Links for 1–19-25

at last, the end of a climate delusion

🎯 End of a climate delusion. From: Holman W Jenkins Jr/Wall Street Journal. Amid California’s fires, voters wake up from the dream that green pork is a solution.

The LA fires: Progressive governance claims more victims. From: William L. Anderson/Mises Institute. Progressive policies have all but guaranteed this latest disaster.

🔥 Fighting fire with fire. From: Brad Barr/Quillette. We know how to prevent catastrophic bushfires.

As fires burn, private firms and personal effort step in where California officials fail. From: J D Tuccille/Reason. Californians are turning to private firefighting and security, but officialdom gets in the way.

🔎 Whistleblower: DEI, corruption behind LA fire catastrophe. From: Michael Shellenberger/X. The Fire Department did not pre-deploy fire engines to strategic locations, and helicopters arrived half an hour too late to put out the Palisades.

Joe’s low blows: How lame-duck Biden has tried to trip up Trump on way out the door — with 32 executive actions. From: Steven Nelson/NY Post. From impeding oil production to clearing out federal death row.

🚩 How Biden’s inner circle protected a faltering president. From: Rogers, Entous, Haberman & Hulse/NY Times. President Biden’s closest family members and advisers worked together to manage his decline.

Delusional Joe declares the ERA the law of the land — but it likely will not matter. From: Stokols & Cancryn/Politico. Biden continues to stumble on his way out the door.

🙄 Servile network ‘news' Democrats repeat Biden's farewell spin. From: Tim Graham/Creators. Journalism professors love to disdain being "stenographers to power," but that's what these networks have been for Biden.

Deep State poll: Nearly half of federal employees say they plan To resist Trump's incoming administration. From: American Greatness. DOGE to the rescue?

💀🇨🇦 Socialized medicine update: close to 15,500 died waiting for health care in Canada in 2023-24. From: Jane Stevenson/Toronto Sun. “Thousands of Canadians find themselves on waitlists – in some cases for several years – with too many tragically dying before ever getting treated, or even diagnosed.”

The great dumbing down of American education. From: Joel Kotkin/American Mind. Our road to mediocrity needs to be reversed—and fast.

🤐 Why Europe fears free speech. From: Wolfgang Münchau/UnHerd. If you can’t beat the far-Right, ban them.

Police chief defends use of lies and torture to obtain false confession. From: Free Thought Project. Thomas Perez Jr was psychologically abused during a 17 hour interrogation. The local police chief defended the tactics.

⭐️ Trump promised to free Ross Ulbricht. From: Zach Weissmueller/Reason. Here's why he should.

Melting snowflake: Trans city-councilor takes month off to recover from being misgendered. From: Zero Hedge. “They” will continue receiving a $2,641 monthly city stipend while providing nothing for Worcester other than melodrama.

🐱 The NIH is funding kitten torture. From: Rand Paul Review. This is not okay. In fact, it is horrifying.

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