Links for 3–19-24

political finger on the justice scale

Victor Davis Hanson: Guilty! — but not really guilty? From: American Greatness. A cynical public now expects any accused prominent leftist to remain unindicted, while any non-leftwing target will be indicted, convicted, and jailed—for the same alleged offenses.

🤐 Covid-era case on free speech to test Supreme Court. From: Jan Wolfe/Wall Street Journal. Justices to consider whether federal officials unlawfully pressured tech companies to suppress posts opposed to vaccines.

Politicians just don’t get Bill of Rights. From: Kent McManigal/Eastern New Mexico News. “Politicians ask the wrong questions because they view everything through the warped lens of government supremacy.”

🎯 The odor of mendacity: 2024 could turn on smell of selective prosecution from Georgia to New York. From: Jonathan Turley. “For many citizens, mendacity, or dishonesty, is wafting from various courtrooms around the country.”

ACLU, once a defender of free speech, goes after a whistleblower. From: JD Tuccille/Reason. The former civil liberties group continues morphing into a progressive organization.

🤥 Trump talks ‘bloodbath’ in auto industry if cheap Chinese EVs flood the market—Dems pretend he called for violence. From: Jack Hellner/American Thinker. The number of lies the media will tell to destroy President Trump and cheat for Joe Biden are endless.

Tone-deaf Biden administration preparing “toughest ever" auto emission standards. From: Zero Hedge. Despite pretty much the entire country making it clear that EV mandates are hurting the industry. That's Bidenomics, Jack.

⭐️ It’s a big club and you ain’t in it. From: Eric Peters Autos. One of the ways the club runs things is to control what’s said – in print, on TV and online – about things. By controlling these things, the club has great control over what the people who aren’t member think – about everything.

Republicans are protecting your home appliances. From: Rep. Debbie Lesko/Washington Examiner. Defending individual liberty from the relentless option-destroyers.

🚗 Troubled EV maker pausing production amid bankruptcy speculation. From: Nick Pope/Daily Caller News. Fisker Automotive is temporarily suspending production as it appears to be preparing for a potential bankruptcy.

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