Links for 12-11-24
the disgrace known as Alvin Bragg
⭐️ Daniel Penny’s innocence—and the shame of Alvin Bragg. From: Editors of The Free Press. A just verdict for Daniel Penny does not erase the cynical, wrongheaded, and unwarranted prosecution.
New York’s government is the real villain in the Daniel Penny trial. From: Heather MacDonald/City-Journal. Mentally ill addicts are certain to attack more innocent New Yorkers—what will city officials do to protect them?
👏 Daniel Penny & America's verdict: BLM era Is finished. Christopher Rufo/IM--1776. Penny’s trial captured public attention because it dramatically emblematized a critical cultural faultline.
Some thoughts on loving liberty. From: Nathan Barton/The Price Liberty. “As a poltical philosophy, libertarianism (also called classical liberalism) is opposed to other political ideas, including but not limited to tyranny, authoritarianism, and intrusive government.
👀 New report exposes extensive government spying on bank accounts. From: Katie Pavlich/Townhall. According to congressional investigators, the FBI abused the Bank Secrecy Act in order to work with banks to target opponents of the Biden administration.
Funding the “resistance.” From: Jonathan Turley. How the Democratic obstruction of immigration enforcement could prove costly for citizens.
👉 Deportation strategy to include targeting sanctuary cities, new border czar says. FromBethany Blankley/The Center Square. Homan said the plan will prioritize national security threats and violent criminals.
Biden's COVID-19 response eroded civil liberties. From: Robby Soave/Reason. Mandates, school closures, and overreach defined an administration that doubled down on failed policies.
🎯 Merrick Garland is the worst Attorney General in American history. From: Elle Purnell/The Federalist. Even Joe Biden, who nominated Garland, appears to have caught onto the fact that Garland’s DOJ is infected with partisan corruption.
IG finds Justice Department spied on Patel and other congressional staffer without telling courts. From: Steven Richards/Just the News. The department initiated the probe to investigate leaks to the media of FBI classified information as part of the now-discredited Trump-Russia probe.
🤐 State Department scrambles to scuttle $100M censorship network before Trump takes office. From: Zero Hedge. Except, they're really just "realigning.”
Luigi Mangione’s Ivy League background is no surprise. From: Daniel Kalder/Unherd. The advantage of being highly educated is that you can rationalise violent and dark deeds while dressing up your personal grievances in theory.
🔎 Make American education great again. From: Paul Runko/Real Clear Policy. Trump’s Department of Education is poised to revolutionize education in America.
Justice Ketanji Brown to appear in pro-transgender broadway musical. From: Andrea Widburg/AmericanThinker. Jackson may not know what a woman is, but she knows what it is to go to bed one night as just an ordinary Supreme Court justice and to wake up the next day as a Broadway star.
ALVIN, ALVIN, ALVIN IS A TRESONOUS POS COMMUNIST
As an independent world trends researcher 48 years, I just want to say I can definitely see (and feel) the effort you put into this, your equally rewarding yet paradoxically wearying at times—morally courageous project. Keep on keeping on. We are (likely) experiencing the end game. Kind regards, Kat