1) “Who Really Are the Lawless and the Dictatorial? The left cries ‘dictatorship’ while wielding the courts, agencies, and media to undermine laws, crush dissent, and call it democracy.” (Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness)
From the article — The left is in its usual sanctimonious but schizophrenic mood.
The media claims daily that the Trump administration has usurped power. It is supposedly destroying democracy. It tramples on the rule of law and thus has created a virtual dictatorship. Yet at the same time, Democrats high-five the most recent district court judge who has put a stop to the current Trump executive orders—which the Trump administration abides by as it files appeals.
There are two clear conclusions from the flurry of the lower-court liberal justices’ orders: 1) Trump has obeyed their record number of interventions as the appeals go forward; and 2) rarely in the history of the republic has a pool of some 300-400 left-wing district judges exercised such nationwide control over the executive branch and indeed the entire nation. Yet consider the array of double standards.
2) “‘Unethical And Dangerous’: Over 80% of Abortion Pill Emergency Room Visits Were ‘Miscoded As Miscarriages’” (Harbinger’s Daily)
From the article — Women have been told lies about the reality of life in the womb. While left-leaning groups claimed that unborn babies are merely “clumps of cells,” they also advocated for women not to be shown ultrasound images of their children prior to abortions.
Abortion pills—especially with safeguards removed—offered a perfect scenario to block women from coming to realize the human life they would be destroying. In the cases where women reconsidered their decision, Democrats also worked overtime to demonize Pro-Life groups offering women the chance to reverse the process after taking the first of the two-pill regimen. While simultaneously convincing women that the pro-life reversal drugs were medically questionable, the FDA used corrupt means to shield the public from the dangers of abortion drugs.
Like so many other issues in our culture, this is a spiritual battle. Jesus warned that Satan is “the father of lies” and a “murderer from the beginning” (John 8:44).
3) “How the Pride war was won” (Don Surber)
From the article — LGBT has gone from a darling to coyote ugly this year as corporations gnaw their legs to escape the trap. Newsweek asked, “What Happened to All the Corporate Pride Logos?” It said, “In a notable shift from recent years, a number of blue-chip corporations and sports organizations are quietly scaling back their public-facing support for LGBTQ+ Pride Month in 2025.
“About 39% of corporate executives say their companies are reducing public Pride efforts this year, according to a recent survey from Gravity Research. That includes less frequent use of rainbow-themed logos, fewer social media posts and scaled-back sponsorships of Pride events.”
4) “Taking Advantage of Our Rare Status: Culture Is Downstream From Politics… For Now” (J.D. Rucker, America First Report)
From the article — When one thing is downstream from another, it’s a one-way relationship. This is true in the real world and it’s generally true in the philosophical world.
The late and great Andrew Breitbart said, “politics is downstream from culture.” He was and still is absolutely correct. If you want to make political changes that can stick, you must change the hearts and minds of enough Americans from a cultural perspective.
But here’s the thing. “Culture” is no longer a transparent characteristic. Thanks in large part to a combination of wide political gaps, ultra-biased legacy media, polarized social media, and the rise of cancel culture, we can no longer look to perceived public opinion to get a sense for what is real. Opinions are changing very quickly. We need to take advantage of it before they have political reasons to change back.
5) “The ‘Merwede’ Climate Nightmare: The EU/Europe builds its green comfort Gulag.” (Thomas Kolbe, American Spectator)
From the article — When we look at the civilizational development of societies, two basic patterns emerge. On one side is the free society — decentralized, subsidiarily organized, and sustained by individual responsibility. Opposite stands its antagonist: a centralized power structure built on control, planning, and regulation. Despite lip service to freedom, the EU/Europe has firmly embraced centralized control.
Centralized statist powers have a limited half-life. The rise and fall of tyrannical regimes are best understood through examples like the Soviet Empire, the Third Reich, or the many socialist projects of the 20th century. Faced with their inherent economic decline, the elites of these decaying bodies respond aggressively with increasing control, interventionism, and an unraveling media apparatus tasked with stabilizing the falling regime narratively.
Other Quality Reads:
* “Intifada Here! Intifada Now! The evil consequences of appeasement and enabling calls for violence” (John A. Lucas, Bravo Blue)
* “Depo-Provera’s Alleged Link To Brain Tumors Should Make You Wonder What’s In Your Birth Control” (Jordan Boyd, Federalist)
* “DOGE’s Next Chore: Time to end funding for government social programs that don’t work” (Steven Malanga, City Journal)
* “Antisemitic Words Have Morphed Into Violent Actions… And It May Only Be The Beginning” (Olivier Melnick, Harbinger’s Daily)
* “Taking Sides: Wikipedia Advances Anti-Israel Narratives” (Aaron Bandler, RealClearInvestigations)