Digital Kill Switches: How Tyrannical Governments Stifle Political Dissent | ZeroHedge

Authored by John and Nisha Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute,

What’s to stop the U.S. government from throwing the kill switch and shutting down phone and internet communications in a time of so-called crisis?

After all, it’s happening all over the world.

Communications kill switches have become tyrannical tools of domination and oppression to stifle political dissent, shut down resistance, forestall election losses, reinforce military coups, and keep the (more…)

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Rufo: “The Only Hope For A Diverse Nation Is…” | ZeroHedge

Authored by Christopher Rufo via City-Journal.org,

A New Civil Rights Agenda

The only hope for a diverse nation is a regime of colorblind equality…

This year’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was marked by contentious debate about the state of civil rights law in America.

On the left, as always, the failure to achieve equal outcomes along racial lines requires greater state intervention.

On the right, a different critique has gained traction, most notably in (more…)

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DEI Destroys Excellence, Military Cohesion At Service Academies | ZeroHedge

Authored by Bruce Fleming via RealClear Wire,

Applicants who self-identified as a member of a race the Academy wished to privilege—at the time I was on the Admissions Board it was African American, Hispanic, and Native American—were briefed separately to the committee not by a white member but by a minority Navy lieutenant. Briefings (a minute and forty seconds per applicant, no more) ran through a number of factors quite quickly and offered a recommendation that we had been told was (more…)

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