Author: Buck Banks
FIRE Criticizes Iran Crackdown
“A tyrannical theocracy has shut down the internet for an entire country so the world can’t see the brutal tactics it plans to use to crush a free Iran. In my view, this is the biggest free-speech story in the world right now.”
— Greg Lukianoff, head of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, on X.
U.S. Has 15 Million Flu Cases
15 million
There have been at least 15 million flu cases this season, according to the latest estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, reports ABC News. This year, outpatient visits for flu-like symptoms reached the highest recorded level since the agency began tracking cases more than 30 years ago.
High-Test Protests
Of domestic American protesters Donald Trump is not a fan,
Even though peaceful protest is a right of every American.
So even if you’re fighting the good fight,
Trump won’t protect your protest rights,
Unless, of course, you’re demonstrating on the streets of Tehran.
Hundreds of Thousands Leave the Government
335,000
New data reveals that a staggering 335,000 federal workers left government work last year, with the vast majority quitting or retiring — only 11,000 were a result of layoffs from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, the Washington Post reports.
History in the Unmaking
The august Smithsonian Institution, under Trump, has a new role,
It’s not a history museum, now that history’s a thing he controls.
Stuff he doesn’t like, say, impeachments,
Get the full Orwellian treatment:
Along with Jan. 6 and 2020, they get stuffed down the old Memory Hole.
Trump Wants 10% Cap on Credit Card Rates
10%
“President Donald Trump has called on credit card companies to cap interest rates at 10 percent for a year, effective from Jan. 20, without specifying how the proposal could be implemented or enforced,” the Washington Post reports. Associated Press: Americans would save $100B if credit card rates were capped as Trump proposed.
Kelly: Taking Greenland Would Be the Worst Presidential Decision Ever
“It ?would probably be the biggest mistake any president has made in the history of this country. For us to threaten them, especially with force, that we’re just gonna take your stuff; we’re gonna take your territory—is that who we’ve become? That’s Russia. We are not that kind of a nation.”
— Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), in an interview with The Atlantic, on President Trump threatening to take over Greenland.
No Morals, But Mortal
Donald Trump seems to take pride in his venal criminality,
Asserting that the only limit on his actions is his own morality.
But of course Trump has no morals,
So he obeys neither laws nor rules —
And the only real check on his behavior will be his own mortality.
