Links for 5–25-25
one-stop shopping for identity thieves
🚩 With REAL ID, America now has national ID Cards and internal passports. From: J D Tuccille/Reason. To make us safer, the feds required standardized ID and one-stop shopping for identity thieves.
The Democrats: Leadership discredited, party off kilter. From: Michael Barone/Creators. How does a political party with overwhelming advantages manage to lose just about everything across the board?
👍 Trump admin looks to gut ‘deep state’ with National Security Council overhaul. From: Vivek Saxena/American Wire. The restructuring involves reducing the NSC’s size by firing hundreds of staffers and then transferring many of its functions to the State and Defense departments.
US gasoline prices heading into Memorial Day weekend are the lowest Since COVID. From: Zero Hedge. Average US retail gasoline prices going into Memorial Day weekend are 14% lower than last; in fact, prices are lower than where they were every year this decade except 2020
⛽️ Why California gas prices are the highest in America. From: Vance Ginn/Daily Economy. California’s gas taxes and regulatory costs alone account for more than $1.30 per gallon — nearly double the national average.
Crime rates of illegal migrants underreported. From: John R Lott Jr./Real Clear Politics. Democrats frequently claim, almost as an article of faith, that illegal immigrants are less prone to commit crime.
👀 Cities nationwide are quietly deploying facial recognition technology to track your every move. From: Leo Hohman. If we fail to stop this technology, every city will become a Smart City and eventually a 15-minute city.
In defense of federalism. From: Thaddeus G McCotter/American Greatness. In forsaking federalism, both left and right risk trading liberty for control—bringing us not closer to truth, but nearer to dust.
🤐 US officials delayed warning public about heart inflammation risk from COVID shot. From: Brooke Singman/Fox News. Biden admin deliberately kept deadly heart risks from COVID shots from the public.
The penny is about to disappear forever. From: Douglas A. McIntyre/247Wall Street. There are good reasons to kill the penny. It costs 4 cents to mint.
🎯 Reliance on ‘renewables’ makes widespread blackout nightmare more likely. From: Gary Abernathy/Empowering America. Imagine taking the subway to work when the train comes to a sudden halt halfway between scheduled stops. You pull out your smartphone to go online and see what the problem is, but you have no reception – no cell signal, no internet.
Cocaine hippos, monkey copyrights, and a horse named Justice: The debate over animal personhood. From: C J Ciaramella/Reason. Are human courts the best venue to protect wild animals?
⭐️ Climate hysterics groom our kids to join the left's crusades. From: Bethany Mandel/NY Post. The celebrity daughters of Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jennifer Garner represent an entire generation driven off the deep end by their own manufactured anxiety.
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