Dems freak out over Biden’s debate performance: ‘Biden is toast.’ From: Lisa Kashinsky/Politico. One prominent operative texted, “Time for an open convention.”
🤐 The Court green-lights censorship. From: Brownstone Institute. Government found a way into social media via direct intimidation, third-party services, and revolving doors with agencies. The majority opinion here has found a way to codify this new form of censorship.
A Supreme Court license for social-media censorship. From: Wall Street Journal Editorial Board. A 6-3 majority ducks the First Amendment problem when government pressures tech platforms to limit speech it doesn’t like. Alito writes a powerful dissent.
⭐️ Victor Davis Hanson: Stop the Ukrainian meatgrinder? From: American Greatness. The only practicable way to avoid another near-one million dead and wounded would be a settlement, however unpopular.
Electing the next dictator: Ugly truths you won’t hear from Trump or Biden. From: Rutherford Institute. “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”—George Orwell
🚩 If you're shot, robbed, or assaulted in Chicago, there's a 50/50 chance there'll be no police to respond. From: Ted Dabrowski/Wirepoints. Police are also forced to increasingly focus on consent decree compliance and bureaucratic paperwork, which keeps officers off the street...
There's a Charlottesville every week, and Joe Biden is fine with it. From: David Harsanyi/Creators. They aren't led by a few hundred Nazi cosplayers, but thousands of Islamists and leftist fellow travelers whose goals are supported by numerous administration officials, congressmen and newsrooms.
🎯 We don’t need the government to save journalism. From: Roger Ream/Washington Examiner. 2024 continues to be one of the worst years for the legacy media.
The Supreme Court is not going to save you. From: John Daniel Davidson/The Federalist. Don’t repose your hopes for the survival of the republic and our Constitution in an elusive conservative majority of black-robed justices.
🍊 When the government came for Florida's orange trees. From: Alyssa Martinez/Reason. The state cut down private fruit trees and offered gift cards as compensation. It didn't solve the citrus canker problem.
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