Today in Progressive Totalitarianism
16th March 2023
TikTok says US threatens ban if Chinese owners don’t sell stakes (Reuters)
The Biden administration demands that TikTok be sold, or risk a nationwide ban (NPR)
Snap stock surges on report that Biden may ban TikTok (CNBC)
Banning TikTok is a bad solution to the wrong problem (Washington Post)
Increased minimum wages may benefit small businesses, study co-authored at UC Berkeley finds (S.F. Chronicle) Obvious tendentious bullshit–small businesses are precisely those hurt worst by minimum wage laws.
NYC Mayor Eric Adams faces thousands in fines for potential campaign finance violations (Gothamist)
Mayor Adams’ inaugural arm allegedly accepted $15,600 in ‘prohibited donations,’ but dodges fines for now (N.Y. Daily News)
More ‘woke’ companies are going to fail, former CEO warns: SVB collapse was ‘perfect storm’ (Fox)
FACT FOCUS: Claims link ‘woke’ policies to SVB’s demise (Associated Press)
Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, Credit Suisse all donated to Massachusetts Democrats (Boston Herald)
Judge appears sympathetic to abortion pill challenge in consequential Texas hearing (NBC)
SVB Donated $73.4 Million To BLM And Related Entities
Wellesley Students Vote To Admit Trans Men To Historic Women’s College
Netflix Cancels Show Featuring ‘Nonbinary’ Buffalo
Leftist Groups Tapping $1 Billion To Vastly Expand The Private Financing Of Public Elections
MSNBC Claims GOP Could ‘Hurt Its 2024 Candidates’ Bigly…by Not Going on MSNBC I think not.
NYPD Cop Shortage Result of ‘Woke’ Politics
More Than Two-Thirds of the People Arrested in D.C. Are Never Charged (Washington City Paper)
No, ‘Wokeness’ Did Not Cause Silicon Valley Bank’s Collapse (N.Y. Times)
Acosta Cues Parkland Dad: Forget Woke BS, Florida ‘The State Where People Go to Die’
NY AG Hosts Drag Story Hour For NYC Kids Using Taxpayer Money
First Rule of Journalism: Never Admit You’re an Obnoxious Lib (Even Though You Are)
‘You Know Better,’ Senator Calls Out CNN For Repeating Biden Spin
California Regulators Ban Gas Appliances In San Francisco Bay Area