By Jack Gleason ——Bio and Archives--May 31, 2024

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The Trump verdict of May 30th is a turning point in U.S. history. It will be seen as the day Americans woke from their slumber and finally shouted “enough!”

Americans are a kind-hearted, good-natured people. We say “Live and let live,” and, in the South, “Bless his heart.”

We are decent, honest and hard-working. If we do something wrong, we apologize and make amends.

Unfortunately, we have little comprehension of true evil.

We can’t imagine that anyone or any group would embark on a systematic plan to destroy our country and our way of life.

It always starts small. A group wanting “to save the environment” protests the destruction of habitat for a small endangered snail. We have pity, so we don’t oppose laws passed to protect the snail--despite hundreds of farmers in the area who now have no water for their crops.

Gradually the stakes get higher. A tiny fish, an owl, a fox. They use the environment as an excuse to deny progress and prosperity. Eventually the bureaucrats gain unlimited power to control every spot of land, every drop of water, and every tree, so that anyone who wants to mow their yard or fill in a puddle must apply for a permit, which is usually denied.

The Trump verdict is the culmination of a series of small affronts to our Constitution and way of life that began with Tea Party groups being audited by Lois Lerner of the IRS. Then churches were threatened with losing their tax exemptions.

When this was exposed, NOTHING HAPPENED. In fact, the idea of using government agencies to suppress free speech is now more prevalent than ever. And guess who has been involved all along? Jack Smith.

Church-going abortion protestors singing songs at a clinic were prosecuted, while George Floyd rioters burning and looting........

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