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The Left Goes Nuclear

The Left’s socialism push just went nuclear. Stephen Colbert is too dumb, and too biased, to call out the Leftists. But Andrew Klavan doesn’t hesitate to explain why socialism is a terrible idea.

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Of course, the most vocal of the new socialist idiots is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, newly elected Democrat from Brooklyn. Needless to say, it’s hardly surprising she was born on Friday the 13th in October of 1989. AOC has a new viral video on campaign financing, and it’s, like, super! Mr. Reagan shows us her big drive.

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Tim Pool discusses how Ocasio-Cortez’s staff is already walking things back. As she came into power, she didn’t waste any time releasing all kinds of information to back her Green New Deal. But it turns out a lot of the information was false or based on incomplete data. She now, rather than admitting they lied, they are engaged in subtle “damage control.”

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Mark Dice uses satire to ridicule Ocasio-Cortez. He proposed an alternative to the Green New Deal, one in which every American receives a new massage chair and men recycle their urine to create water for coffee and juices. Here’s his video — Mission Accomplished.

Finally, Lionel Nation breaks from expectations, describing Ocrazio-Cortex as a “godsend” and a “white hat plant.” In what may be the most far-reaching bordering on lunacy proposal to ever be considered in Congress, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, (AKA Sandy) D-N.Y., unveiled her “Green New Deal” — a government-led overhaul of virtually every aspect of American life that would guarantee a host of taxpayer-covered benefits for all and phase out fossil fuels. However the freshman lawmaker sparked confusion when she seemingly contradicted herself in a span of twelve hours on the nature of the government’s role in the massive plan. Ocasio-Cortez’s office says the plan would aim to make air travel obsolete, upgrade or replace every building in America to ensure energy efficiency and give economic security even to those “unwilling” to work. The proposal, which calls for a massive package of big-government proposals including health care for all, quickly picked up the backing of major 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls including Sens. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Cory Booker, D-N.J. — who all co-sponsored the resolution.

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Assault On Freedom Of Speech

The question on the proverbial political table: Is campaign finance reform a good way to regulate money in politics? Nationally syndicated, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist George Will thinks not. Will says campaign finance reform is nothing more than a euphemism for controlling freedom of speech. Listen in to his argument in this edition of Prager University.

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Does Money Corrupt Politics?

Should we worry when money and politics mix? Common wisdom suggests that large campaign contributions can corrupt politicians and disenfranchise regular voters. But Bradley Smith, former chairman of the Federal Elections Commission under President George W. Bush, warns that laws designed to regulate campaign contributions can have unintended consequences, actually making the playing field more advantageous for incumbents and stifling broad participation in the political process.

Smith is currently the Josiah H. Blackmore II/Shirley M. Nault Professor of Law at Capital University Law School in Bexley, Ohio — a suburb of Columbus. Here, he explains the downside to campaign finance reform in a brief talk for LearnLiberty.org

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Schumer Screams Fire

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-New York, calls for limits on the First Amendment during a July 16 speech on the Senate floor. The purpose of Schumer’s address: To pimp his DISCLOSE ACT, aimed at restricting corporations from making financial contributions to political PACs, ostensibly in the name of transparency.

What’s wrong with Schumer’s push? He’s a fraud who didn’t raise any stink whatsoever when Obama outspent McCain, $770 million to $322 million, in the 2008 election. Nor has Schumer objected in the slightest to the more than $500 million spent by global tycoon George Soros to construct an echo chamber of non-profit organizations engaged in secretive, Astroturf efforts to influence the outcome of US elections.

Chuck is only squawking now because the GOP PACs are beginning to outpace their Democratic counterparts in attracting corporate funds, and so, feeling the pinch, he wants to chip away at the First Amendment. Sorry, buddy, but if your party is patently anti-capitalist, and you thus see diminishing donations from businesses, that’s just the way the cookie crumbles. Your expedient needs and extremist agenda hardly justify undermining liberties we have enjoyed in America for more than 200 years.

Even the ACLU understands the dangers posed by the DISCLOSE ACT, opposing it on the grounds that itΒ “would inflict unnecessary damage to free speech rights and does not include the proper safeguards to protect Americans’ privacy.” Chuck, get serious, dude. Stop screaming fire.

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