👀 Be not enticed to tyranny: oppose the surveillance state. From: Elizabeth Melton/The Daily Economy. “A surveillance state is being erected around the American public at an alarming rate.
Censorship is far more dangerous than free speech. From: David Gelber/Spiked. Fara Dabhoiwala’s What Is Free Speech? reflects an alarming contempt for our most precious liberty.
⭐️ Victor Davis Hanson: Trump, tariffs, trade—and a taboo? From: American Greatness. Trump’s trade strategy aims to slash the U.S. deficit by forcing fairer deals with key partners—pushing reciprocity, not profiteering, to regain economic balance.
Judge Hannah Dugan's arrest is ‘not unprecedented.’ From: Martha McHardy/US News-Newsweek. The recent arrest of Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan has drawn widespread attention—but legal experts say it's far from unprecedented.
👍 ‘Numbers are good’: Tom Homan says he is ‘happy’ with current deportation numbers. From: Nicole Silverio/Daily Caller News. The Trump administration has deported 139,000 illegal immigrants since Jan. 20.
Trio of rulings freezes Trump’s anti-DEI directives for schools. From: Juan Perez Jr/Politico. Federal judges on Thursday dealt three separate blows to the Education Department’s plans to enforce sweeping bans on diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in the nation’s K-12 schools.
👉 “Here we are again”: Federal district courts piling on injunctions to stop Trump. From: Jonathan Turley. In President Trump’s first term, efforts to implement sweeping changes on immigration and other issues were met by a slew of injunctions.
How tariffs could cause shortages in American stores. From: Eric Boehm/Reason. A sharp decline in ocean freight from China during April is a sign of the supply chain issues that will begin hitting in May.
🚩 Five significant disagreements account for Trump’s newfound anger with Putin. From: Andrew Korybko/Substack. The peace process might go kaput if they can’t resolve these issues.
California concealed carry now available to out-of-staters. From: J D Tuccille/Reason. It’s a small step in the right direction for self-defense rights.
🔑 New study shows benefits of vouchers. From: Neely & Hodges/Real Clear Education. Participants in the voucher program, informally called EdChoice, are substantially more likely to enroll in college than students who remain in public schools.
Elite universities form private collective to resist Trump administration. From: Belkin, Glazer & Chung/Wall Street Journal-MSN. The informal group currently includes about 10 schools, including Ivies and leading private research universities, mostly in blue states.
🎯 Trump's first 100 days have blown my mind. He's delivering on his promises. From: Nicole Russell/USA Today. While progressives scream louder and louder into the void, millions of ordinary Americans are sticking with President Donald Trump and his agenda of rapid and dramatic change.
Study shows media is up to their old tricks with Trump coverage. From: Sierra Marlee/American Wire. The Media Research Center (MRC) analyzed the mainstream media coverage of President Donald Trump’s first 100 days, and the results are staggering.
🙄 Raskin: Trump officials can be arrested for “kidnapping” undocumented persons. From: Jonathan Turley. It was another fevered Democratic dream, imagining lines of Trump officials being frog-marched to the federal penitentiary as kidnappers.
California keeps declining, and Newsom tries to blame Trump. From: Allysia Finley/Wall Street Journal. Tariffs don’t help, but the state’s problems aren’t new, and Democrats have governed for years.