Links for 3–21-26
red state cut tax; blue states want more
👉 Red states move to cut income taxes as Trump eyes federal shift. From: Brett Rowland/Center Square. Meanwhile, Democrat-led states are heading in the opposite direction, considering higher income and wealth taxes.
Medicaid fraud isn’t just a Minnesota problem. Here are 5 other recent schemes. From: Alexandra Stinson/Reason. From charging patients for black market drugs to providing medically unnecessary treatments, fraudsters have been gaming Medicare and Medicaid for decades.
👎 Network evening news spends only 8 percent of DHS shutdown coverage blaming Democrats. From: Curtis Houck/NewsBusters. More evidence that mainstream media are players, not refs.
Abolish the TSA and privatize airport security now. From: Trey Dimsdale/Restoring the West. Airport security is far too important to leave vulnerable to political spats.
🔎 Whose lives matter? Ninth Circuit tules on punishment of six-year-old white girl who said it was ‘any life.’ From: James Fulford/American Greatness. A child punished for saying “any life” matters exposes a deeper truth: in today’s America, dissent from approved narratives isn’t debated—it’s punished.
Memo to Senate: Saving America’s elections is your no. 1 job right now. From: M D Kittle/The Federalist. Americans who believe voter verification is essential to free and fair elections need to contact senators now and let them know.
🎯 The politics of confusion. From: Jim Cardoza/American Thinker. Democracy depends upon citizens who can read critically, think logically, and communicate clearly.
A looming entitlement crisis. From: Leonidas Zelmanovitz/Law & Liberty. “By 2036, social security, Medicare, Medicaid, and interest costs will account for 73% of total federal spending, consuming nearly 100 percent of all of federal revenue.”
😮 “Our employees and guests were uncomfortable.” Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders told to leave restaurant. From: Jonathan Turley. One person yelled at her and flipped her off as she left with her friends and security.
Supervised drug-consumption sites don’t save lives. From: Adam Zivo/City-Journal. A Canadian study casts further doubt on a key plank of the harm-reduction agenda.
🚩 Stephen A. Smith stunned to hear California bans voter ID requirements. From: Jason Cohen/Daily Caller. Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 1174 in September 2024, barring local governments from mandating voters present identification.
California’s billionaire tax won’t save hospitals. From: Veronique deRugy/Reason. The state’s funding crisis is driven by a third-party payment system in which roughly 90 cents of every American health care dollar is paid by someone other than the patient.
🙄 Unfinished wildlife bridge joins California failures. From: California Post Editorial Board. California has become notorious for building things that do not exist. The latest is Gavin Newsom’s unfinished “wildlife bridge,” otherwise known as the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing.
California bill to suspend gas tax fails despite rising prices. From: Madeline Shannon/Center Square. California has regularly seen the nation’s highest gas prices for several years.