Censorship

YouTube took down the video from the two California doctors contending that the continuous lockdown was exactly the wrong strategy to deal with the coronavirus ... see: Freedom of Speech. It seems that they could not allow any opinions that were counter to Dr. Fauci’s dicta.

Now, the Masters of the Universe (Twitter, Google’s YouTube, FaceBook) are once again censorng what they don’t want Americans to see ... this time a Nigerian doctor vehemently attesting that hydroxychloroquinine (HCQ) is an effective Covid treatment ... see: RT Video.

I realize that the Masters of the Universe are private companies and therefore can censor whatever they want. But, it would seem when they have achieved such monopolistic powers over their media highways, that some constraints should be applied to their plenary powers.

And besides, Trump should have used reverse-English ... and disparaged HCQ to begin with ... and it would therefore have become the standard treatment ... possibly saving thousands of lives. So, in a way, these deaths really were the truculent anti-Trump media’s fault in the end.

Plenary Powers

The majority party in the House has “plenary powers.” This means that they can set the rules ... any rules they want ... fair or unfair. Depending upon how Nancy Pelosi and Adam Schiff wield these plenary powers in the upcoming Impeachment Inquiry public hearings will be the touchstone for the American public.

A perfect test of Democrat fairness will be which Republican-preferred witnesses Schiff allows to be called. And any that he disallows might (should) be allowed when this process moves to the House Judiciary Committee for an actual impeachment vote. And MUST be allowed if this process moves to the Senate for a trial.

Be careful Dems!

Afterward: Good reason that the Dems might not, in the end, vote for impeachment ... or even move this kangaroo process to the House Judiciary Committee ... hoping that Schiff can damage Trump enough in the Intelligence Committee to ruin his chances for re-election. See: Witness List Request.