Links for 12–13-23

expanding gov's warrantless spying

We’ve already got a dictator-in-chief: How absolute power corrupted the president. From: Rutherford Institute. Power-hungry, lawless and steadfast in its pursuit of authoritarian powers, the government does not voluntarily relinquish those powers once it acquires, uses and inevitably abuses them.

🚩 House proposal would expand federal warrantless spying authority. From: Reason. One bill set to be considered would grow the scope of federal digital surveillance and would authorize the federal government to use those powers against more individuals.

Rand Paul: Cancel all foreign aid. From: Declaration of Memes/X. Rand Paul tells it like it is.

🚩 Big Pharma is giving away Americans’ medical info to law enforcement with no warrant, lawmakers say. From: Daily Caller News. Law enforcement agencies discreetly get a hold of thousands of Americans’ prescription records per year with no warrant.

Why go to college if the world is about to end? From: Wall Street Journal. It’s a rhetorical question that suggests climate-change catastrophists have become a religious sect.

🖕 Is the invisible hand giving San Francisco the finger? From: Jonathan Turley. SF supervisor denounces capitalism for killing his city.

What are universities for? From: Christopher Roach/American Greatness. Their graduates should be looked at with suspicion rather than as intellectual superiors.

👨‍🔬 We must save ourselves from the public health professionals. From: Brownstone Institute. Possessing values that it considers superior to those of others, it feels justified in imposing its beliefs and values on the populations who are the target of its work.

A rational guide to America’s exasperating inertia. From: Daily Bell. The biggest problem is the government’s addiction to spending.

🚗 EV fever is cooling . . . From: Eric Peters Autos. Ford is throttling back production of its electric F-150, the Lightning, by 50 percent. Probably because something on the order of 95 percent of people who buy F-150s do not want to buy a battery-powered version of this truck.

Public pensions threaten to bankrupt state governments. From: Reason. Florida Has an Answer. Thanks to recent reforms, most government workers in Florida now enroll in less risky defined contribution plans.

SHORT: Giving Government Unlimited Power

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