The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Brett Kimberlin: The ‘Musician-Activist’ That @MonicaHesse Wants You to Forget

1992: Gary Trudeau’s cartoon strip frequently cited Brett Kimberlin’s claims The Prisoner and the Politician Brett Coleman Kimberlin, a convicted marijuana smuggler, says he sold marijuana to Dan Quayle in the early 1970s. — Mark Singer, The New Yorker, Oct. 5, 1992 “In any case, it was [Cody] Shearer who, during the 1992 presidential campaign, […]

Feminists Silent as ‘Progressive Activist’ Brett Kimberlin Terrorizes His Wife

Brett Kimberlin could have been sentenced to 230 years in federal prison John Hoge reports today that the reason Tetyana Kimberlin was taken into custody at the end of yesterday’s court hearing in Maryland is that Brett Kimberlin tried to have his estranged wife involuntarily committed for 72-hour psychiatric evaluation. Thankfully, Judge Patricia Mitchell denied […]

Horror: Brett Kimberlin ‘Is Giving His Wife the Full Aaron Walker Treatment’

Aaron Walker has now published his account of today’s court proceedings in Kimberlin v. Kimberlin and Kimberlin v. Elliott, accompanied by documents in the cases. Aaron says: Suddenly we saw Tetyana being led away in handcuffs.  . . . In other words, he is giving his wife the full “Aaron Walker” treatment: try to get […]

Brett Kimberlin Accuses His Wife of Adultery; Popcorn Shortage Expected

Everyone familiar with the history of Brett Kimberlin, the Speedway Bomber, knows that his romantic interests have occasionally caused him trouble. And vice-versa. The diminutive criminal/progressive activist once described as “The Wizard of Odd” seems plagued by . . . certain insecurities. Feelings of inadequacy, you might say. Alas, despite his mad campaign of vengeance […]

Has Bill Schmalfeldt Forgotten?

Aaron Walker points out something about Bill Schmalfeldt’s harassment that had escaped my notice: When Schmalfeldt first began cyberstalking Walker, on June 3, 2012, it was only four days after Brett Kimberlin had gotten Walker arrested at a Maryland court hearing. The judge at that Maryland hearing had ordered Walker not to write anything about […]

Hoge’s Victory Lap

After his stunning courtroom triumph today over the atrocious troll Bill Schmalfeldt, John Hoge recounts at length exactly what kind of atrocious troll Bill Schmalfeldt is: On 14 February, I received 40 tweets in less than one hour from @BreitbartUnmask ranting about Lee Stranahan, Aaron Walker, and me. Just after midnight on 15 February, I […]

Peace Order Against Bill Schmalfeldt: A Defeat for the ‘Troll Rights’ Movement

Bill Schmalfeldt of Elk Ridge, Maryland John Hoge has the peace order granted today by Maryland Judge Thomas Stansfield, forbidding Bill Schmalfeldt from contacting Hoge. People who have followed this story know that, in June 2012, Schmalfeldt began cyberstalking Aaron Walker, whose legal conflicts with Brett Kimberlin had become a subject of widespread public attention. […]

Should IRS Standards for 501(c) Groups Require Proof of ‘Social Welfare’ Purpose?

That’s what “many Democrats” seem to be saying: “Partisanship or the perception of politics has no place in the IRS,” acting commissioner Steven Miller said in a brief opening statement to the Ways and Means Committee . . . And many Democrats turned to what they saw as the bigger issue: A tax code that […]

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