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New Mexico Ends Qualified Immunity: Can a Complex Government Function Without it? https://reason.com/2021/04/07/new-mexico-abolishes-qualified-immunity-police-government-officials/ Courts Put a Stop to Biden’s Racist Policies on Farm Aid https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2021/07/02/district-court-decision-grants-relief-with-preliminary-injunction-in-usda-racebased-debt-free-program-n25919...

Cuba Communist Utopia in Crisis! Say it isn’t so Bernie…  AOC… Ilhan Omar… Michael Moore… Anyone…??? https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2021/07/12/psaki_cuban_protests_inspired_by_governments_economic_mismanagement.html https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bernie-sanders-silent-cuban-pro-democracy-uprisings-praising-fidel-castros-communist-policies https://www.foxnews.com/politics/state-depa...

Now liberals are buying guns.: Pandemic, police violence, calls to ‘defund the police’ fuel a surge of first-time gun buyers https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2021/anti-gun-gun-owners/ Eric Adams's victory is a warning to defund-the-police activists https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/eric-adams-s-victory-is-a-warning-to-defund-the-police-activists/ar-AAM19F1 58% of Americans distrus...

Right to Self Defense and Private Property Right: What 2020 Taught Us https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/mccloskey-family-warned-of-mobs-return-police-and-security-firms-initially-didnt-offer-any-help/ https://www.the-sun.com/news/980814/heavily-armed-leftist-gun-club-seattle-chaz/ https://www.foxnews.com/us/bail-reform-laws-let-alleged-criminals-back-on-the-streets-within-hours-threatening-publi...

SCOTUS Upends NCAA Control Over College Athletes https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2021/06/21/shawne-alston-vs-ncaa-case-supreme-court-ruling/5237656001/ Drug War Claims Olympic Dreams as Latest Victim https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/05/politics/tokyo-olympics-richardson-what-matters/index.html Meanwhile Males identifying as Females Steal Women’s Olympic Dreams https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-...

‘A Form of Brainwashing’: China Remakes Hong Kong Neighbors are urged to report on one another. Children are taught to look for traitors. Officials are pressed to pledge their loyalty. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/29/world/asia/hong-kong-security-law-anniversary.html SCOTUS Rules That California Violated the First Amendment by Routinely Demanding Donor Information From Advocacy Groups https://r...

DeSantis Bans CRT and Requires Schools to Teach Communism is Evil DeSantis on Communism, “FL students will learn about patriots who come to America after fleeing communist regimes. Our students will learn from an integrated civic education curriculum that compares our rights & freedoms to places where they don’t exist like China & North Korea.” DeSantis on CRT, “I think it's going to cause...

The Declaration of Independence (1776): “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” • Contradictions – Women couldn’t vote and most blacks were enslaved; • Did the Founders leave us with the tools to resolve the contradictions? • Or...

Judge Orders FBI To Halt Forfeiture of Cash, Jewelry From Safe Deposit Boxes – Agents of the government violated both law and constitutional rights of citizens, why are none held accountable? https://reason.com/2021/06/24/judge-orders-fbi-to-halt-forfeiture-of-cash-jewelry-from-safe-deposit-boxes/ The Supreme Court Just Struck a Big Blow for Private Property—Against Union Invasion – The notion tha...

Biden claims credit for big pharma quick vaccines then immediately undercuts property rights that led to fast vaccine   Joe Rogan takedown of CNN’s Brian Stelter.     California Lefty Fatigue: Bill Maher Say California get act together or he may leave  “Been Here a long time… I don’t want to go.  But I’m not going to breathe ash the rest of my life.  You make me...

Interview with Brian Brady and his experience Campaigning for Liberty Knucklehead Noise Patrol Is Kamala angling for a free trip to Europe? Kamala Harris interview with NBC’s Lester Holt. Kamala, "At some point, you know, we are going to the border. We've been to the border. So this whole thing about the border. We've been to the border. We've been to the border." Holt, "You haven't been to the bo...

Why increased government spending reduces prosperity; https://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2021/06/19/sunk-costs-inertia-and-the-burden-of-government-spending/ Only 15 years too late; https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/aumf-repeal-congress/2021/06/17/1bd1ec70-cf76-11eb-a7f1-52b8870bef7c_story.html From cannabis prohibition to cannabis subsidisation in record time. https://reason.com...

The lab leak origin of COVID has magically morphed from conspiracy theory to something serious people must consider, The media and the 'lab leak' theory: From 'conspiracy theory' to respected reporting - The Washington Post   Inflation, not about price or wage increases. It's about money creation. Prices increased in May by 5 percent as recovery continues; policymakers say inflation is tempor...

The story of Yeonmi Park….”even North Korea was this nuts.” Our liberties and freedoms are under attack https://www.foxnews.com/us/north-korean-defector-ivy-league-nuts Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley said, “Poverty is not naturally occurring; it’s a policy choice.” Causes of poverty - Wikipedia Rep. Ayanna Pressley says that poverty is a ‘policy choice,’ not a natural occurrence – twitchy.com The H...

Corruption within Government State Department leaders were warned not to pursue an investigation into the origins of COVID-19, former department officials confirmed to Fox News on Thursday, amid fears that it would bring attention to U.S. funding of research at the Wuhan Institute where the virus may have escaped. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/state-department-leaders-covid-origin-investigation...

Texas Passes Star Spangled Banner Protection Act Requiring the National Anthem at Sports Events https://www.foxnews.com/politics/texas-lawmakers-bill-national-anthem-played-pro-sports-teams No Smooth Sailing for US Vacationers Under Biden CDC. https://www.wsj.com/articles/cruise-ships-in-the-cdc-dock-11618526805 https://thepointsguy.com/guide/when-cruise-ships-lines-resume/ Critical Race Theory In...

LibertarianCounterpoint.com Hosted today by Richard Fields & John Cameron, an interview with Candidate for Kern County Supervisor, Kelly Carden.  counterpoint@libertariancounterpoint.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheLibertarianCounterpoint MeWe: https://mewe.com/group/5f77d2492e473034752fc1d6 Minds: https://www.minds.com/groups/profile/1169061797966581760/

Is Fake News from Sources such as CNN Protected by the Courts as Free Speech? Alan Dershowitz Puts it to the Test in a Libel Lawsuit. https://reason.com/volokh/2021/05/25/alan-dershowitzs-libel-lawsuit-against-cnn-can-go-forward/ USA Today Caves to Outraged Woke Crowd, Altering Writer’s Words to Comfort Woke Narrative https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2021/05/27/usa-today-changes-words-o...

LibertarianCounterpoint.com New Research on the Link between Government and Corruption https://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2021/05/18/new-research-on-the-link-between-government-and-corruption/ Retailers lobbying to reduce credit card fees would mean banks would raise other fees to consumers https://dailytorch.com/2021/06/durbin-amendment-shifts-the-costs-of-cashless-convenience-from-retailers-t...

Fauci Flips on Source of Virus: Now Says it Might be from Wuhan Lab https://nypost.com/2021/05/23/fauci-not-convinced-covid-19-developed-naturally/ Prisoner’s Suing Government Over Covid https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/04/30/michigan-department-of-corrections-class-action-lawsuit-coronavirus-in-prisons/3047921001/ https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2021/03/16/219401...

Biden Pays Workers to Stay Home amidst Worker Shortage and High Unemployment Numbers. https://reason.com/2021/05/13/bidens-1-9-trillion-rescue-plan-isnt-saving-the-economy-its-holding-it-back/ https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/jolts.pdf https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/10/opinion/jobs-unemployment-benefits-republicans.html Inflation Specters on the...

U.S. Supreme Court limits police power to enter homes with no warrant https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-supreme-court-limits-police-144209326.html Google to help you self-censor Google to suggest more ‘inclusive’ terms with new assisted writing tool https://metro.co.uk/2021/05/19/google-to-suggest-more-inclusive-terms-with-assisted-writing-tool-14608473/ Say No to the “Cashless Future” — and to Cashles...

To Rave Reviews, Woke Golden Globes Cancels Self! https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2021/05/10/heres-why-nbc-wont-air-the-golden-globes-next-year/?sh=1cf1ae204173 Olympics Banning BLM Protests and Apparel. https://www.wbtv.com/2021/05/04/olympics-ban-black-lives-matter-apparel-could-punish-athletes-political-demonstrations/ Bitcoin Fortunes: Elon giveth, Elon taketh. https://www.cnbc.com/2...

Oil Pipeline and Gas Shortages: Why the sudden lack of concern over Russia? https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/massive-replenishment-begins-ease-us-fuel-shortages-2021-05-15/ Central Planners to the Rescue: Government throws gasoline on fire of gas shortages with price ceilings. https://reason.com/2021/05/12/laws-against-price-gouging-wont-fix-the-long-lines-at-the-gas-station/ Biden Pays Wor...

Will Bitcoin Mining Cause Global Warming? The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will restart construction on a 13.4 mile stretch of levee in the Rio Grande Valley. The decision reportedly follows pressure from local residents and politicians to mend the incessant crossing surge. https://www.foxnews.com/us/biden-administration-to-resume-border-wall-construction-as-crisis-worsens So now...