Links for 8-9-24
the Harris flop is scarier than her flip
⭐️ Victor Davis Hanson: The Harris flop would be scarier than her flip. From: American Greatness. The Harris-Walz message is clear: “In order to run your country for the next four years, we must lie and deceive you for the next three months.”
Summer of the draft: What government and think tanks are planning and why. From: Edward Hasbrouck/Anti-War. We’ve seen this dynamic play out in Russia, where the presumed ability to rely on conscription as a fallback helped embolden Putin’s hasty military over-reach into Ukraine.
🙏🏻 Can we have a class-free society with free markets? From: Paul F. deLespinasse/Newsmax. Prices of all goods and services, except for regulated utilities, would be determined by the interaction of supply and demand rather than by central decree, and property rights would be fully respected.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin makes a huge move for election integrity in Virginia. From: Terresa Monroe-Hamilton/American Wire. Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin has ordered that the 2024 presidential election in his state be conducted by paper ballot along with putting other security protocols in place to safeguard individuals’ votes.
🚩 The imminent student-loan disaster we're not talking about. From: Preston Cooper/James G Martin Center. More than half of student-debtholders are not making payments. That is unsustainable.
Why the wealthy are numb to inflation. From: Jeff Yass/Wall Street Journal. Asset appreciation eases the impact of price rises, but only in the short run.
👀 Former congresswoman under gov’t surveillance after criticizing Biden and Harris, whistleblowers warn. From: Timothy Frudd/American Military News. A new whistleblower report claims that former U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is currently under surveillance as part of the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA’s) Quiet Skies program after criticizing the Biden-Harris administration.
Biden administration says it will finalize second attempt at blanket student loan forgiveness this fall. From: Emma Camp/Reason. 🎯 One last effort to buy the youth vote on the eve of the election.
Will Big Media give Walz the Vance treatment? Don't bet on it. From: Debra J. Saunders/Creators. There will be no stories about leaked texts the now-Democratic running mate sent to someone he once considered a friend.
😮 New documents prove the FBI worked with prison officials to wrongly punish J6 prisoner John Strand. He speaks out! From: Grant Stinchfield/The Gateway Pundit. Thanks to the Supreme Court, January 6th Political Prisoner John Strand is a free man.