The same establishment playbook is used to malign the character of leakers and distract attention from the substance of the revelations. From: Glenn Greenwald.
⭐️ The crackdown cometh. From: Matt Taibbi/Racket News. Leaks for me, not for thee.
The US could use some separation of media and state. From: Caitlin Johnstone. At the highest levels of the world’s most powerful government and the world’s most influential media platforms the line between media and state is effectively nonexistent; people flow seamlessly between roles in the media and roles in the government depending on who’s in office.
Fox News starts its Dominion defamation trial with several strikes against it. From: Reason. Pretrial rulings recognized the falsity of the election-fraud claims that the outlet aired and rejected three of its defenses.
Awakening the sleeping giant. From: Debbie Wuthnow/Townhall. All over the country, parents have been “awakened” to the indoctrination of their children by the liberal, woke education establishment… and they are resolved that it will not stand.
Liberals in Tennessee appear to be making the case for conservative justices. From: Jonathan Turley/The Hill. 🎯 A Jewish baker should have a right to refuse to make a Mein Kampf cake, and a Black baker should be able to decline a KKK cake. They are all exercising their free speech rights.
Two-year anniversary of declining real wages for American workers. From: Real Clear Policy. This week marks the two-year anniversary of declining real wages for ordinary American workers due to ongoing high inflation. The latest consumer price index, released this week, shows prices grew 20% faster than wages over the last 12 months.
👉 Teen employment isn’t exploitation, but it might keep you from becoming a helpless adult. From: The Federalist. Increasingly, Americans aren’t working as teenagers, and it’s no wonder there’s a growing political movement that equates employment with exploitation.