SAMUEL ASH GREY

One voice, one opinion, one vote — in a sea of rhetoric. Rule of Law matters.

[SAMUEL ASH GREY @SamuelAshGrey]

Congress controls the purse strings, not the president.

Recent factual data on gross federal debt added (from Treasury/OMB sources and nonpartisan trackers):

Joe Biden (D, 2021–2025): ~$7.0–8.5 trillion added.

Donald Trump (R, 2017–2021): ~$7.8 trillion added (heavily influenced by COVID response).

Barack Obama (D, 2009–2017): ~$8.4–8.6 trillion added (Great Recession recovery and stimulus).

George W. Bush (R, 2001–2009): ~$4–5 trillion (wars + tax cuts + 2008 crisis).

Earlier examples (Reagan, Clinton, etc.) show big swings under both parties. 
Absolute debt has risen under every modern president except in rare surplus years (e.g., late Clinton). The U.S. national debt is now ~$39 trillion (as of 2026). 
https://t.co/zSUpqN5QYC

[SAMUEL ASH GREY @SamuelAshGrey]

What’s a fair share?

Here’s what the actual IRS data shows on who pays what (latest available, tax year 2023):

• The top 1% (incomes above ~$676k) paid 38.4% of all federal income taxes while earning 20.6% of adjusted gross income.

• The top 5% paid 59.3%.

• The top 50% paid 97% of all federal income tax revenue.

• The bottom 50% paid just 3%.

[SAMUEL ASH GREY @SamuelAshGrey]

Peak irony.
Bragging about “advancing the rule of law” with your all-Dem-appointed MN Supreme Court while, on your watch as governor, Minnesota’s Department of Education provided inadequate oversight that the state’s own nonpartisan Legislative Auditor concluded “created opportunities for fraud” in the Feeding Our Future scandal, resulting in roughly $250 million stolen from federal child nutrition programs (the largest COVID-relief fraud case in the country).

Federal prosecutors and a House Oversight Committee report have also highlighted broader failures across multiple state-administered social services programs (primarily Medicaid-related), estimating up to $9 billion potentially lost or at risk since 2018, along with multiple whistleblower accounts of retaliation for raising concerns.

Rule of law = accountability and effective oversight, not just judicial appointments or photo-ops with public defenders.
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[SAMUEL ASH GREY @SamuelAshGrey]

Targeting any house of worship is completely wrong. But “something we have never expected”? Christian churches face this regularly. ~370k Christian congregations vs ~2,770 mosques in the US. FRC tracked 415 hostile acts (vandalism/arson/gun incidents) against churches in 2024 alone — part of 1,384 since 2018.
https://t.co/4O5GafcdCA

[SAMUEL ASH GREY @SamuelAshGrey]

Selective outrage. Trump’s ~3,600 Q1 transactions occurred in fully discretionary third-party accounts with zero input or notice from him.

The same “timing” attacks hit Paul Pelosi’s trades for years with far less Democratic scrutiny.

This is exactly why Rep. Luna’s End Congressional Stock Trading Act (H.R. 1908) deserves an immediate vote, a blanket ban on individual stock trading by Members of Congress, spouses, and kids.

Public support is 80%+; self-interest shouldn’t stall it any longer.

[SAMUEL ASH GREY @SamuelAshGrey]

Post 2/2
The video from London’s May 16 counter-protest near Tommy Robinson’s “Unite the Kingdom” rally has gone viral for good reason.

Counter-demonstrators, some waving Palestinian flags and anti-racism signs were filmed chanting “Shoot him in the neck like Charlie Kirk!” in direct reference to the 2025 assassination, along with calls for Robinson to be hanged “like Mussolini.” The primary footage is unambiguous.

This is not abstract political speech; it is explicit incitement to murder a named individual.

That said, let’s apply the same standard the rule of law demands. Under the UK’s Public Order Act 1986 (Parts 3 and 3A), “hate speech” is narrowly defined as stirring up hatred against protected groups on grounds of race, religion, colour, nationality, ethnic origins, or sexual orientation, requiring either intent or likelihood.

This chant targets one man, not a protected group, so it fails the statutory test for racial or religious hatred. It could, however, amount to threatening behaviour or incitement to violence under other provisions (Public Order Act s.4 or common-law threats).

Yet, despite more than 4,000 officers deployed and 43 total arrests across both events (20 linked to the Unite the Kingdom side, 12 to the counter-protest), no immediate arrests were reported for the chant itself.

Contrast that with the UK’s aggressive enforcement of online speech. Section 127 of the Communications Act 2003 criminalises messages sent via public electronic networks that are “grossly offensive,” “indecent, obscene or menacing.” In 2023 alone, police recorded 12,183 such arrests, roughly 33 per day.

Convictions have sent people to prison for Facebook posts, tweets, and even private WhatsApp messages. During the 2024 Southport unrest, individuals received custodial sentences of 20–38 months specifically for social-media posts urging violence against hotels or migrants. The pattern has continued.

This is where the “two-tier policing” critique gains traction: the same jurisdiction that fast-tracks prosecutions for “grossly offensive” keyboard content appears slower to act when identical incitement occurs in the street from a different political direction. Primary video evidence shows officers present and the chant audible.

The immediate response was not the swift enforcement we see for online speech. Selective application based on viewpoint or group affiliation is not neutral justice, it erodes equal treatment under the law.

Similar instincts have appeared on the other side of the Atlantic. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) introduced the Leading Against White Supremacy Act, which critics argued could criminalise online “propaganda” later linked to hate crimes.

Hillary Clinton stated in a 2024 interview that certain “propaganda” and foreign-influenced disinformation should face criminal charges “in some cases.” YouGov polling has shown consistent Democratic support for criminalising public “hate speech” against groups.

The short-lived Disinformation Governance Board reflected the same impulse: that government should wield stronger tools against disfavored content.

None of this is identical to the UK model, and the First Amendment has blocked the most sweeping versions. But the pattern is real.

When one side’s incitement is treated as protected protest and the other’s as a prosecutable offence, public trust collapses.

Rule of law is not optional depending on whose team is chanting.

Legitimate concerns exist on every side, rising political violence, genuine threats, and the need to protect public order.

But the solution is not selective framing or manufactured outrage.

It is consistent, viewpoint-neutral enforcement of clear statutes, applied equally whether the target is Tommy Robinson, a migrant hotel, or anyone else.

Primary evidence over partisan heat. Historical precedent over rumor. Institutions that bend to political convenience do not endure.

[SAMUEL ASH GREY @SamuelAshGrey]

Post 1/2
Shoot him in the neck like Charlie Kirk!”
That was the chant captured on video this weekend from counter-protesters in central London — an explicit call for the murder of Tommy Robinson, referencing the 2025 assassination — while others nearby demanded he be hanged “like Mussolini.

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 HOLY CRAP!! Leftists and Islamists are chanting in London to assassinate Tommy Robinson like Charlie Kirk

"Shoot him in the neck like Charlie Kirk!"

And police DID NOTHING ABOUT IT.

The UK police are complicit!

They're more worried about peaceful patriots than this violent SCUM.

Pray for @TRobinsonNewEra safety 🙏🏻

📽️ @SamaramGill

[SAMUEL ASH GREY @SamuelAshGrey]

The X post claims that 90% of ICE detentions have been ruled illegal by federal courts.
In reality, this figure comes from roughly 11,600 targeted lawsuits challenging one specific 2025 ICE policy on mandatory detention—not a review of all ICE cases (the total detained population is around 60–70k). Courts remain split on the issue, with appeals now headed to the Supreme Court.

[Anonymous @YourAnonNews]

Holy FUCK: Federal judges have ruled that over 10,000 ICE detentions were illegal.
That’s roughly 90% of all cases.
While Trump and his administration have tried their best to kill due process, everyone must stand up and fight back. Do it for future generations.

[SAMUEL ASH GREY @SamuelAshGrey]

This is classic selective framing. President Biden started zero new wars, that part is accurate.

President Trump started zero wars during his first term (2017–2021).

Obama authorized the Libya intervention.

Bush launched Afghanistan and Iraq.

The claim that Biden is the ‘only’ one in the past ~25 years is partisan rhetoric designed to rewrite the record and fire up the base.

Primary sources and complete timeline over manufactured outrage. Rule of law and historical accuracy matters.

Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report (updated June 7, 2023)

Direct PDF: https://t.co/jxeSkqG8w5

[SAMUEL ASH GREY @SamuelAshGrey]

The Israel Day on Fifth Parade remains scheduled for May 31, 2026. JCRC-NY is actively promoting it, and both city and state officials are on record committing to full security and permits.

Those are the primary sources, not anonymous tips.

Real tensions are public and legitimate: Mayor Mamdani’s boycott of the parade and rising antisemitic incidents in NYC warrant serious oversight under the rule of law.

But the specific claim of a secret “stand-down order” or coordinated plot has zero supporting evidence, no documents, no named officials, no NYPD statements. Governor Hochul’s office directly called it “lies.”

Treating unverified rumors as fact is manufactured outrage that undermines trust in the institutions responsible for public safety.

Primary evidence over partisan heat. Rule of law over rumor cycles.

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[SAMUEL ASH GREY @SamuelAshGrey]

This mirrored partisan rhetoric “Trump redrawing maps for a permanent GOP majority” is pure spin designed to fire up the base, juice donations, and keep the Supreme Court painted as the villain ahead of 2026.

Reality: 6-3 ruling struck down a racial gerrymander (race as predominant factor) under the Equal Protection Clause.

Presidents don’t draw maps, state legislatures do.

VRA still bans intentional vote dilution.

Both sides play this game when it suits them. Rule of law over manufactured outrage.

https://t.co/4l7r6dBQCr

[SAMUEL ASH GREY @SamuelAshGrey]

Sen. Warren’s post is partially accurate but misleading.

Trump’s lawsuit stems from the largest IRS breach in history: contractor Charles Littlejohn stole and leaked tax data on 405,427 taxpayers (2018–2020).

Warren has introduced zero legislation to strengthen IRC 6103 protections, fix contractor oversight, raise penalties, or help victims.

Her only bill is narrowly written to block any settlement in Trump’s case.

She called the stolen ProPublica files a “bombshell” and used them to push her agenda.

Government accountability and taxpayer privacy shouldn’t be partisan.

https://t.co/4JX0EN6C36

[SAMUEL ASH GREY @SamuelAshGrey]

@micah_erfan Mamdani’s claim is technically true: $12B gap now $0, no property tax hike, no social service cuts. But it’s mostly ~$8B new state aid (NY taxpayers statewide paying) + $1.7B efficiencies. Cost shift, not real local belt-tightening.

https://t.co/uUzY97MGay

[SAMUEL ASH GREY @SamuelAshGrey]

Krassenstein with the usual selective framing.
Maria Farmer’s voice matters, victims deserve full accountability and transparency in the records.

But the facts show President Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act on November 19, 2025.

His DOJ has already released millions of pages plus thousands of videos and images, the largest disclosure yet.

Democrats controlled the DOJ for the prior four years with zero comparable action.

This is a serious issue. Partisan spin doesn’t serve the victims or the rule of law.

https://t.co/IwY5G0WknA

[SAMUEL ASH GREY @SamuelAshGrey]

True on SCOTUS in modern context, Republicans haven’t pushed expansion.
But GOP legislatures have packed state supreme courts: AZ (5 to 7, 2016), GA (7 to 9, 2016), UT (5 to 7, 2026).
Both sides do this when they hold power. That’s why the federal norm still matters. Changing rules mid-game erodes trust.

[SAMUEL ASH GREY @SamuelAshGrey]

SCOTUS ruled 6-3 (Apr 29, 2026) that Louisiana’s congressional map was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, race was the predominant factor, violating Equal Protection. Every citizen’s vote still counts exactly the same (one person, one vote).

Primary source (full opinion): https://t.co/4l7r6dBQCr

[SAMUEL ASH GREY @SamuelAshGrey]

This is partisan demagoguery that polarizes for electoral gain.

It misleads supporters about what the Court actually did.

Truth-seeking requires calling that out, not pretending every hot take is an existential crisis.

If “rights under attack” means “we lost on policy via constitutional process,” then democracy is working as intended.

[SAMUEL ASH GREY @SamuelAshGrey]

Both parties rig the primaries with the same legal playbook. Only one side gets branded ‘extremist’ for it. That’s not principle — that’s the double standard Americans are sick of.

Labeling the backers of this super PAC “Republican extremists” is classic partisan rhetoric.

The fact is both parties use the exact same legal tactic. In 2022, Democratic super PACs and aligned dark-money groups spent nearly $44 million intervening in Republican primaries — deliberately boosting the most far-right, Trump-endorsed candidates they believed would be easier to defeat in the general election.

The DCCC, Senate Majority PAC, and others ran the identical playbook of independent expenditures in low-turnout races.

When one side does it, it’s labeled “extremism.” When the other side does it, it’s just politics.

This selective outrage doesn’t strengthen the rule of law or public trust. It’s rhetoric over principle. Americans see the double standard.

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[SAMUEL ASH GREY @SamuelAshGrey]

Judge Marva Brown released multiple defendants with recent violent criminal histories on supervised release in Manhattan Criminal Court (Hunter 2024 cellist assault, Brazelis 2025 train shove injury, Burke 2026 Falzone death).
Serious rule-of-law question: What is the proper institutional mechanism to review high-risk release patterns while fully safeguarding judicial independence?