⭐️ Deep State and big debt. From: Austin Bay/Creators. America's self-inflicted strategic threat.
Trump has good reason to complain about limits on his ability to fire executive officers. From: Jacob Sullum/Reason. His position is grounded in concerns about the separation of powers that presidents of both major parties have raised for many years.
👉 Washington’s bureaucrats make a sham of democracy — time for reform is now under Trump. From: Daniel McCarthy/NY Post. Here’s a dirty secret about the federal government many Americans are just learning: It’s always run by Democrats, even when voters elect Republicans.
Why the argument for birthright citizenship is not the slam dunk many say it is. From: Paul D. Thacker/Real ClearInvestigations. Very little, if any, of the legal history of birthright citizenship has made it into the press.
🚩 The $50 billion failure: How federal homeless policy betrays Americans. From: Michele Steeb/The Hill. DOGE should look no further than to the federal government’s sprawling network of failed homeless programs, riddled with inefficiencies and pouring billions into a crisis that only gets worse.
Kash Patel is perfect for FBI director. From: Ben Weingarten/The Federalist. Kash Patel has been targeted not due to a lack of qualifications but because he has the qualifications required to challenge the deep state.
💰 DOGE takes a chainsaw to DOE woke spending, cutting $350 million. From: Unskool/Deschooled. Elon Musk’s government watchdog agency is on a tear, clipping DOE spending with more to come.
School choice: The battle for parental rights and educational freedom. From: Kali Fontanilla/Capital Research. The battle lines between parents who want real educational options versus teachers unions desperate to maintain control (and money) have never been more apparent.
👍 Trump’s school choice executive order is a good start. From: Corey A DeAngelis/The Daily Economy. Congress should further expand education freedom, but states continue to lead the way in the parent revolution.
Vance rightly excoriates Europe: What values are we defending? From: Jonathan Turley/NY Post. Vance questioned how our allies could claim to be the bastions of freedom while denying free expression to their citizens.
→ JD Vance's first month. From: Bill O'Reilly. Vice President Vance is off to a fast start. He's no-nonsense, and so far, his points are well-stated.
Trump cuts funding to universities that still mandate COVID shots. From: Ben Bartee/Armageddon Prose. By cutting off their federal funding for non-compliance, Trump just effectively outlawed COVID-19 mandates at the remaining fifteen colleges.
🔎 Trumpian tariffs. From: Eric Peters Autos. Tariffs are, of course, taxes. But – as regards the taxes called tariffs – what if they are threatened rather than actually imposed?
Solar energy is not competitive with fossil fuels. From: Norman Rogers/Real Clear Energy. In a typical electrical grid environment, electricity generated by a utility-scale solar farm costs about seven times more than electricity from a natural gas generating plant.
🎯 Bad to worse. From: Christian Britschgi/Reason. From insurance to affordable housing mandates, California's regulatory noose tightens over wildfire rebuilding efforts.