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From left: Speech Is Free, don't fight it

“An alphabet soup of law enforcement agencies” are doing their best to censor Americans, racket’s Matt Taibbi thunders — even as political elites argue “they must be free from” the First Amendment because it creates “obstacles to consensus.” But “m- – – – – – – – ker, I'm an American,” and Americans must not concern themselves with “the Michael Haydens, John Brennans, James Clappers, Mike McFauls and Rick Stengels who make up America's self-proclaimed personalities.” Conduct police.” “Speech is free. Trying to stop it is like catching butterflies with a hammer, a “foolish task.” Our censors “have an idea, not even an idea, but a sensation: fear.” And their “end game” is not to control speech. They already do that. The final makes us forget we ever had a say.”

Energy to Watch: Tech Cos. Procurement of your own energy

Microsoft's deal with “Constellation Energy for direct power from the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant” underscores Big Tech's “concern about ensuring adequate power flows” amid “environmentalists' calls for green policies,” warns Callie Patteson of the Washington Examiner . Data center power demand could double to “more than 9% of total electricity generated nationwide” by 2030 — even as “the market is under pressure” from “the Biden-Harris administration’s extreme climate goals,” including “its push.” “Electric vehicles and stoves” as well as “the closure of coal-fired power plants” and “reduction in natural gas production”. Add in “grid reliability concerns,” and tech companies may have no choice but to acquire their own power plants, such as Amazon’s deal “to purchase the decades-old Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant in Pennsylvania.”

Media monitoring: Ignoring the existential threat of Hez

The death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Friday “shows the glaring omissions in most media reports about the conflict,” Daniel Ben-Ami writes outraged at Spiked. “Few media outlets appear willing to acknowledge the fact that Israel faces a devastating threat from the Iran-backed terror group,” instead painting “a picture of Israel as a vicious, irrational actor that is deliberately slaughtering innocent civilians.” In its founding document, Hezbollah declares that “its goal is the annihilation of Israel.” They are “probably best viewed as a terrorist organization with the capabilities of a regular army.” And: “While many media outlets downplay this or refuse to acknowledge it [its] Israel has no destructive intent and cannot afford to be so complacent.”

From right: James' ill-fated Lawfare Games

“The political success of [New York Attorney General Letitia] That James has weaponized her office stands in stark contrast to her legal setbacks in court,” notes The Hill’s Jonathan Turley. “James is best known for her fraud case against Trump,” but “in appellate arguments.” [last] This week, James' office faced openly skeptical judges who made the very arguments some of us have been making for years about the ridiculous fine imposed by Judge Arthur Engoron.” And “that same week, James suffered a stinging defeat in” theirs Case in which “pro-life organizations were targeted for spreading alleged 'disinformation'” as “Judge John Sinatra Jr. dismissed James' actions as a denial of free speech.” The attorney general “put New York's legal system in a series of thrills.” -Kills transformed,” but for some judges, “the thrill may be gone.”

Legal dispute: Big holes in the case against Adams?

“Impeaching the mayor of New York is a big deal” – but “the bribery allegations against Eric Adams don’t live up to the hype,” argue James Burnham and Yaakov Roth in the Wall Street Journal. Federal authorities must “demonstrate that they have agreed to enable the concrete exercise of actual state power – such as awarding contracts, voting, or vetoing laws – in order to sustain a bribery charge.” In the Adams case, “the federal government spends Charges “many paragraphs discussing the benefits received” but “doesn’t go into enough detail about the official measures promised in return.” There is none consideration, just “a story of campaign donors and benefactors receiving increased access and attention from an elected official.” This fact pattern could hardly be more routine.”

– Compiled by the Post editorial team