July 15, 2022

fromPolitico: The revelation highlights the many ways that police can get footage from Ring doorbells, and how often it happens without consent. The line between private Big Tech companies and government continues to blur.
Police State America                                                               Government is Watching Every Move You Make

fromAndrewNapolitano/Creators: Does it really matter if the instrument curtailing liberty is a monarch or a popularly elected legislature?    The Government is Not Us

fromDailyMail: The leaked materials concerned software tools the Central Intelligence Agency used to surveil people outside the U.S., through such means as compromising smartphones and internet-connected TVs.

fromAmericanThinker: The astronomically unbalanced ratio of liberals to conservatives in America's professoriate is a serious problem.

fromGetPocket: Some people are incredibly likable because of the things they do. And some people are incredibly likable because of the things they don't do.

fromTheFederalist: Politico was forced to update a story after baselessly implying that the Florida Department of Education hired a consulting firm for services promoting critical race theory.

July 14, 2022

fromChrisFreiman/Substack: Libertarians are no doubt dismayed by the FDA’s recent ban on Juul vaping products and the news that the Biden administration is planning to mandate lower nicotine levels in cigarettes. But libertarians shouldn’t be the only ones opposed to state-enforced nicotine restrictions.

fromJonathanTurley/USAToday: The president's call to "vote, vote, vote, vote" is the same as the court's call. However, the result might not be clear as the president suggests in a country where only 34% support abortion in the second trimester and only 19% in the third trimester.


fromOrganicPrepper: It’s not just alternative media sites like ZeroHedge or Mercola. Mainstream media turns on their own people the second they ask the wrong questions.

fromBrownstoneInstitute: There is also rising awareness of government excesses in violating freedoms and liberties. In a global survey of 52,000 people by the Democracy Perceptions Index, in 50 of the 53 countries surveyed, people expressed net agreement (that is, agreement minus disagreement) with the proposition: “their government has gone too far in limiting people’s freedoms.”

fromJustTheNews: From debunked incitement claim to refuted hearsay allegation about a Trump lunge for wheel of presidential vehicle, panel has provided high-visibility forum for fictions and fallacies.

fromLewRockwell: Many, especially libertarians, might respond that Twitter as a private company has the right to do business with anyone they wish. That is true, but only to the extent that Twitter is actually acting as a private entity. The real question is to what degree has Twitter and the other social media companies been directly doing the bidding of government?

July 13, 2022

fromJudicialWatch: The DOJ move against the citizenship qualification is "another effort by this administration to put Americans last, and to put migrants and those here illegally in the country first."

fromBombThrower: Today’s elites are caught in a dilemma: nobody wants what they’re selling.

fromReason: Out of 27,900 research publications on gun laws, only 123 tested their effects rigorously.

fromEricPetersAuto: Electric cars and “vaccines” are similar in that both have delusional defenders – believers who are immune to reason, hostile toward damning facts – who cling to their beliefs with a devotion that is cultic.

fromDailyMail: Bragg campaigned on "ending mass incarceration," but that promise apparently does not apply to Jose Alba. The story exploded as the city comes to terms with the emptiness of progressive claims to be the side that defends the vulnerable.                                                                                 The Government is Not Us

fromResponsibleStatecraft: Lawmakers this week will rubber stamp a bill authorizing tens of billions more to the Defense Department that it didn’t even ask for.

July 12, 2022

fromRedState: Bottom line? Even the Times is now laying out what we’ve known for a long time — that Biden is not up to the job, Biden’s team knows it, and they’re doing all they can to cover.

fromMises: A common error in economics is to label increases price increases inflation. 

fromNYPost: When parents protested at school board meetings, the Biden administration coordinated with the National School Boards Association to mobilize the entire weight of the federal government against them.

fromAmericanGreatness: These humanitarian rich feel just terrible about the sins of America, but not terrible enough to sacrifice any element of their privileged lifestyles—the just deserts they feel for being so righteous.

fromJohnStossel/Rumble: The Southern Poverty Law Center claims it protects us from"hate groups."

fromZeroHedge: Seth Dillon will not back away from making fun of irrational and dangerous ideology.

July 11, 2022

fromAmericanGreatness: If Trump is the candidate, Americans will vote for him not in spite of January 6, but in part because of it—especially the deep-state response to it.

fromAmericanThinker: From unjustly denied VA benefits, to trigger warnings on the U.S. Constitution, to cancelled July 4 fireworks, some kind of assault on America is taking place.         The Government is Not Us

fromNYPost: Red states like Florida and Texas, meanwhile, followed the science and never went all-in on COVID restrictionism, keeping their economies and schools open as much as possible.

fromFoxNews: If not nitwittery, will someone explain where the baby comes out in a non-female birthing parent?

fromTheFederalist: New report finds that boys who have an absent father are less likely to graduate college, more likely to idle in their 20s, and more likely to go to jail.

fromZeroHedge: The Supreme Court has spoken: there will be no consequences for cops who brutalize the citizenry and no justice for the victims of police brutality.

July 10, 2022

fromRutherfordInstitute: The Supreme Court has spoken: there will be no consequences for cops who brutalize the citizenry and no justice for the victims of police brutality.

fromNBC: An Italian review of COVID studies found that boosters restore vaccine effectiveness against omicron initially, but that protection falls off quickly. Anyone remember back when a vaccine provided immunity?

fromHollywoodInToto: “All the woke comics are … terrible. That’s why the funniest parody comedy now is coming from The Babylon Bee.” — Joe Rogan.

fromWattsUpWithThat: The European Commission has labeled nuclear and gas as sustainable. Critics are calling the step “greenwashing” and say it could threaten the bloc’s bid to become climate-neutral by 2050.

fromTheFederalist: The Wisconsin Supreme Court issued a ruling on Friday that deems unmanned absentee ballot drop boxes illegal under Wisconsin election law.

fromZeroHedge: Courtesy of Reuters we know: more than 5 million barrels of oil that were part of the historic U.S. SPR release were exported to Europe and Asia last month, including top US geopolitical nemesis in the global arena, China, even as U.S. gasoline and diesel prices hit record highs.

July 9, 2022

fromReason: The agency is now taking small steps to allow foreign formula manufacturers to import their goods.

fromEricPetersAuto: Imagine if every gas station had to be physically connected, via pipeline, to a refinery – and you will begin to see the improbability of their electric vehicle equivalents. And then you will begin to understand why “electrification” is about diminishment – of the dispersed, convenient and highly individualized system Americans have taken for granted.

fromSpiked: From the Netherlands to Sri Lanka, people have had enough of the elite’s green hysteria.

fromFreeThoughtProject: Earlier this year, the Arizona House Appropriations Committee approved a bill that would criminalize filming cops on the job, dealing a massive blow to First Amendment rights. The following month, the Senate passed it, and on Wednesday, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed it into law.

fromAmericanThinker: Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, in sharp contrast to Flores, was hailed as a political "star" by the same NYT. The Times’ profile of Rep Ilhan Omar, an Islamist who despise the U.S., was very complimentary: they portrayed her as a principled revolutionary who is tackling discrimination. This is why the NYT has no credibility left. They merely preach to the converted and delude themselves into thinking that they are influencers.

fromAmericanGreatness: After the much-hyped Durham probe ends with a whimper and House Democrats ratchet up their public pursuit of Trump associates, the Republican base wants action, not more sternly worded letters.

July 8, 2022

fromAxios: There are many ways for the conservative court to rein in federal agencies, and while there may not be a clear consensus on precisely which of those avenues to take at any given moment, one way or another, federal agencies exerting broad-based powers are already losing — and are almost certainly going to keep losing.

fromVictorDavisHanson/AmericanGreatness: There are historical downsides—economic, cultural, social, and military—to nations that shun child-raising. Our popular culture reflects this multifarious growing reluctance to raise children. And currently only 65 percent of children grow up in families with both parents.

fromTheFederalist: If politicians are serious that they’re sick of ‘living with this carnage,’ the Highland Park shooter should be executed immediately.

fromAmericanThinker: And may we have a thousand more like him!

fromReason: The political class still hasn't come to grips with the idea that subsidies don't fight inflation.
Economic Policy: Statism Versus The Free Market                                                      Inflation Nation

fromRealClearPolitics: Reps. Flores & Ocasio-Cortez. Flores is the antithesis of AOC. She embodies an authenticity that the “It Girl” of the liberal-left sorely lacks.                           Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption

July 7, 2022

fromWashingtonExaminer: California has its freedoms, too — it's true — but you can only commit assisted suicide so many times before it starts getting old. Is it worth having to live under California taxation just to know that you live in a state that allows ninth-month abortions? Is it worth paying double for electricity and quadruple for rent to live amid homeless encampments just for the peace of mind that none of your neighbors are "Rethuglicans"?

fromDailyBell: The “Disinformation Governance Board” went belly-up last month. Apparently, the Orwellian authoritarianism was just too blatant. But the censorship agenda certainly didn’t go away, it just changed forms. 

fromFrontPageMag: An army of privileged unhappy neurotic women - with an endless amount of spare time.

fromFreeThoughtProject: "Zuckerberg’s company offered its biggest media critics big checks in exchange for exclusive deals. Both sides claimed to be “fighting misinformation” with what was really a shakedown and a cartel."

fromReason: The WNBA player has been detained in Russia on drug possession charges since February.

fromCreators: The agency's policies would boost the black market and Smoking-related deaths.

July 6, 2022

fromAmericanGreatness: In truth, “insurrection” has been fueled by the Left since 2015.

fromRealClearHealth: There is no evidence the vaccines stop Covid-19, despite the constant lecturing from the Biden Administration and the mainstream media. In the United States and globally, cases continue to rise and fall without any correlation to the pace or percentage of population vaccinated. Let doctors admit it.

fromSpectatorWorld: The Supreme Court hands more power back to the people.        Regulation Nation

fromEricPetersAuto: Americans just celebrated their independence but from what, exactly? From Great Britain? Why should that be cause for celebration? What have Americans gained thereby? Was it “taxation” – with “representation”? Is this in fact the case? And if so, can it be accounted an improvement?                                                                     The Government is Not Us

fromQuillette: ‘This nagging feeling that she had an unfair advantage arose every time we hit each other in practice. For me, it was like hitting a brick wall.’ But the facts were clear. Jamie was built like a naturally athletic male. She was bigger, faster, and stronger than the rest of us, without regularly working out or eating right.

fromNYPost: Vladimir Lenin supposedly once said, “The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.”

July 5, 2022

fromCommonDreams: "If Julian Assange is not free, neither are we," said a protester at a Friday demonstration against the WikiLeaks founder's impending transfer. "None of us is free."

fromHotAir: According to the latest Harvard CAPS/Harris poll, seventy-one percent of respondents do not want Biden to run in 2024, leaving 29% — about nine points lower than his current RCP average — backing Biden’s re-election.            The Government is Not Us

fromWashingtonExaminer: If government workers leak private IRS data despite felony penalties, California gun owners’ private data will be leaked too. It is not a question of if, but of when.   2nd Amendment Assaults

fromReason: "We recognize that urgency is a white supremacy value that can get in the way of more intentional and thoughtful work, and we want to attend to this dynamic."

fromSpiked: They enjoy exactly the same rights as the rest of us.

fromJonathanTurley: Hochul is a gift to gun rights advocates.

July 4, 2022

The Rise and Fall of American Freedom



fromTheGastonGazette: In these tumultuous times, it is easy to lose sight of the principles on which this country was founded: independence, tolerance, economic and personal liberty, and avoiding foreign quarrels. Few need convincing that we personally should have liberty, But what about others who are not as wise and saintly as we are? Liberty is not just for Independence Day speeches. Liberty is the most urgent and important issue facing humanity. Liberty is the fundamental question of all human relations and morality. Liberty determines whether we’ll have peace, justice, progress, prosperity, health and happiness; or war, injustice, stagnation, poverty and misery.




July 3, 2022

fromVolokhConspiracy: The principle has implications that go far beyond abortion. Some of them deserve far more attention than they have gotten to this point.

fromTheGarrisonCenter: Characterizing NATO as a “collective security” or “defense” coalition these days is pure fiction. It’s an alliance for global conquest and US/European hegemony, and that’s all it is.

fromAlexBerenson/Substack: The fawning media coverage notwithstanding, uptake has been pitifully low.

fromTheDailyBell: We live in a failed state. There’s no baby formula GMO feed on shelves for hungry infants. Inflation is out of control. Supply lines are collapsed. Those are just a handful of the legion of ills. Meanwhile, instead of addressing those crises, the ruling class is most interested in fixing “racist hair discrimination”.

fromAmericanThinker: Without actually promising or committing anything, Joe Biden has led many young people to believe that the federal government will cancel the loans they take out to finance a college education.

fromTheFreeThoughtProject: Federal law enforcement agents and their partners seized over 5.5 million cultivated marijuana plants and made more than 6,600 marijuana-related arrests in 2021, according to the DEA.

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