⭐️ John Stossel: The power of self-interest. From: Creators. Entrepreneurial greed is why we have iPhones, refrigerators, cars that usually work, supermarkets that stay open all night, and many of the things that make our lives better.
The 5 worst things about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. From: Veronique de Rugy/Reason. The agency—an unelected regulator with a blank check—has spent much of its short life making things harder for the consumers it set out to protect.
👍 Trump gains more ground in war against DEI. From: Casey Harper/The Center Square. A murky legal future awaits companies willing to take the risk to stick with DEI policies, particularly in hiring.
DOGE vs. USAID: ‘A remarkable and definite victory.’ From: Thaddeus G McCotter/American Greatness. DOGE’s exposure of USAID’s slush fund is a hard-fought victory against the Deep State, but as Churchill warned, it’s only the end of the beginning.
👉 After a reported hack, DOGE website is live with ‘receipts coming soon.’ From: Karah Rucker/Straight Arrow News. The website offers daily updates on government contract cancellations, with new features and financial documentation promised soon.
House Republicans prepare to impeach federal judges blocking Trump, DOGE policies. From: Misty Severi/Just the News. Federal judges have blocked Trump's executive order that limit transgender care for minors, and to reduce USAID by placing 2,200 employees on administrative leave, among others.
🔎 Time to pull the plug on “environmental justice.” From: James B Meigs/City-Journal. Biden’s agenda was really a way to funnel billions of dollars to progressive activist groups.
Trump taking on the cartels. From: Washington Times Editorial Board. White House escalates threat of military action to destroy human smuggling rings.
🚗 Pull the plug on EV subsidies — a costly government racket. From: David Harsanyi/NY Post. What sane corporation continues manufacturing a product that loses more money per unit every year and undermines profits?
JD Vance has signed the death warrant of the status quo. From: Brendan O’Neill/Spiked. His intellectual waterboarding of Europe’s elites was a joy to watch.
🎯 Might does not make right. From: Rowan Parchi/Mises Institute. A libertarian perspective.
Texas Attorney General expands probe on officials circumventing laws to protect women's sports. From: Armando Salguero/Outkick. A parent was told that a male high school athlete would be allowed to share a room with female athletes on a school trip.
🤔 Could school choice work at the federal level? From: Aaron Garth Smith/Reason. A nationwide tax credit could expand education freedom overnight—but could also open the door to new forms of federal overreach.
Is our five-year nightmare finally over? From: Jefferey A Tucker/Brownstone Institute. RFK, Jr.’s confirmation is a symbolic repudiation of the most egregious public policies on record.
🚩 The culture of safetyism. From: Eric Peters Autos. Safetyism is the idea that everything is dangerous. Which is a different thing than understanding most things carry with them a degree of risk.
Government agents and their qualified immunity. From: Nate Anderson/Ars Technica. → No penalties even when deputies share a woman’s nudes after an illegal phone search.
😮 Democrats introduce legislation to fine men for ejaculating. From: Steve Watson/Modernity. Good luck enforcing this one…
“Break some sh*t”: Democrats find relief from sanity and reality in profanity and hyperbole. From: Jonathan Turley. It is now considered required virtue signaling to use violent or profane language to show that you are no milquetoast moderate.