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Ex-Inmates Struggle in a Banking System Not Made for Them - WSJ

The criminal-justice system creates a host of fines and fees for both the guilty and the merely accused.

The costs imposed on accused and then acquitted individuals, or even indicted persons who have their charges dropped, is troubling. The State should be required to pick up the tab in those cases. Loser pays court costs.

ACB Hangs Up Sticker Chart To Help The Justices Remember Their Daily Chores - The Babylon Bee

Only a few days after her confirmation to the Supreme Court, Justice Amy Coney Barrett is already making much-needed changes to a messy and undisciplined group of 9 justices. Today, the young and energetic mother of seven children hung up a chore chart on the wall behind the bench to help organize important tasks such as cleaning, ironing, and writing dissenting opinions.

Chelsea Handler Patrols Polling Places To Make Sure No Black People Are Voting For Trump - The Babylon Bee

“Do I need to remind you that you’re a black person? You can’t vote for Trump, black person! Don’t you know he’s a racist and you’re an idiot if you vote for him as a black person?”

Good thing her show was canceled! Now she has the time to perform this civic service.

Democrats Hand Out Extra Ballots To Trick-Or-Treaters - The Babylon Bee

“Hey, kids! Have you or your parents voted for Joe Biden yet?” Frump said to a witch, an Iron Man, and a mermaid at his door. “Here, take these ballots I have filled out for you. Put your parent’s name or the name of a dead relative at the top and send them in!”

The anonymous ‘senior’ Trump official hyped by the New York Times is just some bureaucrat you’ve never heard of

it is important to note that Taylor was not even the DHS Chief of Staff when his article published in 2018. Yet the New York Times billed him anyway as a “senior official in the Trump administration," which is an awfully generous way to describe an obscure, mid-level staffer.

The overly generous use of anonymous sources is sure to have a chilling effect in the future. People just won’t take them seriously because every random nobody has been granted it.

Had Taylor put his actual name on that 2018 op-ed, the reaction from the public would have been the same as it is today — a resounding, “Who?” The New York Times surely realized this as well. Putting Taylor’s name on the story is not nearly as sexy as teasing readers with the belief that someone high up in the White House food chain was working as a double agent, a misconception the New York Times absolutely encouraged.

Twitter’s Censorship Method - WSJ

The dazed-looking Mr. Dorsey gave the impression he could not care less about his company’s abuse.

He doesn’t care at all. In fact, his company’s arbitrary policies suit him. If there was ever a temptation for me to rejoin the platform, this performance quashed it. I just don’t do business with companies like Twitter.

Anonymous Top-Level White House Official Revealed To Be Jussie Smollett - The Babylon Bee

“Mr. Smollett approached us with this anonymous report from inside the White House, and we felt we had a duty to relay his story to the American people,” said a New York Times editor. “We still believe the characterization of Mr. Smollett as a senior, top-level, super-important official in the Trump administration was accurate.”

Terrific burn.

Vote for Joe Biden? Seriously? - WSJ

Forgotten by many voters is that back in mid-February, after losing in Iowa and New Hampshire, it looked as if former Vice President Biden’s listless campaign would become his third failed attempt at the presidency.

C’mon man! He got 8.4% of the Democratic vote in New Hampshire!

Twitter: gross.

New York Governor Demands Accountability For Whoever Is Mismanaging New York - The Babylon Bee

“Whoever is running this state into the ground must be held accountable for their terrible mismanagement! I promise to get to the bottom of this because I am a fantastic leader," he said while holding up a copy of his latest leadership book: American Crisis. 

We Were Warned: SCOTUS Rules 6-3 That Voting For Biden Is Unconstitutional - The Babylon Bee

According to secret anonymous sources, ACB was overheard saying to a friend: “Yeah, it’s unconstitutional to vote for Joe Biden, mainly because he’s a commie. Also, the constitution doesn’t mention the name ‘Joe Biden’ anywhere which means he’s not eligible to become president because I’m an originalist and that’s totally how originalism works.” According to the unnamed sources, she then turned to a colleague and said, “I hate women!”

How could we have been so stupid?

Modern kids television programming is mostly garbage.

I’ve been stocking up on classic kids television: The Jetsons, The Pink Panther Show, Secret Squirrel, and Bugs Bunny. They love it!

Saving Private Biden - WSJ

The best summary of the new standard in election coverage was given by Mark Hemingway of RealClearInvestigations. After a particularly fawning news conference, he relayed the assessment of a friend: Watching the press handle Joe Biden is “like watching someone make sure a 3 year old wins Candyland.”

Democracy dies in darkness.

Justice Barrett Joins the Court - WSJ

Our hope is that the new Court will seek to restore the proper understanding of the separation of powers, while continuing to guard individual liberty as understood in the Constitution. This means reining in the administrative state, while nudging Congress to take back its powers by writing laws with specificity, instead of passing legislative Mad Libs for the executive to finish.

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AOC Enraged To Learn Long Line Is For Voting And Not Bread - The Babylon Bee

According to sources, people are sometimes waiting up to 2 hours at polling stations, but are able to get bread within 5 minutes due to America’s evil capitalist system.

Chick-Fil-A Accused Of Chicken Sandwich Suppression For Long Drive-Thru Line - The Babylon Bee

“I never thought I would see this kind of suppression in America. It makes me weep to think that some people may have to wait more than 10 minutes for a mind-blowingly delicious culinary experience at Chick-fil-A. I’m not even sure if this is America anymore.”

Holy See Moves To Washington After America Declared Catholic Theocracy - EOTT

After the Vatican’s decision became official, Trump told members of the media that what he’s calling Taylor Marshall Law would take effect in just one week. He also announced that the elections would no longer be taking place because the pope is now monarch of America, saying, “and when I say pope, I mean Benedict, a good Republican Christian, not that Democrat, Francis.”