“Projections indicate that, in less than two years, there will be a staggering 2.5 million people in Social Security’s disability backlog. That figure is higher than the population of 20 U.S. states and territories. Thus, as we look to the midterm elections next year, President Trump will be dealing with a very large group of Americans who aren’t receiving timely decisions on their benefit applications.” (03/12/25)
“An Open Letter to the United States Department of Homeland Security, the European Union Thought Police, the Sensitivity Editing Community, the Anti-Defamation League, the Anti-Zionist Inquisition, the Visibility-Filtering Department of Free-Speech X, the German Anti-Meme Police, the UK’s Ministry of Defense Against Potentially Harmful Silent Prayer, the Terminally Woke, the Covidian Cult, the Musk Cult, the Democratic Party, the Republican Party, the Federal Bureau of Mandatory Pronoun Usage, the International Society of Anus-Clenching Control Freaks, the National Association for the Advancement of Humorless People, et al.” (03/13/25)
“A lawyer representing the Trump administration was repeatedly dressed down by a federal judge on Wednesday during a preliminary injunction hearing over the Pentagon’s transgender ban. During the hearing, U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes, a Joe Biden appointee, mercilessly lambasted the government’s lawyers for what she saw as problems with their basic competence, middling legal analysis, lack of preparation, intellectual honesty, and more. On Jan. 28, Nicolas Talbott and seven others filed their complaint with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The lawsuit alleges the ban on transgender service members violates the Due Process clause of the Fifth Amendment by discriminating against people ‘based on their sex and based on their transgender status.'” (03/12/25)
“US officials are headed to Russia to discuss a potential ceasefire in Ukraine, according to President Donald Trump. The news comes after Ukrainian officials agreed to a 30-day ceasefire following a highly anticipated meeting with US officials in Saudi Arabia. Earlier, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the ‘ball is truly in their [Russia’s] court’ and that the US believes the only way to end the fighting was through peace negotiations. The American visit comes as President Vladimir Putin visited Russia’s Kursk region — parts of which have been under Ukraine’s control since an incursion last year. Russian TV aired footage of Putin meeting military commanders, who told him Russian troops had recaptured 86% of the area from Ukraine.” (03/13/25)
“Education is about giving children the skills and knowledge they will need to succeed in life — especially economically — and public education was created to ensure that all children can acquire such learning to the best of their ability, regardless of their parents’ desires or financial resources. That, at least, is likely the assumption of most Americans: public education is a ladder of upward mobility. Perhaps the assumption is wrong. Governments could have embraced mass elementary education for another primary reason, which might explain why public education has often been ineffective at providing skills and knowledge crucial for upward mobility. Indeed, rather than creating a ladder of opportunity, the aim of mass education has been to keep people passively in their place.” (03/12/25)
