Citizen Writers Fighting Censorship by Helping Americans Understand Issues Affecting the Republic.
There’s some silliness in Earl Ofari Hutchinson’s concluding statement about the San Diego mosque killings: (Cain) Clark and (Caleb) Vazquez’s hideous rampage almost certainly would have been treated as a murder, charges if they had lived. But in the hands of the Trump DOJ they may well not have been slapped with federal hate crime …
Elections still happen. Parties still act like it’s a steel-cage match. But on the fundamentals—the wiring of the economy, the growth of the administrative state, the handshake between government and corporate power—the menu is pre-selected. You’re not choosing dinner; you’re choosing the garnish. The work of Martin Gilens and Benjamin Page (2014) didn’t need conspiracy theories to make the point: policy outcomes tend to track the preferences of economic elites far more than average voters. Translation: your vote counts; your leverage doesn’t.
I will admit it: there was a strong feeling of amusement among sensible people when the simpleton from Sweden was arrested for protesting in support of the British pro-terrorism group. Greta Thunberg had made a name for herself as a climate kook, but has branched out in support of Hamas, Palestinian terrorism, and against …
Since there weren’t enough racist incidents in this Portland burb to promote the “conservatives are racists” narrative, the editor hired a writer to beat the bushes for “racist” incidents. When someone claimed to be a victim of racism, this writer reported the “victim’s” claims, ignoring witnesses and evidence.