Month: September 2026

When Iran burned effigies of Baal recently, it was said to have been a symbolic statement about Western corruption and, more specifically, the dark influence of the Epstein network:

During state-organized rallies marking Iran’s 1979 revolution anniversary, demonstrators in several cities burned large statues of a horned, bull-headed figure identified by organizers as “Baal,” an ancient deity referenced in biblical and Islamic tradition.

The burnings, some reported to have taken place at the same time in different cities, were presented by organizers as a symbolic protest linked to renewed online conspiracy theories surrounding the late financier Jeffrey Epstein and alleged child abuse by Western elites.

While the Wikipedia entries for “Baal” are numerous, the entry about its modern application to the Epstein files indicates how flimsy the reference actually is, since most of the BAAL references in the files aren’t actually referring to a deity, but to a bank account:

On January 30, 2026, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) released a portion of the Epstein files that mention the word “Baal”. Some online claims attach the worship of Baal to satanic rituals and the occult, and link it to allegations involving American financer and child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein; however, the released materials provide no clear evidentiary basis for that inference. The appearance is said to be consistent with financial-document field text and, in at least one widely circulated example, appears to be an optical character recognition (OCR) or scanning artifact in which “Bank Name” is misread as “Baal. name”.

Was connecting “Baal” to Jeffrey Epstein a stretch? Or, even worse, was it spreading anti-semitism, like this link suggests?

Instead of stripping the references in the files of its context, I’m going to do the opposite with etymology and the one reference to “Baal” in the Epstein files that is NOT a reference to a bank account.

First, the etymology:

The spelling of the English term “Baal” derives from the Greek Báal (Βάαλ) which appears in the New Testament and Septuagint, and from its Latinized form Baal, which appears in the Vulgate. These forms in turn derive from the vowel-less Northwest Semitic form bʿl (Phoenician and Punic: 𐤁𐤏𐤋). The word’s biblical senses as a Phoenician deity and false gods generally were extended during the Protestant Reformation to denote any idols, icons of the saints, or the Catholic Church generally. In such contexts, it follows the anglicized pronunciation and usually omits any mark between its two As. In close transliteration of the Semitic name, the ayin is represented, as Baʿal.

In the Northwest Semitic languages—Ugaritic, Phoenician, Hebrew, Amorite, and Aramaic—the word baʿal signified “owner” and, by extension, “lord”, a “master”, or “husband”. Cognates include the Akkadian Bēlu (𒂗),[b] Amharic bal (ባል), and Arabic baʿl (بعل). Báʿal (בַּעַל) and baʿl still serve as the words for “husband” in modern Hebrew and Arabic respectively. They also appear in some contexts concerning the ownership of things or possession of traits.

And second, here’s the Epstein file about the Epstein foundation with a reference to an organization that has “Baal” in its name:

The above content shows the impressive influence on American culture from a man with a DEEP appreciation for Jewish philanthropy, like the organization that helps provide FREE housing and medical care, but only for a certain group of people.

And here’s more context on the “Reb Meir Baal Haness charity” and how they help their people:

The concept of Reb Meir Baal Haness dates back to the very first settlers of Eretz Yisroel in the 1500’s. The great mekubalim (kabbalists) of Sephardic Jewry, among them the holy Bais Yosef and the Alshich, ascribed the merit of the holy Tanna, Reb Meir, exclusively to those who support the resettlement of Eretz Yisroel. The Gemara in Avoda Zara relates a fascinating episode, where the great Tanna (sage of the Mishna), Reb Meir, revealed a secret formula for miraculous salvation. As a reward for someone who had done him a personal favor, Reb Meir shared with him that should he ever be faced by any danger he should recite the words “Elaka D’Meir Anaini” – The G-d of Reb Meir please answer me – and he will miraculously be saved. The Gemara goes on to reveal a series of miraculous events invoked by the recital of “Elaka D’Meir Anaini” – hence the name Reb Meir Baal Haness.

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In keeping with its mission, Kollel Shomrei Hachomos, Reb Meir Baal Haness was the first to build large-scale free housing units outside the Old City walls. The famous Batei Ungarin complex, with its hundreds of rent-free apartments, provided the nucleus for the development of today’s bustling Meah She’arim neighborhood.

To conclude today’s post, let me anticipate the claims of anti-semitism that always come when a certain group of people are criticized, since no one plays the victim card as expertly as the tiny hats.

To remind Montanans how terrible they were decades ago, the Washington Post ran an op-ed last December about what happened in Billings in the early 90’s so that Jews in 2025 could recall a simpler time period of purer victimhood status:

To my non-Jewish friends asking what they can do about antisemitism: This Sunday and for the next eight days, light a Hanukkah menorah. It’s a small but powerful way to stand shoulder to shoulder with Jewish communities under attack—and it’s a tactic that’s defeated such hate in America before.

In 1993 Billings, Mont., was rocked by antisemitic attacks from white supremacists seeking to establish an Aryan state. They desecrated the Jewish cemetery and made bomb threats against the synagogue. Then they threw a brick through the bedroom window of a 5-year-old Jewish boy, Isaac Schnitzer, aiming for the menorah on the sill.

The police advised his mother, Tammie, to take down her Hanukkah decorations to avoid drawing attention. That didn’t sit well with Tammie. She expressed her concerns to the Billings Gazette, which printed them. How, Tammie asked, could she explain to a child that today in America Jews must hide their menorahs—especially during a holiday celebrating their freedom to worship?

Well, Tammie, just explain to little Isaac that he’ll only be safe when every enemy of the Jewish faith is slaughtered without mercy in a vast sea of blood because that is what a just God would want for His people.

My Montana/Epstein coverage will continue, and it will continue to be the MOST EXTENSIVE coverage of Montana/Epstein connections out there because I don’t stop at what other news sources tell me, I go to the files themselves to find out what’s REALLY going on with the psychopath class and the playground they call Big Sky Country.

If you appreciate my Epstein coverage, which you can find more of with all the links in this post, then please consider donating to my new GoFundMe page. Any little bit helps as I move closer to my own version of Disclosure Day, so stay tuned.

And, as always, thanks for reading.

Sue Reber Orr is one of the reasons Democrats have ZERO chance of flipping Montana’s Senate seat, so let’s meet Susie (and her eviction lawyer hubby, Tom) to see why, exactly, Montanan Democrats find themselves in such a sorry state of affairs while OTHER states look to build on Donald Trump’s plunging popularity.

One of the things Sue Reber Orr’s political advocacy highlights is that no one hates women more than other women, especially if they are younger and more popular. Just look at the reaction to Sydney Sweeney’s tits and the hilarious condemnation coming from an actress who flashed her pussy to become a movie star:

Speaking with People at Variety’s 2026 Power of Women: Los Angeles event Wednesday, Sharon Stone, 68, critiqued Sweeney, 29, over her viral ad for the platform, suggesting the actress needs to “take responsibility” for her actions after the video sparked backlash from female athletes.

“I think that it’s up to her to take responsibility for her actions, not up to me to judge her for her actions. It is up to me to be a cheerleader for the women who have made it through and become champions in women’s sports,” Stone told the outlet.

If women truly supported other women in the way they like to claim they support other women, then Sue Reber Orr would be voting for Alani Bankhead, since Bankhead is the Democrat candidate for the Senate, and Sue has proudly worked to elect Democrats for over 20 years.

When Sue describes her ass being worked off for Montana Democrats, it’s important to note that not everything Sue does is obviously in support of her once beloved political party. For example, six years ago, while watching a Zoom meeting about homelessness, I caught “Susie’s” support of Susan Hay Patrick, a non-profit leader in Missoula who is NOT supposed to be a political partisan.

Here’s the NBC Montana news article that quoted “Susie” like she was just some normal citizen and NOT a covert political operative:

Missoula leaders and the organizations running the site held a meeting for Missoula residents to voice their opinions.

Some topics brought to their attention were traffic concerns, who is living there, how quickly it happened and what the site will mean for businesses in the area.

“I’m against the project, as a whole, in principle, for a number of reasons. I think it’s just another location to distract law enforcement,” Missoula resident Andy Medford said.

Others thanked the groups for what they are doing.

“I just want to say thank you for all you’re doing. A lot of people think homeless people are homeless because they want to be homeless, and all I can say is walk a mile in someone’s shoes before you think that,” Orchard Homes resident Susie said.

When I found out that “Susie” was a Democrat influencer helping Susan Hay Patrick control the narrative around homelessness, I started realizing what I was up against with my new mission (at the time) to expose the disgusting individuals who used homelessness to advance their political agenda in Missoula, one of whom I can’t publicly name currently or else I will be charged with a crime, like my arrest on June 19th after the Justice Court judge I’ve connected to Epstein signed my arrest warrant:

Don’t worry, Sue, I have ALREADY educated myself about this town, but what I found with my deep research doesn’t cast a very good light on the local power structure, especially when we’re talking about the liberal white women who champion a New York Muslim socialist from Big Sky country (after a trip to San Francisco, of course):

Eating oysters in San Francisco while championing a socialist to be the Mayor of New York? No wonder Democrats in Montana found a use for this woman and her husband, who also likes to publish words in local newspapers while evicting people:

22 owners in The Hollywood Mobile Home Park off of North Russell Street have less than two weeks to respond to a series of court complaints that will end with evictions if not dealt with. KEI Property Management Attorney Thomas Orr says trying to determine just who all the park residents are has been difficult.

“Right now we are attempting to, one: determine the identities of all of our park residents, which is somewhat problematic given the kind of the transient nature of some of our residents. Then two: to address rule violations and failure to make rent payments,” Orr said.

So, for those keeping track, Tom Orr helps MAKE people homeless, then Sue Orr takes those homeless people and uses them to empower her Democrat friends, like Susan Hay Patrick.

See how they keep this scam going with minimal criticism from knowledgeable critics, like me?

Paying lip service to economic issues, like having no where to live because you’re too poor to afford rent, is a rich irony when coming from Boomers who have seen the value of their homes go UP and UP and UP, like the publicly available information shows Sue Orr has enjoyed with her home residence, now valued at 3/4 of a million dollars (I omitted the address to avoid triggering the victim gene):

Not everyone will suffer under a Mandani-loving Boomer white women regime, though. Some ladies, you see, will find “a real path forward” on…

Testosterone?

While Sue Reber Orr is a near-perfect caricature of the Karen/Boomer “left”, she’s at least smart enough to know Montanans are FIERCELY nativist, meaning I would never dream of claiming MYSELF as one of them, having been born in Spokane, then spending only 26 uninterrupted years in Missoula. Because of this dynamic, Sue knows the Bankhead candidacy is a recipe for disaster on JUST THOSE TERMS, but, like Frankenstein, Alani Bankhead is the monster its creators couldn’t control, which is a fate the Sue Orrs of the party richly deserve.

Enjoy the political loss, ladies, no one deserves it more than you!

Thanks for reading!

Missoula is supposedly a liberal college town with progressive values, but is it really?

Because, if Missoula IS a liberal college town with progressive values, how can the city’s prosecution team justify engaging in malicious prosecution against an anti-war whistleblower for the crime of KNOWINGLY making LOUD and UNUSUAL noises?

In a soon-to-be-held jury trial here in Missoula, drone whistleblower, Brandon Bryant, will be facing prosecution for “disturbing the peace”, a criminal charge defined in the preliminary jury conference hearing as “knowingly making loud, unusual noises“.

To better understand why I think this criminal case is an example of malicious prosecution, lets look at a definition of malicious prosecution from a law firm’s website:

When someone is unjustly the target of criminal or civil procedures without probable cause, and when the real motivation behind the case is not justice but rather personal animosity, harassment, or retaliation, this is known as malicious prosecution.

For instance, you might have been the victim of malicious prosecution if you were detained or brought before the court without sufficient evidence and it later transpired that the allegations were unfounded and brought out of animosity or bias.

In addition to wasting time and money, this type of legal abuse can harm a person’s independence, profession, reputation, and mental health. Indeed, you have the right to pursue justice if this has happened to you.

Six years ago, amidst tensions surrounding the use of Tax Increment Financing, which led to the documentary, Engen’s Missoula, Brandon Bryant faced felony charges after someone else edited his videos and emailed City Council members the content.

For those who don’t recall this effort to prosecute Brandon Bryant, which included Judge Vannatta REFUSING to lower his bond, here’s KPAX’s initial reporting:

The man that was banned from Missoula City Council meetings for making threats has been formally charged.

Brandon Bryant of Missoula appeared in court on Thursday, after making a threatening YouTube video about city council members.

Bryant is accused of threatening mass murder-those threats apparently directed at Missoula City Council members. He is charged with one felony count of threats/improper influence in official and political matters.

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Bryant is banned from contacting any city council member, or entering city property. As of Thursday afternoon he is still in jail on $100,000 bond.

Judge Shane Vannatta refused to lower the bond amount because he said the court is disturbed by the nature of the allegations.

Brandon Bryant was ultimately acquitted of the felony criminal charge that Missoula authorities spent thousands and thousands of dollars to prosecute, but this town wasn’t done with him yet. Here are several posts I’ve written over the past year which document the latest campaign to extinguish this unwanted subversive from our local landscape:

“A Preemptive Local Threat Assessment” (August 25th, 2025)

“How Does This Protect And Serve The Missoula Community, PD?” (August 29th, 2025)

“A Challenge To Local Media: Cover The Brandon Bryant Case!” (October 28th, 2025)

“Weaponized Protection Orders, Non-Compliant Sex Offenders, And The Case Of Brandon Wayne Bryant” (February 14th, 2026)

That last post about a weaponized restraining order is the context local prosecutors do NOT want introduced into Bryant’s trial for “disturbing the peace” because the violation of the order of protection charge got dropped after the protection order itself was, from my understanding, similarly dropped.

That means the entire setup for Bryant’s police interaction that day, outside, where the anti-war protestors do their thing on Fridays near Higgins bridge (sorry progressives, I’m not playing the rename game) has been excised like a tumor so that ONLY Brandon Bryant’s reaction at being legally harassed remains under the legal microscope.

Is this what Missoula taxpayers want done with their peace and justice dollars?

We’ll return to destroying subversives in a moment, but, before we do, the clown is my pivot to bring in the “Covid conscious” lesbian bar called “The Last Ditch” into this discussion, since it highlights why all the mutated forms of “leftist” ideology have essentially become an insane circular firing squad of vicious attacks capable of utterly destroying a local business after a modest attempt by this financially struggling business at going “mask optional” one day of the week.

And the clown connection?

Apparently, one of the three lesbians saw the writing on the woke wall, so to speak, and literally entered a clown school to flee this hellscape of leftist annihilation before it went nuclear during a Zoom meeting that has now, quickly, become an almost archetypal example of how truly insane this behavior appears to the casual observer.

Going straight (pun intended) to the poor woman left holding the debt, even her emotional appeal during the Zoom meeting didn’t satiate these hive-minded monsters of destruction, as reported by the New York Post:

When it came time to hear from Last Ditch’s last remaining owner — the other two quit months ago — she broke down in tears saying she’d just been trying to help her friends with their business before ending up in charge.

“It was not my passion project,” Jackie Matellian cried through her mask, explaining she’d been left responsible for the $50,000 business loan taken out with her friends and that she’d been living in a car for six months to stay ahead of bar payments.

Matellian also claimed she’d been working four jobs to keep up with the payments.

“I never really wanted this,” she said. “I don’t think I’m doing a very good job.”

Her critics weren’t impressed.

“You chose to use your time to spill tears and center your feelings,” one person responded. “This is incredibly racist and deflecting behavior.”

It’s at this point we should realize that Jackie Matellian wasn’t facing a “reasonable” audience of critics, she was facing a bloodthirsty mob of dangerous zealots who had already condoned threats of fire-bombing her business, and these threats were issued without fear of consequence because this entire class of victims has been told their victim status totally absolves them of accountability for anything they do.

I put the word “reasonable” in scare quotes, though, because CIVIL legal claims, like protection orders in Montana, hinge on what a “reasonable” person would perceive. Here’s the actual language of the statute from Montana Code Annotated:

The intent of protection orders, as the name suggests, is to PROTECT the petitioner, not PUNISH the defendant, but enough people are using protection order to punish people that a Virginia law firm outlined why this is NOT the intent of the process:

In some cases, individuals falsely claim to be victims to gain an advantage in a dispute, using the protective order process as a means of punishment. The legal system, however, is not designed to resolve minor relationship or familial disputes rooted in personal grudges.

Weaponizing a protective order not only limits a person’s freedom of movement and ability to live freely but also has lasting effects on their reputation and relationships. The misuse of these orders can have long-term impacts, and it’s essential to address them with the seriousness they deserve.

When protective orders are weaponized in this way, they distort the purpose of the legal system and consume valuable legal resources.

For additional inquiries on this process, and how it might be abused, here’s a post on Reddit asking what would happen if someone did essentially what Brandon Bryant’s former roommate has done to him, with assistance from local authorities:

And here are some replies. Notice how the person being harassed by the weaponized protection order is expected to change their routines and take on the expense of hiring a lawyer to combat someone inclined to show up where they know the defendant is going to be:

One final online source on this topic continues asking the important questions about this process, and identifies those who are most likely to abuse the process–WOMEN!

Orders of protection are crucial legal instruments designed to protect individuals from harassment, abuse, and threats. However, there have been numerous cases where these orders are weaponized, particularly in contentious personal relationships. Some individuals, particularly women in this context, obtain these orders under false pretenses to gain leverage in disputes, causing undue harm to the accused.

One troubling aspect of this misuse is when the alleged victims, who sought protection, initiate contact with the person from whom they are supposedly seeking protection. This behavior not only undermines the integrity of the legal system but also causes significant emotional and legal distress to the accused party.

I propose the enactment of a new law that holds alleged victims accountable if they initiate contact with the person against whom they have an active order of protection. The key provisions of this law would include:

Clear Definition and Evidence: Establishing clear guidelines on what constitutes initiation of contact, including electronic communications, phone calls, and in-person meetings. Evidence of such contact must be thoroughly documented.

Lying about me and making my life as unlivable as possible is one thing, but when I see the name of my petitioner appear in print, in the Missoulian, to preach compassion about “urban camping”, where drug abuse and sexual abuse is happening with ALARMING frequency, I know how important it is that I continue to fight back against the kind of people who say shit like this in public while lying to the courts to destroy a REAL truth teller:

As the former Homeless Outreach Coordinator of the Poverello Center, I once relied on supposedly “empathic” people to do what I thought was an important community service, but now I see this “empathy” for what it is: a toxic method of attaining cultural power and, like all power, it corrupts the people who wield it.

If this town chooses to keep ignoring what’s happening with weaponized protection orders, and all the time and money being wasted to punish and destroy undesirables, then REAL threats to community safety, like cop-protected drug dealers killing people with dangerous substances, will continue to proliferate.

If that’s what this community wants, then just sit back, do nothing, and let the people who mistakingly stood up for what they believed in get destroyed so that you liberal cowards can pretend this type of legal destruction will never come for you.

Thanks for reading.

The fourth chapter of Earth Horse Beats Fire Horse Dead, Dead, Dead, titled “Wood Goat Moat“, is up at my Substack, so check it out.

Yesterday I mentioned my research into David Lynch’s dark, inverted world to some Christian men because I found a curious passage in Lynch’s book about creativity.

Here’s the passage:

What Biblical sentence so inspired David Lynch that his own creative work was suddenly seen by its creator as “a whole”?

While Lynch stayed mum about the specifics, a sentiment expressed in Romans (3:5-8) got my attention a few weeks ago in relation to this excerpt from the Missoula-born Hollywood director:

This sentiment expressed by historic Jews is a sentiment that I think persists in the modern era because we can’t accurately discuss the world’s Tiny Hat problem.

And why can’t we do that?

When I re-watched Donnie Darko for the hundredth time, on my birthday, I didn’t expect to see traces of Epstein because Donnie Darko came out 25 years ago next month.

Sure, I’ve connected weird things in Missoula to Epstein, like the set-designer for the Ellen Degeneres Show who lives up Pattee Canyon, and I’ve tracked movie references to this humble little mountain town, like Jake Gyllenhaal’s Roadhouse reprisal of Patrick Swayze’s Dalton as a MMA fighter from Missoula, but that still didn’t prepare me to see the temple pattern on the couch where Donnie gets his “therapy” sessions.

If it was just this visual echo, I might dismiss it, but the background symbols in this scene also include a panda and a map that looks suspiciously like the Gulf of Mexico (sorry, conservatives, I’m not playing the rename game):

If you don’t see how this symbolism adds up, let me offer this disturbing explanation of the term “racoon eyes” for more context on what the Panda might mean:

Moving on from this disturbing implication, there’s a final connection I’m going to make between two geographic locations associated with David Lynch–Missoula and Philadelphia–that I think is relevant to the larger forces of narrative control at work that I’m tracking on multiple levels, and that’s the two most important Jews most people have never heard of: Ira Einhorn and Leslie Fiedler.

Ira Einhorn called himself “The Unicorn” before murdering his girlfriend, hiding her body in a trunk in his closet, then fleeing when the private investigators zeroed in on him. Without getting too much into the rich history of this odd cultural figure, I’ll just throw out some of the people he associated with and was inspired by: Uri Gellar, Andrija Puharich, Barbara Bronfman, and Nikola Tesla.

Leslie Fiedler, who spent many years as a professor in Missoula, had a cultural perch where he was promoted at a MUCH HIGHER level, according to the context from this fascinating piece of cultural analysis I found this morning:

During the “new” permissiveness of the era, did Leslie Fiedler enable his young son, Michael, to experiment with LSD at the age of 9? And did he enable the poet, Allen Ginsberg, to molest him? I hope the answer to both questions is NO, but I have good reason to suspect otherwise (I’m covering this more in depth at Substack and in my unpublished manuscript).

I think I’ll stop here before I get put on a Catalyst Montana hate list or something.

Thanks for reading!

Missoula County’s “Justice Department” is angling to create a “Family Justice Center” because they know “families” have a hard time navigating the “justice system”. For more on this effort to help “families”, here’s KPAX explaining how Missoula County wants to give them even more support than they’re already getting from Crime Victim Advocates:

For those who go through the justice system, the process is long and arduous.

Missoula County’s Justice Department is well aware of this and they’re currently looking to establish a Family Justice Center to provide a better experience for those in difficult positions.

“What we’ve seen throughout the state this year has been heartbreaking. And if we can create a center, that’s gonna save people’s lives. I don’t know why we wouldn’t do it,” said Erin Shreder, crime victim advocate for Missoula County’s Justice Department.

As a Crime Victim Advocate, Erin Shreder’s job is dependent on helping victims of alleged crimes by taking their unvetted claims and transforming those claims into legal actions, like civil restraining orders. But this process is hard for “victims”, so that’s why Missoula County wants to spend MORE money.

Because WHY NOT?

Shreder says the current system often presents significant barriers for families who have to navigate multiple locations, court dates, and different judges along with childcare.

“The more times they have to travel between the agencies, they drop out and they don’t get the resources they need,” said Shreder.

Shreder also says that a Family Justice Center would reduce barriers, providing families and individuals a one-stop shop for all things related to their proceedings.

“If someone has been a victim of a crime, they can go there to speak with a detective or a prosecutor. They can get help for orders of protection. The dream-big version would have medical therapy, job training, resources, a diaper bank. Really, anyone who needs any resources in the criminal justice system, they go there, and they get it all,” said Shreder.

This is just the start of the Family Justice Center.

Wow! The Family Justice Center will have detectives, prosecutors, AND diapers? Amazing. I’m so glad bureaucrats like Erin Shreder are advocating for such an incredible use of tax money for all those victims out there with kids who will probably be murdered by their evil partners (men?) if we don’t come up with more money to help them get orders of protection.

Coming up with money is why “Compliance” called my family this week, since I’m one of those evil men that a Family Justice Center will be helping “victims” put in their place so that we don’t do more terrible things, like attending a trial of another terrible man who this town is trying to destroy.

Here’s my email exchange with “Pre-Trial Supervision”, which is different from “Compliance”–a convenient setup for diluting grievances of abuse:

The friend I’m being told I can’t support in person is Brandon Bryant, the drone whistleblower going through similar lawfare after those Crime Victim Advocates helped a registered sex offender get a temporary order of protection that he immediately used to harass Bryant, leading to criminal charges.

After city prosecutors dropped the main charge against Bryant, which was the alleged violation of the protection order, they kept a criminal charge of “disturbing the peace” against him because that’s how our city and county prosecutors play the lawfare game, defined by Wikipedia as this:

Lawfare is the use of legal systems and institutions to affect foreign or domestic affairs, as a more peaceful and rational alternative, or as a less benign adjunct, to warfare.

Detractors have alternately begun to define the term as, “An attempt to damage or delegitimize an opponent, or to deter an individual’s usage of their legal rights”. The term may refer to the use of legal systems and principles against an enemy, such as by damaging or delegitimizing them, wasting their time, energy, and money (e.g., by bringing strategic lawsuits against public participation, or SLAPP), or winning a public relations victory. Alternatively, it may describe a tactic used by repressive regimes to label and discourage civil society or individuals from claiming their legal rights via national or international legal systems. This is especially common in situations when individuals and civil society use nonviolent methods to highlight or oppose discrimination, persecution, corruption, lack of democracy, limitations of freedom of speech, violations of human rights, and violations of international humanitarian law.

Brandon Bryant and I both made the mistake of giving a shit about the wrong kind of injustices and now we are paying a HEAVY price. The “Family Justice Center” being proposed will be just another layer of support for the victim class and the full deck of victim cards they get to play with ZERO accountability when those “victims” make false reports, something that can happen with frightening regularity when you become a target for elimination from society.

Before I risk my conditional release from jail to attend a criminal trial, let’s remind ourselves what the supposed intent of “pre-release” is for, according to some general principles as laid out by the American Bar Association:

The purposes of the pretrial release decision include providing due process to those accused of crime, maintaining the integrity of the judicial process by securing defendants for trial, and protecting victims, witnesses and the community from threat, danger or interference. The judge or judicial officer decides whether to release a defendant on personal recognizance or unsecured appearance bond, release a defendant on a condition or combination of conditions, temporarily detain a defendant, or detain a defendant according to procedures outlined in these Standards. The law favors the release of defendants pending adjudication of charges. Deprivation of liberty pending trial is harsh and oppressive, subjects defendants to economic and psychological hardship, interferes with their ability to defend themselves, and, in many instances, deprives their families of support. These Standards limit the circumstances under which pretrial detention may be authorized and provide procedural safeguards to govern pretrial detention proceedings.

Do I have a history of not showing up for court hearings? No. Do I have a history of violence? No. Yet, despite the conventional rationale for subjecting people to pre-trial supervision NOT actually existing in my case, here I am.

The recommendations laid out by the ABA further describe how the “least restrictive conditions” should be considered if pre-trial monitoring is deemed warranted:

In deciding pretrial release, the judicial officer should assign the least restrictive condition(s) of release that will reasonably ensure a defendant’s attendance at court proceedings and protect the community, victims, witnesses or any other person. Such conditions may include participation in drug treatment, diversion programs or other pre-adjudication alternatives. The court should have a wide array of programs or options available to promote pretrial release on conditions that ensure appearance and protect the safety of the community, victims and witnesses pending trial and should have the capacity to develop release options appropriate to the risks and special needs posed by defendants, if released to the community. When no conditions of release are sufficient to accomplish the aims of pretrial release, defendants may be detained through specific procedures.

In addition to ALWAYS showing up to my scheduled court appearances and NEVER being charged with anything to do with acts of violence, I’m also NOT an addict in need of treatment, having ended my toxic relationship with box wine on July 5th, 2020.

Do I have Cannabis dependency issues? Yeah, I smoke a lot of weed. Do I make unwise financial decisions? Yeah, I regularly spend my gift card money on $10 dollar pints of Gooey Butter Cake ice cream. I also used to regularly attend City Council meetings and County Commissioner meetings in person until I was told that kind of conduct, at least in person, was no longer an option for me.

To conclude this post, The Bail Project has this to say about the kind of electronic monitoring I’ve been dealing with since June 22nd, when I was released from jail:

If my effort to support a fellow target of lawfare results in my return to jail, readers will know from the lack of writing that will appear on these virtual pages. Undoubtedly this will add to my mounting legal bills, which I have no money to pay for, so help a citizen journalist out and consider donating to my GoFundMe page. Any little bit helps.

Thanks for reading!