Links for 7–12-25
California politicians spike gas prices
🎯 Blame California politicians for the state's sky-high gasoline prices. From: J D Tuccille/Reason. Taxes and regulations pinch supply and hike prices at the pump.
Gavin Newsom's ‘price gouging' shtick is running on empty. From: Steven Greenhut/Reason. Gas prices in California are exceptionally high because of the state's high taxes and anti-oil regulations, not because gas station owners there are greedier.
🙄 After cutting police, overtime costs strain LA's budget. From: Ana Kasparian, Real Clear Investigations. Overtime pay has now grown so much that some detectives earn more money than the city’s mayor and the state’s governor.
Why John Brennan belongs in prison. From: David Harsanyi/Creators. Former CIA Director John Brennan is one of the most contemptible and shady people in public life. Few people have abused their position, power and access with such impunity and hubris.
🤥 Brennan, MSNBC can't stop lying about Trump and Russia. From: Matt Taibbi/Racket News. Attention, believers in the Trump-Russia conspiracy: you are being lied to. Side by side, here's what you've been told, next to the reality that's being hidden from you.
Henchmen behind Brennan’s fake Russia collusion assessment are still at the CIA. From: Margot Cleveland/The Federalist. Hopefully, Director Ratcliffe’s investigation is still ongoing.
🔎 Tim Walz’s state under the microscope for potentially discriminatory hiring practices. From: Ellie Fromm/Daily Caller. The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday it is opening an investigation into the state of Minnesota’s allegedly racist and sexist hiring practices, which it says may violate the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
First of its kind ‘anti-DEI’ index fund launches to advance meritocracy in the workplace. From: Tom Tillison/American Wire. Just as you are ready to rule out common sense in the corporate world, sanity may be on the verge of making a comeback.
👍 Free-market economics is working surprisingly well. From: Noah Smith. Which economic approach works depends a lot on where you start from.
New poll delivers troubling signs for Democrats. From: Amie Parnes/The Hill. The poll, conducted by Unite the Country, a Democratic super PAC, showed voters perceived the Democratic Party as “out of touch,” “woke” and “weak.”
🤔 Who’s hungry for the truth about food stamps? (hint: not journalists). From: I & I Editorial Board. Shouldn’t the goal be that no one is dependent on government to help them afford groceries, because the economy is booming, people are earning decent wages, and inflation is under control?
Taxpayers will no longer fund illegal aliens’ education. From: Tate Miller/The Center Square. Taxpayers will no longer pay for the education of noncitizens in the U.S. illegally, the U.S. Department of Education said.
👉 Millions of student loan borrowers will soon have interest restarted. From: Lauren Keenan/Straight Arrow News. The U.S. Department of Education announced that interest accrual for borrowers on the SAVE plan will restart on Aug. 1.
New York Times admits migrant 'conspiracy theory' it scolded Donald Trump for is true. From: Will Pottter/Daily Mail. Donald Trump has been vindicated after The New York Times accused him of pushing a false conspiracy theory about a migrant gang taking over a Colorado apartment building... only for the paper to now admit those same claims were true.
🚩 Nearly half of America’s murderers get away with it. From: German Lopez/New York Times-Seattle Times. Compared with its peers, America overall does an unusually poor job of solving killings.
What the hell happened with the Jeffrey Epstein case? From: Ben Shapiro/Daily Signal. An enormous number of Americans were deeply disturbed by the FBI memo.