Links for 3–31-25
unbelievably scammy federal practices
👉 Victor Davis Hanson: California and its collapsing blue-state Democrat model. From: American Greatness. California’s high taxes, crime, and regulations are driving an exodus, shifting political power to red states as the once-prosperous blue-state model collapses.
6 unbelievably scammy federal practices DOGE staff reveal in Fox interview. From: Joy Pullman/The Federalist. ‘If a commercial company operated the way the federal government does, then it would immediately go bankrupt … the officers would be arrested.’
⭐️ Congress primed to curtail activist judges. From: W. J. Lee/AMAC. “It violates separation of powers when a judge thinks that they can enjoin something that a president is doing, that the American people voted for.”
House Republicans introduce ‘No Citizenship for Alien Invaders Act’ with Memorial Day deadline. From: James Conrad/P J Newsletter. A group of bold Republican representatives has introduced legislation that would permanently bar illegal aliens from ever attaining American citizenship.
👏 Deep-six the income tax. From: Nathan Barton/The Price of Liberty. Libertarians and lovers of liberty have long advocated the abolition of this nasty method that the government uses to steal money from the people it supposedly works for.
Cutting school food subsidies. From: Chris Edwards/CATO. Congress should repeal school food programs to reduce budget deficits and hand power back to the states.
🤔 The passing Signal psychodrama. From: Victor Davis Hanson/X. Who exactly had Goldberg’s private number, and could have possibly inserted it into the cleared list of participants in the discussions? Why Goldberg, rather than some random person of some 345 million Americans?
A DC whodunit: Who added Jeffrey Goldberg? From: Elizabeth Stauffer/Washington Examiner. Did someone intentionally add Goldberg to this group? If so, who was responsible? Was it Waltz? Is there an anti-Trumper on Waltz’s staff, or was Signal possibly hacked by an outsider?
👍 Bill Maher demands Gavin Newsom explain the government hoops blocking his roof repair. From: The Vigilant Fox. California is drowning in red tape—and Bill Maher just put Gavin Newsom on the spot to explain why. See how Newsom responds.
The global warming scare hits rock bottom. From: I & I Editorial Board. The prevailing winds are blowing not toward more windmills but toward common sense on energy.
🎯 Trump was right to kill the EV mandate. From: John Garnett/City-Journal. Scrapping the EPA’s draconian tailpipe-emissions rule will boost competition, benefit consumers, and strengthen national security.
Democrats still won’t face the toll of their COVID hysteria. From: David Harsanyi/NY Post. The fearmongering and statism leftists applied to the pandemic mirrors their reaction to virtually every other issue — and is a big reason why Dems are now floundering.
🙄 The New York Times defends their PR partners at NPR and PBS. From: Tim Graham/Creators. Liberals described this hearing as "anti-press." Attack them as biased, and you're attacking "freedom of the press."
He said, she said. From: Bill O'Reilly. Hillary might not think those things are "grand," but if you believe the polls, most Americans do.