Links for 8-15-24

the Harris-Walz ID double standard

👉 Harris campaign requires I.D. to attend her rally, even though she opposes voter I.D. From: Ben Whedon/Just the News. The requirement drew rebuke from conservatives online in light of Harris’s past opposition to election integrity measures.

CBS News attacked Donald Trump’s ‘no tax on tips’ proposal — until Kamala Harris copied him. From: Alana Mastrangelo/Breitbart. CBS News attacked former President Donald Trump when he announced his “no tax on tips” policy proposal in June and then suddenly became uncritical of the idea when Vice President Kamala Harris copied Trump.

🔥 Walz dithered while Minneapolis burned. From: Heather MacDonald/Wall Street Journal. Kamala Harris made an odd choice of running mate if she wanted to appear tough on crime.

Chicago moves closer to government grocery stores. From: Moonbattery. This great leap forward toward communism is advancing.

⭐️ Tulsi Gabbard taking legal action against Biden administration. From: David Strom/Hot Air. By now, you likely know that Tulsi Gabbard was put on a terrorist watch list and harassed whenever she travels by plane.

Does your state let you work without government permission? From: J D Tuccille/Reason. A new report ranks the states on their occupational licensing requirements.

🎯 We are wasting $2 trillion a year chasing ‘green’ fantasies. From: Bjorn Lomborg/NY Post. Achieving a meaningful shift with current policies turns out to be unaffordable. We need to drastically change policy direction.

Media claim inflation ‘slowing’ even though prices have only skyrocketed under Biden-Harris. From: Jordan Boyd/The Federalist. Basic goods and services cost at least 20 % more now than they first did when Biden and Harris first entered the White House.

🚩 The nation’s best hackers found vulnerabilities in voting machines — but no time to fix them. From: Maggie Miller/Politico. Organizers and participants at the DEF CON Voting Village found cyber vulnerabilities in everything from voting machines to e-poll books, but there is no time before the November elections to fully implement their findings.

John Stossel: Native truths. From: Creators. American kids are now taught that before Christopher Columbus wrecked things, peaceful Native Americans protected the environment.

😮 Socialized medicine update: Euthanasia now 5th leading cause of death in Canada as over 15,000 people killed. From: Wesley Smith/Life News. The number of Canadians dying prematurely by “medical assistance in dying” (MAiD) has risen thirteenfold since legalization.

Do EV producers need taxpayers’ protection? From: Donald J. Boudreaux/AIER. “Protectionist subsidy of American EV producers necessarily diverts resources away from other industries in the US. What is the value of the production that declines in America because of EV protection?”

📌 SHORT: Jefferson’s Warning