Thomas Harries

[Thomas Harries @ThomasTheIII24]

“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”
-George Orwell

[This Day In Sports Clips @TDISportsClips]

September 16, 2019: Mike Leach analyzes who would win a Pac-12 mascot battle royale.

[David Sacks @DavidSacks]

IN THE GLOBAL STRUGGLE AGAINST AUTHORITARIANISM, THE WEST’S REAL ENEMY IS ITSELF

American politicians speak constantly about the indispensable role of the United States in leading the free world against authoritarianism. If that is true, why is the White House so silent in the face of new global threats to free speech?

In January, American citizen Gonzalo Lira died in a Ukrainian prison for posting YouTube videos; the State Department didn’t lift a finger to help. Last week, Telegram founder Pavel Durov was arrested in France for the crime of insufficient content moderation.

Now Brazil has banned X for resisting the diktats of a tyrannical judge, who salivates over the possibility of jailing @elonmusk. The EU is one step behind, with Eurocrat Thierry Breton pursuing a criminal investigation against Elon for “platforming disinformation,” which Breton defines to include a conversation with Donald Trump.

In the UK, the government of Keir Starmer imprisons critics of open borders with more zeal than it prosecutes violent crime. In Canada, Justin Trudeau crushed a trucker protest against vaccine mandates by asserting sweeping new powers to freeze bank accounts.

At no point has the White House expressed concern about this new iron curtain that seems to be descending across the West. Quite the contrary, Mark Zuckerberg confirmed that the Biden-Harris administration repeatedly pressured Meta to censor during Covid. Worse, the FBI primed Facebook to censor true stories about Biden Family corruption by suggesting that Hunter Biden’s laptop was Russian disinformation (even though the FBI knew it was authentic).

Barring court intervention, TikTok will shut down in the U.S. on January 19, 2025 thanks to a new power authorized by Congress to ban websites and applications that the President determines are subject to the influence of a foreign adversary. X may not be far behind if liberal elites and deep state apparatchiks like Robert Reich and Alexander Vindman get their wish. They have called for the U.S. to adopt Brazil’s and the EU’s approach and “rein in” Elon Musk.

Hypocritically, the same voices demanding this crackdown are also the loudest in proclaiming the West to be engaged in a “war on authoritarianism” against countries like Russia and China. But whatever their other sins, Russia and China are in no position to deprive American citizens of their free speech rights; only our own government can do that.

Similarly, if Western leaders truly wanted to prevent authoritarianism, the easiest place to start would be at home, protecting the civil liberties of their own citizens. Instead they seem obsessed with deflecting the public’s attention onto foreign enemies, as Orwell depicted in the Two Minutes Hate in 1984.

As this battle over free speech heats up in an election year, where do the candidates stand? Donald Trump has declared his support for free speech whereas Kamala Harris has said nothing and can be expected to continue her administration’s policy of tacit approval of creeping censorship. In just two months, Americans will decide. Do we actually lead the free world in standing up for free speech, or do we accept the authoritarianism we claim to detest so much?

[Christopher C. Cuomo @ChrisCuomo]

There is a reality at the DNC that is the same as the RNC. And what makes the parties the same should worry you the most and must change.

[Good Morning Liberty @GoodAMLiberty]

Milton Friedman on Price Controls:

"It is a device that governments have repeatedly resorted to to try to cover up the effects of their own policies.."

[Global Government Affairs @GlobalAffairs]

We have received further demands for censorship and for the personal account information of our users, impacting not just Brazilians but residents of the United States and Argentina.  We share those here in the interests of essential transparency.

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Recebemos mais pedidos de censura e de informações de contas pessoais de nossos usuários, afetando não apenas brasileiros, mas também residentes dos Estados Unidos e da Argentina. Compartilhamos essas informações aqui no propósito essencial de garantir transparência.

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🚨🇺🇸CNN SELECTIVELY EDITS ELON-TRUMP EXCHANGE ON NUCLEAR ENERGY

It seems mainstream media really doesn't want to show the truth anymore.

Thankfully, with X, we still can see the truth.

CNN Reporter:

"So that was more Elon Musk than Donald Trump, suggesting that what happened almost 80 years ago—the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki—is now okay, trying to downplay the impact of that."

Source: CNN, @Mazemoore, https://t.co/jIP4ZSQuHu

[Penny2x @imPenny2x]

Hello friends, I’m 43 a years old software engineer and I have 3 daughters.

I love America, because I value freedom, and merit.

I care about the future of this country, because I want my daughters to enjoy the same incredible opportunities that I was blessed with by my parents and this incredible republic.

I will never vote for any presidential candidate who demonizes our most successful, innovative and freedom loving business people. I will never vote for a candidate who openly wishes to attack my freedom to speak.

[James Altucher @jaltucher]

I'm hesitant to post this because I don't really like any aspect of the political system. But here is what I heard last night at the Must/Trump conversation and I'm curious what part of this people disagree with:

[iamyesyouareno @iamyesyouareno]

An immigrant who raped a 13-year-old girl in the UK was allowed to walk free because he didn't know rape was illegal.

But posting your opinion on social media leads to years in prison.

Make it make sense.

[Dan @robustus]

Crypto has dealt with a very hostile SEC and FDIC, but not yet an over-the-top hostile Treasury.

That would be far worse than what we've seen so far. Treasury controls FinCEN & OFAC and really could make self custody effectively illegal in the US on "National Security" grounds.

[Kyle Porter @KylePorterNS]

Scottie’s 2024.

Second Players
Second Masters
7 wins
World No. 1
First child
$30 million
Jail
Gold

[Markets & Mayhem @Mayhem4Markets]

Don't confuse luck with skill.

If you don't understand why your winners win and your losers lose, then you may not have a reproducible trading system.

Focus on figuring what works, why it works, and how to repeat those setups.

Build a system around it.

[Stock Talk @stocktalkweekly]

"I recommend anyone who doesn't believe Tesla will solve vehicle autonomy should not hold Tesla stock. They should sell their Tesla stock.

If you believe Tesla will solve autonomy, you should buy Tesla stock. All the other questions are noise." - @elonmusk $TSLA

[Air Force Football @AF_Football]

𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝.

Congrats to @Brad27_27 on being invited to the @Commanders mini camp!

#FlyFightWin

[Joe Pompliano @JoePompliano]

The Yankees-Giants game just wrapped up in 2 hours and 33 minutes.

There was just one pitch clock violation, and that would be the fastest average MLB game in 43 years.

This is going to make baseball so much better.

[Ali Abdaal @AliAbdaal]

We don’t need motivation to take action. We need to take action to get motivation.

[PFF College @PFF_College]

Top 10 graded Running Backs from the 2022 season

[Nick Huber @sweatystartup]

Every human should have to work in a busy restaurant on a Friday night before being allowed to dine in one.

[Air Force Football @AF_Football]

One of the 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 to ever do it‼️

What a season for @Brad27_27