Today's Quotefall Puzzle by Matt Bracken

Self-Published | 3/23/2020 | Self-Published

[GOP Congress]

Today's Quotefall Puzzle features a quote by Matt Bracken. Click puzzle (or click here) for full size rendition, then use your browser's print command to print puzzle. 

Matt Bracken, a former Navy Seal with a degree in Russian studies, is a constitutionalist who believes in the original intent of the founding fathers of our country. He is the author of several books, mainly depicting life in a society sliding from normal civilization into an apocolyptic dystopia. His well-researched books are available on his site, enemiesforeignanddomestic.com. 

All hints, along with the answer, are provided in the first reply comment below, using filtered font to prevent accidental spoilers. Please refrain from disclosing the full answer in comments to prevent spoilers.

To solve the puzzle:

• Enter the letters in the top half (letter columns) of the puzzle into the white squares on the bottom half (answer grid) below
• Each letter must stay in its own column within the grid
• Each letter must be used exactly once
• Black squares represent spaces and do not get letters
• Gray squares represent punctuation marks or numbers and do not get letters
• Some words will continue from one row to another. Only spaces (black squares) or punctuation marks separate words.

For more detailed instructions and techniques, go here: How to solve Quotefall Puzzles. You can also access previously posted Quotefall puzzles here.

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NOTE: Hints are formatted in difficult-to-read yellow font to prevent inadvertent spoilers.

Highlight filtered (light yellow-colored) words to reveal hints and answer as needed. Hint words may be included more than once in the quote.

Word Hint 1: GRID

Word Hint 2: VETO

Word Hint 3: POWER

First 3 words: ANYONE WITH A

ANSWER: ANYONE WITH A GUN OR RIFLE HAS A VETO ON THE ELECTRICAL POWER GRID SUPPLYING URBAN UTILITY CENTERS.

PRO TIP: On a desktop, triple-clicking anywhere in a row will highlight and reveal the entire row.

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Ping alert. Link leads to Quotefall puzzle by Matt Bracken.

Title: When it's time to show who's in control

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Previous quotefalls

[Blueflag]

FYI Matt will not let us know when he and his family set sail in the escape pod, but it won’t be on a Friday.

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A successful bugout operation is one in which only key allies and personnel have any knowledge that you bugged out.

[Karl Spooner]

It didn’t work that way back in Noah’s days. Of course, Noah got the last laugh at his critics!