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Joe’s bizarro world of achievements
🙄 Victor Davis Hanson: Joe Biden’s bizarro world of foreign policy “achievements.” From: American Greatness. Biden’s farewell boasts ring hollow as his foreign policy missteps—from emboldening Iran and Hamas to the chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal—undermine his claims of global achievement.
Corrupting the presidential pardon power. From: Ron Faucheux/Real Clear Politics. → We can’t flush Joe fast enough.
🤥 Joe goes out as he came in: full of delusion & lies. From: Miranda Devine/New York Post. Self-deluded Biden is spending his last days as president showcasing all the same lies and cementing his tarnished ‘legacy.’
LA officials made a string of bad decisions before blazes. From: Pringle, Tchekmedyian & Smith/LA Times. L.A. fire officials could have put engines in the Palisades before the fire broke out. They didn’t.
🔥 House barrels toward fight over placing conditions on California fire aid. From: Mychael Schnell/The Hill. California politicians have proven they can’t be trusted to spend the money prudently.
LA fires -- one-party city and state blames ‘climate change.’ From: Larry Elder/Creators. California has a population of 40 million, but its water infrastructure is equipped for a population half this size.
😬 California incinerated its insurance market. From: Steven Greenhut/American Spectator. Insurance is the foundation of homeownership and the economy, but California leaders have dilly-dallied in the face of a long-running crisis.
California's failed leadership. From: Bill O'Reilly. The harsh truth is that California authorities failed to protect residents from an obvious fire danger. Instead, the state spent billions on wasteful green programs that were largely theoretical.
🔎 LA fires: Is that GoFundMe account legit? From: Karen Garcia/Los Angeles Times-Union Democrat. How to spot scams when helping victims.
The future of online porn is at stake. From: Elizabeth Nolan Brown/Reason. The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a Texas case that could have major ramifications across the country—including, perhaps, the end of anonymity online.
⭐️ Democracy must only be allowed to add to liberty, never to undermine it. From: Martin Van Staden/Daily Friend. Liberals should take care not to lose sight of our goal: the expansion of freedom, not the endless extension of the democratic principle.
An energy-abundance agenda for Trump. From: Emmet Penney/Compact. The political and geostrategic importance of energy has come to the fore once again in recent years.
🚩 A switch in time? From: Judge Andrew P. Napolitano/Creators. Tulsi Gabbard apparently covets her new job more than she covets her principles.
WHO Disinformation on the COVID origin story. From: Robert W Malone. The Wall Street Journal has published an "opinion" from the WHO that is political propaganda.
🇨🇦 Trudeau shows why you should never trust a ‘male feminist.’ From: Meghan Murphy/Spiked. The self-proclaimed defender of women eviscerated sex-based rights in Canada.
Colorado apartment complex closes over 'imminent threat' after Tren de Aragua infiltration. From: Thomas Stevenson/Post Millennial. The 60-unit complex is posing an "imminent threat to public safety and welfare."
🇦🇷 Javier Milei slashes Argentina's inflation in just one year. From: Katarina Hall/Reason. Austerity measures and bold economic reforms led to the country's lowest inflation rate in over four years.
Google's re-education ‘camp.’ From: Dr. Drew/X. YouTube is holding his videos hostage.