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Can Flip Philly Red succeed?

By Bob Small

During my time living and working in South Philadelphia, circa 1978-88, Republicans were as common as unicorns, and not as successful. So, when we first heard of a group called Flip Philly Red at the 2025 Bill of Rights Banquet, we put it on a list to look at later.

It turns out that Republicans are alive and well in Philadelphia. B

John McCauley, an Afro-Philadelphian representing FPR rose to confront the predominantly Democratic City Council of Philadelphia when it was considering a resolution in October urging both Pennsylvania senators to oppose ICE funding.

Eventually, his microphone was turned off which happens when one side doesn’t want to hear the other side. If they start to have Candidates (see below), then the Dems will have to listen.

Flip Philly Red was listed at a Philadelphia-based Keystone Town Hall and more appearances are expected.

This article describes McCauley as a “Trump-loving, America-first, registered Republican” speaking at City Hall as Philadelphia’s “intellectual mausoleum”.

Other major cities, like LA and NYC, are also building these movements, but Swarthmore, for instance, is not yet in any danger of being “flipped”, but grassroots agitators are working towards those goals.

See also:

Black Republican revolution brewing in Philadelphia?

Chicago Flips Red

Our Candidates – Chicago Flips Red

The Need For Gadflies

By Bob Small

Recently, we’ve received a number of “mailers”, some of them up to 10 pages, on political issues. Since the Greens and the socialista have removed us from their mailings, we can only attribute these to sources on the other side of the shoutings. These particular three mailings are not available online, even my AI sources couldn’t locate any of them, so we’ll quote some selected passages.

The President of America’s Survival talks of the “trial of the century” and that Barack Hussein Obama was actually a “mole” groomed by a Frank Marshall Davis, a noted African American Poet who lived for a while in Hawaii. Cliff Kincaid also explores this obsession with books entitled Comrade Obama Unmasked: Marxist Mole in the White , Permanent Revolution aka The Secret Life and Legacy of Barack Hussein Obama by Kincaid …, and Red Star Rising: The Making of Barack Hussein Obama and … These books are available online.

We’d love to hear from anyone who’s read one or more of them. Based on the mailer, we remain unconvinced, though don’t think Obama should be the fifth on Mount Rushmore.

On the other hand, isn’t Broadway — 44 The Obama Musical — part of the Islamist/Socialist agenda?

Besides America’s Survival, Kincaid has served as a representative for Accuracy In Media, not the American Indian Movement. He is also on the Board of Stop Islamization of America, among other groups.

There are others talking about the Stonewall Riots monument that President Trump may revoke national monument status for .

Besides Kincaid, who want to remove the national monument status for the “Stonewall Riots” monument. We can only say this was a historic fact and the question becomes what do we remember and what do we ignore. The first Gay rights march may have been the 1965 Philly march.

No, I was not one of the marchers.

Kincaid also believes Gen. Mark Milley betrayed America in the same way as Benedict Arnold by meeting with General Zi Zuocheng, his Chinese Counterpart. Peril,’ by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa, reports this incident. This third mailer , “How Benedict Arnold and Mark Milley betrayed America”, certainly has some meat on its bones.

My conclusion is that we need these professional “gadflies”, but we need to review each and every claim they make and judge them on their merits.

Can Pennsylvania become a free state?

By Bob Small

In December we joined the Pennsylvania Pioneers after seeing them online. They use the quote “all power is inherent in the people”, going on to say “if we claim it and work at it!” They describe their mission as “ To revive the fundamental freedoms and principles our founders enshrined in the Declaration of Independence by empowering all counties and states to become de jure, self-governing entities. “

Copilot describes Pennsylvania Pioneers as “a sovereignty-focused political group,” and lists a number of goals, being one of many anti-administrative-state movements.

Among the 11 listed counties are Bucks, Chester, and Montgomery. One needs to be aware that this is not to be confused with  pennsylvania free state and the  Gradual Abolition Act.

Pennsylvania being the first state (1780) to partially abolish slavery!

In their March Newsletter About Us | Pennsylvania Free St they spoke about their work against Data Collection Centers in Pennsylvania, specifically attending en masse at a Lancaster County Commissioners meeting. They also listed the Pennsylvania Pioneers Assembly Training Calls, Chester County information meeting Q and A, their Sunday Book Study, and more, including Potlucks.

We should mention that, unlike many other Independent Organizing groups, the majority of organizers listed are female. We wonder if anyone else has met with this group.

Swarthmore Won’t Say Why Manager, Library Workers Are Gone

By Bob Small

The sleepy borough of Swarthmore made the internet pages of The Inquirer and MSN with the firing of borough manager Sean Halbom after just six months.

He was placed on administrative leave, Feb. 17.

Meanwhile, and probably unrelated, Scott Schumacher left his decades-long stint as Swarthmore Public Library children’s librarian.

And also terminated in February was long-term Swarthmore Library associate, Marnie Berkowitz.

No reasons were given for any of the actions.

Regarding Halbom, we reported on a possible violation of “the sunshine act.”

This is likely not intentional but it was the only miscue we know about regarding the position.

“Swarthmore Borough Council has had four managers in four years,” said Rob Jordan who chairs the Swarthmore Republican Committee. “It’s a crisis of leadership and a lack of competence in our council. They need to focus on things that truly matter to borough residents instead of distractions like gas-powered leaf blowers and forced composting.”

David Unkovic has been appointed interim borough manager.

Sudden staff shifts shake Swarthmore – The Swarthmorean (2026-

Resolution No. 19-2025 – swarthmorepa.org

Controversies At the 2026 Winter Olympics

By Bob Small

The 2026 Winter Olympics have been at the center of more contentious issues than the usual Figure Skating judging controversy.

Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskeyvech had a “helmet of remembrance” depicting athletes killed since Russia invaded his home country.” His accreditation was removed shortly before he was due to compete. His response was  “This is the price of our dignity.”

The IOC (International OlympicCommittee) rule 50 from 1975 says, in part that prohibited protests include  “gestures of a political nature, like a hand gesture or kneeling”. Heraskeyvich cited previous protests by Israeli skeleton racer Jared Firestone and US skater Maxim Naumov who did similar actions without repercussions. Ukrainian luger Olena Smaha had these words on her glove “Remembrance is not a violation”.

Meanwhile, the IOC chose to remember a very dark part of their past. The Berlin Games of 1936 are remembered for many events. On the American side, two racers who ran and won gold medals were Afro Americans Jessie Owens and Ralph Metcalfe. Meanwhile Jewish racers Marty Glickman and Sam Stoller were replaced by the US and did not compete. Of course, there would not be another Olympics until the Olympics resumed in 1948. In 1998, almost 60 years after these games, the Olympics acknowledged that both these men were victims of antisemitism. Since the Olympics saw fit to issue a 1936 T-shirt, could they not have also seen fit to honor all four of the above athletes on these T-shirts? Just asking.

Shakhtar Dometsk Soccer Club donated the value of a gold medal to Heraskeyvech’s foundation as a show of support.

Wait, there’s more. Russian athletes were awarded six slots to compete under their own flag, along with four Belarusian athletes. This led to an Ukrainian boycott Paralympics after Russian . “The European commissioner for intergenerational fairness, youth, culture and sport, Glenn Micallef, “ also joined in the boycott.

There was also the usual figure skating judging controversy, but that is one of the lesser headlines on this year’s festivities.

See also.

OC Faces Criticism Over 1936 Berlin Games T-Shirt After …

Are People Leaving MAGA?

By Bob Small

If Breitbart says it is so, it must be a movement worth consideration and billboards have spouted in Pennsylvania urging the citizens to leave MAGA.

They can be seen in Hanover, Mechanicsburg, and York, with more to follow, possibly in Delco hotspots. such as Aston or Springfield.

Rich Logis, the founder of “Leaving MAGA” said is group will “provide an “exit ramp” for those in the MAGA community, offering them a “safe landing in a new community.” This almost sounds as though they’re ex-prisoners re-entering society.

Charlie Gerow, a GOP strategist, responded to the billboards by saying, “the good news is it simply isn’t working because Trump voters have swelled Republican ranks in recent days.”

For a personal statement from a Pennsylvanian Leaving MAGA – Leaving MAGA see the “Meet the people leaving MAGA” section of their website. Patty Ann Giles, from Pittsburgh, said she went through a period of Reaganism, seeing the Democratic Party as “amoral, too secular”, and she wanted that old-time religion. This nine-page reminisce traces her recovery from MAGA, which she left in 2021. The whole remembrance is worth the reading to understand someone who feels they need to be “deprogrammed” from the whole MAGA world.

Next, we come to a section titled “Solutions and Serenity: A Support Group for those affected by a loved one’s MAGA Affiliation, though the word affliction seemed to be waiting to be said. I’m surprised it isn’t MAGA Anonymous. Among what is taught is “how to disengage from outrage cycles without surrendering values”, among other activities. Nonviolence is also stressed as a necessity, possibly because we are, after all, dealing with MAGA and we know how they are.

The online facilitator for the above is Julianna Forlano, currently with WBAI Radio 99.5FM NYC, which is a member of Pacifica radio. You couldn’t get any lefter.

A GOP program similar WalkAway Campaign was censored by Facebook. Walk Away Campaign Was Censored By Facebook, Never Forget

Within the GOP, Marjorie Taylor Greene seems to be one of a growing number leaving MAGA, but that’s a whole other discussion

See also Why Is Leaving MAGA So Difficult?

What is happening to our weather?

By Bob Small

What is happening to our weather? Is it global warming, which many believe? Is Thor angry, as the Vikings believed? Or is it something else we really don’t want to know about?

Could it possibly be the theory by one Dane Wigington that traces the root cause to government interference in our weather. See their global alert news for full details and accusations. This is another resource discovered under the aegis of the Bill of Rights Banquet.

Science Daily on the other hand, feels that the science supports climate change. They issue their articles a few times per month. They were discussing microplastics in January, for instance, which is a reality, though whether microplastics is the only culprit is up for discussion.

For a rather lengthy discussion of Dane Wigington and geoengineering, see Factually and search

“Who is Dane Wigington and his background in geoengineering advocacy?”. They do mention that “Wingington was once a skeptic who changed his views after independent investigation”. A Documentary is discussed below.

Further on, one Tucker Carlson enters into the conversation. This article enters into the belief system of “conspiracy theories” without acknowledging that, if you grew up in “assassination times” such as the 1960’s for instance, you might truly believe that there were conspiracies, albeit unproveable. Many of us have grown up in what may justly be called “conspiracy times”, with less, currently, in the way of outright assassinations.

Dane Wigington created the full length Climate Engineering Documentary The Dimming, Full Length Climate Engineering . which can be viewed on You Tube

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Who is This Tina Peters?

By Bob Small

Tina Peters has become the most famous graduate of the (non-credited) Clayton College of Natural Health. The former Mesa County, CO County Clerk (2029-23) was convicted in August 2024 of seven charges, four of them felonies. She was sentenced to nine years in prison for her role in what was ruled election fraud.

Her case has become a cause celeb. I came across her name in the resource section of the 2025 Bill of Rights Banquet program”

Tina Peters says she’s a political prisoner and that “Her imprisonment is not just about her—it’s an attack on anyone daring to question the status quo.”

She refers us to American Rights Alliance | Defending the Free Speech.

There’s a number of issues brought up in the media. The most important may be what the State of Colorado redacted from one of her letters from federal Prison.

Keep in mind that Tina Peters was convicted in a state court. Therefore, a pardon from President Donald Trump would not apply. However, Colorado Governor Jared Polis, while not discussing the correctness of her conviction, mentioned he was considering clemency due to age and the harshness of her punishment. Many states are trying to release older non-violent prisoners, worrying about medical costs, etc,. She has a parole hearing in September 2028.

The Colorado Attorney General said “The court’s decision was based on its determination that Ms. Peters used her position as an elected official to promote the allegations and fuel controversy about the reliability of elections” and opposes any clemency.

There’s the added question of whether Tina Peters was the perpetrator or the victim in a recent “prison incident”. Read the article and judge for yourself.

See also Colorado AG accuses Trump of ‘revenge campaign’ for …

Will Larry Krasner FAFO?

By Bob Small

Larry Krasner, the pugnacious Philadelphia DA, created FAFO (Fight against Federal Overreach), which also aligns with the acronym F____ Aound and Find Out.

One viewpoint comes from Ramin Fatehi, a Commonwealth Attorney from Norfolk, VA said “I’d rather that they know that they’re coming at a hard target than a soft one.”

Besides our Larry, who dubbed ICE agents “wannabe Nazis”, others in this coalition are Mary Moriarity, Hennepin County Attorney (Minneapolis), along with an Attorney from Arizona, two DA’s from Texas, and four Attorneys from Virginia. This was as of January 28^th. Krasner also said he was sure that “the president is without the power to pardon people who are convicted in state court.”

Mary Moriarity also said “The rule of law depends on accountability”. She added . “When people believe that law enforcement faces no consequences, trust in the justice system erodes.”

Krasner went further by saying “It used to be, you could rely on the federal government to rein in rogue sheriffs who are killing people on the side of the road, but now the federal government are the rogue sheriffs.”

By now, some may be ready to toss tea into Boston Harbor if they believe Krasner’s heated rhetoric.

But where do the Feds get their powers? These enumerated powers “which include the authority to coin money, establish post offices, declare war, and raise and support armies. “ Federalism gets quoted here, and we’ll return to that at the end of this article.

Pennsylvania Gov Josh Shapiro completely disagrees..

In a Fox News Interview, he was quoted as saying “That kind of rhetoric is unacceptable, it is abhorrent, and it is wrong — period, hard stop, end of sentence.”

Lastly, Michael Boldin, is a Tenth Amendment specialist, / is the founder of the Tenth Amendment Center. See what he says in my article and on his website and see if you agree or disagree.

See also DEFIANCE.org | Defy Trump, Together