Original article © Steven Hirsch/New York Post/Bloomberg via Getty Images The highest court in New York said Thursday it would not prevent the sentencing of President-elect Donald Trump for his crimes, currently scheduled for Friday. A deputy clerk for Judge Jenny Rivera wrote in a two-sentence letter to Trump’s lawyer, Todd Blanche, …

Originally published by Brownstone Institute History will remember this era as the moment when America’s most sacred principles collided with unprecedented institutional power – and lost. The systematic dismantling of fundamental rights didn’t happen through military force or executive decree, but through the quiet cooperation of tech platforms, media gatekeepers, …

It’s winter, which means a surge of seasonal flu infections in the northern hemisphere. This year, however, Americans are just looking at a surge in seasonal flu infections, but a surge in the flu coupled with three other infections: A quadruple-whammy of viruses are hitting the US as millions go …

Original Post (via Meta)  Takeaways Starting in the US, we are ending our third party fact-checking program and moving to a Community Notes model. We will allow more speech by lifting restrictions on some topics that are part of mainstream discourse and focusing our enforcement on illegal and high-severity violations. …

Original article Creek Fire 2020 Fresno — Finding a company in California to write a homeowners insurance policy has become increasingly difficult, akin to winning the lottery, as wildfires force dozens of insurance companies to exit the state. Patty Spott, who runs an insurance business in Exeter, said, “As soon …