Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob

“A circuit court has ruled that Virginia’s new voter-passed congressional map, gerrymandered to give Democrats in the state a prohibitive advantage in the next congressional election, is unconstitutional.
Judge Jack Hurley, of the Circuit Court of the Commonwealth of Virginia for the 29th Judicial Circuit, Tazewell County, denied a motion to stay his injunction blocking certification of the election using the new districts. Former Virginia attorney general Ken Cuccinelli reports that once a final order is drafted and entered, ‘it will be immediately appealed.’ If the rejiggering survives the challenge, it could be the factor that tips the balance in the House of Representatives toward the Democrats next November.” (04/23/26)

https://thisiscommonsense.org/2026/04/23/un-redistricting-virginia/

Source: Fox News
by Lt. Col. Robert Maginnis, (USA, ret.)

“On Tuesday, President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that he would extend the ceasefire with Iran — with no set deadline — until Tehran’s leaders can “come up with a unified proposal.” That announcement landed hours after Vice President JD Vance’s trip to Islamabad for a second round of peace talks was canceled without explanation, after Iranian officials told U.S. counterparts through Pakistani intermediaries that they would not appear at the table. Trump had said that very morning he did not want to extend. By Tuesday evening, he did. The extension may have been unavoidable. What happened in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday makes clear exactly what Washington bought.” (04/23/26)

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/iran-ceasefire-extended-real-test-washington-starts

Source: The Daily Economy
by Thomas Savidge

“The rollback of the EPA’s Endangerment Finding will lower costs, curb regulatory overreach, and restore accountability to Congress.” (04/23/26)

https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/why-undoing-the-epas-greenhouse-gas-rule-matters-for-americans/

Source: Libertarian Institute
by Joseph Solis-Mullen

“While taxation is coercive, economically distortive, and ultimately something to be abolished, it does not follow that one may simply opt out of the existing legal regime. As much as one might wish otherwise, there does exist — at present — a binding legal obligation to report and pay income taxes under U.S. law. This article then is a response to a recent post on Twitter by Peter Schiff, who argued that, unlike excise taxes, the Internal Revenue Code contains no provision that creates a liability to pay the income tax, rendering it effectively ‘voluntary.’ This is not a new argument. It is, in fact, one of the more persistent claims advanced by so-called ‘tax protester’ theories. And like most such claims, it depends less on the structure of the law than on a selective reading of it.” (04/23/26)

https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/no-taxes-dont-have-a-get-out-of-jail-free-card

Source: Law & Liberty
by Rebecca Richards

“The Feast of St. George is a red-letter day for lovers of flowers and literature.” (04/23/26)

https://lawliberty.org/distracted-by-books-and-dragons/