February 26, 2021


fromGlennGreenwald/Substack:  Democrats' justification for silencing their adversaries online and in media -- "they are spreading fake news and inciting extremism" -- is what despots everywhere say.



fromReason:  It is now clear for all who have eyes to see that the tyrannical governors of New York and California have botched major aspects of the pandemic response.


fromNewsmax:  Jonathan Turley drew parallels between censorship of conservative views today and the Cold War's Red Scare, when those suspected of being communists and other political dissidents were targeted.


fromAmerticanThinker:  Today's politicos are savvy, even though rarely smart, and know they cannot take a wrecking ball to the Constitution through direct action. Fighting them requires a different target.


fromTownhall:  How are they able to keep the lights on? It’s simple coal and gas. The two sectors the Left wants to ax from our production capacity.

             

February 25, 2021


fromIssues&Insights:  Congressional Democrats are demanding to know what communications giants such as Comcast and AT&T are going to do about “the spread of dangerous misinformation.

Indoctrination and Censorship                                   The Government is Not Us

fromWashingtonExaminer:  If people want a minimum wage so they can afford housing, then relaxing zoning laws is the solution.


fromJonathanTurley:  A proposal to ban video games like “Grand Theft Auto” which depict “motor vehicle theft with a driver or passenger present.” What such bills accomplish is not crime reduction but political protection.


fromFoxBusiness:  It isn’t healthy to be overly invested in Red State versus Blue State comparisons. But the media gleefully went all-in on this game.


fromLibertyPen/YouTube:  The authoritarian Biden Administration is now empowering the Department of Justice to persecute their political opponents as domestic terrorists.


fromReason:  Because politicians cannot arbitrarily demand minimum production. Those cannot produce $15 an hour of value are, in essence, mandated to be unemployed.

            

February 24, 2021


fromAmericanGreatness:  Victor Davis Hanson. Nothing is more dangerous than stronger powers, even inadvertently, sending signals that are interpreted as weakness by weaker powers.


fromAltHouse:  The census update likely means the GOP picks up 5+ seats in the House to take control. The GOP then makes Trump speaker, giving him control over the legislative agenda and impeachment. Fun ensues.


fromReason:  Government agencies have repeatedly proven themselves to be abusive.


fromTheFederalist:  America must learn the lessons of the past year and change our course drastically.


fromSpiked:  Reversing Trump's peace agreement will mean the Afghan War entering its third decade.


fromReason:  This misguided effort to combat "misinformation" is a brazen assault on free speech.

           

February 23, 2021


fromRutherfordInstitute:  If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”― George Orwell. This is the slippery slope that leads to the end of free speech as we once knew it.


fromWashingtonExaminer:  Trump told friends he has hundreds of millions of dollars in backing for a new social media venture that would give him an online presence and protect conservatives from being shut down online.


fromDailyBell:  One of these guiding principles is “disrupting the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure” to replace it with “villages that collectively care for one another, and especially our children.”


fromWashingtonExaminer:  A Wisconsin Republican, introduced this month the Smarter Plan for Immigrant Welfare bill to expand guidelines for eligibility for any kind of welfare or government assistance. 


fromMises:  It has long been suggested that employers may respond to minimum wage increases by reducing work hours, spending on training, fringe benefits and working conditions valued by employees.

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fromNeonNettle:  Biological males are taking over women's sports. 

          

February 22, 2021


fromGlennGreenwald/Substack:  In their zeal for control over online speech, House Democrats are getting closer and closer to the constitutional line, if they have not already crossed it.


fromEpochTimes:  It's a game of gotcha, played by people who want to destroy their political opponents—and drive them into the outer darkness.


fromFreeThoughtProject:  The “See Something, Say Something Online Act” would essentially turn social media users into federal spies, forcing them to report suspicious people to law enforcement.


fromAmericanGreatness:  Not one person has been charged with possessing or using a gun inside the Capitol. Further, no one even has been identified as carrying a gun inside the building.


fromOANN:  The Second Amendment Preservation Act, which is currently before the state Senate, will aim to invalidate federal restrictions on responsible gun ownership.


fromCreators:  Buoyed by "an unwavering belief in American exceptionalism," nothing could stop "talent on loan from God."

         

February 21, 2021


fromEpochTimes:  YouTube's mission is to silence opposition to the leftist orthodoxy. When the truth is not on your side, your only option is censorship.


fromSpiked:  Neither side in the culture war understands how crucial this liberty is to human flourishing.


fromTheHill:  In an unprecedented display of censorship, Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms suspended former President Trump’s accounts, preventing him from communicating with his millions of followers.


fromReason:  Big businesses gave millions to Newsom’s initiatives and were rewarded handsomely.


fromLibertyPen/YouTube:  Dr. Sowell uses the conflation of healthcare with medical care to illustrate the problems when words clash with reality.


fromDailyMail:  He hopes coming clean about his drug use will help lead to the decriminalization of illegal drugs.

        

February 20, 2021


fromAmericanGreatness:  Victor Davis Hanson.  "An ungracious and neurotic elite whose judgment is bankrupt and whose privilege is paid for by those who don’t have it threatens to drag us to the depths of unreason."


fromTheFederalist:  New York and California were locked down tighter than a fat woman's sock, but Florida largely remained open.


fromEpochTimes:  Biden signed an executive order on his first day in office mandating the advancement of “racial equity,” a quasi-Marxist critical race theory that focuses on equality of outcome, not opportunity.


fromReason:  Police officers shouldn't be above the law.


fromAccuracyInMedia:  Haters hate. That is just what they do. The mainstream media came to regard Rush Limbaugh much like the devil regards holy water.


fromLibertyNation:  Texans experienced an unprecedented cold snap with ice and snow that brought the 25% of electrical power produced by wind turbines in the state to a halt.

       

February 19, 2021


fromMarkSteynOnLine:  A fitting tribute to the greatest of all-time.


fromGlennGreenwald:  Insisting on factual accuracy does not make one an apologist for the protesters. False reporting is never justified, especially to inflate threat and fear levels.


fromReason:  A new study provides further evidence that property seizures are driven by financial motives rather than public safety concerns.


fromPJMedia:  Rarely mentioned by Biden and the Democrats pushing this “stimulus that isn’t” are the roadblocks to recovery that the Democrats want to include in the bill. 


fromLibertyPen/YouTube:  Why are concerns over voter fraud less valid than problems with the justice system?


fromTheFederalist:  It is plain to anyone with eyes to see that in this nation justice is not being equally applied. If people don't think this is a problem, they are part of it.

      

February 18, 2021


fromWashingtonExaminer:  Former energy secretary Rick Perry on wind power failure in Texas.


Despite government fear mongering, Arizona sees DUIs drop after cannabis legalization

fromActivistPost:  So far in 2021, Arizona has seen 582 DUI drug arrests. Those numbers are on pace for 4,518 arrests this year, which would be the lowest number of DUI drug arrests since 2014.


Politics is seeping into our daily life and ruining everything

fromReason:  Americans are choosing jobs, brands, and friends for partisan reasons, say researchers.


Is math racist? That does not compute

fromMises:  In other words, reality is racist. They must attack the reality that “mathematics is purely objective” and counter “the idea that there are always right and wrong answers,” which “perpetuate[s] objectivity.”



Arizona sheriff sees fivefold increase in illegal border crossings

fromEpochTimes:  Biden waves in more illegal aliens to bolster voter roles as bill (H.R. 1) to gut election integrity moves along in Congress.

     

February 17, 2021


The vast bipartisan pretense of Trump’s demise

fromAmericanGreatness:  The supremely inconvenient fact is that Donald Trump has by far the largest political following of anyone in the United States, and the attempt to deny him the ability to seek reelection has failed.


Abuse and selling of the Fourth Amendment – it is not for sale or is it?

fromBlackVoiceNews:  The entire history of stingrays and their use has led to cries for the government to implement laws to protect unknowing citizens from the invasive process based on the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution which forbids unreasonable searches and seizures of individuals and property.


The insurrection lie: False reports from January 6th continue to unravel

fromTheNationalPulse:  Based on available facts, it is reasonable to conclude that Sicknick’s death was not caused by the protest. Nevertheless, against the family’s wishes, the death has been used politically. 


Newsom recall: What to know about California's recall process for governor

fromKCRA:  Here are the rules for recalling a governor in California, important deadlines and answers to other questions about the effort to recall Newsom.


Dollar’s purchasing power drops to record low

fromWolfStreet:  The Fed continues to create money at a record clip so that the government can continue to borrow. That addition to the money supply causes every consumer good to be bid up.


Tucker Carlson: From Andrew Cuomo to The Lincoln Project, media protected the worst of politics

fromFoxNews:  Two of the sleaziest, most vicious entities in America get their comeuppance.

    

February 16, 2021


Lockdowns are killing us

fromWashingtonExaminer:  We are now nearly a year into the most self-destructive social experiment in the recorded history of human civilization.


Five horrible consequences of a $15 minimum wage

fromTownhall:  Putting the bottom rung on the employment ladder out of reach for many.


The House impeachment brief endangers freedom of speech

fromTheHill:  The brief filed by the House managers advocating for the conviction and disqualification of citizen Donald Trump contains an attack on freedom of speech for all Americans.


Everything they don't like is now a public health emergency

fromMises:  What will be called a public health issue next? Gun violence (been there), transphobia (done that), religion, private schools and home schools? 

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The left's sinister conspiracy to silence conservatives

fromFrontPage:  They can lie or fool themselves, but don't let them fool you.


GOP lawmakers want briefing on presence of national guard in DC

fromNewsmax:  Why do National Guard troops continue to remain in Washington, D.C. — and when they’ll be sent back to their home states to help with “real credible threats?”