Fascist Is as Fascist Does
If we extrapolate Forrest Gump’s adage that stupid is as stupid does, from stupidity to fascist is as fascist does, we can see parallels to fascism in actions that were taken by the governor of the State of Washington.
Facebook Censors Gone Wild
If it is no longer safe to mention the word “dictator” regarding presidential candidates, the First Amendment will be worth less than the most noxious campaign promise. But at least Facebook will always have plenty of cute kitty photos.
Complex Systems and the U.S. Election
In total, all these mutually connected subsets of elements and living entities comprise the planetary ecosystem, which is an overarching, complex system. What does this have to do with Donald Trump as candidate in the imminent US presidential election?
Censorship and the Criminalization of Election Integrity
No political actor has been more influential in overturning election integrity efforts than Marc Elias. He led the crusade to overturn the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s 2022 ruling in Teigen v. Wisconsin Elections Commission, which banned “drop boxes” in the state.
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Washington Post Subscribers Throw Temper Tantrum
At least 200,000 subscribers of the nation’s second-most-important newspaper threw a temper tantrum because the paper’s Establishment stenographers would not endorse Harris. If this doesn’t provide a “tell” about the political views of large swaths of the country, nothing will.
Did Government-Sponsored Disinformation Worsen Covid-19?
The Fors Marsh campaign deployed fear-based messaging to influence public behavior to comply with CDC and other USG recommendations. The intentional promotion of fear of death from an infectious disease disproportionate to actual risk of death is psychological bioterrorism.
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Election 2024: Analysis and Predictions
The goal of this modeling project was to predict the outcome of the 2024 election using public health, demographic, and historical data. The approach relies on predictors that are a proxy for support for the Democratic party within a population.
Reclaim the West
Eric Metaxas explains that the Spiral of Silence is “the idea that as the price to speak rises, fewer speak out, which further causes the price to rise, so that fewer yet will speak out, until a whole culture is silenced.”
If Trump Wins
The 2016 and 2020 elections were close even though Clinton (5%) and Biden (8%) had solid polling leads at this point. We need to contemplate a Trump win not only in the electoral college but also in the popular vote.
A Question of Standing
The legislative and executive branches will have unlimited power over The People if The People cannot bring cases against those branches because judges allow Standing Doctrine as an excuse to avoid hearing a case involving controversial subject matter.
The Biden-Harris Administration Wasted Nearly $1 Billion on Misinformation
A new, massive 113-page report from the U.S. House of Representatives Energy & Commerce Committee has detailed the remarkable abuses from the Biden-Harris administration and the manner in which they communicated during Covid.
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Us Classical Liberals Versus Them Populists
One of the features of populism that Karlson posits is framing political groups as Us versus Them. It is ironic because Karlson does that too—Us classical liberals are necessarily at loggerheads with Them populists.