{"id":537018,"date":"2023-01-07T03:06:33","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T00:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/even-twitter-nixed-schiff-censorship-putting-weed-over-transit-and-other-commentary\/"},"modified":"2023-01-07T03:06:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T00:06:33","slug":"even-twitter-nixed-schiff-censorship-putting-weed-over-transit-and-other-commentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/even-twitter-nixed-schiff-censorship-putting-weed-over-transit-and-other-commentary\/","title":{"rendered":"#Even Twitter nixed Schiff censorship, putting weed over transit and other commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3bf01346962\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3bf01346962\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/even-twitter-nixed-schiff-censorship-putting-weed-over-transit-and-other-commentary\/#%E2%80%9CEven_Twitter_nixed_Schiff_censorship_putting_weed_over_transit_and_other_commentary%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Even Twitter nixed Schiff censorship, putting weed over transit and other commentary&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CEven_Twitter_nixed_Schiff_censorship_putting_weed_over_transit_and_other_commentary%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Even Twitter nixed Schiff censorship, putting weed over transit and other commentary&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/SG_Housing-Works-Weed-Shop-e1673046222280.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p><strong>Law prof: Even <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> Nixed Schiff Censorship<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Per the latest \u201cTwitter Files,\u201d when Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) demanded Twitter suspend his critics or label their content \u201cmisinformation\u201d and reduce their visibility, the platform refused, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/judiciary\/3800380-we-dont-do-this-even-twitters-censorhttps:\/thehill.com\/opinion\/judiciary\/3800380-we-dont-do-this-even-twitters-censors-rejected-adam-schiffs-censorship-request\/s-rejected-adam-schiffs-censorship-request\/\">cheers Jonathan Turley at The Hill<\/a>. Even \u201cat the height of Twitter\u2019s censorship operations,\u201d it seems, \u201cthere were some things even Twitter\u2019s censors\u201d wouldn\u2019t do. Schiff, meanwhile, claims he doesn\u2019t support censorship, yet he \u201cactively\u201d sought to silence \u201cspecific critics on social media.\u201d His demands \u201clikely were viewed as more than \u2018requests,\u2019\u200a\u201d since Schiff threatened \u201clegislative action against\u201d these companies. Not only do his actions \u201cshow how dishonest some politicians have been in denying\u201d they support censorship; they also show \u201cthe insatiable <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>etite\u201d censorship creates.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conservative: The GOP Speaker Mess<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The days of delay in electing a House speaker, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/what-the-speaker-fight-says-about-the-republican-party\/\">notes National Review\u2019s Jim Geraghty<\/a>, left \u201cone branch of government . . . stuck in neutral.\u201d And while \u201cmany Republicans like the idea of the legislative branch of government being frozen in place,\u201d Rep. Kevin \u201cMcCarthy had big plans for a big start,\u201d including moves against \u201cthe permanent appropriation for 87,000 new Internal Revenue Service employees\u201d and \u201cred tape for domestic energy production.\u201d He was also planning to push for \u201cmore funding for border-security enforcement\u201d and \u201coversight hearings on everything from the lab-leak theory to Hunter Biden.\u201d So \u201cwhat\u2019s the point of this fight?\u201d Based on what we\u2019ve seen on Capitol Hill this week, \u201ca small but pivotal number of House Republicans\u201d just haven\u2019t felt \u201cany obligation to help their party get things done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eye on New York: Putting Weed Over Transit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew York State gave itself until the end of 2022 to complete a pair of big tasks\u201d \u2014 opening a legal marijuana dispensary in the city and \u201ca marquee train terminal for the Long Island Rail Road,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/did-new-york-prioritize-weed-over-transit\">observes City Journal\u2019s Nicole Gelinas<\/a>. Yet only the pot shop got opened. \u201cThere was something pitiful about how proud New York was of itself\u201d Dec. 29, when Housing Works opened the city\u2019s \u201cfirst state-regulated marijuana emporium in Lower Manhattan.\u201d State and city leaders \u201care now openly <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/nyc-has-opted-for-economic-development-strategy-tied-to-vice\">pushing marijuana as a growth business<\/a>\u201d \u2014 yet there\u2019s \u201cstill no Grand Central Madison\u201d bringing thousands of Long Island commuters into Manhattan\u2019s East Midtown. Urging New Yorkers \u201cto ride to their new rail terminal will make the state and city more productive, by (ideally) getting more suburbanites to resume commuting into Manhattan for work or pleasure.\u201d That Gov. Hochul \u201cmade pot a higher priority\u201d bodes poorly for 2023.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Libertarian: Pols\u2019 Lame Housing Gripes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Washington, DC, is pricey, but progressive Reps. Delia Ramirez, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Maxwell Alejandro Frost\u2019s complaints about not being able to afford housing in the city ring hollow, considering their $174,000 congressional salaries, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2023\/01\/04\/working-class-reps-say-they-cant-afford-d-c-rents-while-earning-174000-a-year\/\">scoffs Reason\u2019s Christian Britschgi<\/a>. Ramirez gripes that rent prices are forcing her to share an apartment, yet she\u2019s \u201ccertainly more fortunate\u201d than the 34% of DC households considered \u201crent-burdened\u201d because they pay more than 30% of their income toward housing; she pays only 10% of her congressional salary on accommodations. Reps. Ocasio-Cortez and Frost have made similar complaints. \u201cIf Frost, Ramirez, and others wanted to make their new home more affordable,\u201d they could push to scrap city \u201czoning restrictions.\u201d That way, \u201cworking-class people could live alongside highly paid members of Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Neocon: Migrant-Busing Program Scores<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis committed a prosecutable offense,\u201d or \u201cat least, that\u2019s what his more hysterical critics snarled as they processed their inchoate frustration with the governor\u2019s shuttling of displaced migrants to the rarified atmosphere of Martha\u2019s Vineyard\u201d four months ago, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commentary.org\/noah-rothman\/the-illegal-migrant-busing-program-wins-in-the-end\/\">snarks Commentary\u2019s Noah Rothman<\/a>. Yet Texas Gov. Greg Abbott\u2019s bused far more migrants \u2014 and Colorado\u2019s Democratic Gov. Jared Polis \u201cmay soon join them both in the dock,\u201d as he\u2019s running buses too. That shows \u201cnot only the efficacy of the busing program as political theater but also the degree to which the border is becoming a political liability for national Democrats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 Compiled by The Post Editorial Board<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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