RUTHFULLY YOURS

https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/watch-joe-bidens-senior-moment-of-the-week-vol-15/

President Joe Biden suffered through another challenging week of interviews and public appearances. He dropped his cheat sheet during a discussion with CNN’s Jake Tapper and invented a new number: “a billion, a trillion, 700 million dollar, billion dollars.” He also touted his party’s passage of the “Inflation Act,” which is actually a more accurate way to describe the Inflation Reduction Act, which has not reduced inflation.

The commander in chief went to Colorado and marveled at the “mountains stretching 14 feet high,” concocting unusual words such as “certally” and phrases such as “has I not gotten to seen these.” Meanwhile, there is “trepidation” in the White House among Biden aides who would like to “downplay” the president’s fast-approaching 80th birthday on November 20.

If it were up to us, his handlers would be in prison, sharing a cell with Hillary Clinton, for abetting elder abuse. But it’s not up to us, so the best we can do is speak truth to power by chronicling these moments every week and letting you, the American voter, express your feelings at the ballot box.

https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/10/17/the-new-lawlessness-gripping-america/

One evening a few weeks ago, about 100 young people ransacked a Wawa convenience store in Philadelphia. The mob stole merchandise, knocked over shelves and threw food and drinks around, leaving the store looking like a natural disaster had hit it. Many got their phones out to record the madness. As chaos reigned, a young woman twerked on a counter. Fighting spilled out into the parking lot.

The rampage in Wawa mirrored an incident in Philadelphia a month earlier, when dozens of youths trashed the Zion Cuisine restaurant in the Germantown area of the city. Teens flipped tables, broke glasses and threw chairs at the staff. And scenes such as those at Wawa and Zion Cuisine are not unique to Philadelphia – they are happening all over America. Two weeks ago in Virginia, a group of teens assaulted a movie-theatre employee while ransacking a concession counter.

There is a lot of talk about crime in the US at the moment. Republican candidates have prioritised the issue while campaigning for next month’s Midterm elections. Their focus on crime is understandable. Since 2020 and the George Floyd riots, there have been spikes in assaults, burglary, robbery and car thefts. Homicides jumped up 29 per cent in 2020 and rose again by 4.3 per cent in 2021. Crime is also a concern shared by many Americans. A Morning Consult poll finds that more than three-quarters of voters think violent crime is a major problem in the United States. And another poll, from Monmouth University, finds that crime is the second-highest priority, after inflation, for all voters going into the Midterms.

At the same time, we shouldn’t slip into thinking that the latest crime discussion is just a revival of traditional ‘law and order’ politics. Yes, the Republicans are trying to use the issue to their advantage. But rising crime is a real problem. And while some Democrats respond with shouts of ‘that’s racist’, both black and white Americans are concerned about crime – indeed, black people in urban areas are disproportionately the victims of crime.

More importantly, many people now feel American society is spinning out of control. There is a growing sense of social breakdown, a sense that the veneer of civilisation is being eroded.

https://amgreatness.com/2022/10/16/the-tentacles-of-the-social-media-octopus/

A shared theme in all dystopian explorations of future and current totalitarian regimes—whether China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, or Cuba—is government control of all media information, fueled by electronic surveillance. 

A skeptical public learns to say one thing publicly but quite another privately. It nervously nods yes at the news while at work, but at home cynically assumes the opposite of whatever is publicly said to be true.  

RIP, First Amendment

Such electronic propaganda has sadly become characteristic of the world’s oldest consensual government. 

In America we once believed our First Amendment prevented a government monopoly on information. But in the age of globalization, the Internet, and social media, the state has become the enemy—not the protector—of free speech. 

One obvious sign is that the Biden Administration keeps trying to create new sorts of ministries of truth or “Disinformation Governance Boards.” It alleges such Orwellian censors must combat “disinformation” and “misinformation.” In fact, these bureaucracies are designed to criminalize unwanted free expression while also advancing state propaganda.