Links for 2–17-25
the case against birthright citizenship
⭐️ Trump’s colorblind message energizes black Americans. From: Corey B Brooks/Wall Street Journal. Self-reliance, stable families and education will lift neighborhoods like mine to untold heights.
Trump might have a case on birthright citizenship. From: Barnett & Wurman/NY Times. When they finally consider this question, the justices will find that the case for Mr. Trump’s order is stronger than his critics realize.
👉 Trump DOJ fires 20 Biden immigration judges. From: Stephen Dinan/Washington Times. Thirteen judges hired in late December and early January were ousted Friday, a Justice Department source said.
Numerous reports show immigration crisis sapping US economy. From: S.A. McCarthy/Daily Signal. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and its Office of Refugee Resettlement spent nearly $23 billion on grants benefiting migrants between 2020 and 2024.
🚩 Gov. Gavin Newsom spends $2.5B on wildfire recovery, $9.5B on illegal aliens. From: Daniel Greenfield/Front Page Mag. Almost a third of California's budget deficit is illegal alien welfare.
EPA head Lee Zeldin shows us good riddance to bad giveaways. From: NY Post Editorial Board. Zeldin last week announced that his team rooted out roughly $20 billion in taxpayer money that the Biden administration had squirreled away at an unnamed outside financial institution.
🔎 Trump Administration removes over 400 DHS employees in workforce purge, half of those from FEMA. From: Alana Mastrangelo/Breitbart. An ongoing workforce purge that is also taking place at other federal agencies and departments.
Auditing the IRS: A step towards tax reform. From: Kevin Finn/American Thinker. With the news that DOGE will be auditing the IRS for waste, corruption, and fraud, the Left has responded with their usual hyperbolic fury.
👍 Kash Patel is already making beltway bandits sweat. From: Morgan Murphy/Daily Caller News. After 10 years of abuses, the FBI’s judgement day of reckoning may arrive this week in the form of Senate confirmation for Patel.
The state sanctioned kidnapping industry. From: Maureen Steele/American Greatness. How CPS and its allies profit from Destroying families.
👏 Rand Paul endorses sending education back to the states. From: Rand Paul Review. Are you ready to end the Department of Indoctrination?
Dept of Education warns states to eliminate DEI policies in public schools or lose federal funding. From: Hayden Cunningham/Post Millennial. Institutions that fail to comply with federal civil rights law may, consistent with applicable law, face potential loss of federal funding."
🎯 Up next on the Trump chopping block: Removing junk food from SNAP program. Smart or overreach? From: Patricia Babcock McGraw/Outkick. This reformation combines Trump's passion for not only tightening America's financial belt, but its actual belt as well.
Democracy, censorship, and the will of the people. From: Roger Kimball/American Greatness. J.D. Vance's Munich speech slammed European elites for stifling democracy, warned of censorship and mass migration, and urged leaders to respect voters.
🌈 Army no longer accepting transgender service members following Trump order. From Devin Pavlou/Straight Arrow News. The U.S. Army announced it will no longer allow transgender people to join the service and will stop performing or facilitating gender transition procedures for service members.
COVID’s biggest villain gets his pardon. From: Ian Miller/Brownstone Institute. While there was little chance Fauci would face severe consequences for his actions, at the very least a Congressional hearing run by his opposition party might have provided some answers or incriminating statements.
🏆 Joe Biden set a new record while he was president — and it’s not a good one. From: Virginia Kruta/Daily Wire. Biden took 577 vacation days out of the 1,463 days he spent holding the office of the presidency.
The grassroots campaign to save a man from court-ordered shock therapy. From: Michael Simonson/Reason. Despite severe risks and without a crime committed, a Minnesota judge authorized doctors to forcibly administer electroconvulsive therapy—while barring key witnesses from the hearing.