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Reviving the Raven

The Democrat Party Needs a Sam Houston to Reject Insurrectionist Rhetoric and Economic Hypocrisy In today’s polarized America, the Democrat Party’s resistance to federal immigration law enforcement, cloaked in claims of "state sovereignty" and justified by assertions that illegal alien labor prevents economic collapse, echoes the antebellum South’s economically driven defiance of federal authority. This rhetoric, as David Strom notes today in a Hot Air column, risks “open rebellion” by reviving Confederate-era states’ rights arguments. The party’s stance mirrors the South’s defense of slavery as economically vital, a path Sam Houston rejected in his 1854 Senate speech against the Kansas-Nebraska Act…

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Democrats’ Shameless Pivot

From Illegal Alien Medicaid to a Costly Obamacare Boondoggle It’s Day Six of the government shutdown and the Democrats’ latest health care debacle is unfolding like a bad soap opera. After getting thoroughly thrashed in the court of public opinion over their botched attempt to funnel Medicaid funds to illegal aliens, these political hacks have scurried to a new, even more outrageous scheme: ramming through a permanent extension of pandemic-era Obamacare subsidies. Buried deep within their sham continuing resolution (S. 2882, hastily introduced by Sen. Patty Murray on September 18, 2025), this move takes a temporary COVID-19 lifeline-originally crafted by Democrats-and…

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The Democrat Rage Culture

The Blood on Democrat Hands In ancient Rome, the phrase Carthago delenda est-“Carthage must be destroyed”-was a rallying cry that turned a civilization into a target, fueling wars that ended in annihilation. In my earlier column, Democrats Delenda Est, I argued that the modern Democrat Party is fostering a culture where political opponents are not just rivals but existential threats and demands the electoral dismantling of the party’s radicalism to restore classical liberalism. The assassination of conservative leader Charlie Kirk on September 10, 2025, and the grotesque assassination fantasies of Virginia AG candidate Jay Jones provide chilling evidence of this rhetoric…

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Lying in Their Own Bed

Democrats Shut Down the Government Over Obamacare Subsidies They Created The Democrats' Own Creation As the clock ticked past midnight on October 1, 2025, marking the beginning of a government shutdown, the political theater in Washington, D.C., has reached a fever pitch. At the center of this drama are the Obamacare subsidies, a policy tool Democrats championed and expanded during their time in power. Yet, here we are in October 2025, with Democrats holding the government hostage over these very subsidies, which they set to expire at the end of the year. This situation is not just a case of political…

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A Better Option Than Rebate Checks

A Case for Capital Gains Tax Relief Over Tariff Rebate Checks: Igniting Sustained Economic Growth In the wake of President Donald Trump’s bold tariff agenda, generating over $214.9 billion in 2025 alone, the United States stands at a pivotal economic crossroads. Two competing proposals have emerged to harness this tariff windfall: Trump’s $1,000-$2,000 rebate checks for American households, funded by tariff revenues, and a capital gains tax cut, as advocated in my columns "Friday Forecasting" and "It's Time to Cut the Capital Gains Tax", featuring tiered rates for U.S. stocks and a flat rate for foreign gains, as outlined in the…

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Paul Ryan Was Right

Obamacare's True Costs Exposed In my July 20, 2025, column, "Joe Wilson Was Right," I argued that Rep. Joe Wilson’s infamous 2009 outburst-"You lie!"-during President Obama’s address to Congress captured a prophetic truth about the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare. While Obama’s claim that the ACA wouldn’t cover undocumented immigrants held true in the law’s text, the reality of fungible federal funds enabled states to extend billions in coverage to non-citizens, a dynamic unmasked by the 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). But Wilson’s raw cry was not alone in its foresight. Rep. Paul Ryan, then a rising star…

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Democrat Shutdown Perfidy

A Shutdown Born of Perfidy and Powerlessness Democrat Perfidy on Health Care Funding for Illegal Aliens As the clock struck midnight on October 1, 2025, the United States government ground to a halt, not due to necessity, but due to the perfidious obstinacy of Senate Democrats led by Chuck Schumer. This shutdown, a spectacle of political self-sabotage, centers on a grotesque insistence on funding health care for illegal aliens-a policy choice that epitomizes Democrat hypocrisy and a complete lack of leverage in the face of a resurgent Republican majority. Meanwhile, federal spending has ballooned 54% since 2019 without delivering commensurate value,…

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Highways of Hazard

The Perils of Lax CDL Issuance to Illegal Aliens In the vast network of America's interstate highways, where 80,000-pound semis barrel along at 70 miles per hour, safety hinges on a simple premise: drivers must be qualified, vetted, and capable of responding to the chaos of the road. Yet, in recent years, a dangerous loophole has emerged in states with permissive policies, allowing illegal aliens-many unable to speak or read English-to obtain Commercial Driver's Licenses (CDLs). These licenses empower individuals to haul freight, transport passengers, or even carry hazardous materials across state lines, often without the rigorous federal safeguards intended to…

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“Maryland Voter”

The Imperative of Passing the SAVE Act to Safeguard American Elections The integrity of American elections teeters on the edge, as demonstrated by the Ian Roberts case, where a non-citizen illegally registered to vote in Maryland since 2012 exposes systemic flaws. The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, passed by the House in April 2025, stands as the critical remedy to address these vulnerabilities and protect the citizen franchise. With evidence of inadequate voter roll maintenance, Democrat resistance to transparency, and the inability to quantify non-citizen voting without audits, the need for this legislation is urgent. The SAVE Act is not…

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The Metastasis of the Lunatic Left’s Nightmare

Des Moines Superintendent Scandal Poisons Democrats Nationwide Just days after ICE hauled off Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts-a man with a loaded Glock, a deportation order, and a resume riddled with red flags-the story has metastasized from a local embarrassment into a national indictment of Democratic priorities. What began as a betrayal of trust in Iowa's largest school district has ballooned into exhibit A for every Republican warning uttered over the past four decades: porous borders breed chaos, lax voter laws invite fraud, and "equity" hiring often masks incompetence and illegality. Roberts, the illegal alien at the center of…

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