Links for 5–19-25
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⭐️ How to teach youth the power of capitalism. From: Rep. Blake Moore/Washington Examiner. To be an American is to win life’s lottery.
The proliferation of regulatory crimes turns the rule of law into a cruel joke. From: Jacob Sullum/Creators. President Trump rightly decries the ‘absurd and unjust' consequences of overcriminalization.
🎯 No vaccination against unlimited political power. From: James Bovard/Brownstone Institute. Five years ago, politicians in scores of nations proclaimed that they possessed almost unlimited power over everyone living in their domain.
Fetterman post explains why Dems suddenly turned on him. From: Sierra Marlee/American Wire. Stances like this break away from the Democrat Party orthodoxy.
👏 Victory! Supreme Court rules police no longer immune In escalated deadly force encounters. From: Rutherford Institute. A recent supreme court ruling has affirmed that police officers can no longer rely on ‘Moment-of-Threat’ doctrine to sidestep scrutiny for misconduct leading to use of deadly force.
Here’s what would happen if the Trump administration used the Comey standard against Comey. From: Ben Weingarten/The Federalist. Comey’s latest post would no doubt be pursued as incitement to violence — something Comey himself would seem to advocate were he not the subject of investigation.
✈️ Mile high Marxist Bernie Sanders proves there Is no climate emergency. From: Larry Behrens/Real Clear Energy. → “When I talk, I put on my mask. When I act, I take it off.” — old Chinese
It was Hur and Hamas: CNN struggles to assign blame for not reporting on Biden’s decline. From: Jonathan Turley. The media is going through another round of spinning its own failure to pursue the question of Biden’s obvious mental and physical decline.
😮 Biden-Hur tape drops, and boy is it rough - Listen to all five hours here. From: Zero Hedge. It's also of course notable because the MSM insisted Biden was "sharp," and slammed Hur's assertions as politically motivated.
Homan: Border crossings down, arrests up, ICE finding missing children. From: Morgan Sweeney/The Center Square. There has been a 96.7% decrease in illegal border crossings and the drug cartels are “going broke,” according to Homan.
👍 ICE captures more illegal immigrants with criminal histories in sanctuary cities. From: Nicholas Ballasy/Just the News. “No American wants criminal illegal aliens loose on America’s streets and neither should our leaders who represent them.”
Blacks don’t need political saviors. From: Jason L Riley/City-Journal. The career of Sharpe James, who died this week, demonstrates how political clout means little compared with economic opportunity and human capital.
🥤 Starbucks doesn’t want to talk about the financial impact of plastic straws policy. From: Isaac Willour/Daily Economy. The financial and environmental impacts of “sustainability” practices are not… well, sustainable. Why don’t corporations want to question their assumptions?
How Gavin Newsom busted Cali's budget on illegal immigrants. From: Judge Glock/NY Post. California's social-service spending, like New York's and New Jersey's, ballooned as migrants took advantage of generous state programs — creating fiscal woes with no end in sight.
🚩 Newsom looks to extend carbon cap policy, fund rail boondoggle as possible gas crisis looms. From: Ireland Owens/Daily Caller. Taxpayers would shell out a minimum of $1 billion annually to help fund his state’s beleaguered high-speed rail project.
Proving climate change is damaging the economy is a challenge. From: Eric Worrall/Waats Up With That. Perhaps because there is no damage?
⚾️ Ted Williams was so much more than that magical .400. From: Will O'Toole/American Thinker. Yes, he was one of the greatest players ever, but he was also a man of patriotism, dignity, and honor.
"I don't know what to do!”: Borrowers report credit-score carnage as student loans hit reports. From: Zero Hedge. My score was in the high 700s and dropped to about 480...