Links for 7–1-25
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🇺🇸 The world should celebrate America’s birthday. From: Don Feder/Washington Times. We've been a blessing to humanity for more than two centuries.
Victor Davis Hanson: The decline and fall of our so-called degreed experts. From: The Blade of Perseus. The first six months of the Trump administration have not been kind to the experts and the degree-holding classes.
👍 How Trump's new searchable 'national citizenship system' could change U.S. elections forever. From: Geoff Earle/Daily Mail. The program is designed help state election officials cross-check voter registrants across the country to ensure only U.S. citizens are able to cast ballots.
The web of activist groups backing ICE riots, Hamas, and Iran. From: Mike Gonzalez /Daily Signal. Promoting revolution never goes out of business, and lately, business is booming.
👏 Trump announces support for ‘no tax dollars for riots’ legislation. From: Lorenzo Prieto/Daily Signal. The president writes that Rep. Kevin Kiley’s proposal “should be passed immediately,” calling for his administration not to pay “ANY money to these radicalized groups.”
How Trump rebuffed D.C. warmongers with one surgical strike against Iran. From: Rachel Bovard/The Federalist. For the first time in a generation, the United States is exclusively pursuing its vital interests, not the ambitions of its NatSec elites.
🎯 The absurdity of government grocery stores exposes the flaws of public schools. From: Corey A Deangelis/Reason. Zohran Mamdani’s proposal for state-run supermarkets exposes the inefficiencies of state-run education.
‘Big Balls’ is now at the Social Security Administration. From: Kelly, Lahut & Elliott/Wired. Edward “Big Balls” Coristine’s placement at the SSA comes after a White House official told WIRED on Tuesday that the 19-year-old had resigned from his position in government.
⭐️ The Democratic Party has fallen. From: Sasha Stone. They bet it all on a ten-year war on Trump and lost everything.
Climate catastrophism has entered the classroom. From: Carolyn D Gorman/City-Journal. Some students think the world is ending. The mental health industry told them so.
🚩 The dumbing down of the SAT continues. From: Michael Torres/Martin Center. Students are served easier or harder questions in later portions of each section based on their early performance.
The end is nigh. From: Jonathan Turley. Liberal justices predict “chaos” and the demise of public education without mandatory LGBTQ material.
🔎 A third of American households are over-burdened by housing costs. From: Zero Hedge. California, known for its high cost of living, came in at 41.7 percent of burdened households, followed by Hawaii at 39.5 percent, Florida at 38.6 percent and New York at 38.2 percent.
California county diverts money from law enforcement to support ICE detainees. From: Andrew Pridgen/SF Gate. Santa Barbara redirects tax dollars designed for law enforcement to support the plight of law breakers.