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  • As a practical matter, most or all of these people are wearing body armor. It isn’t full coverage, but it would make shooting them effectively a great deal more difficult. They also operate in large groups, which makes attacking any one of them a lot more dangerous.

    The first civilian to shoot at them will almost certainly be killed within seconds. Anyone nearby is also likely to be hit, either accidentally or intentionally. Uninvolved civilians anywhere nearby are also likely to be hit. The agents are unlikely to care about their backstops or about collateral damage.

    Any attack on possible government agents that is not part of a well-planned group response, using appropriate weapons, is going to result in civilian casualties and is unlikely to have any effect on the agents. That is not to say it couldn’t be done, but a few people responding with concealed carry weapons are not likely to succeed.




  • I attended the rally in Madison today. It was a large and enthusiastic crowd, estimated at over 15,000. There was a lot of anger, but it was all directed toward positive ends. The protest was peaceful and non-destructive.

    I have to give credit to the State Troopers who provided security for the event. They got right everything the police in LA have gotten wrong. Our police were pleasant, helpful, and low-key.

    There was a good lineup of speakers. One of was a reporter and author named John Nichols who has written several books with Bernie Sanders. He arranged for Bernie to speak to the rally by phone.

    I left feeling more positive than I have for quite a while. It’s easy to feel helpless, and the authoritarians are doing their best to promote that feeling. Being part of a huge crowd with a common goal makes fixing this mess seem possible.










  • The Democratic Party desperately needs to be disrupted. Their social agenda is generally decent, but they don’t seem willing to really push for it. Their economic agenda has mutated to where they support the oligarchs over the workers every time. They are still a lot better than the Republicans, when that’s the only choice, but we deserve better choices. And we can have them. Hogg is not only doing the right thing for the general public, he is also doing the right thing for the Democratic Party. And by that I mean the Party, not the people running the Party.