Links for 12-27-24
taxpayers are paying to torture cats
🤬 Rand Paul uncovers $15 million taxpayer-funded cat experiments. From: Gabrielle M. Etzel/Washington Examiner. Taxpayers are paying for medical testing on cats involving electroshock therapy, induced vomiting, and other cruel forms of experimentation.
Victor Davis Hanson: What was so different this time about Trump’s election? From: American Greatness. Trump's 2024 resurgence marks a dramatic shift from his 2016 vilification, fueled by Biden's unpopularity, a longing for normalcy, and Trump's endurance through relentless opposition.
⭐️ Trump will “un-California" US energy policy on day one. From: Mish Talk. An energy policy battle is brewing and we believe Trump will win on day one...
What does it mean when your party brand collapses? From: John Halpin/Liberal Patriot. Repairing a deeply negative image is never easy. Democratic “fusionism” may be needed.
🙄 Biden officials say no evidence drones a threat to public, but ‘don’t know’ what’s going on. From: American Military News. Elected leaders from across the country amplified their demands for answers, even as the Biden administration insisted there was nothing to be worried about.
Congress just pushed Social Security closer to the brink to appease unions, but few seem to care. From: John Solomon/Just the News. CBO estimates the new law will deplete Social Security Trust fund by a whopping $20 billion a year.
🇨🇦 Canada is now euthanizing ‘useless’ citizens ‘taking up space.’ From: Frank Bergman/Slay News. Unlike the United States, Canada has a taxpayer-funded socialist healthcare system that gives “free” medical treatment to all citizens.
The progressive left's glossary of terms, 2024 edition. From Richard Truesdell & Keith Lehmann/American Greatness. Listen to any speech given by Democrats in 2024, and you’ll be bombarded by buzzwords, sloganeering, euphemisms, and phrases that provide a constant diversion from answering truthfully.
🎯 Why is Trump suing the media? From: Eli Lake/The Free Press. Over the past four years, the president was the victim of politically motivated lawfare. Now, he’s using the same tactic against news outlets.
When will New York City get serious about subway safety? From: Rafael Mangual/City Journal. A woman’s death from being set on fire shows how policymakers’ continued failure to act puts New Yorkers in danger.
🇬🇧 Merry surveillance and a happy new world. From: Off-Guardian. We pull out just the most seasonal, tinseliest headlines we can find, take a step back, and laugh at just what a clown world we’re all living in.
The loser of the year: The Southern Poverty Law Center. From: Ellie Gardey Holmes/American Spectator. It silenced dissent with smear tactics. Now its reckoning is coming.
🚗 A cost we all pay (but few see). From: Eric Peters. Cars have been downsized by government mandates and large families are punished.
Coca-Cola, PepsiCo push to keep sugary drinks in food stamp program. From: Karah Rucker/Straight Arrow News. RFK pledges to push for their elimination from the welfare subsidy.
👉 The 10 best optical illusions that will blow your mind. From: Science Focus. Optical illusions are fun and intriguing, and we don't always know why they happen.