Joe Biden’s farewell address was one of the least notable events of the year. It’s doubtful that anyone outside the media even sat through the whole thing. Not necessarily because it was badly written. The image of the Statue of Liberty was even poetic. But the speech was delivered by a shambling wreck of man pushing blatant self-serving lies like a 50-year-low crime rate and an economic recovery that no one believes.

Not one single human being believes this stuff.

So Biden had to swerve into warning about “an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power and influence that literally threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights and freedoms and a fair shot for everyone to get ahead.”

An oligarchy isn’t taking shape. It’s been here for a while. Where does Biden think he and Kamala got $2 billion to blow on their presidential campaigns? Biden has been to more dinners with billionaires than dinners with middle-class Americans.

Then Biden decided to warn Americans about the threat of… a lack of social media censorship.

“Americans are being buried under an avalanche of misinformation and disinformation enabling the abuse of power. The free press is crumbling. Editors are disappearing. Social media is giving up on fact-checking. The truth is smothered by lies told for power and for profit. We must hold the social platforms accountable to protect our children, our families and our very democracy from the abuse of power.”

The Free Press seems to be doing pretty well on Substack. But Biden really means the corporate press serving as his echo chamber. And the only way to protect the free press is by taking away free speech.

And imposing political censorship across social media.

Instead though the Berlin Walls of online censorship are falling and light is shining through the cracks. The Statue of Liberty can hold her torch high because free speech is coming back to America.