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The story behind the story is the story of division. And error.

And damnfoolishness.

Click over to Townhall. Then click back here for the stories behind the story behind the . . .

• Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Twitter): “Last night I was told by the owner of Red Hen in Lexington, VA to leave because I work for @POTUS and I politely left. Her actions say far more about her than about me. I always do my best to treat people, including those I disagree with, respectfully and will continue to do so”
• Paul Jacob (Common Sense): “Eighty-sixing Civility”
• Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post): “Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ Restaurant Tweet Was Illegal, Says Ex-Ethics Chief”
• Perry Bacon, Jr. (FiveThirtyEight.com): “Democrats are wrong about Republicans. Republicans are wrong about Democrats.”

This column will appear here on ThisIsCommonsense.com on Tuesday.

Our “first freedom” is first for a reason: it establishes the most basic hierarchy possible. Which is why those who pretend to be against ALL hierarchies, or insist upon instituting only one hierarchy — the precise one among many that suits them especially — oppose free speech so strongly. These days, such folks are apt to insist that “hate speech” (which they and they alone get to define) does not mean “free speech.”

Click on over to Townhall, a real free-speech zone, to read the argument. Then, after reading, come back here to read a bit more:

• Bill Ottman (TNW) — “Research: Restricting free speech isn’t the solution to violence and hate speech”
• Thomas Jefferson (Google Books) — Notes on the State of Virginia (1802), p. 219
• Jordan Peterson (YouTube) — “And then this happened”

This column will appear on this site on Tuesday.

This weekend on Townhall.com, we celebrate a birthday — and an apt homage to a patriot. A possible homage. A proposal. For the President.

Click on over, then come back here.

• Videos: Five Years a Fugitive
• Washington Post: Inspector general blasts Comey and also says others at FBI showed ‘willingness to take official action’ to hurt Trump
• Reason: People Who Called Snowden a Traitor Shocked to Learn About All This Domestic Surveillance
• Townhall: Obama vs. Snowden
• Townhall: Should Snowden Pardon President Obama?
• Washington Post: U.S. charges Snowden with espionage
• U.S. vs. Edward J. Snowden criminal complaint
• The Atlantic: What James Clapper Doesn’t Understand About Edward Snowden
• The Hill: Media fawning over Comey, McCabe looks silly after stinging IG report
• Washington Times: James Clapper says Edward Snowden’s leaks accelerated roll-out of strong encryption
• New York Post: Lisa Page, FBI agent who bashed Trump in texts, resigns

Baking the cake and meeting principle, too — click on over to Townhall for this weekend’s big story:

• The Supreme Court decision: Masterpiece Cakeshop, et al. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, et al.
• NPR: In Narrow Opinion, Supreme Court Rules For Baker In Gay-Rights Case
• KOMO News: After same-sex cake ruling, E. Wash. florist says state ‘crushing me’ for religious views
• CNN: Supreme Court considering taking same-sex wedding flowers case
• Washington Post: At Target and Walmart, Pride is profitable. The Supreme Court ought to drop by.
• Common Sense: Wouldn’t Freedom Be . . . Easier?
• Argus Leader: South Dakota lawmaker: Let businesses ‘turn away people of color,’ later apologizes
• Argus Leader: South Dakota lawmaker apologizes, admits Facebook comment was ‘very racist’
• The Tom Woods Podcast: The Supreme Court Christian Baker Case Is Crazy
• Medium: In 1956, the racist governor of Mississippi started a secretive commission to fight integration
• Washington Post: Barry Goldwater’s Left Turn

This column will appear on this website on Tuesday.

The biggest story of the week, of the month, perhaps of the year. And, so far, it has gotten no coverage.

Except at Townhall this Monday, courtesy of your own Humble . . . Paul Jacob.

Click on over. Then come back here to drill down further into this most amazing development in constitutional history.

• Common Sense: The Lost Amendment, Found!
• Restore Representation: The Issue That No One Talks About
• New Revere Daily Press: Did This New Jersey Lawyer Discover a Lost Constitutional Amendment?
• LaVergne v US House of Representatives (Complaint)
• LaVergne, et al v. US House of Representatives – Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support
• LaVergne, et al v. US House of Representatives – Notice of Motions
• How “Less” is “More”: the Story of the Real First Amendment to the United States Constitution, by Eugene Martin LaVergne
• Legislation and Public Policy (NYU): The Role of Electoral Accountability in The Madisonian Machine
• Teaching American History: What about the Two Amendments and Three States that Got Away?
• NJ.com: Former U.S. Senate candidate from N.J. sentenced to 7 years in prison
• Thirty-Thousand.org
• Townhall: Fixing California, by Paul Jacob
• Common Sense: More Politicians?