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Here's the Premier of New South Wales:

"We don't have the same freedom of speech laws that they have in the U.S., and the reason for that is that we want to hold together a multicultural community."

You can have free speech or you can have multiculturalism. You can't have both.
The extraordinary new restrictions on freedom of speech across the West are inextricably tied to mass migration and multiculturalism. The more disparate, diverse and stratified your society is, the greater the need for an intrusive centralized state to hold everything together.
A high-trust society bound together by a shared culture and thick civil society—where citizens all understand themselves and each other as part of the same whole—can tolerate vigorous debate and dissent without descending into anarchy. A society of distant strangers cannot.
Interestingly, this is one of the notable reasons that paleolibertarians broke with their more conventional libertarian counterparts on immigration: The realization that social trust, shared norms, and cultural cohesion are preconditions for free markets and political liberty.

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Feb 9
These are Trump's best approval numbers ever. But look at the generational breakdown.

Boomers are 50/50. Millennials are +4.

Gen Z is +10.

I'll keep saying it: Zoomers are going to be the most right-wing generation in recent memory.Image
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It's true. Gen X was a remarkably healthy, patriotic generation, wedged between two highly dysfunctional ones. In 1984, Reagan overperformed with 18-24 year olds—the first batch of Gen X voters.

The last time the GOP carried that age demo was 1988.
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Whenever Robert E. Lee comes up, liberals suddenly become foaming-at-the-mouth nationalists—raging about “traitors,” “treason,” etc.

The only other time they ever use this language is when they’re talking about Trump. That should tell you a lot about what this is really about.
tapping the @Antweegonus sign: Image
@Antweegonus I wrote about this on the anniversary of the Appomattox last April:

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Jan 29
The refugee NGOs are a perfect example of a self-licking ice cream cone:

1) The government gives NGOs money to resettle refugees.

2) The NGOs lobby for more money—and more refugees.

3) Rinse, repeat Image
It's not even particularly clandestine or secretive—a lot of these groups are openly boasting about it.

The USCCB, for example, regularly touts their efforts on their website: Image
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Same thing with HIAS—one of the groups whose funding skyrocketed under Biden. (And is actively involved in transporting migrants up from South America into the U.S.)

These guys are in DC, actively advocating for expanding asylum, more refugees, etc:
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Jan 28
This is arguably the single most important aspect of Trump's funding freeze.

The immigration crisis isn't an accident. It's a well-oiled system, facilitated by powerful NGOs—and funded by your tax dollars.

By defunding the NGOs, Trump is crippling the entire system. 🧵 Image
Here's what just happened: Last week, President Trump signed an executive order suspending refugee admissions into the U.S.

Then, the State Department went a step further—they issued a "stop-work" order to their NGO "partners," suspending all funding for refugee resettlement. Image
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The NGOs were beside themselves. And for good reason—very few of these groups are self-sufficient. Most of them are sustained by the federal tax-dollar gravy train. The immigration crisis is being financed by your government—with your money.

Hence, their outraged statements: Image
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Jan 27
For years, we were told that "the internet isn't real life." But in this election, it was. Online influencers, issues and ideas played a major role in the 2024 election—especially on the right.

Today's right is more "online" than the left—and that's part of why it's winning. 🧵 Image
Conservative politics used to take place on the airwaves of Fox and talk radio, in established journals and magazines, think tanks and direct-mail campaigns, etc. Now almost all of that is downstream of the internet. In 2024, the right-wing "lifeworld" is shaped online. Image
It's a trickle-down information economy: Not every Republican voter is active on here. But the people that *they* get their news from are. The talk-show pundits, Fox News scriptwriters, journalists, etc are almost all "very online." This is where the influencers are influenced. Image
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In his farewell speech, Joe Biden raged against the "tech-industrial complex."

That "complex" is real. But it's extremely left-wing.

There's a revolving door between Big Tech and the Democratic Party.

They're not just allies—they're often literally run by the same people. 🧵 Image
There are a number of high-profile renegade tech titans (i.e., Elon Musk) who are "on the right." Obviously, that's who Biden was talking about in his speech.

But they're exceptions to the rule. Writ large, the tech industry is an extension of the institutional Left. Image
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