Steve Thomas

Flu shots uptake is now partisan. It didn't use to be by Harry Enten, CNN November 14, 2021 https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/14/politics/flu-partisan-divide-analysis/index.html “Uptake of the Covid-19 vaccine has, unfortunately, become partisan like so much else in our society. Almost every Democratic adult (90% to 95%) has gotten a shot, while a little less than two-thirds of Republican adults have. That partisanship appears to have transferred to at least one other important vaccination. An examination of flu shot data suggests that which party people belong to is highly correlated with whether they have or will get a flu shot this season -- something that was not predictive of flu shot uptake the last few years. Take a look at two recent polls that have asked about whether or not people have gotten the flu shot: Axios/Ipsos and Kaiser Family Foundation. By assessing two polls instead of one, we know what we're seeing is a real phenomenon and not statistical noise. According to the Ipsos data, 68% of Democrats said they have gotten a flu shot or are very likely to get one. Just 44% of Republicans said the same. This 24-point gap is very similar to the 30-point gap for Covid-19 vaccines. The Kaiser poll shows basically the same thing. A clear majority (65%) of Democrats indicated that they had received or will definitely receive the flu shot. Just 40% of Republicans indicated they would. The 25-point partisan gap in this data is a near carbon copy of the 24-point gap in the Ipsos poll.” Let’s bring back polio and malaria and smallpox! I miss the good old days. Steve Thomas

Gil, If you read Bledsoe's WC testimony carefully, she identified the shirt she was shown during her testimony as being the same shirt she was shown by the Secret Service out at her house. Mr. Ball. Now, I have got a piece of clothing here, which is marked--- Mrs. Bledsoe. That is it. Mr. Ball. Commission Exhibit 150. Mrs. Bledsoe. That is it. Mr. Ball. This is a shirt. Mrs. Bledsoe. That is it. Mr. Ball. What do you mean by "that is it?" Mrs. Bledsoe. Because they brought it out to the house and showed it. Mr. Ball. I know. What do you mean by "that is it?" Mrs. Bledsoe. Well, because I can recognize it. Mr. Ball. Yes. You tell me what do you see here? What permits you to recognize it? Mrs. Bledsoe. I recognize---first thing I notice the elbow is out and then I saw---when the man brought it out and let me see it? Mr. Ball. No, I am talking about---I am showing you this shirt now, and you said, "That is it." You mean---What do you mean by "that is it"? Mrs. Bledsoe. That is the one he had out there that day? Mr. Ball. Who had it out there? Mrs. Bledsoe. Some Secret Service man. Mr. Ball. He brought it out. Now, I am---you have seen this shirt then before? Mrs. Bledsoe. Yes. Mr. Ball. It was brought out by the Secret Service man and shown to you? Mrs. Bledsoe. Yes. Mr. Ball. Had you ever seen the shirt before that? Mrs. Bledsoe. Well--- Mr. Ball. Have you? Mrs. Bledsoe. No; he had it on, though. Steve Thomas

https://twitter.com/jonkarl/status/1459116740407930882 Jonathan Karl @jonkarl "When I interviewed Trump for "Betrayal" and asked him about his supporters chanting "Hang Mike Pence", he didn't condemn them, he defended them. Here's a clip from the interview. More audio from the genuinely shocking interview will air Sunday on@ThisWeekABC " "Were you worried about him during that siege? Were you worried about his safety?" Trump was asked. "No, I thought he was well-protected, and I had heard that he was in good shape. No. Because I had heard he was in very good shape. But, but, no, I think — " the former president blandly replied as Karl interjected, "Because you heard those chants — that was terrible. I mean — " "He could have — well, the people were very angry," Trump replied before going on an extended rant. "Because it's common sense, Jon. It's common sense that you're supposed to protect. How can you — if you know a vote is fraudulent, right? — how can you pass on a fraudulent vote to Congress?" Trump asked. "How can you do that?" Steve Thomas

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.236632/gov.uscourts.dcd.236632.35.0_2.pdf “Presidents are not kings” UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ) DONALD J. TRUMP, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) Civil Action No. 21-cv-2769 (TSC) ) BENNIE G. THOMPSON, in his official capacity as Chairman of the United States House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, et al., ) Defendants. IV. CONCLUSION For reasons explained above, the court will deny Plaintiff’s request to enjoin Defendants from enforcing or complying with the Select Committee’s August 25, 2021, requests because Plaintiff is unlikely to succeed on the merits of his claims or suffer irreparable harm, and because a balance of the equities and public interest bear against granting his requested relief. Date: November 9, 2021 Tanya S. Chutkan TANYA S. CHUTKAN United States District Judge Steve Thomas

Ted Cruz Talks About Joe Rogan Being 'President' Of Texas If State Secedes From U.S. "If there comes a point where it’s hopeless, then I think we take NASA, we take the military, we take the oil,” Cruz told an audience at Texas A&M University. By Mary Papenfuss 11/07/2021 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ted-cruz-joe-rogan-texas-secession_n_6188864ce4b055e47d7c1480 “When Cruz was asked by a member of the audience about the possibility of seceding, he said he “understood the sentiment.” But he added that he wasn’t ready for it — yet. “I’m not ready to give up on America. I love this country,” he said, again to applause. For one thing, Cruz insisted, Texas has a “responsibility” to the nation because “right now it’s an amazing force keeping America from going off the cliff, keeping America grounded in the values that built this country.” But he’s prepared to change his mind. “Look, if the Democrats end the filibuster ... if they pack the Supreme Court, if they make D.C. a state, if they federalize elections and massively expand voter fraud,” which doesn’t exist, “it may become hopeless,” Cruz said. “We’re not there yet.” But if it does become “hopeless,” that’s when the state should grab NASA, the military and the oil, he added. When asked this week what he thinks about the Texas secessionist / independence movement called “Texit,” Ted Cruz says it might be appropriate if certain things happen, and that Joe Rogan should be President of an independent Texas. pic.twitter.com/3crlZlh8VL — Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) November 7, 2021 “

No, not that one; the other one. I've long been intrigued by the gray jacket found on Industrial Ave. and turned over to the police. Erich Kaminski is also the Officer who was given the jacket found by James Clark Larue on Industrial Ave. under the Ft. Worth Turnpike. Kaminsky turned it over to the Homicide and Robbery Bureau.(Dallas Municipal Archives Box 4, Folder# 3, Item# 26, page 3. This entry is on the list of TSBD employees compiled by Ray Westphal and J.M. Parks that was given to Jack Revill). https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=217803#relPageId=332 Why was this jacket given to Erich Kaminsky of the Special Services Bureau? Did Larue know Kaminsky? Why is it included in a list of TSBD employees? Why was it turned over to Robbery and Homicide? Why was it being "held for evidence"? Evidence of what? Property Clerk receipt for a gray suit coat found by James Clark Larue on Industrial Blvd. Received by F.M. Turner Portal To Texas History https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth339751/m1/1/?q=Larue Handwritten note reads, “Put in Kaminsky Folder” “Hold for Evidence 12/6/63”. F.M. Turner was a Detective in the Homicide and Robbery Bureau. Is there any connection to either of these two Sheriff Department Tape entries? Approximately 2”00 PM Sheriff’s Department Dispatch Tapes https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=1134#relPageId=409 Sheriff’s Department tapes: https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=1134#relPageId=407 CE 705 p. 381 Did this jacket have anything to do with either of these two entries in the DPD Dispatch tapes? https://www.jfk-assassination.net/dpdtapes/tapes3.htm Approximately 1:34 PM 550 (Sgt. W.R. Westbrook) . . . and work to North Jefferson. We've got a witness that seen him go north . . . 223 223. 550 (Sgt. W.R. Westbrook) . . . after . . . shed his jacket. And check from that area towards Tyler. Approximately 1:44 PM 252 Would you check though Austin on H (Henry) S (Sam) 1877 and get registration on it, please? The car is parked out here at this shooting which took place regarding the President. I don't have any answers. It's all just very intriguing. Steve Thomas

Donald Trump Cashed In On Jan. 6 Riot Furor, Records Show “Hotel dollars and invective piled up as his supporters gathered for the attack on the U.S. Capitol.” By Mary Papenfuss 11/05/2021 10:10pm EDT https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-dc-hotel-room-prices-capitol-riot-gathering_n_6185d1ede4b055e47d7ab44d “Former President Donald Trump has been accused of inciting the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, and it appears he also profited from it, according to records examined by Forbes magazine. As Trump touted the coming gathering of his supporters — at one point last December tweeting: “Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!” — the price of the least expensive rooms in his Washington hotel zoomed from $476 to $1,999. Just over a week later, prices hit $3,600 — and eventually reached an astonishing $8,000 on Jan. 6, Forbes reported.” Room rates at the DC Hote December 20 – January 30, 2021: https://twitter.com/Z_Everson/status/1344629191480905728 Who says crime doesn't pay? Steve Thomas

What would a 21st Century American Civil War look like? By Lucian K. Truscott IV October 13, 2021 https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/what-would-a-21st-century-american?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo1MDcyNDUyOSwicG9zdF9pZCI6NDI1NjE0OTIsIl8iOiJJRkxtRCIsImlhdCI6MTYzNDIxNDgxOSwiZXhwIjoxNjM0MjE4NDE5LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItMjU1MzAxIiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.EIDzo_4dUMbMw8ZzzzLvCI-DAhQ74C7Pp3Ir5Lw3E64&utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark “I don’t think anyone in this country is prepared for the destruction and lack of conventional modern amenities that accompanies war. Deliveries of every sort of goods from food to major appliances to clothing to…well, everything will be disrupted. Electricity will be absent or at best intermittent as one side attempts to damage the other by taking out generating plants and power distribution infrastructure.” “ Meanwhile, because refrigeration was not reliable, food shopping had to be done daily, and if fighting interrupted deliveries of fresh vegetables or canned foods to markets, there wasn’t any food, sometimes for days, even weeks.” “A civil war can be relied upon to maintain one thriving market: the sale of weapons and ammunition of all kinds will be rampant. Smuggling from outside the country will bring in all manner of heavy weapons and other materiel. If there is a war, there is one predominate need, and that is for weapons with which to destroy and kill. They will be everywhere.” Steve Thomas

Denny, I, for one, am crushed. I've been on pins and needles all day. Steve Thomas

In a revised filing of her receipts and disbursements with the FEC, Lauren Boebert lists her State as Utah. This is an amended return, mind you. Boebert represents a district in Colorado. Way to go Lauren! Steve Thomas

#91 - Ricardo Morales Nararette [Navarette aka Mono or Monkey Morales] HSCA (House Select Committee on Assassinations) "Photo Book" https://cuban-exile.com/doc_226-250/doc0244.html More information about Ricardo Morales Navarette can be found in Reel 13 of the HSCA Segregated CIA Collection (microfilm) 4. Reel 13, Folder D - RICARDO MORALES NAVARETTE RIF#: 1994.05.03.10:35:26:250005 (10/6/1960) CIA#: 80T01357A 5. Reel 13, Folder E - RICARDO MORALES NAVARETTE RIF#: 1994.05.03.10:38:48:910005 (0/0/1961) CIA#: 80T01357A https://maryferrell.org/php/showlist.php?docset=1129 HSCA Segregated CIA Collection (microfilm)/ HSCA Segregated CIA Collection (microfilm - reel 13: Merola - Moore)/ https://maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=52233#relPageId=13 Steve Thomas

Traffic jam, in Madrid https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/spain-madrid-sheep-herding-migration-road-scli-intl/index.html "Sorry I'm late honey. Rush hour was murder today". Steve Thomas

Digital World Acquisition Group, the company behind Truth Social, Donald Trump's new social media site. The stock fell by more than 19% yesterday. Doesn't look like it's going well. Reuters notes that "Trump and his business interests are the subject of numerous investigations from U.S. authorities." And Digital World Acquisition Corp. reportedly highlighted the risks of being associated with Trump in the regulatory filing. "The Purchaser hereby acknowledges the controversial nature of being associated with the Company Principal and the Company Principal's family," the filing states. Not the most glowing endorsement I've seen in a Prospectus. Steve Thomas

A hiker got lost in the mountains of Colorado He was lost for 24 hours. He ignored calls from his rescuers. Because they were coming from a number he didn't recognize. I can relate. Steve Thomas

Zeeland Schools respond to militia comment at board meeting Mitchell Boatman The Holland Sentinel 10/23/21 https://www.hollandsentinel.com/story/news/education/2021/10/23/zeeland-schools-respond-militia-comment-board-meeting/6139113001/ ZEELAND —“A local school district is calling for civility in public discourse after a public comment participant said they would bring the Michigan Militia to the school over a mask mandate. During the Monday, Oct. 18, meeting of the Zeeland school board, Holland restaurant owner Marlena Pavlos-Hackney said she would sue the board members and contact the militia if students aren’t given a choice on masks.” Oh goody. Suggested curricula for Grades 4 - 8: Urban warfare Sniper school Counterinsurgency operations Hand to hand combat Steve Thomas

Charlottesville’s reckoning: Unite the Right organizers go on trial by Jordan Green, Staff Reporter October 25, 2021 https://www.rawstory.com/charlottesvilles-reckoning-unite-the-right-organizers-go-on-trial/ “A civil trial against organizers of the deadly August 2017 Unite the Right rally gets underway in Charlottesville, Va. today, the culmination of more than four years of litigation.” Charlottesville was the coming out party. Steve Thomas

i just had a passing thought, apropos of nothing really. Gary Taylor, who knew Oswald in late, 1962, was also a part-time cab driver on the weekends. I wonder if they knew each other. Steve Thomas

Cory, I don't recognize the tall white building over the top of Clint Hill's head, but if you take a look at Google Earth, you can see large buildings extending north along Stemmons Freeway for quite some distance. If you read the first few entries of the Dallas Dispatch tapes, there was some concern about the large numbers of people crossing Stemmons Freeway on foot. I think that's reflected in the crowd of people lining the highway in the first picture you showed. In the second (small) picture in your second post, you can still see Clint Hill's right leg extended out over trunk. I sure as heck wouldn't want to travel down the interstate doing 80 mph trying to balance like that, but who am I to say? The first picture in your second post provides confirmation to witnesses who said that the Secret Service men were brandishing submachine guns. Steve Thomas

It was only a matter of time. Top speed of 63mph It has a parachute Only $92.000. You can get one for a $22,000 deposit The Jetson One Steve Thomas

Cory, That's on the Stemmons Freeway. JFK is laying down in the seat. That's why you can't see him from that angle. Right by Clint Hill's left hand, you can see Jackie crouched over JFK. Steve Thomas

Trump's Big Lie is the new Lost Cause — and it may poison the country for decades Lucian K. Truscott IV, Salon October 23, 2021 https://www.rawstory.com/trump-s-big-lie-is-the-new-lost-cause-and-it-may-poison-the-country-for-decades/ “Donald Trump had to be handed a loss in 2020 in order to begin championing his new Lost Cause. There won't be another one. If he runs and wins in 2024, we will not recognize the smoking ruins left by a second Trump victory. It won't take them long to begin erecting statues to Steve Bannon and Tucker Carlson and renaming public squares after the "Great Replacement." The only question is, what will the Daughters of the New Confederacy call themselves? The Mistresses of Mar-a-Lago?” Steve Thomas

Gil, So far, I have found seven versions or copies of the Report that Captain Will Fritz of the the DPD Homicide and Robbery Bureau filed concerning his Interrogations of Lee Harvey Oswald. There are two versions of Fritz's interview with Oswald in the DPD Archives. One is in Box 1 and another is in Box 15. 1) Interrogation, by an unknown author. Typed rough draft with handwritten corrections pertaining to the interrogation of Lee Harvey Oswald, (Original), date unknown. DPD Archives Box 1, Folder# 15, Item# 1. Consists of 12 pages. This is the version of the Interrogation that has stenographer's notes. https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=217800#relPageId=546 Page 5 of Fritz’s Interrogation. Page 550 of the pdf file https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=217800#relPageId=550 This was handwritten in the margin of the typed copy and was to be inserted into the body where you see the stenographer’s notes: 2) Interrogation, by J. W. Fritz. Draft of the interrogation of Lee Harvey Oswald, (Photocopy) Poor Quality), date unknown DPD Archives, Box 15, Folder# 1, Item# 111. This consists of 13 pages. By starting new paragraphs as called for in the draft in Box 1, this draft has been extended to 13 pages. You can also see the differences between page 5 in Box1 and page 6 in Box 15 where Fritz wanted language added about the bus transfer in Oswald's pocket. This tells me that the draft in Box 1 came first. https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=217813#relPageId=157 (page 6 of the Interrogation, page 162 of the pdf file). Did Fritz forget that Oswald had a bus transfer in his pocket? Did Oswald forget to tell Fritz about the cab ride? Were these handwritten notes added at a later time to clean up the record? I personally believe the latter because I believe that Fritz’s notes were altered in an unsuccessful attempt to remove evidence of a 12:35 PM interview of Oswald on Saturday afternoon. Steve Thomas

Woman arrested on allegations she threatened judge in Georgia ballot case 2021/10/20 © TheAtlantaJournalConstitution https://nordot.app/823734024349302784?c=592622757532812385 ATLANTA — Police have arrested a Kentucky woman who allegedly threatened a Georgia judge and his family after he dismissed a lawsuit that sought to inspect absentee ballots for signs of fraud in last year’s presidential election. Erin Northup, 42, is accused of leaving a threatening voicemail with Henry County Superior Court Judge Brian Amero’s judicial assistant soon after he issued his ruling last week, according to the Henry County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities declined to release details about the call. Amero received “a plethora of calls” after he threw out the last remaining major lawsuit over Georgia’s 2020 election. The lawsuit, filed by supporters of former Republican President Donald Trump, asked the judge to unseal 147,000 absentee ballots cast in Fulton County so they could search for counterfeits. I feel like I'm living in Columbia or something. Steve Thomas

Oswald supposedly left work and walked seven blocks east, only to get on a bus heading back west towards the scene of the crime. I'm sorry, but that makes no sense. This "Owald", boarded a bus in front of the Rio Grande Building. The Rio Grande Building was a 297 ft. tall, 19 story building in downtown Dallas now known as the Rio Grande Life Building. The street address was changed to 249 N. Field St. https://www.emporis.com/buildings/118467/rio-grande-life-building-dallas-tx-usa It was demolished in 1971? http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=40597 Transcript of HSCA Critics' Conference of 17 Sep 1977 https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=10375&search=%22Charles_T.+Brecht%22#relPageId=1&tab=page Sylvia Meagher, Mary Ferrell, Paul Hoch, Peter Dale Scott, Josiah Thompson, Gary Shaw, et.al Mary Ferrell, p. 206: Oswald got on the bus in front of the Rio Grande Building headed back toward Houston and Oak Cliff. Gary Shaw p. 179: “Pat Russell, DeMohrenschildt's attorney officed in the same building with the Army Intelligence Fourth Division.” Ms. Ferrell: “Up there in the Rio Grande Building? I didn't know that.” The Rio Grande Building was at 251 N. Field St. Oswald wrote to the INS at 251 N. Field about June's citizenship status. The INS had an office at 1402 Rio Grande Building https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=11246&relPageId=35&search=Rio_Grande%20Building On April 1, 1964, Miss Brenda Route, Deputy Clerk, Domestic Relations Court, Dallas County, Texas, advised SA James Hosty...that on November 13, 1963, Mrs. Ruth Paine filed a petition for divorce from Michael Paine citing “cruel and tyrannical treatment” that made living together impossible. No action was taken, and after six months the matter was automatically dismissed by notice to the attorney, which in this case would be Raggio and Raggio, 734 Rio Grande Building, Dallas, Texas. https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=1199&search=Rio_Grande+Building#relPageId=50&tab=page In her Orleans Parish testimony, Ruth said that it was the firm of Roggio and Roggio in the Rio Grande Building. Her lawyer was a woman. The 112th INTC Region II office was at 912 Rio Grande Building. https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=96524&relPageId=59&search=Rio_Grande%20Building James Powell's statement, April 12, 1996. Taken in California by Timothy A. Wray, ARRB Chief Analyst for Military Records Powell: That's what the other agents were doing except for those that, there was always a staff in the building - in this case the Rio Grande Building - and there were probably three or four of those people there at the time when I had my time off. The other agents were just out doing their regular job. https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=77654&relPageId=20&search=Rio_Grande%20Building The owners of the Republic Investment Company, located at 848 Rio Grande Building were suspected of bookmaking operations in Dallas with close ties to Campisi and Vincent Marcello of New Orleans. See also https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=83307&relPageId=6&search=Rio_Grande%20Building concerning an investigation of Raymond Cosmo Terranella and James Henry Dolan. https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=141087&search=Rio_Grande+Building#relPageId=2&tab=page is a March 26, 1965 letter from Gordon Shanklin to Lieutenant Colonel Roy Pate of the 112th INTC at Room 912 of the Rio Grande Building referencing two copies of a letterhead memo on the Dallas/Fort Worth Minutemen Club. The letterhead memo is not attached. The referenced memo is a summary of a separate memorandum previously submitted. This letter indicates that the FBI was sharing information on the Dallas Minutemen with the 112th INTC William Kelly wrote in the Education Forum on Posted March 12, 2014 that the Secret Service had their office in the Rio Grande Building. http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?/topic/21070-view-from-the-snipers-nest/#comment-285539 Jack White posted in the Education Forum on Posted August 7, 2006 http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?/topic/7628-order-in-the-courts/#comment-71655 “The SS may have been in the "federal building/postal annex" on the south edge of Dealey Plaza. I seem to remember that the FBI was in the Rio Grande Building several blocks east of the plaza. Or maybe it was vice versa.” WC testimony of Kenneth Croy, being questioned by Burt Griffin: http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/russ/testimony/croy.htm Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you drive your car to the courthouse? Mr. CROY. Yes. Mr. GRIFFIN. Which courthouse Mr. CROY. There was only one courthouse. Mr. GRIFFIN. There is a county courthouse? Mr. CROY. There is. Mr. GRIFFIN. There is a Federal Courthouse, also... (I wonder if he was thinking of the Rio Grande Building) This FBI Report refers to it as “The Rio Grande National Building. https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=83307&relPageId=6&search=Rio_Grande%20Building Steve Thomas

Militias with Badges Here come the sheriffs of MAGA-town By Charlie Sykes https://morningshots.thebulwark.com/p/militias-with-badges “In announcing its new "Sheriff’s Fellowship" the [Claremont]Institute (employer of coup author, John Eastman) tied together last year’s urban disorders, Covid-19 lockdowns, and “the electoral disaster of 2020,” and declared that “our nation's conservative movement needs a countervailing network of uncorrupted law enforcement officials.” Specifically, Claremont envisions a cadre of sheriffs “not beholden to bureaucratic masters, and whose geographic boundaries, jurisdictional latitude, and - most important - direct connection and responsibility to citizens, places them on the frontlines of the defense of civilization.” Think of it as militias with badges, guns, and formal law enforcement powers. Or, if you like, secession-by-sheriff.” “Indeed, Claremont is late to the game. The so-called Constitutional Sheriffs have been a thing for quite a while now. “Although the Oath Keepers, another anti-government extremist group that recruits from law enforcement, have garnered more media attention in recent years,” the Anti-Defamation League said in their report, the Constitutional Sheriff movement “has arguably had more success infiltrating law enforcement, including at the executive level.” “ The central tenet of [the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association], borrowed from the anti-government extremist sovereign citizen movement, is that the county sheriff is the ultimate authority in the county, able to halt enforcement of any federal or state law or measure they deem unconstitutional. “” “If Claremont gets its way, there will be sheriffs like Joe Arpaio, David Clarke, and Mark Lamb all across the country. You are not worried nearly enough about what that might mean.” Steve Thomas