Links for 2–27-26
those triggered by scenes of patriotism
🎯 Class warfare returns. From: Christopher F Rufo/City-Journal. The Left is moving from culture to economics.
“You’re not alone”: Reporters comfort those triggered and traumatized by scenes of patriotism. From: Jonathan Turley. The nightmare continued for some on the left who were traumatized by seeing the American flag and open displays of patriotism.
🦉 Victor Davis Hanson: Is there a Trump great game? From: American Greatness. Trump’s strategy prizes preemptive deterrence over drift or isolation, exploiting leverage to sap rivals, steady allies, and avert the cascading conflicts that metastasized under Obama and Biden.
We act in a world of uncertainty, not probabilities. From: William L Anderson/Mises Institute. Human action involves people engaging in unique events in which outcomes often are uncertain, when expertise and planning often do not give us the results we anticipate.
🤐 Marco Rubio reportedly targets potential censorship schemes worldwide. From: Jack Cowhick/Daily Caller. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is fighting to ensure American tech companies retain sovereignty over foreign national’s data.
America can’t tariff its way out of this debt crisis. From: Romina Boccia/Daily Economy. Within a decade, every dollar collected in revenue will be spent on health care, Social Security, and interest on existing debt.
👍 New bill closes loophole abused by Democrats for hiring illegals as police. From: Aidan Johnston/Gun Owners of America. Illegal Immigrants are being hired by Democrat controlled states and localities to enforce gun laws.
IRS can share data with ICE for immigration enforcement: US appeals court. From: Katie Daviscourt/Post Millennial. The unanimous decision struck down the plaintiffs’ request for a preliminary injunction, which attempted to block the IRS from providing addresses of suspected criminal illegal immigrants to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
👏 Vance takes action against Minnesota over fraud. From: Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell/Daily Signal. “It’s a disgrace,” Vance says. “It’s defrauding the American taxpayer, and we’re stopping it.”
Kash Patel fires 10 FBI agents for targeting Trump. From: DBS Wire. The dismissals mark a bold move by Patel against what many see as a politicized, out-of-control FBI.
🔎 Trump’s tariffs are not going to eliminate the income tax. From: Eric Boehm/Reason. And that’s especially true if the tariffs are illegal.
Congress responds to Trump’s call to stop illegal aliens from truck driving. From: Pedro Rodriguez/Daily Signal. “Left-wing lunatics like Gavin Newsom are getting Americans killed by giving driver’s licenses to illegals,” Rep. Andy Barr says.
🥇 NYT runs hit piece on US Olympic gold medal hockey heroes because Trump. From: Libby Emmons/Post Millennial. The New York Times had the audacity to crap all over the Olympic gold medal winning United State’s men’s hockey team.
Dems ditched American heroes for adults in frog suits and tiresome De Niro — all we can do is pity them. From: Kirsten Fleming/California Post. Some of our nation’s lawmakers chose to hang with wack jobs in inflatable frog costumes at a “State of the Swamp” event in DC, organized by the anti-Trump organization Defiance.org.
👉 We didn’t just get expensive electricity. We built a system that makes it inevitable. From: William Murray/Real Clear Energy. Most Americans don’t think about electricity until the monthly bill arrives.
The hidden labor crisis behind your latest electricity rate hike. From: Rachel Brooks/Straight Arrow News. Utility companies are charging increased service-delivery fees to cover labor shortages, with some customers paying double the national average and facing rate hikes exceeding 60%.
⭐️ The talented Mr. Newsom. From: Alex Berenson. Gavin Newsom could be our next president. But does anyone - including him - know what he stands for? A detailed look at his life suggests the answer might be no.
Soros-backed prosecutor allows murder suspects to avoid prison time. From: Tyler O’Neil/Daily Signal. Last week, a man who allegedly shot the founder of a charity 10 times while he lay in bed with his wife got off without a prison sentence—because the prosecutor agreed to let him plead not guilty by reason of insanity.