Since I’m certain to disagree with them, I don’t usually listen to speeches by Democrat politicians. If I need to, I can always find the text online. However, on the first of September President Biden walked out of Independence Hall in Philadelphia and, flanked by Marine guards, delivered what was called, Remarks on the Continued Battle for the Soul of the Nation. When the president speaks about a fight for the very essence of our country I thought I should listen. I wish I had stuck with my practice and looked it up later.

You’re sure you didn’t do anything wrong. It was just a political rally. At worst you trespassed, like hundreds of others with you. However, this is a free country and the buildings belong to the people. Don’t they? Then, before dawn a few days or weeks later, the FBI arrived at your home. They broke down your front door. They handcuff you, your wife, and children. Then the FBI threw you in jail and you’ve been in solitary confinement ever since. You don’t even know what you’re charged with. That’s the country described in the documentary Capitol Punishment.

In the early morning hours of January 19, 2021, an FBI Swat Team with tactical combat gear, automatic weapons, and an armored vehicle equipped with a battering ram raided the Virginia farm of Thomas Caldwell and his wife Sharon. With guns drawn, FBI agents entered their home, searched it, removed phones and computers, along with a pocket-sized copy of the constitution. Then they handcuffed Thomas and took him away.