Links for 10-19-24

how the City of Angels went to hell

🎯 How the City of Angels went to hell. From: Joel Kotkin/Unherd. Progressives put principles over policy.

California’s far-left agenda hurts the national economy. From: James Rogan/Washington Examiner. California also undermines the nation’s well-being on the environment.

🤥 FBI caught red-handed fudging crime data. From: I & I Editorial Board. These weren’t minor revisions in the crime numbers.

Border bait-and-switch. From: Jeffrey H Anderson/City-Journal. The Biden administration is using misleading statistics and rhetoric to hide its role in perpetuating the migrant crisis.

🙄 Jordan Peterson mocks Justin Trudeau's allegation of being a Russian propagandist. From: Sheila Gunn Reid/Rebel News. The Canadian author responded after Trudeau asserted he was being funded by RT along with American journalist Tucker Carlson.

Merrick Garland’s Virginia election lawsuit. From: Wall Street Journal Editorial Board. Justice sues Virginia for cleaning up voter rolls.

⭐️ Price controls (not global warming) drive insurers out of Florida. From: By John Tamny/Real Clear Markets. The problem is that insurers aren’t presently being allowed to set prices that emerge free of political and emotional bias.

Did inflation save us from ‘new progressive economics'? From: Christian Britschgi/Reason. Anti-market progressives dominate the Biden administration. Their policies also help discredit it.

🤥 Kamala Harris plagiarized: The NYT is lying. From: Christopher F Rufo/X. “The New York Times is lying about my plagiarism story and I have the receipts to prove it.”

Fox's Bret Baier pressed Harris, and the powderpuff press hated it. From: Tim Graham/Creators. It shouldn't be considered incredibly brave for Vice President Kamala Harris to consent to an interview with Bret Baier on Fox News.

🚗 Harris support for EVs could tank campaign in critical swing state, expert says. From: Michael Lee/Fox News. Michigan's working class is an important swing vote in the election.

Election interference: Meta admits Facebook censors anti-Kamala posts. From: Dmytro Aleksandrov/Headline USA. ‘That kind of s**t is automatically demoted...'

👏 Trump's so right to say he'd ban trans athletes in women's sports. From: Piers Morgan/NY Post. Sometimes, Donald Trump hits the nail right bang on the common-sense head.

We clearly must continue to support fossil fuels. From: Frank Lasee/Real Clear Energy. Climate ideologues demand an abrupt transition to wind and solar, alternative sources of energy, but renewables are simply unable to meet the extraordinary needs natural disasters generate.

📌 SHORT: We Need Elon’s Laser Focus on Gov’t