Good riddance, social media censors, my rude Facebook ‘fact-check’ awakening and other commentary

Mark Zuckerberg getting rid of Facebook’s fact-checking department is “too little, too late,” scoffs The Free Press’ Margi Conklin. AFP via Getty Images Libertarian: Good Riddance, Social-Media Censors “A new era is dawning at Meta,” declares Reason’s Robby Soave of news “that third-party fact-checking organizations” will lose “the power to suppress disfavored speech on Facebook.” … Read more

Chuck Schumer lies about Biden mental decline: Letters to the Editor — Jan. 9, 2025

President Joe Biden shakes hands with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. AP The Issue: Sen. Chuck Schumer defending President Biden’s record and mental acuity. Sen. Chuck Schumer said he thinks President Biden has an amazing record as president (“Chuck playing ‘mind’ games,” Jan. 6). Schumer calls Biden a patriot and said the president’s mental acuity … Read more

Democrats eye massive shift in war on wildfires: Prevention

The Dixie fire destroys trees Aug. 21 in Gensee, Calif. (Ethan Swope / Associated Press) Democrats are proposing a potentially seismic shift in how the nation battles wildfires by dramatically increasing funding for efforts that aim to prevent blazes, rather than focusing on the tools to put them out. Under the social safety-net and climate … Read more

Capitol Journal: Californians voted to spend billions on more water storage. But state government keeps sitting on the cash

We could be headed into another drought. There’s little Sierra snow and valleys are dry. Is California ready this time? Not really. (Joseph Serna / Los Angeles Times) We could be headed into another drought. There’s little Sierra snow and valleys are dry. Is California ready this time? Not really. Good signs: There’s still a … Read more

Trump blasts Newsom’s plan to shield California from the next White House

Then-President Trump participates in a briefing on wildfires with California Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2020. (Andrew Harnik / Associated Press) President-elect Trump is not thrilled with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s aggressive, highly visible campaign to shield California from the Trump White House. “Governor Gavin Newscum is trying to KILL our Nation’s beautiful California,” Trump wrote on … Read more

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