If a judge tried to tell a general how to conduct a military operation, that would be illegal. If a judge tried to command the attorney general in how to use her discretion as a prosecutor, that's also illegal. Judges aren't allowed to control the executive's legitimate power.

An important aspect of Wheaton’s retraction of its Vought post is that in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election, the school hosted a political event with anti-Trump speakers from The After Party, a group whose aim is to “reframe Christian thinking” about politics. This program was financed exclusively by left-wing secular funders, including Bill Kristol’s anti-Trump group, the Defending Democracy Together Institute — which the campaign finance watchdog Open Secrets highlighted as a major source of dark money in the 2020 and 2024 elections. Moreover, Christian authors like @Natasha_Crain have highlighted that The After Party’s content is “in no way non-partisan” and seems intended to “confuse [church] members into believing that there’s a moral equivalence between the political parties.” I asked Wheaton if they held any similar events with political conservatives, and they declined to answer. My story @realDailyWire

The United States stands ready to help the descendants of settlers in South Africa who are being expropriated and abused by the South African government. Pursuant to President Trump’s Executive Order, the State Department is suspending all non-life saving aid to the Republic of South Africa. Persecuted South African farmers and other innocent victims being targeted solely based on their race who choose to resettle in America will be welcome. The United States will also defend the rights and interests of those remaining descendants of settlers threatened with expropriation without compensation and other intolerable abuses. We will no longer stand by while God-given rights are so cruelly violated.

Trigger warning: We will not be deleting our earlier post congratulating @RussVought.

One can and should be repulsed by sex change treatments for adolescents and biological men in women’s sports and still treat adult trans people with dignity and respect.

If you run to Rome for smells and bells it’s the same as running to Big Eva for smoke and lasers. Both are pursuing a sensory experience.

I voted for whatever is going on here 🤣

Dear god. Hard to believe we're on day two of this. Let's unpack. Politico offers policy-focused newsletters (Politico-Pro) for a price. People who work in those fields are smart to pay for it because it provides exclusive, important information that helps them do their job. If we want our government officials to be more knowledgable we should encourage that they absorb more material. That comes with a price. but they also pay for lots of things to round out their world view/knowledge base. Politico also offers a wide range of reporting for free. That tends to be on politics, not policy. No one pays for that currently. Politico also runs a few non-pay subscription newsletters that advertisers can run ads on (playbook, etc). The US government is not buying influence with Politico by subscribing to its Pro newsletters. If it wanted to send the publication money it would probably be able to do it more effectively and at a bigger scale by spending huge amounts on ads. But even then there is a clear, unambiguous line of demarcation between editorial and business. I imagine if you hate the publication and think it's biased none of this will convince you. your mind is made up. But having worked there, I find all this to be ridiculous. The people who write the Pro newsletters are excellent. They're experts in their field. They do the grunt work that keeps the publication humming. And their stories don't carry a scintilla of bias. For them to be oddly targeted is nuts. --30--

Musk’s commando staff includes guys who are 21, 23, 24 and 25. One is *19* years old. His job title is “Expert.” When you were 19, what were you an expert at?

Samantha Power has operated like a rogue intelligence chief. As UN ambassador, she made 250+ unmasking requests. At USAID, she ran a global multibillion-dollar training, recruitment, and operations empire with almost triple the budget of the CIA.

Manhattan Institute refers to male policy analyst Jessica Riedl (who announced his name change from Brian earlier today) as a woman.

Catholic Relief Services (CRS), which is one of the largest recipients of USAID funding, is already facing a reduction of up to 50% in its budget for 2025.