Source: The Daily Economy
by Jerome Gessaroli
“Legislators may be cowed and agencies may be politicized, but financial markets connect policies to their impacts with brisk efficiency.” (04/22/25)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/madison-didnt-predict-the-market-as-the-last-check-on-power/
Source: Racket News
by Eric Salzman
“In pushing for rate cuts the president insults the Fed chairman — but Trump’s tariffs are driving prices the other way.” (04/22/25)
Source: The American Conservative
by Eldar Mamedov
“Neocons want the U.S. to take out Israel’s adversaries. President Trump should refuse.” (04/22/25)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/america-isnt-israels-bodyguard/
Source: Town Hall
by Derek Hunter
“They’re a curious group of people, Democrats. They demand answers to some things very few people care about while expressing complete disinterest, even contempt, in obtaining information on other topics. It’s almost like they’re frauds who posture for effect when it suits their needs and deflect when it does not. If my children acted like they do, I’d ground them. But these are adults, chronologically, many of whom are so entrenched in power it does not matter what they do. Still, it is worth asking what Democrats don’t want to talk about, because that’s what an honest media should be asking them about. It’s amazing what you won’t find if you refuse to look for it, isn’t it?” (04/22/25)
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2025/04/22/the-questions-democrats-will-not-ask-n2655894
Source: Persuasion
by Martin Eiermann
“In its attempt to remake the federal bureaucracy, the Trump administration appears guided by three imperatives: Eliminate programs and agencies that do not fit into its agenda; exercise direct control over the remaining agencies; and enforce policies by coordinating across agencies. Political scientists sometimes refer to America as a ‘many-handed’ state, where one hand does not necessarily know what the other hand is doing. The new goal is to punch towards a common opponent and throw multiple haymakers at once. A key element of this strategy is increased data-sharing between federal agencies.” (04/21/25)
Source: Reason
by Jacob Sullum
“The president’s lawyers also conflate fraud with defamation, misconstrue the commercial speech doctrine, and assert that false speech is not constitutionally protected.” (04/21/25)
Source: Campaign For Liberty
by Ron Paul
“Those who hoped the second Trump Administration would reject big spending, war, and restrictions on liberty continue to be disappointed. A new disappointment came when Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced her department would in May begin enforcing the REAL ID law. Passed in 2005, the REAL ID Act created federal standards for driver’s licenses. The law requires everyone applying for a driver’s license to provide the DMV with his social security number, proof of legal residence, and two proofs of his home address. The REAL ID Act allows the Homeland Security Department to mandate, as it sees fit, the including of addition items in the related government database, including ‘biometric’ identifiers. Biometric identifiers include personal data such as retina scans, fingerprints, and DNA.” (04/21/25)
https://www.campaignforliberty.org/real-id-phony-security-real-authoritarianism
Source: The American Prospect
by Audrey Carleton
“Less than a year after announcing plans to establish a hydrogen-based aviation fuel hub at Pittsburgh International Airport, Pennsylvania-based natural gas producer CNX has quietly taken down the website on which it advertised the hub. The move comes as the fate of the much-vaunted hydrogen industry — seen by the Biden administration as a way to power America while reducing climate-altering emissions — is in upheaval. While a Biden-era rule dealt a blow to those in the gas and oil industry hoping to invest in hydrogen technology and offered greater financial incentives to the renewable energy sector, President Donald Trump is showing preference for fossil fuel-powered hydrogen. Meanwhile, the fate of those Biden-era tax credits — whether for renewable energy or fossil fuel — is up in the air as congress wades through the budget reconciliation process.” (04/22/25)
https://prospect.org/environment/2025-04-22-trump-pennsylvania-hydrogen-fuel/
Source: Niskanen Center
by Rachel Levine
“As energy costs rise and reliability issues persist, more Americans are questioning if the investor-owned utility (IOU) model still serves their needs. Growing frustration has sparked a shift: communities across the country are exploring ways to gain more control and accountability in how their power is delivered. Many are turning to publicly owned utility models as a solution.” [editor’s note: Niskanen seems obsessed with “transmission” over long distances, when the only solution to power reliability is extreme localization (preferably to the household, or at most neighborhood, level – TLK] (04/21/25)
Source: The Hill
by John Mac Ghlionn
“The same rhetorical contortions once used by the woke left — semantic shape-shifting, moral panic, accusations that shut down argument rather than invite it — are now being used wholesale by Trump’s own administration. The champion of free speech has become a champion of selective speech, the kind that flatters the regime and shames the rest into silence. I ask readers to imagine if Joe Biden had attempted any of this — if his administration had moved to deport pro-Israel student activists, threatened Harvard over demonstrations, or equated protest signs with hate speech. Right-wing media would have had a collective stroke. They’d be setting up tripods outside every courthouse, shrieking about Marxism, totalitarianism and the end of the First Amendment. But because it’s Trump, and because the narrative suits the agenda, the outrage evaporates.” (04/21/25)
https://thehill.com/opinion/5256809-trump-suppressing-free-speech/