inept Mayor, Katie Wilson, who can’t seem to figure out how to benefit her police department more. But then came a terrifying act – a mass shooting during the Bite of Seattle food event – on Sunday evening that has managed to leave three dead and a toddler wounded.
The police have acted quickly enough to apprehend a suspect, but they are still investigating the matter. But the shooting has led to a series of questions, namely surrounding then police chief Shon Barnes.
Apparently Barnes had been traveling at the time of the shooting, as he had just taken a trip from Chicago and was visiting the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives in Dallas.
Of course, officers are allowed to visit events such as this, but apparently Barnes took criticism of his out of town visit the wrong way.
During a press conference earlier this week, Barnes actually got into a confrontation with a reporter who kept pressing him about his being out of town, insisting he was dedicated to his city. It’s clear the pressure had gotten to him, and he simply needed to contain himself before he did something he regretted.
Now, I don’t personally know the history of Barnes, though it sounds like it might have been a bit troubled. But rather than work with him to try and put the pieces together on what happened and, more importantly, trying to keep it from occurring again, Mayor Wilson instead decided to give him a choice – resign or be fired.
Which is a horrible decision. It’s true that the shooting was a tragedy, and the press conference did not do Barnes any favors. But to come to such a drastic decision and leave the city with even more questions? It just shows how absolutely flawed Wilson’s leadership is.
Barnes chose to resign, with Wilson saying, “I’ll say this decision was not solely due to the events of Sunday. Multiple factors figured into this decision and into the conversation that the Chief and I had.”
But a different resolution couldn’t have been made? Suspension? An investigation into the matter? It sounds like Wilson’s just trying to save face with her voter base, rather than standing behind the police and trying to right the wrongs.
Again, I can’t speak on Barnes’ record, I just can’t help but think Wilson doesn’t “get it” when it comes to doing what’s right for the city. And I’m not the only one who thinks this.
City Council President Joy Hollingsworth and council members Bob Kettle, Dan Strauss and Debora Juarez made a joint statement following the resignation. “Having cycled through four police chiefs in just two and a half years, our priority must be stability, not further disruption. The people of Seattle deserve reliable leadership, especially as we close out a busy summer of public events.”
That says everything you need to know right there. Four police chiefs in less than three years. That means Wilson has butted heads with every single one of them, potentially wiping out any plans to give them the support they deserve.
What’s more, a letter penned by the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle and the Seattle NAACP noted that Barnes “should not be made a scapegoat for the complex challenges of public safety.”
So you’ve got a troubled police chief who didn’t even get a chance to validate himself for his actions and a mayor who can’t see eye to eye with, well, anyone in law enforcement. It’s a real mess, and the people of Seattle deserve far better.
There is light at the end of the tunnel here, and that’s with Deputy Chief Andre Sayles, who has stepped into the role of interim chief. It sounds like he’s good with Seattle police as a whole, with Kent Loux, President of the Seattle Police Officers Guild, noting he’s a “good pick.”
There’s been a real mess brewing in the city of Seattle, and things have just about reached a fever pitch.
Criminal activity has reached an all-time high within the city, thanks to an inept Mayor, Katie Wilson, who can’t seem to figure out how to benefit her police department more. But then came a terrifying act – a mass shooting during the Bite of Seattle food event – on Sunday evening that has managed to leave three dead and a toddler wounded.
The police have acted quickly enough to apprehend a suspect, but they are still investigating the matter. But the shooting has led to a series of questions, namely surrounding then police chief Shon Barnes.
Apparently Barnes had been traveling at the time of the shooting, as he had just taken a trip from Chicago and was visiting the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives in Dallas.
Of course, officers are allowed to visit events such as this, but apparently Barnes took criticism of his out of town visit the wrong way.
During a press conference earlier this week, Barnes actually got into a confrontation with a reporter who kept pressing him about his being out of town, insisting he was dedicated to his city. It’s clear the pressure had gotten to him, and he simply needed to contain himself before he did something he regretted.
Now, I don’t personally know the history of Barnes, though it sounds like it might have been a bit troubled. But rather than work with him to try and put the pieces together on what happened and, more importantly, trying to keep it from occurring again, Mayor Wilson instead decided to give him a choice – resign or be fired.
Which is a horrible decision. It’s true that the shooting was a tragedy, and the press conference did not do Barnes any favors. But to come to such a drastic decision and leave the city with even more questions? It just shows how absolutely flawed Wilson’s leadership is.
Barnes chose to resign, with Wilson saying, “I’ll say this decision was not solely due to the events of Sunday. Multiple factors figured into this decision and into the conversation that the Chief and I had.”
But a different resolution couldn’t have been made? Suspension? An investigation into the matter? It sounds like Wilson’s just trying to save face with her voter base, rather than standing behind the police and trying to right the wrongs.
Again, I can’t speak on Barnes’ record, I just can’t help but think Wilson doesn’t “get it” when it comes to doing what’s right for the city. And I’m not the only one who thinks this.
City Council President Joy Hollingsworth and council members Bob Kettle, Dan Strauss and Debora Juarez made a joint statement following the resignation. “Having cycled through four police chiefs in just two and a half years, our priority must be stability, not further disruption. The people of Seattle deserve reliable leadership, especially as we close out a busy summer of public events.”
That says everything you need to know right there. Four police chiefs in less than three years. That means Wilson has butted heads with every single one of them, potentially wiping out any plans to give them the support they deserve.
What’s more, a letter penned by the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle and the Seattle NAACP noted that Barnes “should not be made a scapegoat for the complex challenges of public safety.”
So you’ve got a troubled police chief who didn’t even get a chance to validate himself for his actions and a mayor who can’t see eye to eye with, well, anyone in law enforcement. It’s a real mess, and the people of Seattle deserve far better.
There is light at the end of the tunnel here, and that’s with Deputy Chief Andre Sayles, who has stepped into the role of interim chief. It sounds like he’s good with Seattle police as a whole, with Kent Loux, President of the Seattle Police Officers Guild, noting he’s a “good pick.”
Now we just need Wilson to settle down and actually work with the police to make things good again. Between not addressing the shooting for several hours (which, surprise, she blamed the police for when it was clearly her fault) and dismissing a police chief before he even had a chance to figure out a proper resolution, I have zero faith in her at the moment. All we can hope is that she’ll work with Sayles and actually move forward in giving the police the support they need.
Because, otherwise, we’ll be looking at number five in a long line of police officials that Wilson can’t stand, and we have no idea who she’ll pick next.
Get on the same page as your city and police department, Mayor Wilson. They deserve that much.
I thought of various clever-seeming ways to organize this cornucopia of quotes from the diary of former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Anthony Fauci. But that would mean cutting some of these gems. So here they are, in ascending order of embarrassing awfulness.
1. Anthony Fauci on Anthony Fauci:
— “Apparently, a lot of people at the Pentagon admire me very much …”
— “The nurses went absolutely wild to see me, they were squealing and laughing and clapping. It was something to behold.”
— “Did I mention he’s easy on the eyes?” — Fauci, quoting The Anthony Fauci Fan Club Twitter account (which he does at length).
2. If the Real Housewives had a baby with George Santos, it would be Anthony Fauci.
— “A Gala event was held tonight… It was the highest level of AAA list you could imagine in Washington DC.”
— “One person said that Tyra [Banks] was sexy, but I was even more sexy than she was. She [said] ‘that is true and my mother is in love with you.’ Zing 😊”
— “I am such a valued spokesperson and a good communicator…”
— “Wonderful brunch… the typical Washington A list was there.”
3. His obvious humble brags. All this adoration is ridiculous!
— “The ridiculous attention to me continues; fan clubs, Swags, am constantly on TV; countless profiles of me.”
— “Many print profiles and features on me. Ridiculous—too numerous to count!” (Kind of like those myocarditis deaths.)
— “A photographer from across the landscape shot me and focused on my polkadot socks. It got tweeted around the country. ‘Birx has her scarfs and Fauci has his socks.’ Geeeez.” (It must be very exciting to be tweeted all around the country.)
— “The ‘swag’ around me is getting really ridiculous. You can buy Fauci T-shirts, mugs, donuts, sweat shirts, candles, pillows, etc. Geeeez!! I do not like this one bit.”
— “Continued crazy stuff: Petition to name me ‘Sexiest Man Alive’; video games named after me; Fauci Bobblehead; dishes in restaurants named after me, and on and on.”
(If you’re going for merch, how about autographed Anthony Fauci coffins?)
4. He’s disturbingly impressed with celebrities.
— “[Julia Roberts] embarrassed me somewhat when… she put her hands in front of her mouth and said ‘Oh my God. It’s Dr. Fauci, he is here.’ Then she went on to say that I was her personal hero…”
— “Joan Baez texted me tonight asking me about what she should wear for the State Department dinner…”
— “There was a wonderful series of testimonials to me from an amazing group of people: Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino, Leonardo DiCaprio, Francis Ford Coppola … Maria Tomei…”
— “Noteworthy is the fact that I had an extraordinary podcast interview for one hour with famous actor Alec Baldwin.”
— “It was a star-studded evening and I had pleasant conversations with people some of whom I had met before such as Julia Roberts, Sean Penn, Matt Damon, Mike Ferrone, among many others.”
5. He was more interested in Fauci bobbleheads and Fauci donuts than the number of elderly people dying alone in hospitals.
— “Bobblehead raising money: Fauci bobblehead raises $100,000 for American Hospital Association.”
— “Bobbleheads of me being made in massive quantities in China.”
— “Fauci Bobblehead Raises $200k for Healthcare Workers”
— “Spoke with Robyn Ross of the Washington Post Magazine. She is writing a piece on my Bobblehead” (And get this: they’re all made by pangolins!)
He writes about the Fauci donuts eight times in his diary—or eight times more than he mentioned Sweden. (From the beginning of the pandemic, Sweden imposed no lockdowns, advised citizens against wearing masks and had less excess mortality than the U.S.)
6. He’s obsessed with how famous he is, boasting about his fame dozens of times.
— “I was beset by a horde of at least 20 paparazzi who followed me … walking backwards surrounding me and flashing lights that blinded me.”
— “The problem is that now I am one of the most recognizable and well-known people in the world.”
— “The situation with my national and international fame is explosive and really unimaginable. It is not hyperbole to say that today I am the most famous and talked about person in the country and one of the most recognizable person in the world.”
— “Multiple TV cameras and hundreds of camera clicks followed me out of the Rayburn Building as I had a car waiting for me to take me to the Oval Office.”
7. Fauci’s amazing adventure! (While you were quarantining at home.)
— “Amazing night at NATS Stadium where I threw out the first pitch to open the 2020 Baseball season … Unfortunately, I threw a bouncer to the right of the plate. I felt really badly but the overwhelming public reaction to it was sympathetic and positive. … I signed a Nats Jersey that will hang on the wall in Nats stadium next to a similar shirt signed by President Obama.”
— “After the gala we were invited to another gala at the Cafe Milano …”
— “I went to a book party last night for Jonathan Karl’s new book about Trump. It took place at the Cafe Milano. …”
–”I was totally swamped all night by people wanting to say hello, shake my hands, and take pictures with me.”
— “Last night I received another humbling honor associated with the honorary doctorate in science that I received from Rockefeller University in New York City. … the audience at the celebratory dinner was giving me a standing ovation, … This will have been my 58th honorary doctorate.”
8. With all the time he spent being photographed for magazine covers, it’s no wonder that Fauci lacked basic knowledge of COVID, such as the fact that the survival rate for people under the age of 70 was 99.95%.
— “Did major photo shoot with People magazine.”
— “Nature magazine picked me as one of Nature’s 10—people who shaped science in 2020.”
— “[White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows] did not like the fact that I did an InStyle piece and did not want any more profiles of me.”
— “Over the past three weeks I have been on the cover of Time magazine X2, once as one of the 100 most influential people in the world again as the ‘guardian of the year.’ Also, on the cover of People magazine.”
9. He has remarkably thin skin.
— “It’s no secret that I have been clearly targeted by rather radical elements who just keep attacking me every day, all day—Fox News, Breitbart—all those other crazies.”
— “The onslaught against me by the radical right continues….Some of the valid press such as the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and others are calling out the lies of the far right.”
— “General Mark Milley came up to me put his arms around my shoulder and said ‘the only person who was getting his balls kicked more than me in Washington is you.’ I responded by saying ‘no shit.’”
10. He is thrilled to be asked for selfies.
— “I got completely surrounded by ‘well-wishers’ who wanted selfies and/or to shake my hands.”
— “Every young intern as well as seasoned veteran in the WH coming over to me congratulating me and thanking me for my work and even asking for selfies.”
— “I was totally mobbed for selfies.”
— “Several women civilian employees as well as military officers came over to me wanting selfies… One of them actually broke into tears.”
— “I took the time to visit them and there was the usual selfies galore.”
— “The people at the Abyssinian church or extremely kind to me… And all of them wanting to take selfies with me.”
— “Went to do PSAs with the White House digital Comms team. They all wanted selfies with me.”
— “I was totally mobbed by my colleagues wanting selfies. I must have done at least 100 (no exaggerating!)”
— “As soon as people recognized me there was a wave of applause and squealing and screaming and clapping and thanking me with multiple people coming and asking for selfies.”
I’d end it there, but his next sentence was this: “It was a little bit embarrassing, but it was just a manifestation of how people need a symbol of integrity and truth.”
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