Links for 12–28-23

like hiring your own assassin

Stop funding the ‘rights for migrants' legal scam. From: Betsy McCaughey/Creators. You're paying to be legally coerced into providing more for migrants, even at the cost of cutting vital city services — kind of like hiring your own assassin. It's absurd, but it's about to get worse.

🍕 Over 2000 pizza delivery drivers to be laid off in California as $20 minimum wage takes effect. From: Post Millennial. Pizza Hut franchises have “made a business decision to eliminate first-party delivery services and, as a result, the elimination of all delivery driver positions."

How snatching American citizens turned into a tool of hostile governments. From: Wall Street Journal. Travelers in countries representing nearly a quarter of the world’s population face a heightened risk of arrest—and of becoming pawns in a geopolitical struggle with Washington

🚗 The EV graveyard reckoning, hardly anyone wants to buy a used one. From: Mish Talk. The Chinese government literally forced people to buy the damn things. Biden is attempting the same in the US.

The ‘risky' business of showing all sides. From: David DesRosiers/Real Clear Politics. Most news organizations today cater to partisan audiences—feeding them perspectives they are already likely to agree with. This is not the RealClear way.

🚩 New California law requires stores to carry “gender-neutral” toys. From: Jonathan Turley. The law could return courts to defining the free speech rights of corporations and the question of compelled speech.

2023 brought more evidence that pandemic school closures damaged students. From: Emma Camp/Reason. Post-COVID educational declines are here to stay.

🎯 Britain’s net-zero disaster and the wind power scam. From: Epoch Times. Net zero was sold to Parliament and the British people on claims that wind-power costs were low and falling. This was untrue.

Three times Biden forgave student loan debt despite Supreme Court ruling. From: Washington Examiner. Joe is hellbent on buying the youth vote by subsidizing irresponsibility.

🙄 Wayne State University student, David Lopez, who tipped the scales at 400lb sues the school for $1 million after claiming he was prevented from becoming a gym teacher because of his weight. From: Daily Mail. The student teacher has diabetes, hypertension and asthma that make standing and walking difficult.

📌 SHORT: Edward Snowden - Agenda of Mass Surveillance

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