The letter to Health and Human Services from Rep. Chip Roy and eight other House Republicans

October 13, 2026 

Dear Secretary Kennedy:

Thank you for acting on our April 27, 2026, letter urging the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to investigate the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) for evidence of alleged grant abuses and ties to terrorism.1 Your leadership in examining whether CAIR meets the standards for suspension and debarment under federal regulations represents a crucial step toward protecting taxpayers and the integrity of HHS programs.

However, new research suggests that HHS funding of terrorist-linked organizations was much more widespread than previously understood. A recent study found nearly $80 million in HHS-originated grants to extremist groups, many with ties to foreign terrorists.2 The overwhelming majority were approved during the Biden-Harris administration and included cash handouts to Afghan immigrants and $14 million in grants to radical foreign groups.

Under your watch, HHS has delivered on President Trump’s mandate to end waste, fraud, and abuse across the health care sector, exposing nearly $100 billion in fraud while recovering close to $33 billion through settlements and civil penalties. The previous administration’s failure to exercise basic oversight, coupled with its aggressive pursuit of DEI policies, has forced HHS to confront national security risks and public safety threats far beyond its core mission of providing affordable healthcare to all Americans. During Biden-Harris administration, HHS allocated over $50 million to CAIR and other Islamic organizations with suspected ties to radical groups to assist mostly Afghan immigrants with legal and social services, job placement, and medical care. Asking domestic extremist groups like CAIR to assist in the resettlement of Afghan parolees, many who hail from volatile regions and are highly vulnerable to radicalization, represents a security threat that policymakers and law enforcement are only beginning to understand.

Systemic failures in oversight and vetting of grant recipients, particularly at the sub-award level, resulted in grants to terrorist-aligned groups across a variety of HHS funding programs. The following grant recipients stand out as particularly egregious examples:

• CAIR was founded following a secretive meeting of Hamas operatives in 1993 and was identified as an unindicted co-conspirator in a trial that ended in convictions for five Hamas financiers. It was the single greatest terror-linked recipient of HHS funding, with nearly $42 million in Afghan resettlement grants.
• Dar Al-Hijrah is a Northern Virginia mosque where Al Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki preached, Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hassan , and two 9/11 hijackers received social and logistical support.
• The Muslim American Society (MAS) in Sacramento is part of a nationwide organization that federal prosecutors called “the overt arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in America.” The United Arab Emirates designated MAS as a terrorist group in 2014.
• ICNA Relief, the domestic charitable wing of the Islamic Circle of North America, belongs to South Asia’s Jamaat-e-Islami, a violent Islamist movement responsible for the genocide of secular intellectuals in Bangladesh’s 1971 war for independence. The U.S.-designated terrorist group Hizbul Mujahideen serves as the militant wing of Jamaat-e-Islami in Pakistan and Kashmir.
• Leaders Advancing and Helping Communities (LAHC) is a prominent Lebanese Shi’a community organization based in Dearborn, Michigan, whose leaders and associates sympathize with Hezbollah. LAHC delegations have met with Lebanese military and intelligence officials tied to the Iran-backed terrorist group and its allied Amal Movement. 

For a federal agency established to enhance the health and well-being of Americans, HHS annually funds hundreds of foreign assistance projects, spending over $7.5 billion on overseas programs during the Biden-Harris administration.3 At least $14 million in department funds have been allocated to foreign extremist groups in conflict with U.S. foreign policy goals. For instance, the Aligarh Muslim University in India benefitted from HHS awards, even though multiple ISIS terrorist cells were discovered at the school in recent years. Likewise, HHS funded research from the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey
Research, a Ramallah firm whose opinion polls were allegedly manipulated by Hamas.

Many Biden-era grants do lasting harm to the communities they were assigned to help. Dar Al-Hijrah received $340,000 in HHS sub-grants to promote coronavirus vaccine awareness, despite previously hosting a webinar series that taught how the pandemic was divine judgement aimed at the United States and Israel. MAS, whose former secretary general advocated for Female Genital Mutilation, received a grant to promote reproductive health among Afghan and Arab women. Cheikh Anta Diop University in Senegal was paid to conduct a research study on gay Muslim men living with HIV. At the same school, vigilante student mobs were known to hunt down and assault suspected homosexual classmates. The broader lesson is that the federal government often had access to information that should have triggered additional scrutiny before these awards were made. We therefore urge you to take the following steps to ensure a future administration does not repeat these destructive policies:Immediately suspend any awards from the Middle East Forum’s report4 that are assessed to have an active performance period.

1. Immediately suspend any awards from the Middle East Forum’s report4 that are assessed to have an active performance period.
2. Conduct department-wide suspension and debarment reviews of organizations where the evidence warrants action
3. Require terrorism and extremism screening for sensitive programs, particularly awards involving foreign assistance, refugee resettlement, cash reimbursements, and programs serving populations from regions vulnerable to terrorist recruitment.
4. Apply the same vetting to sub-recipients as prime recipients. Seventy percent of the identified funding passed through intermediary organizations.

HHS can no longer limit awardee screening to financial capacity and past performance. Grant managers should rigorously screen for harmful ideological practices and affiliations, steps that will prevent another reckless government spending spree that advances extremist groups and causes.

Your decision to investigate CAIR demonstrates that HHS can act when credible evidence is brought forward. We respectfully urge you to build on that action by examining the broader network of radical grant recipients, integrating responsible safeguards with HHS’s department-wide efforts to end waste, and abuse of taxpayer-funded programs well beyond the current administration’s term.

Thank you for your attention to this urgent matter.

Respectfully,

1. Chip Roy Michael, Member of Congress, Michael Cloud, Member of Congress, 
2. Randy K. Weber, Member of Congress
3. Buddy Carter, Member of Congress 
4. Buddy Fine, Member of Congress,  
5. Clay Higgins Member of Congress  
6. Keith Self,  Member of Congress 
7. Andrew S. Clyde, Member of Congress 
8. Mary E. Miller, Member of Congress 

(Editor's Note: I couldn't copy and paste the original signatures, to see them follow this link to the original letter. RK)

What I'm Reading: Ilhan Omar and No One is Above the Law

By Rich Kozlovich

I said once Trump took office and his Justice Department started investigating the corruption promulgated by Democrats, the Biden administration and Hillary's cabal, the words, "no one is above the law" would never be uttered by another Democrat for the next four years, and possibly more depending on who's elected in 2028.  

However, now its the Republican's turn, and the Democrats who chanted unendingly that “No One Is Above The Law” are outraged ....outraged I tell you!   How dare the DOJ come after a Democrat.   As you review their outrageous claims it reinforces the fact they accuse others of doing the very things they embrace and have done in the past or are doing right now.  Its called projection.  Its a primary tool of the criminal mind.  And now the one thing that almost never happens is happening now, Omar got raided by the cops, and look at who's defending her.

1.  House Democrat Leadership Defends Ilhan Omar After Raid: ‘Deeply Disturbing’ that Trump’s ‘Violent Mass Deportation Machine’ Raided Her Home - House Democrats defended Somali-born Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) conducted a pre-dawn raid of her home.....
2.  Hakeem Jeffries’ Attempt to Defend Ilhan Omar Implodes When His Own Words Get Used Against Him - Hakeem Jefferies really had it coming — and he got it.  The House minority leader has apparently gotten so used to the double standard Democratic politicians enjoy from the establishment media that he’s forgotten any other standards exist.  But when the New York Democrat issued a statement Monday supporting Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar in the face of a raid on her Washington home by federal agents, he got some brutal reminders that the rest of the country has a better memory.......
3. The Media Had a Total Meltdown Over the Ilhan Omar Raid - On Monday, Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN) home was raided by federal agents. It has to do with her immigration status. Some documents are reportedly out of whack, and the timeline matters because it played a role in her naturalization process. It must be significant since a judge picked by D.C. Democrats signed off on the warrants. And raiding the home of a sitting member of Congress is a high bar, with most judges not wanting such legal tangles coming across their desks...... 
4. Unindicted Terror Co-Conspirator Groups “Stands in Solidarity” With Ilhan Omar - After decades of wildly flouting every kind of law and regulation, the law may finally be coming down on Rep. Ilhan Omar. And the Somali Islamist’s core base is standing with her. By that I mean the mainstream media and unindicted terror funding co-conspirators.
5.  Bill Kristol Urges ‘All Good Men’ to Defend Ilhan Omar - Americans should rise up in defense of Somali immigrant Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) after federal officials searched her house, says Bill Kristol, the former neoconservative and current NeverTrump leader............. 

Her defenders are radical far left Democrats, the Pravda media, a terrorist organization and worst of all, a faux conservative commentator who has lost his way and is now in the same camp as radical leftists and terrorists.  

So, is this just a political stunt, or is it as leftists are prone to say when caught up in corruption, "move on there's nothing to see here"?  Well, given her family's shady history there may well be a lot to investigate, as Glen Beck claims you don’t take her on unless you have it, and in spite of her claim of innocence saying she's being targeted because she's one of Trump's politics enemies and she's the real victim here, this investigation wasn't like the corrupt investigations by the Biden DOJ or a clever political scheme that just now popped up in some bureaucrats head.  According to Tom Homan this has been an ongoing investigation over some time, and there's a lot of smoke.  If there's a lot of smoke, there must be a fire, indicating something is seriously amiss.  

Daniel Greenfield writes there’s almost too many things to investigate Rep. Ilhan Omar for saying this was a long overdue investigation involving immigration and the amassing of a multimillion dollar fortune almost overnight.

1.  Flashback: Ilhan Omar’s Sister Incorporated Her $20 Million USAID-Linked Consulting Firm to EXACT ADDRESS as “Feeding Our Future” Somali Scammer’s Address

As this story grows even the Pravda media is backing off, admitting it's likely the DOJ has evidence of criminal fraud.  Here was Eric Utter's take on this investigation and the raid on Omar's home:

A message to the dumbocrat socialists of America, Omar should be deported. There was a signed warrant from a judge, consistent with an ongoing investigation, in this case a legitimate one, into various aspects of alleged fraud. But for far-left Democrat punks' information, the Democrats actually did raid President Trump's home, on trumped up charges. And, apparently, rifled through Melania's lingerie drawer. 

I doubt these HSI folks rifled through Ilhan's lingerie drawer -- and if they did -- I hope they were wearing hazmat suits. Moreover, President Trump did not come to this country illegally, under false pretenses. Nor did he marry a sibling. He has not been pictured with half a dozen folks involved in the most massive fraud scandal in a state's history, ala Ilhan Omar.

 He did not claim to have allegiance to Somalia and wish he could return there.   Contrast that record with the Democrat thugocracy that has lied, cheated, hoaxed, gaslit, and projected in an uninterrupted and insane attempt to depose Trump, a duly elected president twice over (remember, this is a “democracy”), every day for the last decade.

The question is can she be found guilty in today's vile system of justice that allows the worst of the worst to be found innocent of the vilest crimes and set free, or will World War Eleven Omar end up in jail, deported or both?   

Update, 10/14/26: 

1. Ilhan’s staff scrambles to change her official birthdate. - Rep. Ilhan Omar’s staff helped get her birthdate changed in public records once the Minnesota Democrat was elected to Congress in 2018, a switch that has since spurred frenzied accusations that she misrepresented her age to secure US citizenship. The alteration could offer a big clue as to what federal immigration agents were searching for when they raided her DC home Monday: If the congresswoman is actually one year older than she’s claimed to be, that would mean she couldn’t have legally become a US citizen in 2000, critics contend............
2. Nancy Mace is 100% correct about Ilhan. - All those who celebrated the raid of Mar-a-Lago don’t get to cry over the raid at Ilhan Omar’s home. Trump‘s political enemy raided his home. Democrats set the precedent.....
3. Ilhan Omar’s Father Served as a Loyal Colonel for Somalia’s Brutal Dictator and Misrepresented Himself as a “Refugee”- Federal agents from Homeland Security Investigations raided Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Washington-area home early Monday as part of an ongoing criminal fraud investigation. Sources told Fox News the probe centers on immigration paperwork filled out by her late father when she was a child. Omar called it political intimidation. The timing is ugly for her preferred story. For years she has sold America the clean version. Her father, Nur Omar Mohamed, was an educator. The family fled Somalia’s civil war with the rest of the refugees and arrived in 1995. Her 2020 memoir paints the same picture of ordinary people escaping chaos. An exclusive in the New York Post now says that version is false........
4. Ilhan Omar’s Staff Got Her Birthdate Changed Officially AFTER Being Elected to Congress -  Rep. Ilhan Omar’s staff helped get her birthdate changed in public records once the Minnesota Democrat was elected to Congress in 2018, a switch that has since spurred frenzied accusations that she misrepresented her age to secure US citizenship..........Conspiracy’ to Cover-Up Ilhan Omar’s Immigration Status Comes Up Throughout the Warrant.
5.  Not Just Immigration: Pirro Opens Probe Into Ilhan Omar’s Financial Disclosures One Day After Raid - Fox News reported that Pirro told “America Reports” her team is examining the filings that showed businesses tied to Omar’s husband, Tim Mynett, leaping from a combined high of roughly $51,000 in 2023 to as much as $30 million in 2024. The California winery eStCru LLC jumped from the $15,000–$50,000 range to $1–5 million. Rose Lake Capital LLC, the Washington venture firm, went from $1–$1,000 to $5–25 million.

P&D Geopolitics Editon

By Rich Kozlovich

Pakistan has enacted Emergency Measures in one of their far Northeast provinces bordering Afghanistan  and Tajikistan.   From what I can glean from news reports the opposition party from that province is marching in protest of the ruling party's  arrest of the former Prime Minister Imran Khan.  The ruling government attempted to physically prevent that march which is being called "undemocratic".  The ruling party claims they're terrorists and say their actions are necessary to stop the rise of Islamist militancy in the border region.  

Which is interesting since Pakistan has in the past been a secure location for terrorists, and while this may be a political stunt by the ruling party, it's clear actual terrorists are attacking Pakistan.    Pakistan is surrounded by Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, China and India, and have conducted some military actions against Afghanistan's terrorist camps, along with the Indian military.  

What I see is a stunningly unstable society, and a dysfunctional government that's going broke with a crashing currency who is begging the IMF for money and even the United States to keep solvent.  

Ukraine has struck a data centers in two days leaving them seriously damaged and offline.   After the Trump inspired "energy ceasefire" brokered by Donald Trump Ukraine was warned if Ukraine attacked Russian energy infrastructure they'd loose intelligence and material support from the U.S.  I find it interesting no such threat was issued against Russia when they did launched missile attacks against Ukraine the next day.   

 Russia's failed war against Ukraine has had unexpected consequences in Central Asia:

"Kazakhstan, Russia, China: Kazatomprom Snubs Russia, Greenlights China Uranium Sale Shareholders of Kazakhstan's state uranium producer Kazatomprom approved a spot sale to China's SNURDC but withheld approval for a separate contract with Rosatom's Uranium"

The riots in France is acting like a pandemic infection and has spread to Belgium and the rioters have proclaimed they're going to smash everything in spite of the fact some of them.... and I'm betting most of them..... have no idea why they're smashing everything just as long as they can continue in their orgy of out of control destructive rage.  Who are these people?  Mostly of African and Middle East decent, and the Belgians, just like the rest of western Europe brought this on themselves arrogantly, self righteously and stupidly embracing globalist and multiculturalist leaders.   They're asked for it and now they're getting it... good and hard.  

One Belgian leader, Dries Van Langenhove has a clear vision about what needs to be done saying:

“European people can’t comprehend this because we’re simply not the same. They destroy. It’s what they do. It’s who they are. Politicians now come up with all sorts of fake ‘solutions’: more money for education, more youth detention centres, military conscription, … but it’s all nonsense. There is only one real solution: they have to go back.”

That may well be the next chapter in Europe's immigration crisis as the European Parliament Adopts Landmark Resolution Targeting Islamist Infiltration.

The European Parliament has voted in favor of a historic resolution opposing Islamist infiltration, specifically naming the Muslim Brotherhood and the Forum of European Muslim Youth and Student Organisation (FEMYSO). On October 8, 2026, lawmakers voted 381-167, with 15 abstentions, to address Islamist networks and tighten European Union (EU) funding checks, ensuring that funds are not misappropriated to support political Islam.

Right-wing members emphasize the threat posed by Islamist infiltration, citing the Muslim Brotherhood's influence in shaping policies that could undermine European secular values.  French French MEP Majdouline Sbaï highlighted the need to stop naive dialogue and recognize the dangers of political Islam, which often masquerade as legitimate civic activities but aim to replace democratic principles with religious doctrines.

Resolution sparks controversy:  The resolution faced opposition from leftist and Muslim parliamentarians, who criticized it as Islamophobic, arguing that it stigmatizes the Muslim community as a whole.

Yet, Florence Bergeaud-Blackler, an expert on the Muslim Brotherhood, warned the Left will politicize the issue as much as it can, hindering the adoption of measures. MEPs will need to train themselves on the subject. Above all, they must not turn it into a partisan political issue.......

Must not turn this into a partisan political issue?  Florence already acknowledges the left has made this a partisan political issue so her warning means what..... exactly.  Perhaps her message is the right must not be too harsh in their views and further inflame those already totally inflamed with their multiculturalist suicidal insanity?  She must be high on stupid.     

The Spanish have had a wake up call with the immigration jihad of Ceuta and the socialist they elected and thought was just great is now is being called a son of a b***h and booed during Spain's national day parade.  Sanchez has previously called for a snap election, apparently in a effort to get support from the people.   He may find that's not going to work. 

1. Watch — Ceuta Residents Stage Protest Sit-In: ‘It’s an Invasion’
2. Socialist PM Blames ‘Inequality’ and ‘Misinformation’ for Ceuta Migrant Invasion Spain Will Not ‘Turn Migrants into Enemies’ 
3. Watch: Spaniards Protest at City’s Border with Morocc ‘SOS Ceuta Invaded’

Iran's terrorist cats paw, the Houthi, are still attacking Saudi Arabia, with Houthi leaders "denouncing" attacks against them by the Saudi air force warning "any direct attack on Sana’a would trigger an escalation in the targeting of key economic and civilian sites in the country."  Now that's brass, and ya gotta admit, when it comes to brass, no one has more brass than Muslim terrorists.  They hate you and say the want to kill you, and have been acting on that for the last 47 years since the fall of the Shah of Iran, and we can thank Jimmy Carter for that, but don't you dare do anything to prevent them from murdering innocent people and destroying property on a massive scale, or they'll really get mad.  Ya just can't make this stuff up.  

 Saudi Arabia signed a defense treaty with Pakistan and Turkey and it will be interesting to see just how well that's going to work out.  The Saudi's have already asked Turkey for military support against the Houthi. Turkey said they'll have to vote on that.  

1. Turkish President Erdoğan’s Government Appears to Have Enabled the Rise of the New Alleged Mafia Powerbroker - The government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, already under international scrutiny over documented contacts between senior political figures and Turkey’s criminal underworld, appears to have enabled the rise of a new alleged mafia powerbroker, Ali Uğur Uzun, an organized crime figure whose name has surfaced in criminal cases involving money laundering, extortion, kidnapping, assault, armed intimidation and the forcible seizure of businessmen’s assets.
2. Turkish Intelligence Linked to Counterfeit Glock Distribution Networks Across Europe - The Scheme May Be Designed to Give the Government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Leverage Abroad and Arm Criminal Proxies That Could Be Tapped for Violent Assignments, Intimidation, or Attacks on Dissidents. A growing series of weapons seizures across Europe, along with Turkey-linked Glock cases extending into the Americas, has raised concerns that an industrial-scale trade in counterfeit Glock-style pistols may be part of a clandestine operation overseen by Turkey’s intelligence apparatus, designed to give the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan leverage abroad and arm criminal proxies that could be tapped for violent assignments, intimidation or attacks on dissidents. 

 How good is Turkey as an ally?   Let's take this piece and look for an answer to that question: Will Turkey Double Down on Somalia as Mogadishu’s African Partners Depart?:

While Turkey reportedly has trained nearly 35,000 Somali soldiers, the Turkey-backed forces hardly bring security. Basra, about 18 miles from Mogadishu, has changed hands more than a dozen times since 2011. In August 2026, the army and Haramcad, a Turkish-trained police unit, fought there for over a week, but by September 9, local sources told the Somali broadcaster Kaab that government troops had withdrawn toward Dayniile, a district of the capital, leaving al-Shabaab to take ground along the Afgooye road without a fight............ Turkey has been reluctant to put its own soldiers on the front line, though, for two reasons. The first is simple: It does not want to get drawn into clan warfare. As important, it wants to avoid conflict with Ethiopia, which has forces in the region as part of the African Union Mission. Instead, Turkey apparently uses drones and jetfighters based in Mogadishu. This most recently came into play with a mysterious September 3, 2026, airstrike in Doolow. Somalis do not view Turkey’s denials of its responsibility as credible............. Either way, the cost of Turkey’s Somalia investment appears to be on the verge of skyrocketing, in terms of both blood and treasure.

I've always said Africa Is a Bad Investment.  The best anyone can hope for is a make a quick buck and get out while you still have your pants.  

I have no doubt there's going to be an outright war between Ethiopia and Eritrea, as both are lining up their forces with heavy artillery for that purpose, and if that happens it's unlikely this conflict doesn't begin or end in Ethiopia:

U.S. analysts should not interpret the fighting in northern Ethiopia as just the latest chapter of Ethiopia’s previous internal conflicts. Ethiopia’s political and ethnic vulnerabilities are real, but they now constitute the opening through which external actors pursue their own strategic interests. Egypt, Eritrea, and elements of Sudan’s military establishment have converging interests in constraining Ethiopia, while Somalia has become part of the diplomatic geometry.

 Finally, the  U.S.: Treasury has placed long overdue "sweeping sanctions on the International Criminal Court.  A cats paw of corrupt leftists and antisemites who forgot in spite of their arrogant and self assured conviction they're going to run, they're going to find out the hard way.... they don't.  Rubio has called them a "rogue court", and sanctions will include penalties for companies who provide services to the ICC.  The sanctions are intended cut of the ICC's resources and cripple it's ability to function.  Good, since in my view the ICC is corrupt to its core, and these sanctions don't go far enough.  

What the ICC needs is a Good Smack in the Mouth.  If these leftist loons should ever arrest and attempt to try any American with their scurrilous claims the United States should issue international warrants for kidnapping for those who undertake to arrest them, those who issued the warrants, and any jurist of the ICC.  Every one of them should be dealt with as criminals.

Furthermore, such an action should be considered a hostile act by any nation that hosts such a trial.  As for any prosecutor or judge involved in such a trial, their host nation should be aware that we will view it as a hostile act against the United States.  The first steps will be to put an entire trade embargo on their nation. 

In order for the embargo to be lifted, they must end their hostile actions, apologize to the world, assure the United States, and all nations who are not members of the ICC that this was an illegal and hostile act, and such an illegal hostile act will never occur again.  Followed by substantial restitution. 

However, behind the scenes someone should say to them:  Listen kids, if necessary the Navy Seals, supported by a field battalion of United States Marines, will be more than happy to visit you in the middle of the night in order to release our people and potentially arrest the offending parties. All of whom will be tried and found guilty in a military court, and they will be happy to shoot anyone who attempts to stop them.

Update, 10/14, 26:

•  A Houthi missile strikes Aramco’s headquarters complex in Dhahran, four are wounded in Riyadh by debris from intercepted missiles, Iranian officials tell Reuters the aim in Hormuz is to keep oil high until the American vote, and the President says of Iran: “We’ve had it”.......“Wait until you see what we do to Iran.”......

P&D Geopolitics Editon: The World As I See It

By Rich Kozlovich

Here are some of my observations regarding the geopolitical events over the last two weeks.  

First, the tension between China and Taiwan never ceases.  Recently the Taiwanese Coast Gruad used water cannons of Chinese fishing vessel infringing in their territorial waters near Pratas Island.   

There's a diplomatic row between South Korea and Ukraine over the swap of 2 North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea.  According to South Korean President Lee this was supposed to be done in secret, and Zelenskyy (correct spelling) reneged on that agreement.  Ukraine is calling this a "misunderstanding", everyone else is calling it betrayal.  Given Zelenskyy is foundationally corrupt, I'm not surprised, but I have wonder what was going on in his mind.  What does he think he gained from betraying South Korea's trust.  I don't think he's the brightest pebble in the brook.  

Voter fraud is a political pandemic and now India's opposition parties are launching protests over the ruling party's manipulation of voter lists in order to favor the ruling Prime Minister's party.  One of the things I think we fail to understand is India does not have a united culture, nor was it a united natioln until the British took it over and united all the little independent kingdoms into a single nation.  That never really took, any more than it took with Europeans and the EU.  And just like the EU the historical bickering and resentment is the foundational social paradigm in India. 

We're not seeing much about the issues regarding the conflict going on in Ethiopia, which never seems to ever go away, and potentially impact what goes on in the Red Sea. Currently Ethiopia is at war with the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) in the Northern region of Ethiopia.  I find this whole affair convoluted and confusing as Eritrea was allegedly upset over an agreement that prevented the  elimination of the TPLF, and yet Ethiopia accused them of supporting at least seven armed groups, including the TPLF in order to weaken and/or destabilize Ethiopia's government.  Now Eritrea has broken off diplomatic relations with since Ethiopia intended to close the Eritrean embassy and expel their diplomats.  Ethiopia's military has captured the Tigrayan capital of Mekelle  and it 's expected Eritrean troops will enter the picture potentially triggering open war between them.  At least that was the case as of two weeks ago.

The U.S. is diverting $52 million dollars of military aid from Europe and the Middle East to Latin and South America in order to lend support to the conservative governments taking hold there, which is understandable since the foundational social paradigm in Latin and South America is for leftists to murder, riot, rebel and destroy in an effort to take by force what was taken from them by the people's choice to kick them to the curb.  And guess what?  The Democrats are really upset over that claiming that's eroding trust from our "allies" in Europe and the Middle East.  With allies like them, who needs enemies?  

If find so many things Trump does to be confusing, but one pattern emerges.  He's willing to "forcefully leverage the economic and security dependencies of both allies and adversaries in pursuit of its strategic goals."  Remember, Russia is the country on which he's imposed sanctions on over Russia unjustified was with Ukraine. Now, Putin's planning an "energy offensive" against Ukraine "to cripple electricity, heating and water supplies in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Odesa by targeting substations supporting European electricity imports, hydroelectric plants, nuclear plants' grid connections and municipal utilities." 

Profits from Russian energy is the life blood of the Russian economy, and yet he's cut a deal with Putin to buy "Russian diesel fuel and ease energy sanctions to combat soaring U.S. and global fuel prices", and yet he's imposing trader restrictions on Russia over the Ukraine war, he's cracking down on what's designated as a "Russia-linked A7 Network as a transnational criminal organization to sever a major financial and payment lifeline used by Iran to evade sanctions."

At the same time he's saying the The U.S. and Israel Should Close Aviation Sanctions Loopholes on Russia and Iran with "Leonid Baratz arguing that the Treasury should designate Aeroflot and Red Wings, a Russian airline that still flies to Tel Aviv, and that Israel should close Ben Gurion Airport to it."  

We're capable of being a totally energy independent nation and yet we need to have the other G-7 nation members release up to "100 million barrels of crude oil, diesel over the next four months".  Other than Canada, how can an almost totally energy dependent France, Germany, Italy, the UK and Japan have that much fuel? 

The Middle East is a lit stick of dynamite; but then again, what's new? Now it's just new players with old schemes taking different sides, which in the Middle East is like having breakfast everyday.  Saudi Arabia is being attacked by the Houthi, an Iranian backed terrorist group, and now Yemen's civil war has intensified since Saudi Arabia and their partners have upped their efforts to destroy the Houthi.  

The Kurds want their own nation, and as a result they're are at war with everyone, including Syria, and that's not going away any time soon, Armenian and Azerbaijan looks like their peace talks are about to become undone.  Previously they agreed to "stop all fighting forever, open up commerce, travel and diplomatic relations, and respect each other’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.” Now Azerbaijan is demanding.... demanding mind you..... concession that borders on ridiculous.  And we're shocked? 

European governments suffer from suicidal delusions on immigration, but maybe that will start to change.  The European Parliament  Adopts Landmark Resolution Targeting Islamist Infiltration demanding "tighter checks on EU money and a request that governments consider placing Muslim Brotherhood-linked groups on the EU terrorist list."  Has the riots in France had anything to do with this.  I have to wonder if France is the trigger that will set this off.  However, as Charles de Gaulle once noted: "Even I can't keep the French from being French", and I really have to  wonder if the French are capable of dealing with this.  

 

What I'm Reading

By Rich Kozlovich

Democrats and all others who embrace leftist's agendas have some problems with their moral compasses. None of them point north.  

Let's start with their inability to fix anything, mostly because they broke everything, so they simply ignore the consequences of their actions falling back on their time honored Kyrie Eleison: It's not my fault, it's not my fault, it's not my fault, Amen!  

• Somali gangs: Old News, but also a growing problem This problem has been going on for at least 15 years. Why are we just learning about it now? 

They're ahead in the polls, and the polls keep predicting there's going to be a blue wave all across the nation, but given what's going on I have difficulty believing that.  

As I watch the commentaries on this I keep coming back to the 1968 Democrat convention and how all that rioting shook the nation and Nixon won in a landslide. I remember when Newt Gingrich offered the Contract With America in 1994 and everyone laughed and was sure the Democrats would hold the House. They lost.

Unfortunately, while Gingrich could speak well, and usually but not always think well, he failed to do well.....regularly.  Which has been a genetic disorder among Republicans forever.  The difference now is demographics, educational corruption, and media propaganda is worse than it was then, but I still think there’s a “silent majority” out there the left has badly scared, and scared people will do what’s in their won best interests.

Charles do Gaulle once said even he can’t stop the French from being French, and Trump can’t stop the Republicans from being Republicans, but I think in spite of the Republicans, the Republicans will hold Congress. One reason I think that is because in adversarial confrontations such as occurred in recent debates, they don't do well.   

Letitia James is the incumbent Attorney General for the State of New York and is running against Saritha Komatireddy.   In a recent debate between them James got crushed with Komatireddy noting that under her watch crime is up, homelessness is up, New York is not safe under Leticia James, and New York is the worst in the nation in prosecuting fraud.  Furthermore she states all this is as a result of her obsession with national politics resulting in a failure to "rein in lawlessness and Medicare fraud".  

When James was asked to name a predecessor she admired, she was incapable of dong so, with Komatireddy explaining, “she only admires herself.”  James' fall back position?  Komatireddy was Trump's puppet!   Injecting Trump in some way into the conversation is always the fall back position when they're incapable of defending their positions or the outcome of those positions.  James was crushed and yet the polls show she's ahead 52% to 39%.  How can candidates that are so obviously incompetent and corrupt be ahead in the polls?  

 In the Michigan Senate campaign debate between Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers, Rogers brutalized El- Sayed leaving no stone unturned.  El-Sayed showed his true colors when he refused to say whether Iran or Israel posed the greater threat.  His answer?  “That’s a ridiculous question", no that's a ridiculous answer, as Israel hasn't killed any Americans, whereas Muslim terrorists supported by Iran has killed hundreds of Americans over the last sixty years, constantly chants death to America, and has threatened the world with nuclear war.  His answer was a deliberate evasion clearly demonstrating  his moral compass points in one direction; support of worldwide Islamic supremacy

And he's ahead in the polls.  Really?

It's pretty much confirmed (although his staff keep claiming otherwise) Talarico went missing for a couple of weeks because he was in a mental institution is Ohio, yet it's being claimed the race between Republican Texas AG Ken Paxton is tight and Talarico is ahead in the polls, with Democrats insisting he can turn Texas blue, even getting support from Willie Nelson, which demonstrates long term marijuana use impairs cognitive ability. 

The left hates Jews, they've demonstrated that over and over again ever since the French Revolution, and has demonstrated that hate with every socialist movement ever since, whether they're religious or secular Jews, including Jews who support all things left, including support and justification of Islamic violence, and their condemnation of Israel.  Now, these self hating Jews are shocked... shocked it tell you....  to discover the left hates them also.   I think that called cognitive dissonance.

• Documentary explores how Israel was demonized after Oct. 7: ‘Didn't happen overnight

In yesterdays edition of What I'm Reading I discuss Navi Pillay being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, for hating Israel and Jews in general, which she shares with Yasser Arafat.  An award choice that Hamas Is thrilled about.  Wow, that's a shocker.  Well, it really is true, birds of a feather flock together. 

But there's no end to who the left hates.  It turns out they hate Columbus and Italians also.  They've plundered and defaced statues of Christopher Columbus all over the nation, Mamdani removed Little Italy from the map of New York City, and NYC Councilwoman has blasted Mamdani over praising a left wing communist congressman tying that praise to Italian Heritage Month.  

Education in America is a snare and a racket, as graduate schools of education aren't turning out teachers, they're turning out propagandists for leftist ideologies that are destroying traditional values. 

They concluded that these education programs are an effort to not just indoctrinate teachers but get prospective educators to discuss “racial politics, gender politics, sexual identity, transgenderism, ahistorical anti-American history, and culturally revolutionary ideas with children as young as five or six years old.

We're seeing the impact of that destructive indoctrination everywhere.  The Daughters of the American Revolution has disbanded their Texas chapter for insisting only real women can be members, claiming their views are "not to be suitable for inclusion in the bylaws and not to be in the best interest of the Society.”  Imagine that.  

Observations From the Back Row

By Rich Kozlovich

Mamdani is not comfortable recognizing Israel as it has a hierarchy of citizenship based on religion, unlike Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Qatar, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates, who would like for America to elect Democrats (Islamist's) versus Republicans in order to hasten America's death.  However, they explain when they say "Death to America" they don't mean Americans, not counting those 3000 Americans who died on 911.  That's just political showboating by conservatives.   

It's interesting that Muslim terrorists say they love death by get angry when they're killed.  When they start a war they call it jihad.  When they lose a war they call it genocide.   After this latest effort by a Muslim pilot who tried to crash a plane it's been decided a new security measure must be implemented.  Everyone will eat bacon before flying.  

Conservatives want to eliminate the Department of Education, and the Democrats are outraged since that may end up causing children to become too smart to vote for Democrats, which is why Democrats want to remove the Thinker statue as bad symbolism.   Since lowering academic standards is a sure fire to get a lot of people graduated while failing to deliver meaningful jobs, these kids who want to learn math, science, English, in order to be able to get a real job, buy a house, start a family, have far too much attitude, and need to "check their white privilege".

Did you ever wonder why you argue with anyone who voted for Joe Biden? These are the same people who call Trump's border czar a racist and a Nazi, but he's the same man who Obama gave a medal to for deporting 900,000 illegal aliens.  Vaccine ID cards are good, voter ID is bad.  

Computer models, the garbage in garbage out type, claim that global warming will put California underwater, which then we might feed it other date that shows global warming might do some bad things also.  

Does gender really matter?  Well, there's a reason why we can't we get milk from bulls, eggs from roosters, and babies from men.  

We're told retailers are greedy swine, but the average profit margin in the retail market runs between 2% and 5%.  The government's average sale tax runs between 6% and 9%.   

 

 

What I'm Reading

By Rich Kozlovich 

Let's start with the Middle East because I find it really interesting how Iran really knows how to win friends and influence people, as now their cats paws, the Houthi, are attacking Iran's neighbors.  At some point you had to know this was going to happen. Iran wants to totally dominate the Middle East and destroy western civilization, and Trump has not only put their schemes on hold, the continued existence of their government is in question.  Iran follows the Shia version of Islam and many of it's neighbors are Sunni, which means both consider the other to be apostate, and the Koran demands apostates be put to death.  

So, Iran's terrorist pals, the Houthi, who they've been funding for years, is happy to do that as they attacked an airport in Saudi Arabia using "cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, and explosive-laden drones to target civilian and infrastructure sites" killing 12 and injuring over 300 civilians, some in critical condition.  This was the third attack, and Saudi Arabia plans on doing something about it, which I wouldn't give too much credibility to that statement.  Will Trump act on this?  We'll see.   

•  Houthi Missile Strikes Saudi Arabian Airport, Resulting in 'Mass Casualty Incident'

Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan have signed a defense agreement and Saudi Arabia is now asking Turkey for military aid.  Turkey says they're going to have to take a vote on that.  Imagine that.  

I've covered the Christa Pike death penalty failure in my post, This Week in The News.  Now she's been released from the hospital, "and is now at Deborah K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center where she has been housed for more than 30 years. She is grateful to the first responders and her medical team for their care in these extraordinary circumstances. She is continuing to receive medical care at the prison, and we will continue to track her recovery.”'  Does anyone besides me think this is insane?  Will there be another effort to put her to death after doing so much to keep her alive?  I'm betting the answer will be .. NO!.  

President Trump has filed a petition with SCOTUS to revive a RICO Lawsuit against Hillary, Comey and others, over the Russian Hoax scheme.  A federal judge appointed by Bill Clinton not only threw it out originally, he fined Trump a million dollars for daring to file such a suit.  

"Lower courts have protected the Clinton machine and the Deep State operatives who orchestrated the greatest political hoax in American history while punishing the victim of their scheme with nearly $1 million in sanctions."

Is there any doubt in any sane person's mind the courts are out of control, and the judiciary is filled with political hacks?  A man with a lengthy criminal record having stabbed two seven year old boys in 2003 has now stabbed a young mother and her baby, who is now fighting for her life, in a totally random attack while she waited on a street corner for her other children to come out of school.  

What did the courts find in 2003?  He was "mentally incompetent" and was hospitalized for years, however:

Rhode Island law allows hospitalization for treatment aimed at restoring competency, with periodic court review. But the criminal charges must be dismissed once a person’s commitment reaches two-thirds of the maximum possible prison term for the most serious charge.

So, under state law he had to be released, and has again attempted to murder an innocent defenseless young victim.  Insanity laws do not protect the innocent, it protects the guilty, and often the guilty who are the most vile.  

Is Europe on the verge of a massive restructuring? And does it appear France may be the trigger for that? Muslim and leftist rioters are out of control and have made it clear they have no intention of stopping, which is absolute proof of two things.  Massive welfare states fail because these losers can never be satisfied,  and multiculturalism is a disaster, which is a warning for America.  These French riots have cost over $33 million dollars and caused the arrest of "nearly 7,000", and it's my guess that number isn't nearly as high as it should be, and if the government wants to stop this they need to treat if for what it is, a civil war, and the French army needs to be deployed right now   

These rioters claim to be upset at the condition of France's schools, so the burned down the schools, right along with:

.......... "public buses and fire trucks.....they have looted shops and stalked and preyed on women walking alone.  They have attacked strangers with fireworks, mortars, and hydrochloric acid.  They have beaten numerous teachers, doused some in gasoline, and set a few on fire.  They have injured hundreds of law enforcement officers and firefighters, as well as students who want nothing to do with the mayhem.  One witness to the destruction described the scene as “total anarchy” and “total war.”...The perpetrators/revolutionary soldiers are young, but most are not white. They appear Middle Eastern or North African..... 

One murderous group kicked and beat a young female police officer for sport....... “The image of this young policewoman, pursued by a pack howling its hatred, thrown to the ground and assaulted, is unbearable.”  ...... In another incident, attackers wearing masks and hoods chased, knocked down, and beat a police officer until he was unconscious.  The masked revolutionaries continued to kick the unconscious officer in the head and nearly killed him.  The local police union described the attempted murder bluntly: “This is no longer anti-cop hatred.  IT IS A HUNT FOR COPS.”.....

Due to the suicidal actions of Western governments, the enemy is already inside the gates (and most likely receiving taxpayer-funded food, stipends, and housing).

This civil war is being prompted by Muslim terrorists and leftist radicals and let's not be delusional, in spite of the claims of the media, this is not spontaneous!  It's organized just like the Antifa/BLM riots in the United States.  France is dying and it's leaders are directly responsible, and this contagion is spreading!  Now, with Antifa infusion, these leftist extremists have spread their influence to Belgium, and this Muslim violence against western civilization is worldwide.  

• Muslim Mob Burns Christian’s Home and Pharmacy in Pakistan; Scores of Families Flee

An Australian pastor says he's being targeted by Muslim radicals for daring to promote Christianity to Muslims.  In a Muslim controlled nation that can result in the death penalty, and I've not seen one Hollywood celebrity speak out against that.  

Recently ICE shot a an illegal alien who is a member of an alien criminal gang.  He's a dangerous man

....[who has] had a previous conviction for grand larceny. In addition, his record includes multiple arrests for assault, robbery, possession of drugs, and weapons charges. DHS stated he is a member of the violent Trinitarios gang — the same gang that shot and brutally killed a CBP officer in 2024.

 He has also been arrested and released in the past because of New York's sanctuary policies, and yet we're seeing "spontaneous" protests against ICE demanding his release.  Hollywood dimwit, Ellen Barkin, says ICE should be burnt to the ground.  How dare they try and protect the people of New York?  Now another incompetent political hack masquerading as a judge who was appointed by Obama is blocking this criminals'  deportation.  Of course Mamdani just had to throw gasoline on the fire claiming  “This is an unconscionable and incredibly serious situation", and again demanded ICE be abolished, and that illegal migrants are ‘New Yorkers’.  But he also said the horrors perpetrated by Hamas was because ‘Israel made them do it’".  

•  Mamdani’s Latest ICE Victim Committed Armed Robbery, Threatened Neighbor w/Machete

Mamdani spent two hours on the phone with Trump insisting this man should be released from ICE custody.  Trump said he'll agree as long as the NYPD keeps him arrested. Mamdani refused.   Why would anyone talk for two hours with a nitwit like Mamdani?  How do real New Yorkers feel about this illegal alien? They think he's ‘nothing else but trash’!  Well, you elected trash, you should expect trash.

What's interesting is no matter how far left Mamdani goes, Democratic Socialists are outraged at Mamdani because he's not far left enough.  

The Nobel Peace Prize for 2026 has been awarded to a far left radical antisemitic South African judge, who has been complicit in genocide, with the Nobel Prize committee once again disgracing itself "by electing a toad. Any questions that the award is increasingly irrelevant and useless? How bad could they get?"  Needles to say Jewish leaders are outraged saying:

[they picked a] “bigot who built a career around inventing and propagating blood libels against the Jewish State."    

Trump is a bit peeved at this pick noting what he’s done including settling 8 wars. Personally, if in a moment of clarity they nominated him what I would like for him to tell them to shove it, as they’re a corrupt laughing stock and a disgrace. “What good are honors from such people?”

 

This Week in The News

By Rich Kozlovich

There are some stories that so hot every news site I visit is running articles on them.  The reason why is they kinda follow the time honored journalistic thinking of ...."if it bleeds it leads"! Of in other words, the more emotion the story elicits, or the more outrageous it is, the more it will be reported on.

Let's start with the failed execution of Christa Pike.  Why did the execution fail?   You can blame the leftists for that.  They've been fighting the death penalty for decades saying it violated the 8th Amendment against cruel and unusual punishment.  It's interesting the founding fathers who wrote that amendment didn't believe that, but the Supreme Court decided in 1972 to legislate from the bench and proclaim the death penalty was cruel and unusual punishment.   While they backed away from that four years later, these political hacks in black robes didn't entirely give up.  

"In 1977, the court banned the death penalty for rapists of adult women. In 1986, it did the same for the mentally insane. In 2002, the court added those with intellectual disabilities to the list. In 2005, the court ended capital punishment for those who were minors at the time of the crime. And in 2008, the court did the same for child rapists."

 None of which has any Constitutional foundation for their rulings.  

The left then attacked the means of execution, and now chemical companies simply refuse to manufacture compounds that do the job effectively any longer.   The real story?  It's taken 31 years after she and her boyfriend perpetrated a horrible absolutely provable torture and murder against an innocent 19 year old women to execute this woman.  

Then there's the public execution of Nidal Hasan.  You remember him don't you?   He's the secret jihadist who was a major and a physician in the United States Army who shot and murdered 13 people, injuring 32 others at Fort Hood, and you have to wonder how many more of them are out there?  

He's being executed publicly by firing squad, which Vance says he won't watch, and neither will I, but again, here's the real story, it's only taken 17 years to bring him to justice. Of course Hillary Clinton is outraged calling his public execution barbaric, right along with the "usual suspects" in the totalitarian state of Hollywood where antisemitic celebrities rally in support of Hamas, who murdered, tortured, raped and perpetrated horrors on innocent unarmed civilians, and recorded it to the cheers and adulation of Muslims worldwide.  

Here is a long list of celebrities who are acting out Hamas’ screenplay by calling for freedom for convicted terrorist Marwan Barghouti. Among them are Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, Daniel Brühl, Rebecca Hall, Zawe Ashton, Tatiana Maslany, May Calamawy, Emma Corrin, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Ian McKellen, Brian Cox, Riz Ahmed, Elliot Page, Benedict Cumberbatch, Hugo Weaving, Dan Stevens, Rob Delaney, and Jason Flemyng.

If Islamist’s were to take over the nation these dingle berries would be among the first executed. Hollywood lives in an intellectual and moral bubble filled with cognitive dissonance, easily disputed “facts” and logical fallacies. If these people really believe the things they’re saying, then they’re certifiable.   The totalitarian left not only redefines words to fit their obsession of the day, they make them up, and they’re so ambiguous they can be redefined at any given time to their advantage. 

Here's one story I've not really commented on because the longer it goes... the bigger it grows.... and the more outrageous it becomes.   Cornell’s Jane Doe’s Damning Texts Revealed Called Night of Drug-Fueled Sex ’Gang Bang’ ’Our Body Our Choice’.  But have no fear, that paragon of personal and public integrity, New York Attorney General Letitia James, is heading up the investigation.... and will do so without bias of any kind.  And we really believe she has no bias... Right!

Finally, where did Talarico go?  There's been a lot of verbiage about the disappearance of  the Democrat party's candidate for the Senate from Texas, wackadoodle James Talarico, who hasn't been seen since September 26, with some wondering if he's been captured by extraterrestrial aliens.  I don't think so as he may be their ambassador.   However, ‘The View’ is sure he's going to turn Texas blue by winning that Senate seat.  Well... that must be encouraging to conservatives since I don't know when the The View was ever right.  Just like when during the Biden administration Whoopie declared Jill Biden was a great doctor and should be made Surgeon General.... in spite of the fact her "doctorate" was in education.  James Talarico, please call home.

Christa Pike is Angry, and So To Should Society

By Rich Kozlovich

Christa Pike is now 50 and was going to be executed by firing squad because her attorneys claim her 8th amendment rights against cruel and unusual punishment would be violated by execution via lethal injection.  So she was getting a firing squad and was demanding ..... demanding mind you.....an all-woman firing squad for her execution.   

Her attorneys attempted to get her off with an insanity plea..... where did I hear that before?  But here's what's really nuts.  It's taken 31 years to execute this lunatic, and then it was decided she'd be executed via lethal injection, which failed.. twice... and she survived.  She was then taken to a hospital and put on life support, and she's been revived.  Why?  Why in the world would they put a person to be executed on life support? 

Daniel Flynn over at American Spectator noted:

Christa Pike's lawyer describes her as "angry" in the wake of her surviving her scheduled execution. Years ago, as chronicled in a back page piece in the print American Spectator, I felt every emotion but anger when the nursing home that eight hours earlier had announced my dad" death suddenly announced him alive. "She is angry and confused about everything right now," attorney Randy Spivey told reporters. "She is very aware that the state tried to execute her."  Does not her anger predate her botched execution? 

 

She tortured and murdered a young woman, and succumbed to a dark-arts fascination with Satan, 31 years ago. One does not walk down that path by embodying The Partridge Family"  "Come on, Get Happy" theme song, after all. When one cheats death, anger does not strike as the appropriate emotion. But regulating emotions does not rank as a strong suit of death row denizens.

 

Perhaps we should review what she did. 

 

She decided because Colleen Slemmer waved at her boyfriend she was trying to steal him from her, so, she lured her to a secluded location, along with her boy friend, and beat her to death.  While Slemmer begged for her life Pike slashed her with a box cutter carving a pentagram in her chest while still alive, she also used a meat cleaver in this murder.  With a large chunk of asphalt she smashed her head and took a piece of Slemmer's skull as a "souvenir."   A horror that according to investigators lasted for 30 minutes.  

 

Pike got the death penalty and her boyfriend who was a year younger that Pike, 17, got life without parole.  How does being 17 make a monster murderer less culpable than being 18 in such a vile act?   And now "Republican Governor Bill Lee has canceled all executions for 2026 and ordered an investigation",   Make no mistake, her attorney's are claiming she's “endured punishment greater than any other person in the history of the American death penalty”, and want her sentence commuted, which will most likely happen.  But I think it fair to ask what form of penalty could be more cruel than the horrors Pike and her boyfriend perpetrated on Colleen Slemmer?

 

If there's any anger that should be displayed it should be the public's anger at the state's incompetence, and the insanity of the American system of justice in these cases.  Thirty one years to execute this women in what was an open and shut case.   It’s clear there are people who will never stop committing crimes irrespective of the penalty, but it’s also clear…. at least to me…..the death penalty is essential for good social order, especially when the evidence is so profound as to the guilt of the perpetrator as it is in this case.   As British Prime Minister Gladstone said in 1868,  "Justice delayed is justice denied."  Nothing's changed.

 

Update, 10/10/26:

The Left Has Made It Harder to Kill Christa Pike. She Must Die Anyway. - But the only reason there are botched executions today is because of the Left’s decades long legal crusade to intentionally throw sand in the gears of the execution process — over the objection of a majority of Americans, who have long favored capital punishment. In the 1960s, activist NAACP lawyers launched a campaign to challenge the death penalty on grounds of “systemic racial bias.” (Sound familiar?) 

They argued the death penalty constitutes “cruel and unusual punishment” under the Eighth Amendment.The culmination came in 1972, when the Supreme Court ludicrously held that, as a practical matter, the death penalty is unconstitutional. Following massive backlash, the court walked that back only four years later.   But the legal battle was only beginning.

In 1977, the court banned the death penalty for rapists of adult women. In 1986, it did the same for the mentally insane. In 2002, the court added those with intellectual disabilities to the list. In 2005, the court ended capital punishment for those who were minors at the time of the crime. And in 2008, the court did the same for child rapists.   None of this is based in constitutional interpretation. It’s all legislation from the bench.

 The Left has also waged war on lethal injection drug “cocktails,” similarly accusing the execution method of constituting a “cruel and unusual punishment.” Activists lost their first Supreme Court challenge in 2008. They narrowly lost again in the 2015 case that sparked Scalia’s ire, and in a similar case from 2019.

But where the activists have failed in the courts, they have succeeded elsewhere. Chemical companies have stopped manufacturing traditional lethal injection drugs. That’s why we have the current “cocktails,” and the corresponding litigation, that we do.

It’s all part of a concerted effort to end the death penalty — whether by judicial kill shot or by chemical fiat.  This is all absurd........