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Medicaid Reality vs. Rhetoric

Medicaid "Cuts" Debate: Fiscal Reality vs. Political Rhetoric The 2025 budget reconciliation bill, H.R. 1, the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (OBBBA), has sparked intense debate over Medicaid funding. A July 4, 2025, Wall Street Journal (WSJ) opinion piece, "No One Is ‘Gutting’ the Safety Net", argues that Republican proposals are pragmatic reforms to ensure Medicaid’s sustainability, not destructive cuts. In my columns, "Monday Misleading Math" (June 30, 2025) and "The Myth of Medicaid Cuts: Explaining Baseline Budgeting" (March 2, 2025), I reinforce this, framing the changes as reductions in growth, akin to the 1990s Medicare reforms. This column synthesizes these…

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Humpday Highlights

Quick Takes: Humpday Highlights Rubio’s USAID Overhaul: A New Era for U.S. Foreign Aid On Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the termination of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) role in foreign assistance, aligning with the Trump administration’s “America First” agenda, as reported by the State Department’s Substack. The decision canceled 83% of USAID’s programs-5,200 out of 6,200 contracts-shifting oversight to the State Department to prioritize trade, investment, and national interests. The new strategy, emphasizing “trade over aid, opportunity over dependency,” marks aid with the American flag and targets self-sufficient nations. Supporters argue this addresses USAID’s inefficiencies,…

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Zohran Mamdani’s Radicalism Unmasked

Antisemitism, Communism, and a Democratic Party in Peril Zohran Mamdani’s stunning defeat of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the June 2025 New York City Democratic mayoral primary has sparked outrage, branding the Democratic socialist an antisemite and communist whose rhetoric and policies threaten the city’s cohesion and the Democratic Party’s future. His refusal to denounce “globalize the intifada,” which he framed as a call for Palestinian equality while equating “intifada” to “struggle”-a term that translates to Mein Kampf’s “struggle”-has drawn fierce criticism from Jewish leaders, moderates, and conservatives. His Meet the Press (June 29, 2025) claim, “I don’t think we should…

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Monday Misleading Math

The Misleading Math Behind the One Big Beautiful Bill Act: A Layman’s Guide If you’ve caught wind of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) currently being considered by the Senate, you might’ve heard it described as a budget-busting disaster that slashes Medicaid and hands out tax breaks to the rich. That’s the narrative often pushed by legacy media, leaning heavily on Democratic talking points. But here’s the truth: the numbers driving th You Can't Predict Ball: The Texas Rangers’ 2025 Season As the Texas Rangers hit the halfway mark of the 2025 season with a 41-43 record, they embody a…

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Midweek Mugwumps

Quick Takes: Midweek Mugwumps This week’s political landscape is marked by opportunism, constitutional missteps, and national security concerns. Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski’s flirtation with switching parties reveals a career driven by leverage rather than loyalty, while Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jasmine Crockett’s calls for impeachment and war consultation expose Democratic infighting and constitutional ignorance. Meanwhile, U.S. District Judge Brian E. Murphy’s defiance of a Supreme Court ruling undermines the executive’s deportation efforts, threatening the rule of law. Finally, the Biden administration’s release of 729 Iranian nationals at the border raises alarms about vetting failures, amplifying risks in a tense U.S.-Iran climate.…

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Stepping on Rakes

The Democratic Party’s Perilous Path: Political Fallout from Missteps on Key Issues In the wake of the 2024 election and the early months of 2025, the Democratic Party finds itself ensnared in a deepening political crisis, a predicament born from a relentless series of strategic missteps that have steadily eroded its public standing and ignited internal discord. Much like a character in a slapstick comedy doomed to repeatedly step on a rake, the Democrats seem incapable of avoiding self-inflicted wounds, their focus on issues misaligned with voter priorities leaving them vulnerable to relentless Republican attacks and the growing disillusionment of their…

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Willie Sutton Was Wise

Sanctuary Cities: That's Where the Illegals Are Reversing Biden-Harris Border Chaos, Reducing Crime, and Restoring Economic Justice for American Workers In June 2025, the United States grapples with the fallout of the Biden-Harris administration’s open-border policies, which triggered a massive influx of illegal immigration, straining public resources, depressing wages, and escalating crime. During a 2019 Democratic presidential debate, Joe Biden declared, “I would in fact make sure that there is, that we immediately surge to the border-all those people are seeking asylum,” a statement critics argue invited unchecked migration. The Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign, targeting blue sanctuary cities like Chicago…

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The Los Angeles Conspiracy

The Los Angeles Conspiracy Democrats’ Marxist Blueprint for a Permanent Voter Base From June 6 to 9, 2025, Los Angeles burned-not with spontaneous rage but with a meticulously orchestrated chaos that exposed a Democratic strategy to secure a permanent, dependent voter base through amnesty. The protests, sparked by ICE raids targeting undocumented workers, were no organic uprising. They were a Marxist-driven spectacle, funded by taxpayer dollars and shielded by Democratic denialism. This op-ed exposé, drawing from an exhaustive array of sources-RedState, Hot Air, Hot Air, Townhall, Legal Insurrection, Twitchy, Twitchy, Twitchy, Twitchy, The Federalist, The Federalist, The Federalist, PJ Media, RealClearPolitics,…

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Fires and ICE

Fires and ICE: The Flames of Chaos Democrat Leaders Foment LA’s Anti-ICE Riots On Sunday, the streets of Los Angeles still smoldered from the violent anti-ICE riots that erupted over the weekend. Over 1,000 protesters, many waving foreign flags-Mexican among them-and chanting "Kill ICE," transformed the city into a war zone. They assaulted federal agents, torched cars, and defaced a Department of Homeland Security facility with graffiti, leaving a trail of destruction in Paramount and beyond. President Trump’s decisive deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops, backed by a high alert status for Marines at Camp Pendleton, finally brought a semblance of…

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Saturday Sparks

Saturday Quick Takes In March 2025, the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national and alleged MS-13 gang member, despite a court order, ignited a political firestorm as Democrats like Sen. Chris Van Hollen and Rep. Jamie Raskin championed him as a “Maryland man” denied due process, only to pivot to broader “due process” rhetoric after public backlash and Van Hollen’s high-profile El Salvador visit; Garcia’s return to face human trafficking charges in Tennessee exposed their miscalculation, while escalating sanctuary city clashes-fueled by leaders like Mayors Karen Bass and Michelle Wu-and the Boulder firebombing case, involving attorney Susanna Dvortsin and…

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