Today in Progressive Totalitarianism
9th March 2023
‘It’s legal, there’s just no precedent’: the first US town to demand a rent decrease (The Guardian)
NYC Mayor Adams says stumping for Biden’s reelection won’t stop him from criticizing feds’ migrant crisis response (N.Y. Daily News)
The US central bank is poised to cause untold hardship to millions of Americans (The Guardian) Robert Reich gets it wrong again.
The commercial surrogacy industry is booming as demand for babies rises (CNBC)
Most in new poll view ‘woke’ as positive term (The Hill)
Rich countries should pay their fair share for American drugs (The Hill) Who determines what’s ‘fair’? Why, the Narrative, of course.
Veterans group: Ban Fox News on military bases (The Hill) I wonder how long it took them to find a ‘veterans’ group’ that would agree with the Narrative.
How an incredible Jon Stewart interview exposed the GOP’s ‘freedom’ hypocrisy (MSNBC) Gotta keep pushing that Narrative!
Fox News Journalists Sound Off on ‘Soul-Crushing’ Dominion Filings (Daily Beast)
New Mexico Moves To Hobble Private Paramilitary Border Patrols
Adams Ally Moves Quickly From City Hall to Lucrative Real Estate Work (N.Y. Times)
Cori Bush’s Bodyguard Says He Can’t Be Anti-Semitic Because He’s a Jewish High Priest
The Future of the Republican Party Is on the Line (Politico) Ask yourself why Rich Lowry, managing editor of National Review, is writing this piece instead for Politico.
Details in a lawsuit against Texas’s abortion ban shock the conscience (Washington Post) Whose conscience? Jennifer Rubin must have borrowed one for the occasion, since she’s shown no trace of one up until now.
Adam Schiff Pledges To ‘Save Democracy’ in Cringey Video on Chinese Spyware App