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the lies we have lived through

Jul 02, 2024

🤥 Victor Davis Hanson: The lies we have lived through. From: American Greatness. “You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.” - Abe Lincoln

Democrat media aren’t upset Biden is senile, they’re mad they can’t hide it anymore. From: Mark Hemingway/The Federalist. Had Democrats and the media been honest about how obvious Biden’s condition was a year ago, they might have a winning candidate now.

🎯 The mess Democrats have made, Kamala Harris edition. From: Wall Street Journal Editorial Board. Imagine if Biden had chosen a Vice President for competence rather than identity politics.

Numb to the numbers. From: Katherine Mangu-Ward/Reason. The national debt has become an alarm bell ringing in the distance that people are pretending not to hear, especially in the city that caused the problem.

🚩 The national debt is now so high that every American essentially owes $100,000. From: John Stossel/Reason. We could grow our way out of our debt burden if politicians would limit spending increases to just below America's average yearly economic growth. But they won't even do that.

The art of being eternally shocked: How the press and pundits are again mystified by the obvious. From: Jonathan Turley. Whether it was the false story about agents whipping migrants in Texas or the photo op claim in Lafayette Park, false stories were disproven only to have a collective shrug from those who spread them.

⭐️ Did the Daily Mail just accidentally uncover the Biden family money-laundering scheme? From: Revolver. Loans or mortgages can be taken out as a cover for laundering criminal proceeds.

Biden, age, and elder abuse. From: Brian C. Joondeph/American Thinker. Anyone watching the Joe Biden presidency after the June 27 debate against Donald Trump cannot conclude that this was anything other than elder abuse.

👉 A neurosurgeon diagnoses Joe Biden. From: Alex Berenson. Mid-stage Parkinson's, with dementia

Let the market, not government, set weather insurance prices. From: James Rogan/Washington Examiner. If the state becomes the insurer, inefficiencies and cronyism will follow as will higher tax bills to pay for state-provided insurance.

Nearly half of American EV owners want to switch back to gas-powered vehicle, McKinsey data shows. From: Breck Dumas/Fox Business. A lot of US EV owners have buyer's remorse.