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We must fight tooth and nail against every incursion on civil rights and liberties. Here's your daily news digest for 20 June 2023.
The Pharmacological Path to Soft-Core Totalitarianism ⋆ Brownstone Institute
Soft-core totalitarianism was predicted by past seers who tried to warn us about where Western Civilization was headed.
Clayton J. Baker, MD
Australia
Daniel Wild On How Divisive The Calma-Langton Model For The Voice Will Be on 2GB
On June 16, IPA Deputy Executive Director Daniel Wild joined Ben Fordham to discuss new analysis of the Calma-Langton report and what it tells us about the potential operation of the proposed Voice to Parliament.
Daniel Wild
Covid-era policies cost young people $116bn
Our policymakers have yet to apologise for or even recognise the scale of the damage that government Covid-era policies have …
Gigi Foster
What’s drawing so many Indians to Australia?
Indians are the second-largest migrant group in Australia, and their numbers are continuing to rise.
Cherylann MollanBBC News, Mumbai
International
Life in the Donbass: How locals feel today, over nine years since their region broke away from Ukrainian control
Residents of the DPR give their perspectives on the hostilities raging since 2014, and how they feel about Russia and Ukraine
RT
China Withholds Cremation Data From Late 2022 After Ditching “Zero Covid” Policy
Several provincial-level regions also scrapped the release of cremation services data for the fourth quarter of last year.
Tyler Durden
Boris Johnson should destroy the Tories
The ex-PM makes an eloquent case for Labour
Aris Roussinos
Business, Finance & Investment
Oil Falls on China Growth Uncertainties
LONDON—Oil prices fell on Monday as questions over China’s economy outweighed OPEC+ output cuts and the seventh straight…
Reuters
$79,160,000,000 Exits US Banking System in One Week As Deposit Flight Resumes - The Daily Hodl
People are once again pulling large amounts of cash out of the US banking system. According to newly updated stats compiled by the Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) system, $79.16 billion exited American bank accounts from the start of the month through June 7th.
Daily Hodl Staff
Visualizing Annual Working Hours in OECD Countries
Where do people work the most? Explore our analysis of the average annual working hours across OECD countries.
Marcus Lu
Culture
Anheuser-Busch says, ‘We hear you,’ pledges to give money to wholesalers as Bud Light sales tank
“We are a beer company, and beer is for everyone,” Anheuser-Busch CEO Brendan Whitworth said.
Madeleine Hubbard
Tucker Carlson Biographer Claims an Exodus Is Underway and a Group of Fox News Castaways Is Forming
Tucker Carlson’s biographer claims that Fox News staffers are leaving the network to join Carlson in his Twitter venture.
Jack Davis
The Ties Between the Pride Push and the Great Reset
A member of Parliament in the Netherlands named Pepjin van Houwelingen recently tweeted the following: (translated from Dutch) This letter from Klaus Schwab to Rutte has just been made public. It is clear that the WEF is coordinating the Great R…
Crypto & Blockchain
Bitcoin prepares for lift off
With the crypto market seemingly still in the grip of enforcement-induced fear perhaps Bitcoin is getting ready for an explosive move.
Laurie Dunn
Bitcoin bulls look to re-establish control — Will BNB, LTC, OKB and QNT follow?
Bitcoin’s renewed strength could translate to breakouts in BNB, LTC, OKB and QNT.
Rakesh Upadhyay
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Postscript
A Pox on Joe Rogan | Steve Berman
I can forgive RFK Jr. I think he is suffering from some form of mental illness that does not permit him to accept facts outside his conpiracy-laden fantasy. I can’t forgive Rogan.
Steve Berman
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