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🥳 Goodbye and good riddance, Biden. Americans like me are glad to see Joe go. From: Nicole Russell/USA Today. From high inflation and rampant dishonesty, to standing by as wars broke out, Joe Biden failed repeatedly in his one term in the White House.
Biden's 'sneaky' and 'dirty' plot to slow down Trump on Day One... despite promising a 'smooth' transition. From: Emily Goodin/Daily Mail. Biden enacted a series of roadblocks to slow down Donald Trump's agenda during the president-elect first days in office.
😮 Another terrible Biden legacy — releasing more Gitmo prisoners who will terrorize the world. From: Paul Sperry/NY Post. “When I speak, I put on my mask. When I act, I take it off.” - old Chinese.
From sweetheart deal to repudiation, special prosecutor cements Biden family corruption for history. From: John Soloman/Just the News. Special Counsel David Weiss’ report affirmed the Biden family made millions trading on its name and that Hunter Biden broke the law.
👉 Biden’s transgender prison policy goes to trial. From: Madeleine Kearns/The Free Press. Rhonda Fleming says being forced to shower with male inmates violates her constitutional right to bodily privacy. On Tuesday, a court will hear her case.
Offshore oil & gas drilling ban is totally misguided. From: Kristen Walker/Real Clear Energy. It is a bold and brash move that puts U.S. energy security at risk and hurts consumers. It must be undone.
🎯 The law that disarmed Trump is unfair, illogical, and constitutionally dubious. From: Jacob Sullum/Reason. The president-elect lost his Second Amendment rights thanks to a nonsensical gun ban.
LA's devastating lesson for blue cities everywhere. From: Betsy McCaughey/Creators. New Yorkers, Chicagoans, Denverites and other blue-city residents should feel scared as they watch Los Angeles neighborhoods obliterated by fire.
🔥 The governance failures that fed the Los Angeles wildfires. From: Jason L Riley/Wall Street Journal. ‘There’s a public-policy failure,’ says a onetime candidate for governor who nearly lost his home.
The politicization of wind and fire. From: Edward Ring/American Greatness. Decades of Santa Ana winds fueling fires show California's failure to prioritize land management, instead focusing on politics while residents face predictable disasters.
🙄 CNN Freaks because polls show most people don’t think “climate change” is responsible for the LA fires. From: Anthony Watts/Watts Up With That. Californians seem to have had their fill of propaganda kool-aid.
Governor Newsom issues executive order to cut his own red tape. From: Gavin Newsom/X. No, this isn’t a Babylon Bee headline.
⭐️ A case for Edward Snowden. From: Susan Lawson/American Thinker. He sacrificed his freedom, safety, and reputation to shine a light on abuses of power that most of us were too naïve or uninformed to recognize.
Meta’s abolition of DEI may be a turning point. From: Christopher Rufo/City-Journal. Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement could encourage others to stop pretending they believe in the cultish ideology of “systemic racism” and race-based guilt.
🔎 Why we need Hegseth, Gabbard and Rubio to strengthen America. From: Gfoeller & Rundell/Newsweek. Which of the following does the United States currently possess? (A) An adequate intelligence service. (B) An adequate diplomatic corps. (C) An adequate military. (D) None of the above.
Americans continue migrating from high-tax to low-tax states. From: J D Tuccille/Reason. Increasing mobility and remote work make taxes an important consideration in where to live.
🚗 Why EV giant with a contract for 100k USPS trucks has suddenly offered to convert them to gas. From: Tilly Armstrong/Daily Mail. The company behind the United States Postal Service's all-electric mail trucks has said it would be prepared to switch to gas vehicles.