ALSO, RESTAURANTS SHOULD PRODUCE THEIR OWN ALTERNATIVE TO ZAGAT, AND SCHOOLKIDS SHOULD GRADE THEIR OWN EXAMS: Morrison: AALS Should Provide A Law School Guide To Supplant The U.S. News Rankings.

RUTHLESSLY: How Twitter Rigged the Covid Debate.

The United States government pressured Twitter to elevate certain content and suppress other content about Covid-19 and the pandemic. Internal emails that I viewed at Twitter showed that both the Trump and Biden administrations directly pressed Twitter executives to moderate the platform’s content according to their wishes.

At the onset of the pandemic, the Trump administration was especially concerned about panic buying, and sought “help from the tech companies to combat misinformation,” according to emails sent by Twitter employees in the wake of meetings with the White House. One area of so-called misinformation: “runs on grocery stores.” The trouble is that it wasn’t misinformation: There actually were runs on goods.

And it wasn’t just Twitter. The meetings with the Trump White House were also attended by Google, Facebook, Microsoft and others.

When the Biden administration took over, its agenda for the American people can be summed up as: Be very afraid of Covid and do exactly what we say to stay safe.

In July 2021, then-U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy released a 22-page advisory concerning what the World Health Organization referred to as an “infodemic,” and called on social media platforms to do more to shut down “misformation.”

Read the whole thing.

AND IT SHOULD BE: Twittergate: 63% want FBI ‘censorship’ of social media investigated.. “Majorities of every political category — 52% of Democrats, 75% of Republicans, and 63% of unaffiliated voters — believe Congress should investigate whether the FBI was involved in censoring information on social media sites.”

THE FILES MIGHT REVEAL IT BUT THE PRESS WON’T: Did the Twitter Files Just Reveal an Impeachable Offense for Biden? “Biden’s directive to quash free speech critical of his policies is sparking calls for impeachment.”

HMM: Trump Thinks Democrats Have ‘Something Big’ on Mitch McConnell.

THEY DON’T WANT YOU TO KNOW BECAUSE THEY KNOW YOU’D BE UNHAPPY WITH THEM IF YOU DID: Gag Order: Biden Admin Bars Border Officials From Sharing Data on Migrant Crisis.

EVERYBODY IS GOING TO GET COVID: China: Leaked estimate says 250 million people have caught COVID this month.

DEFUND THE LEFT:  “Texas Lawmaker Proposes Ban on DEI Programs at Public Universities.”

I haven’t had time to look at this bill.  But state legislatures need to take a look at how taxpayer money is being used in higher education.  We’re way past the point where state legislatures should be “hands off” public universities.

SALENA ZITO: The Empty Place Setting At The Table. “In a country where less than one-half of 1% of people serve in our all-volunteer military, there is often a sense of isolation among military members and their families, as well as veterans and their families, that their service and sacrifice are forgotten.”

THE NEW YEAR SALE is here. #CommissionEarned

KEVIN DOWNEY JR: Twitter Files, Part X: Banning Those Who Dared Question the COVID Narrative.

CRISIS BY DESIGN: The EPA’s Latest Regulation Could Devastate The Trucking Industry. “The EPA’s rule, which is more than 80% stricter than the previous regulation, will require large trucks, delivery vans and buses manufactured after 2027 to cut nitrogen dioxide emissions by nearly 50% by 2045, according to an agency press release. The agency’s rule is intended to push truckers to phase out diesel-powered vehicles and use electric vehicles (EV) instead; however, the compliance costs associated with such rules could suffocate an industry that is not ready to transition to EVs, experts told the DCNF.”

Yeah, also the rolling blackouts make it hard to charge your truck.

USUALLY ON SUNDAYS, POSTPONED THIS WEEK FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, I RUN A PROMO POST:  It’s mostly for indie writers.  This one contains a free book.  The After Christmas Book Promo and Vignettes by by Luke, Mary Catelli and ‘Nother Mike.

Oh, yeah, there’s also a vignette…. competition? Showing off? Egging on? Something like that.

I READ THIS BEFORE BUT DIDN’T LINK IT, AND I THINK IT MUST BE LINKED: Principles!

I AM A BAD EXAMPLE:  A Small Gift.

THE FBI WENT STASI. NOW THE ONLY THING TO DO IS DISBAND IT AND SALT THE EARTH:  What Will the FBI Not Do?

BEING DISAGREEABLE IN THE NAME OF THE TRUTH IS NO VICE. HOLDING YOUR TONGUE N THE FACE OF PROPAGANDA NO VIRTUE:  Being Disagreeable – At Christmas.

THERE’S BEEN INTENTIONAL INCITEMENT:  Today’s blacklisted American: Violence against churches and religious institutions skyrockets since 2018.

YAY FOR FOSSIL FUELS:  Gas Power Saves Texas from Blackouts, As Wind Power Collapses Again!

INTERESTING:  Power Substations Sabotaged On Christmas.

IT’S ALL FUN AND GAMES TILL THEIR OX GETS GORED:  Libs Throw Tantrum Over Kamala’s Christmas Present.

THE MINISTRY OF PROPAGANDA AT WORK:  Twitter Files: Controlling The COVID Narrative.

TRYING TO GIVE A RACE THE TRAPPINGS OF RELIGION AND TALKING ABOUT “AFRICAN PRINCIPLES” AS THOUGH AFRICA WERE A UNITY WAS ALWAYS STUPID. THIS? THIS IS CRINGE:  Kamala Harris Repeats Debunked Fairytale About Celebrating Kwanzaa.

Like race-swapping The Little Mermaid Kamala Harris’s fairytales are just European intellectual diversions with a fake tan veneer.

NOR CAN GOVERNMENT, BUT IF WE ARE TO AVOID AN ALA LANTERNE EXPLOSION, WE’D BEST FIND A WAY TO REFORM THEM:  “Where I’ve come out pretty clearly on higher education is that it cannot be reformed from within”.

BECAUSE OF COURSE THEY DID:  WaPo Uses Picture of NYC Orthodox Jews for Story About Ohio Measles Outbreak.