Don Pesci

Connecticut, Vernon

Political Commentator and Columnist, Red Notes From A Blue State at Freelance

I write columns for Connecticut newspapers. The blog is here: http://t.co/Ut1m1KsWxM

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A Looney Bill - Connecticut Centinal

6 days ago | connecticutcentinal.com | Don Pesci

Please Follow us on Gab, Minds, Telegram, Rumble, Gettr, Truth Social, Twitter“No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session” -- Gideon J. TuckerFor very good reasons, the above quote has been misattributed to political scourge Mark Twain. Connecticut’s legislative session will close June 4. Until that time, Connecticut taxpayers would be wise to guard their life liberty and property from greedy neo-progressives in the General Assembly.
To Connecticut Republicans Sitting In Darkness

1 week ago | connecticutcentinal.com | Don Pesci

Please Follow us on Gab, Minds, Telegram, Rumble, Gettr, Truth Social, TwitterYou’ve asked me half a dozen questions and begged me to be brief in my responses, pointing out that brevity is the soul of wit. That is true, except in those cases in which brevity is witless. Mark Twain, never witless, tells us: Say the truth always; that way you don’t have to remember what you’ve said. Elsewhere he says that telling the truth will astonish your friends and disappoint your enemies.
Who Do You Trust?

1 week ago | connecticutcentinal.com | Don Pesci

Please Follow us on Gab, Minds, Telegram, Rumble, Gettr, Truth Social, TwitterConnecticut’s Trust Act, written and endorsed by left leaning legislators in the state’s General Assembly who do not trust ICE, has now been expanded by the state’s partisan legislature, according to the Hartford Courant.
Cut Spending - Connecticut Centinal

2 weeks ago | connecticutcentinal.com | Don Pesci

Please Follow us on Gab, Minds, Telegram, Rumble, Gettr, Truth Social, TwitterDefending a move by majority Democrats in the Connecticut General Assembly to deal with prospective Medicaid cost increases, Senate President Pro Tempore Martin Looney of New Haven let the cat out of the bag.
The Biden-Media Autopsy

2 weeks ago | connecticutcentinal.com | Don Pesci

Please Follow us on Gab, Minds, Telegram, Rumble, Gettr, Truth Social, TwitterSeveral indicators suggest that the Democrat Party, following President Donald Trump’s dramatic and undisputed assent to the presidency, is slowly emerging from a monkish political seclusion.
Connecticut Democrats Call Upon Minority Republicans, But Not Other Democrats, To Denounce The Titular Head Of Their Political Party

3 weeks ago | connecticutcentinal.com | Don Pesci

Please Follow us on Gab, Minds, Telegram, Rumble, Gettr, Truth Social, Twitter“Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one” – H. L. MenckenA seasoned Connecticut political reporter notes in CTMirror, “A less popular topic for [Senate Minority Leader Stephen Harding, R-Brookfield] is President Donald J. Trump, whose rise in national politics has coincided with hard times for blue-state Republicans — even more so in Connecticut.
The Left And Right In American Politics

1 month ago | connecticutcentinal.com | Don Pesci

Please Follow us on Gab, Minds, Telegram, Rumble, Gettr, Truth Social, TwitterA Doxology of the LeftIf you find yourself agreeing, even sleepily, to three or more of the italicized propositions below, you may proudly count yourself a man or woman of the left. 1) A Feodor Dostoevsky character exclaims in one of his novels, “If there is no God, anything is possible.” There is no God, and anything is possible.
Common Sense And Abortion

1 month ago | connecticutcentinal.com | Don Pesci

Please Follow us on Gab, Minds, Telegram, Rumble, Gettr, Truth Social, TwitterThe birth control pill has been with us for a long time. The “morning after pill”, as it has been called, a pill designed to abort birth after conception, is readily available in Connecticut for about $25, and surgical abortion, Planned Parenthood’s money maker, is also readily available in birth control Connecticut.
Common Sense And Deficit Spending

1 month ago | connecticutcentinal.com | Don Pesci

Please Follow us on Gab, Minds, Telegram, Rumble, Gettr, Truth Social, TwitterStates – Connecticut in particular -- should avoid deficit spending whenever possible for the same reason Mr. Micawber in Charles Dickins’ David Copperfield suffered misery because he had failed to keep his eye on personal debt.
Long Live the Pope – [your]NEWS

1 month ago | yournews.com | Don Pesci

By Don PesciColumnist for the New York Times Ross Dothat, a reliable guide in Catholic matters, tells us in a recent column – “Pope Francis and the end of the imperial papacy” — that the late pope had unraveled “the attempted doctrinal settlements of previous popes,” thereby “unsettling conservative like me.”The unraveling of papal authority had been hastened by “two rebellions” tolerated by Francis. The first involved a partly successful suppression of the Latin Mass.

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19 May 25

Check out my latest article: The Biden-Media Autopsy https://t.co/ZqzwQKX8SE via @LinkedIn

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25 Apr 25

Long Live the Pope, by @donpesci https://t.co/3hH5OtnV1g Nothing is more impermanent than the passing moment. If we cannot stand on a Rock, we cannot maintain our balance on shifting sands.

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24 Apr 25

A Conservative View Of Connecticut Taxes - Connecticut Centinal https://t.co/GBHWlyZTev

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Articles

A Looney Bill - Connecticut Centinal

To Connecticut Republicans Sitting In Darkness

Who Do You Trust?

Cut Spending - Connecticut Centinal

The Biden-Media Autopsy

Connecticut Democrats Call Upon Minority Republicans, But Not Other Democrats, To Denounce The Titular Head Of Their Political Party

The Left And Right In American Politics

Common Sense And Abortion

Common Sense And Deficit Spending

Long Live the Pope – [your]NEWS

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