RATIONAL REVIEW NEWS DIGEST
The Freedom Movement's Daily Newspaper
Volume XVIII, Issue #4,460
Steemit Headlines -- Friday, March 20, 2020
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TODAY'S NEWS
CA: Newsom grandstands on COVID-19 outbreak with faux state lockdown order
Israel: Opponents go to court, take to streets vs. Netanyahu power grabs
NASA, SpaceX plan to launch astronauts May 15
Fed opens dollar swap lines for nine additional foreign central banks
Stocks close slightly higher in daily panic swing
Ilhan Omar praises Trump's "incredible" response to coronavirus pandemic
Gabbard quits, endorses four more years of Trump
Maxwell sues Epstein's estate over legal fees
EU pol talks with Hastings about reducing Netflix's video quality
Amazon confirms first COVID-19 case in US warehouses
Race for coronavirus treatment sees two generic drugs tested
Australia, New Zealand regimes ban non-residents from entry
FL: Two Jacksonville screws arrested for beating disabled inmate
AL: Regime delays March 31 GOP Senate runoff to July 14
UK, EU regimes exchange Brexit agreement drafts
TODAY'S COMMENTARY
Coronavirus is nothing like the Second World War
Don't Let Politicians Use Pandemic as an Excuse for Dictatorship
Liberal NPCs Hate Russia, Conservative NPCs Hate China
Patents Kill Update: Volunteers 3D-Print Unobtainable $11,000 Valve For $1 To Keep Covid-19 Patients Alive; Original Manufacturer Threatens To Sue
The American Experiment, Revisited
A Letter to the Harvard President on COVID-19 Response
The Failure of Government
On plastic bags and the coronavirus
Regulating Hand Sanitizer During COVID-19?
The Defense Production Act and Central Pandemic Planning
Right Now Congressional Dems Are to the Right of the GOP
COVID-19 and Your Constitutional Rights
The Cause of What I Feel Is What I Do: How I Eliminate Pain
Combating an "infodemic": When fear and false information go viral
New York Times Obtuseness on China
The Coronavirus Blizzard
Darknet Vendors Work Overtime as Police Halt Drug Arrests
The Crisis in Financial Markets Began Before COVID-19
The Exceptions Disprove the Rules
America Needs Stronger Political Parties
Two Cheers for "Price Gouging"
Biden's Memory Isn't the Only Problem; It's His Lies
The Fed Is a One-Trick Pony
Coronavirus fear lets government assault our freedom in violation of Constitution
How to turn social distancing into love
Human Capital Diversification vs Pancake Mix
What Workers Have Already Won in the Face of Coronavirus
Do We Really Need A Panic-Induced Government Stimulus Package?
Coronavirus Testing Delays Caused by Red Tape, Bureaucracy and Scorn for Private Companies
Who benefits from closing all the schools?
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The Ron Paul Liberty Report, 03/19/20
Building Tomorrow Podcast, episode 76
Free Man Beyond The Wall, 03/18/20
Praise of Folly Podcast, 03/18/20
Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock, 03/18/20
Commentary Podcast, 03/18/20
Lions of Liberty Podcast, episode 443
Bloggingheads.tv, 03/18/20
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