Links for 7–21-25
CBDC idea nixed, big win for liberty!
⭐️ Trump pledges to prevent US Central Bank Digital Currency. From: Naveen Athrappully/Epoch Times-Zero Hedge. The president had previously raised concerns about central bank digital currencies negatively affecting freedoms of Americans...
Big 2nd Amendment win – federal government vacates Biden ATFs ‘pistol brace’ ban rule. Kevin Haggerty/American Wire. A legal victory was scored for the Second Amendment this week as a controversial rule imposed by the Biden administration was deemed “officially dead!”
🔎 Unchecked immigration as compared to an invasive species. From: Kevin Finn/American Thinker. Too many, too much, at once, makes it impossible for immigrants to assimilate.
Wind and solar energy will no longer receive preferential treatment. From: Tate Miller/Center Square. The Trump administration is ending preferential treatment for “unreliable” solar and wind energy, and the director of the Center for Energy, Climate and Environment at The Heritage Foundation is welcoming the move.
👉 Federal workers being held accountable for 1st time, not handling it well. From: Mark Hemingway/The Federalist. Obnoxious and entitled federal bureaucrats’ attempts to resist reform are making it hard to say good things about public service.
The empty outrage over Medicaid cuts. From: Bautista Vivanco/Real Clear Politics. Democrats bemoaning the loss of Medicaid coverage are glossing over a critical fact: States could fund the program themselves if they wanted to.
🤬 Federal dollars bankrolled university diversity hiring. From: John D Sailer/City-Journal. The National Science Foundation has funded so-called diversity checkpoints in faculty hiring.
Legacy media still covering for Biden. From: David Harsanyi/Creators. Was President Joe Biden aware of who he was pardoning in the final days of his presidency? Or were White House staffers behind the unprecedented string of autopen signings?
🚩 How Biden EPA scrambled to beat clock and route billions to political allies. From: Audrey Streb/Daily Caller. The Biden Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hastily shoveled billions in taxpayer dollars to Democrat-aligned green groups without having concrete agreements in place.
Why government doesn’t work. From: Jim Cardoza/LibertyPen. Failure is baked into the system - no consequences for bad outcomes.
🎯 Capitalism, not socialist grocers, can fix NYC’s food woes. From: Howard Husock/NY Post. The private sector is already stepping up to bring cheaper groceries to a low-income “food desert” in a Bronx housing project. Smart city policies could expand that success.
Colbert gets crash course in what freedom of speech really means. From: Rob Schneider/Fox News. Steven Colbert has been doing nothing but wafer-thinly disguised Democratic propaganda talking points for the last eight years plus.
🦉 Understanding the causes of Lincoln’s war. From: Wanjiru Njoya/Mises Institute. It wasn’t about slavery. How the economic causes of the war came to be downplayed or even dismissed.
Will Gavin Newsom ditch woke and move to the center? From: Adair Teuton/Real Clear Wire. The governor once hailed as the prince of progressivism now courting the architects of right-wing populism.
👏 Trump again calls on Washington Commanders to change name back to Redskins.” From: Nicholas Ballasy/Just the News. Times are different now than they were three or four years ago. We are a Country of passion and common sense.