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By Rusty Weiss Tensions between prominent Democrat leaders grew Friday, as former Speaker Nancy Pelosi rebuked Senate Leader Chuck Schumer for caving on the Republican continuing resolution (CR). At the same time, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries refused to comment on his future as a leader. The striking remarks by Pelosi (D-CA) and the lack of response by Jeffries (D-NY) speak volumes about how disappointed they are with Schumer's actions. They also indicate that, like Schumer (D-NY) initially, they are  strongly advocating  for a government shutdown. "America has experienced a Trump shutdown before — but this damaging legislation only makes matters worse. Democrats must not buy into this false choice. We must fight back for a better way. Listen to the women, For The People," Pelosi said  in a statement . The presumption is that, by contrast, Schumer  did  "buy into this false choice." It's also a shot at Schumer, implying that women in Congress ar...

Two Tesla Cybertrucks as they appeared in Seattle on Monday after being firebombed By Rich Lowry It’s a trope to say that Donald Trump’s opposition has been shell-shocked and rudderless in the wake of his election victory and his fast start out of the gate. Not to fear, though: The left, with Soros-funded organizations taking a big role, has its next project — an intifada against the country’s largest maker of electric cars. The progressive fear and loathing of Elon Musk now may be greater than that directed at Donald Trump. Since protesters don’t have ready access to SpaceX’s rockets or to Starlink’s satellites — absent finding a way to launch their own rival satellite network into space — they’re waging war on Tesla. The heretofore trend-setting, eco-conscious vehicle for the affluent is now a hate object, a so-called swasticar, the equivalent of a Volkswagen in 1930s Germany. Everyone has a right to peacefully protest, of course, and to refuse to buy whatever products...

By James Meyers U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy announced to Congress that he signed an agreement with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), with hopes that DOGE will help provide assistance to the downward agency as it begins to address “big problems.”  USPS, which is an independent government agency with 635,000 employees that lost $9.5 billion last year, has been exempt from DOGE-directed federal employee reductions.  In a letter to Congress, DeJoy acknowledged that the Postal Service has a “broken business model that was not financially sustainable without critically necessary and core change.” BREAKING: Postmaster General Louis DeJoy told Congress today that he signed an agreement to work with DOGE to cut jobs and spending. The USPS is planning to eliminate 10,000 jobs in the next 30 days through a "voluntary early retirement" program. pic.twitter.com/YeJ5xDSdCO — More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) March 13, 2025 “Fixing a broken organization...

Given that our country has been overrun by illegals, the president is reaching for every tool in the box.   By Nate Jackson “All we really needed was a new president,” Donald Trump  wryly noted  in his recent address to Congress. He was talking about closing the border, which he and his team have achieved immense success in doing in short order. With the faucet turned off, so to speak, now the administration must turn its attention to mopping up the floor. And oh, what a mess it is. Yes, America is a welcoming place for immigrants, or at least that’s often citizens’ intent. Yes, many immigrants come here to work hard and build a better life for themselves and their families. Yes, the legal process is onerous, arguably prompting millions to circumvent it without further law-breaking intent. We are, however, a nation of laws. Enforcing those laws may sometimes be unpleasant, not least because of the number of people involved. Let’s examine some numbers on that latter front....

Demonstrators protest the detention of Mahmoud Khalil Monday at Foley Square in lower Manhattan. By Josh Hammer The stock market of late has been on a veritable roller coaster, Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency continues to ruffle feathers, Iran marches ever harrowingly closer to a nuclear weapon, and Russia and Ukraine get tantalizingly close to a ceasefire. But the national political conversation this week has curiously tended to focus not on any of that but instead on the uncertain fate of a lone noncitizen and former Columbia University graduate student, Mahmoud Khalil. Talk about a misplacement of priorities. Most American media consumers care a great deal about their pocketbooks and retirement accounts. They likely also care about stability on the world stage -- a subdued China, a relatively calm Middle East and a long-overdue peace deal to end the bloodshed in Eastern Europe. By contrast, here is one thing media consumers probably don't care a lot a...

By Tom Knighton My response to people blaming guns for violent crime is a phrase I happen to find somewhat amusing while still also being accurate: It's not the tool, it's the tool using it. When a dear  friend of mine was gunned down  by a maniac upset he couldn't sit down in a cafe for a cup of coffee, I wondered briefly if I'd been wrong about guns. My conclusion was that nothing had changed. Kim was dead because of a person, not the weapon. But it seems that some researchers are bound and determined not to make that revelation, and the folks at the NSSF  are a bit miffed about it , and rightly so. Several researchers teamed up to publish a  recent article  in the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) titled, “Bullets as Pathogen—The Need for Public Health and Policy Approaches.” The results were not at all earth-shattering – that larger bullets cause more damage than smaller ones – but policy recommendations resulting from the “research” could b...

In their hubris, the universities began a series of blunders that may now end them as they once were.   By Victor Davis Hanson Over the last three decades, elite American universities have engaged in economic, political, social, and cultural practices that were often unethical, illegal — and suicidal. They did so with impunity. Apparently, confident administrators assumed that the brand of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, and other elite universities was so precious to the nation’s elite movers and shakers that they could always do almost anything they wished. By the 1970s, non-profit universities had dropped pretenses that they were apolitical and non-partisan. Instead, they customarily violated the corpus of iconic civil rights legislation by weighing race, gender, and sexual orientation in biased admissions, hiring, and promotions. Graduation ceremonies became overtly racially and ethnically segregated. The same was true for dorms and “theme houses.” So-called “safe spac...

By Kurt Schlichter Say what you will about Donald Trump, nobody can argue that he doesn’t possess an amazing superpower. Actually, he has several superpowers, but his most powerful may be the ability to convince his opponents to defend the least popular possible positions just because he supports them. Not just contrary positions, not just positions that reasonable people can disagree with, but insanely unpopular positions that all normal people look at and are repelled by. There’s not a garbage hill they won’t choose to die on. It’s an incredibly useful superpower to have. Of course, the most recent one is the 80/20 polling proposition against men pretending to be women and being allowed into women’s intimate spaces to steal their athletic achievements. What lunatic would possibly take the position that it’s OK for some dude with the whole sausage store swinging to walk into your daughter’s locker room and expect to be called Martha? Well, it’s not just one lunatic. It’s a whole...

By Bob Hoge Since Donald Trump was inaugurated on January 20, prominent Democrats have appeared to be begging for political violence. You had House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) saying, “ We’re going to fight Trump in the streets ,” a sentiment echoed by extremists like Rep.  Maxine Waters  (D-CA) and Connecticut Sen.  Chris Murphy . One of the most famous examples occurred in Trump’s first term when Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) warned that Supreme Court Justices who defied his will would “ pay the price .” On Thursday night, after holding the losing hand in budget negotiations, he called Republicans “ bastards .” This is Democrat leadership, folks. And it seems to be working, as violent anarchists have been  attacking Tesla dealerships  and chargers in recent days, while a crazed mob  descended upon Trump Tower  Thursday to show their pro-Hamas allegiance. The latest to fall victim to this scourge is my personal favorite Tr...