July 21, 2021                                             

fromAmericanGreatness: America went from the freest country in the world in December 2019 to a repressive and frightening place by July 2021. How did that happen? 

fromReason: Biden charges Facebook with homicide, while his surgeon general recommends 'legal and regulatory measures' to suppress COVID-19 'misinformation'. 

fromTheFederalist: White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki made a startling revelation: major social media platforms take direction from the government in deciding what content to suppress, amplify, or remove. 


fromReason: A Garden State municipal court judge says "fuck Biden" signs in a woman's front yard are illegal. But U.S. Supreme Court precedent says otherwise. 

fromReviewJournal: Green energy raises the cost of energy for everyone while failing to deliver like fossil fuels. 

July 20, 2021                                             

fromReason: Civil liberties advocates call for a moratorium on federal facial recognition. 

fromCreators:  There is one issue where President Joe Biden has not moved further left and in lockstep with other liberal leaders: marijuana. The oldest man to take the oath of office just can't bring himself to support legalization. 

fromMiamiHerald: The true nature of the political movement is exposed for all to see. "Three things can not hide for long: the Moon, the Sun and the Truth" - Siddhartha

fromQuillette:  Campus diversity advocates have declared “diversity” to be a freestanding academic discipline, thus injecting their bureaucracy-heavy apparatus into the very heart of the academic enterprise. 

fromMSN:  The US surgeon general defended the CDC's decision to lift mask guidance for all vaccinated individuals amid criticism from leading health experts that the move may have been premature. 

fromGMANews:  The US surgeon general defended a renewed mask mandate in Los Angeles, saying other areas may have to follow and adding that he is "deeply concerned" about the COVID-19 outlook in the fall. 
Political Correctness and Other Nitwittery                                           The Government is Not Us

July 19, 2021                                             

fromReason:  Misinformation is not disinformation. Disinformation is false information. Misinformation is simply unauthorized information. It is very often the truth. 
The Government is Not Us                                                    Indoctrination Versus Censorship

fromZeroHedge:  The latest development with Facebook comes on the heels of reports that the White House is trying the same thing with Twitter, and planning on working directly with cellphone network providers to ‘fact check’ private SMS messages if they contain “misinformation about vaccines.” 

fromWashingtonExaminer:  Obviously, incentives exist for police to fabricate evidence and the war on drugs provides unlimited opportunities. 
The War on Unapproved Voluntary Exchange                                 Police State America

fromTheFederalist:  If there’s one thing we’ve learned about the national media, it’s that they don’t see themselves as a part of our democracy. They see themselves as the dictators of it. 

fromNYPost:  The group on Wednesday put out a statement, not to condemn the authoritarian regime in Cuba for violently suppressing its people, but to berate the US for long-existing sanctions on the communist state.

fromGlennGreenwald/Substack:  The Speaker, already one of the richest members in Congress, has become far richer through investment maneuvers in Big Tech, as she privately chats with their CEOs. 

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