Author: Freedom Watch

Niskanen Center April 3, 2021 “Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue.” These deathless lines are generally credited to Barry Goldwater, but he didn’t write them. Karl Hess, Goldwater’s lovable anarchist speechwriter, put them in the Arizona senator’s Republican convention acceptance speech. “I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice!” Goldwater actually said, in a slightly less pithy formulation. “And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!” It’s a rousing sentiment, however it’s phrased. Continue Reading…..

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Trump and Carlson lead backlash as MLB pulls All-Star Game from Georgia By Martin Pengelly the Guardian April 3, 2021 Donald Trump and Tucker Carlson led rightwing backlash after Major League Baseball said it would not play its All-Star game in Georgia because of a new law that restricts voting rights in the state. Major League Baseball pulls All-Star Game from Georgia over voting law The former president and the Fox News host some say is his Republican political heir thereby ranged themselves against current president Joe Biden and the Democrat he served as vice-president, Barack Obama. Continue…

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By Jordan Williams TheHill April 2, 2021 Hunter Biden, the son of President Biden, in a new interview says that he doesn’t know if a laptop found in Delaware that was the center of an election-year controversy was really his. In an interview on “CBS Sunday Morning” that will air on Sunday, Biden says he doesn’t have any idea whether the laptop at the center of a controversial New York Post story about his business dealings published weeks before the 2020 election was his. “For real, I don’t know,” Biden tells CBS in the interview “I don’t have any…

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Ongoing trial shows Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine remains highly effective after six months By Maggie Fox CNN April 1, 2021 (CNN)The ongoing Phase 3 clinical trial of Pfizer/BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine confirms its protection lasts at least six months after the second dose, the companies said Thursday. The question of how long vaccine protection lasts can only be answered once enough time has passed, and while six months of protection is a modest target, it’s longer than previously known. The study is continuing and future updates may reveal more about how long and how strong this protection is. The vaccine…

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Police officers sue Donald Trump for injuries resulting from Capitol riot By Guardian staff and agency the Guardian March 31, 2021 Two US Capitol Police officers have filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump, accusing him of inciting the deadly 6 January insurrection and saying he was responsible for physical and emotional injuries they suffered as a result. James Blassingame, a 17-year veteran of the force, and Sidney Hemby, an 11-year veteran, filed the lawsuit on Tuesday in US district court for the District of Columbia seeking damages of at least $75,000 each. “This is a complaint for damages…

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