Californians red future, disinfo zealot rises at NPR and other commentary

The “two likely results” of the LA fires are that “thousands of Californians who lost their homes will respond to the tragedy by moving ..

.to a red state,” while “those who remain will begin the effort to oust some of the incompetent elected leaders,” predicts Merrill Matthews at The Hill.Neither Gov.

Gavin Newsom nor Mayor Karen Bass “will accept any responsibility for the tragedy,” but “Californians have already ousted many inept progressive elected officials by recalling them or by voting them out.”“Though most of the replacement politicians have been Democrats, usually claiming a moderate brand, that may change, given the devastation of the recent wildfires and the government’s incompetent response.”“There’s a good chance that a red state is in many (perhaps most?) Californians’ future.”New National Public Radio CEO Ryan Merkley has “figured in several high-profile efforts to control ‘disinformation’ through aggressive content moderation,” rages Racket News’ Matt Taibbi.He was director of the Aspen Institute’s Commission on Information Disorder, which “recommended use of public and private authority to correct current and historical misinformation, like ‘misrepresentation of Indigenous genocide’ and ‘gender injustice of all kinds.’ ”And “Aspen Digital, where Merkley was the Senior Technology Fellow, held a ‘hack and leak roundtable’ to prepare for the Burisma story as far back as June of 2020, months before the story came out in the New York Post.”Gov.Hochul’s “Money In Your Pockets” plan reflects “Albany’s waning interest in growing the state economy — and a greater appetite to redistribute what it produces,” grumbles the Empire Center’s Ken Girardin.For example, her push for “one-time $500 ‘rebate’ checks for households making up to $300,000” and “individuals getting $300” would cover 90% of taxpayers after she found “an excuse to mail checks to the majority o...