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I understand the President is often inartful in his speech but nothing says, “stand aside, peasants” like a wealthy, powerful man saying, “I don’t care.”

There was maybe a better way to state that.

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Thomas Massie

“how long have you been considering making this public?”

“Oh too long”.

Yeah, that’s not an answer.

But let’s recap:

Even if true, Thomas Massie had relations with a consenting adult in the wake of the death of his wife.

Not a story.

That said, I don’t believe anything about this story.

It’s the Brett Kavanaugh nonsense.

The Clarence Thomas nonsense.

The E Jean Carroll nonsense.

This woman looks unstable. Her demeanor looks unstable and deceitful.

Her answers are vague.

She waited “too long” and then decides to come forward a week before the primary with irrelevant accusations, even if true.

It’s the same play over and over again.

Everyone should understand that, even if you hate Massie.

Though if you hate Massie, you are the target audience, and they are playing on your ignorance, bias, and stupidity to fall for the same old trick.

I’d like to see that NDA.

The timeline to sign it just came up a week before the primary, even though the alleged relations happened in 2024?

Maybe we ...

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Ginger caught the only fish!

We went to Loxahatchee yesterday and @Ginger_Ninja caught the only fish.

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Sneak peek

All roads in Canada lead to censorship

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February 17, 2024
Appearance on Richard Syrette

I did a quick hit on Richard Syrette yesterday. Gotta keep Canadians apprised of the U.S. madness.

Appearance on Richard Syrette
The Barnes Brief, Podcast Format: Monday, July 17, 2023

Closing Argument: Birthright citizenship is deeply American, and wholly Constitutional.

The Barnes Brief, Podcast Format: Monday, July 17, 2023
Declaration of Independence

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Declaration of Independence
Questions for Bourbon with Barnes: Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Ask in replies and answering Live at 9ish eastern tonight.

LIVE w/ Daniel Davis

 

OMG! I can’t stop laughing! My timeline is Comedy Gold thanks to the FARCE happening in the UK and their Labour Party! 👇🏻so far these are my favorites
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The Daily Briefer Barnes Brief: Tuesday, May 12, 2026
  • Art of the Day 
Jazz. Soulful, spiritual, and celebratory at the same time as the musucial, mastroes of innovation and improvisation take us some place deep, real, and hopeful at the same time. Freedom distilled in a trumpet’s note, a pianist's key, a bassist’s chord, uncovered in the mind, expressesd through the soul, manifested into sound. A most American creation. 
 
  • Board Post of Note
 
  • Appearances
 
LIVE w/ Baris 
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LIVE w/ Daniel Davis 
 
  • Cultural Recommendation
A fun show with lessons for today.   https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12637874/
 
  • Economics
Currency future?
 
  • Politics
 
  • Law
Stack the court? Virginia as forewarning
 
  • World

 

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The Weekend Barnes Brief: Friday, May 8, 2026
 
I. THE INTRODUCTION
 
A. Art of the Week
  • Venezia. The Atlantis-like ancient city with its bridges over canals, long boats mastered by the gondolier, the city whose balls made masquarade masks famous, where artisans of show-making spend a whole day to make a single show of artistic wonderment, a hidden restaurant in a corner alley uncovers the best Italian cuisine, and the city whispers of its centuries of stories from its cathedrals and water-hugging mansions of Casanova’s fame. 
 
B. Wisdom of the Week
  • You’re never out of the race. 
 
C. Cultural Recommendation of the Week
 
D. Appearances
 
 
 
II. THE EVIDENCE
 
A. Barnes Library: Weekly Curated Articles
 
 
B. Homework: Sunday Show Cases
  1. Malpractice. https://www.foxnews.com/us/iowa-woman-died-hernia-repair-nurses-dismissed-painful-post-surgery-symptoms-lawsuit
  2. Gates fake meat goes to court. https://texasagriculture.gov/News-Events/Article/10760/Opinion-Fake-Meat-Real-Trouble-Texas-Won-t-Bow-to-Billionaires-or-Bureaucrats
  3. DOJ sues Commierado for 2A.https://www.justice.gov/crt/media/1439591/dl
  4. DOJ promises action against Big Ag. https://www.fooddive.com/news/beef-prices-trump-antitrust-doj-investigation/819331/
  5. Democrat raided. https://courthousenews.com/fbi-raids-democratic-virginia-state-senators-office/
  6. Insider trading indictment. https://www.justice.gov/d9/2026-05/usa_v._fejal_et_al_-_indictment.pdf
  7. Insider trading investigation https://seekingalpha.com/news/4588393-doj-probes-26b-in-war-linked-oil-trades---report
  8. Pay for play investigations https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-pardon-recipients-democrats-congressional-investigation-pay-to-play/
  9. EU: must allow welfare for migrants. https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/kh-inps-cjeu-judgment.pdf
  10. DEI may lose, even in Twin Cities. https://courthousenews.com/minneapolis-public-schools-struggles-in-trump-suit-over-dei-policy/
  11. China spies on trial. https://courthousenews.com/feds-describe-global-network-of-chinese-police-stations-at-nyc-spy-trial-opening/
  12. Tiger’s DUI: Implied Consent Constitutionality Questions. https://scholarlycommons.law.emory.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1401&context=elj
 
C. Deep Dive: The Economy
  1. Stock Market & Commodities: 
  2. AI Bubble & Capital Shift
  3. Housing
  4. Gold’s future. https://substack.com/inbox/post/196409142
  5. Inflation expectations. https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/inflation-expectations-jump-3-year-high-financial-pessimism-surges-ny-fed-survey
 
D.  Best of the Board
 
III. THE CLOSING ARGUMENT: Constitution Masterclass -- The 30,000 Cap
 
  • Article I, Section 2, Clause 3 provides: “The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at least one Representative.”  Interpretations clash: was this intended to impose a cap on the number of people a member of the House could represent, or the number of Representatives that could ever be in the House? Equally, who can enforce the rights of Section 2 as applied to Representatives?
  • Congress capped the number of representatives by the Permanent Apportionment Act of June 18, 1929, and has not changed it since. A 1941 federal law provided the means to assign seats after the Census. States contested this when it lost a seat after the 1990 census due to this cap.  The Supreme Court acknowledged this was not a question submitted exclusively to the Legislative branch as a “political question” beyond its jurisdiction to resolve. Thus, the question turns to the import and intent of the 30,000 rule — is it a cap on the number of representatives or is it a ceiling on the number of people represented?
  • The phraseology can be read either way — that the restaint is on the “number of” Representatives in a ratio to the population rather than the population size represented by the District; or that the ratio intends a cap on the number of people represented by each representative. Linguistically, the former argument holds more sway; historically and philosophically, the latter argument proffers more persuasive evidence.
  • If we see it as sufficiently ambigious to turn to the Constitutional record, we find that the ratio of the house to the population was intended to be close to the people at a size no more than 30,000 people, reflected in the papers of the Founding Fathers themselves.
  • Indeed, the controversy over this language almost sunk the Constitution itself, despite the supporters arguing in Federalist Papers throughout that this was a minimum of people to be represented not merely a cap on the number of representatives in the House. So much so, that the very first amendment ever proposed was to clarify this point: that the minimum number of representatives must be proportional to the population in a strict ratio. Due to an editing error as passed by Congress, the amendment never passed, though mostly it faded as the Founding generation protected the intended ratio in fact.
  • The best plaintiff to seek such a relief would likely be a state without representation due to the absence of this maximum number of people per representative, given the prior case-law on the subject, or, of course, Congress itself could remedy the problem all by itself. 
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The Briefer Barnes Brief: Thursday, May 7, 2026
  • Art of the Day
Something majestic of a colorful Oriole in flight, the feeling of freedom in the outstretched wings to soar in the sky, beyond gravity and above the landed earth, ready to roam and reign while seeking a safe and strong landing place for a bit of a rest. 
 
  • Board Post of Note
 
 
  • Economics
Burry of Big Short fame: Yen trade unwinding impacts. https://substack.com/@michaeljburry/note/c-205215463
 
  • Politics
Tucker & Massie.
 
  • Law
 
  • World
Peruvian elections feature left-right battle. https://boz.substack.com/p/peru-presidential-election-polls
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