News stories recently have caused average Americans to stop and say, “Wait a minute…” Those stories involve Democrats and their double standards. Here are some of the most recent stories:
- Kash Patel is an alcoholic, but Kamala Harris is not
- The redistricting map in Texas is illegal but Virginia’s is not
- The Southern Poverty Law Center exists to fight racism but does not
- Donald Trump is a felon for an accounting error but Ilhan Omar is not
- Defunding the police to fund social programs will lower crime but does not
Kash Patel and Alcohol
FBI Director Kash Patel came under attack recently for allegedly showing up to work under the influence of alcohol according to an article in the Atlantic magazine. The Atlantic journalist, Sarah Fitzpatrick, who wrote the story on Patel stood by her words. She wrote of his alleged erratic behavior, paranoia, AWOL from work, and excessive drinking. After he threatened to sue her she responded, “I stand by every word of this reporting.”
As a result, he sued The Atlantic for $250 million for defamation. Earlier this week U.S. District Judge George Hanks Jr., an Obama appointee, tossed out his defamation lawsuit. Patel will appeal his lawsuit.
So the obvious question on many people’s minds is how can the Democrats be pursuing Patel for alcoholism on the job when we just had a Democrat vice president who could barely speak coherently most of her time in office? Case in point:
“Kamala Harris slammed for appearing drunk during an unhinged anti-Trump rant” – Sky News Australia
Gerrymandering Redistricting Maps
After years of Democrats gerrymandering redistricting maps to benefit them, not their population, President Donald Trump encouraged Republican states to look at their populations and redistrict their states if it makes sense and will help Republicans gain House seats where appropriate. Texas did so but did it legally and appropriately according to their laws. Those who have visited Texas have seen the building boom going on in that state due to people migrating from failing Democrat states such as California and Illinois. The new governor of Virginia encouraged her legislature to do the same to favor Democrats in the House. However, what Governor Abigail Spanberger did in a ballot referendum this week was struck down by the court almost immediately as unconstitutional.
“Virginia redistricting referendum ruled unconstitutional by circuit court” – Washington Examiner
The Texas redistricting changed very little. There are 38 districts and only 5 flipped which should make it a red state 30/8, in theory. The new Texas map actually makes sense. Texas’ redistricting aligns with the representation with the way Texans vote.
Virginia did the opposite. Virginia just went from 6/5 (Democrat/Republican) fair split, went to 10/1 now. What Virginia did was indefensible. It had nearly a 50/50 vote split and now there will be a 10-1 representation in Congress. It is voter disenfranchisement, not a rebalancing based on actual voters.
Virginia Democrats argue Texas never allowed their voters to vote on their new redistricting. Texas did not have to according to their state laws. Virginia, on the other hand, put it up for a public vote but did so violating their own state laws.
A separate odd issue presented itself in this election. Some 65,000 ballots were added to the count of the election in just 5 minutes time. Coincidentally this is the exact same number of mail-in ballots that were printed for the election! The final vote was very close 1,566,244 (51.4%) FOR and 1,479,455 (48.6%) AGAINST.
They did it again.
— The SCIF (@TheSCIF) April 22, 2026
A rigged election took place last night in Virginia with a MASSIVE mail-in ballot drop!
65,000 mail-in ballots dropped in under 5 mins. STOLEN! pic.twitter.com/sTLs6FMrDI
SPLC Gets Sued for Funding Hate Groups
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is being sued by the Department of Justice (DOJ) for wire fraud and money laundering. They’re accused of secretly funding over $3 million in donations to extremist groups they are supposed to oppose. FBI Director Kash Patel said in a presser, “They’re swearing to donors to dismantle extremist groups while paying the salaries of those groups’ leaders.”
“FBI Dir. Kash Patel: SPLC ‘Actually Pay The Leadership Of These Supposed Violent Extremist Groups’” – Forbes Breaking News
The SPLC gained a reputation for monitoring and dismantling hate groups when it sued the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) groups into bankruptcy. Then it took that reputation and their online “hate map” and weaponized it against conservatives. The SPLC was founded in 1971 as a civil rights law firm seeking damages for KKK victims. It’s expanded its scope over the years to include issues of immigration enforcement and gender ideology.
Donald Trump and Ilan Omar Accounting Errors
Former President Donald Trump got raked over the coals in a kangaroo New York court proceeding where both the Democrat judge (New York State Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan) and the prosecuting attorney (New York Attorney General Letitia James) colluded to defame the former president with the motive of destroying his future ambitions to hold the presidency a second time. The case involved a dispute between James and Trump over the matter of the handling of $120 thousand dollars in his business transactions of millions in real estate transactions.
Contrast Trump with Democrat Minnesota House Representative Ilhan Omar who is under investigation for a financial disclosure form from last year where she stated she was worth $30 million, to this past week when she announced she was worth less than $100 thousand and blamed this discrepancy on “an accounting error”.
“Ilhan Omar EXPLODES at Reporter About Financial Disclosure Discrepancy – ‘You’re Stupid For Asking’” – New York Post
About the only thing most Americans are divided over in the multiple legal issues of Omar is whether she should be deported back to Somalia or given life in prison here. Despite apparent alleged financial fraud misconduct, immigration fraud, and financial filing discrepancies, no formal federal charges have been filed yet.
Defunding the Police for Funding Social Programs
During the “Summer of Love” in 2020 riots spread across the country as a remembrance of the supposed wrongful death of repeat felon George Floyd in Minneapolis. The left called for America’s police force to be defunded in favor of social workers to “deescalate situations”. Most Americans thought, “Wow, that sounds like a really bad idea!” They were right.
“Are Chicago Leaders Funding a Revolving Door for Crime?” – The Free Press
Their campaign to defund the police had nothing to do with lowering crime in the country, it was just a new opportunity to take control of more Federal taxpayer dollars and another effort by socialist Democrats to increase chaos and anarchy in America.
CONCLUSION:
Theoretically, there should be a red wave in November, if the GOP (RNC) does their job and makes Americans aware of Democrats criminality, highlighting Democrats hypocrisy as illustrated in the examples above.
Democrats are known for their fraud and grift of Federal taxpayer dollars through bogus public aid social programs. Elon Musk exposed this through DOGE and and Nick Shirley exposed it through his investigations. Al Capone did not go to prison for murder, bootlegging, prostitution, or racketeering. He went to prison for income tax evasion!
© 2026 by Mark S. Schwendau
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