Links for 10-16-24
FBI scandal worse than you thought
🚩 FBI's role in Hunter Biden laptop scandal is worse than you know. From: Andrew McCarthy/Fox News. In 2020, Americans were targets of an influence operation carried out by current and former US intelligence officials.
The plot to manage democracy. From: Jacob Siegel/City-Journal. Elites are building a system to control and constrain Americans’ self-expression and political freedom.
😑 Noncitizens will vote in November, The only question is how many? From: I & I Editorial Board. An audit of Texas voter rolls in 2019 found 95,000 noncitizens who’d registered, 58,000 of whom voted in an election.
Kamala Harris wants America to have the World's highest death tax. From: Stephen Moore/ Creators. The American Business Defense Foundation reports that under the Harris tax plan, the number of Americans subject to the hated death tax would double or triple.
🤐 Walzing around free speech: How a Walz interview became a dizzying dance of distraction. From: Jonathan Turley. Both Harris and Walz are true believers in the righteousness of censorship for disinformation, misinformation and malinformation.
Neither Harris nor Trump is a friend of free speech. From: Jacob Sullum/Creators. Both presidential candidates (and their running mates) seem confused about the First Amendment.
🤐 Universities shred their ethics to aid Biden’s social-media censorship. From: Jay Bhattacharya & Andrew Lowenthal/NY Post. Censorship in the digital age does not look like old-fashioned book burning.
Will politicians toxify freedom forever? From: JimBovard. “The official theme song of the Kamala Harris presidential campaign is ‘Freedom’ by Beyonce. But a more accurate theme would be the Rolling Stones classic, Under my Thumb
👉 Stand up to the cancel mob -- or stop calling yourselves journalists. From: Bernard Goldberg. A storm brewing at CBS News.
The free market is America’s first line of defense in the wake of disaster. From: Juan Londoño/Washington Examiner. Policymakers in the United States should always opt for a pro-innovation approach instead of breaking down the dynamic, innovative cycle present in the U.S. technology sector.
😷 Mask mandates set to return In several California areas. From: Zero Hedge. They will never learn.
Natural gas fuels AI – and AI means more affordable natural gas. From: Adam Kay/AGA. The energy implications of the rollout of advanced AI are enormous both in driving increased demand for energy and in helping to meet this new demand.
🔥 Flooded electric cars going up in flames after Hurricane Milton. From: Ashley Miznazi/Miami Herald. Saltwater conducts electricity so if it gets inside a sealed the lithium-ion batteries used in cars, it can a cause a short-circuit, which creates heat and potentially fire.
Kamala Harris has more billionaires openly backing her than Trump (but many are staying silent). From: Derek Saul/Forbes. Forbes found at least 100 billionaires in the corners of either former President Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris—with many more backing Harris.