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Who Is The Democrat Party?

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On Friday, The Daily Caller posted an article about a recent Quinnipiac University poll asking Democrats if they support the Democratic Socialists of America. The results are frightening.

The article reports:

The majority of Democrats support the Democratic Socialists of America, a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday found.

The latest survey shows that among Democrats, 59% consider themselves DSA supporters, compared to just 30% who do not. Out of total voters polled just 26% consider themselves supportive of the DSA, compared to 66% who do not consider themselves backers of the socialist group.

This is a far cry from the 2016 Democrat primaries when the Democrat party elites worked behind the scenes to make sure Bernie Sanders was not the presidential candidate. The Democrat elites remembered the resounding defeat of George McGovern and did not want to repeat that mistake.

The article notes:

If a candidate for elected office identifies as a DSA supporter, 17% of respondents say it makes them more likely to back that candidate, the survey states. By comparison, 43% of voters say it makes them less likely to vote for that candidate while 35% of respondents say it makes no difference.

The DSA did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.

…In June, the DSA released a new platform, dubbed “Workers Deserve More,” which in part proposes to “draft a new constitution, and create a democratic socialist republic.” The socialist group’s platform has drawn intense public criticism from congressional Republicans.

“The DSA Communists have now published their insane agenda to take over Congress and America,” House Speaker Mike Johnson wrote in a June 27 X post. “We will not let it happen! WE ARE READY FOR THIS FIGHT!!”

The Quinnipiac University survey was conducted from Sept. 3-6 throughout the contiguous U.S. The poll surveyed 970 self-identified registered voters with a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.9 percentage points, including the design effect.

If the people surveyed knew their world history, their answers would have been very different.

Let’s Enjoy Our 250th Birthday Year

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On Sunday, the Freedom 250 Grand Prix was held in Washington, D.C. As someone who enjoys car racing, I think it was amazing. The formula one cars are awesome to watch.

On Sunday, The Daily Caller posted an article detailing some of the planning that went into the race.

The article reports:

For the first time ever, some of the streets of downtown Washington were transformed, albeit temporarily, into a racetrack as it hosted the Freedom 250 Grand Prix, which included competitions for both IndyCar and the recently resurrected International Race of Champions (IROC). The races, organized by the Trump administration-linked Freedom 250, was the latest Washington-based celebration planned in honor of the 250th anniversary of American independence.

…Patriotism indeed appeared to be the theme of the weekend-long extravaganza which featured two ticketed — but at no cost — viewing areas on each side of the track aptly named “Stars” and “Stripes.” Concession stands — which did feature priced menu offerings — likewise bore names including “Red White & BBQ,” “Freedom Grill,” and “Checkered Faves,” with the latter being a nod to the flag race officials wave to signal a victor. Queueing guests also waited their turn to pose in front of the life-size “FREEDOM 250” and “USA 250” signs set up on the Mall.

“Freedom doesn’t ring, it revs,” declared a large sign visible on a building along the direction the drivers sped.

The article notes that the preparation was extensive:

D.C. officials had to weld more than 200 manhole covers shut in order to avoid any flying away with the traffic over them going nearly ten times its usual speed, Denker said, according to The Associated Press. Nearly one in four of these manholes also required silicone fittings so the road was not too bumpy for the drivers.

Even with all the extra preparation needed for the race to take place, at least one element could not be controlled: the weather. A light drizzle, however, did not stop fans from filling the bleachers at 9:00 a.m. Saturday just to see Palou, Newgarden, and company practice on the wet pavement.

Americans need to take the time to relax and enjoy the fact the we have existed as a free country for 250 years. I think this race was a wonderful idea.

Always Be Prepared

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On Thursday, The Daily Caller posted an article that illustrates the necessity of being prepared to defend yourself.

The article reports:

The debate about gun control takes up so much bandwidth that we forget the Second Amendment isn’t just about owning and carrying guns – it’s about “the right to keep and bear arms” – and one carjacker found that out the hard way.

The Sunday incident occurred when a teenager tried to force an older Lyft driver to give up her car at knifepoint, WJLA, a Washington, D.C., TV Station, reported. However, the driver feigned compliance, but instead of handing over her key, she retrieved a can of pepper spray given to her by her father and sprayed the carjacker in the face.

“I reach over and I grab the bear spray and I sprayed him and I took out the knife and I started juking with the knife, then I opened the door and I fell out,” the driver, identified as “Angie,” said in an interview that aired Monday evening. “He grabbed the knife and then I sprayed him again. He ran and he came back again and he reached in the car to take my phone.”

“When he went to take my phone, I put my body on top of him and we start to fight,” Angie continued. “I saw him drop the knife. I started punching him in his leg. He somehow pushed over me and he got up and he ran away.”

A neighbor witnessed the incident and called 911, WJLA reported. The carjacker was later taken into custody, still suffering from the effects of the bear spray.

Thank God that the Lyft driver had the can of pepper spray. Hopefully the teenager will be charged with a crime and tried as an adult.

The Joys Of Sending Your Child To An Ivy League College

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For the academic year 2024-2025, the undergraduate tuition at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus is $20,644 for Pennsylvania residents and $41,790 for out-of-state students. Parents who send their children there expect them to get a good education and a good start on their adult life. That isn’t always what happens.

On Monday, The Daily Caller posted an article about some recent charges brought against students at Penn State.

The article reports:

Fourteen people ran a cocaine operation out of two Penn State fraternity houses, supplying the drug to fellow students for roughly two years, Pennsylvania prosecutors alleged Monday.

Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced the charges alongside the State College Police Department, according to his office.

Thirteen of those accused attended Penn State at or near the time of the alleged activity in 2023 and 2024, and the remaining defendant is the father of a student, charged with tampering with evidence and obstructing the probe. Sunday’s office later confirmed that at least four of those charged are current students.

Agostino Abbatiello and Thomas Robinson supplied the group with drugs, traveling to Philadelphia and New York to bring back large amounts of cocaine, the attorney general’s office said. Members and pledges of Delta Upsilon and Sigma Chi then cut and bagged the drug at the two houses before selling it to classmates.

“This was a coordinated and highly-profitable drug-trafficking crew revolving around two senior members of the fraternities, other fraternity brothers, and pledges,” Sunday said in a statement released by his office. “In fact, according to the evidence uncovered, cutting and packaging cocaine was, for some pledges, an indoctrination into the fraternities.”

…Abbatiello, Robinson, Mohammed Hurabi and Lars Zeepvat face felony counts of corrupt organizations, conspiracy and dealing in proceeds of unlawful activity, according to the attorney general’s office. Robert Zanolla is charged with felony conspiracy and criminal use of a communication facility. Eight others face misdemeanors. Paul Robinson, the student’s father, allegedly hid a safe holding drugs and cash.

One of the fraternities involved has been placed on interim suspension. The other was never recognized by the college.

The article does not indicate whether all members of the fraternities were involved in the activities, but this case should make parents very aware of what can go on in our colleges. Hug your children and watch them closely!

Putting Priorities In Order

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On Wednesday, The Daily Caller posted an article announcing that White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is leaving her role at the end of the month. I am very sorry to see her go–she has been fantastic press secretary. She is leaving because she recently had her second child and wants to stay home and be a mother. Kudos to her for putting her family first.

The article reports:

President Donald Trump said Leavitt is departing her job as press secretary to spend more time with her family and young children. Leavitt, the president said, will remain an outside adviser.

“Our wonderful White House Press Secretary, and one of my most trusted aides, Karoline Leavitt, will be departing her role at the end of the month so she can spend more time with her beautiful young children and family, a decision I totally understand and respect!” Trump wrote.

The article concludes with a statement from Karoline Leavitt:

The outgoing press secretary said in a statement that holding her position was an “honor and the adventure” of a lifetime. Leavitt just returned from maternity leave after having her second child in July.

“The truth is since returning to the White House after the birth of my daughter, I have felt in my heart that I cannot be the best mom my two young children deserve while devoting the constant time, energy, and attention required of the White House Press Secretary — and that is why I have ultimately made the bittersweet decision to depart the White House and embark on a new chapter in my life,” she said.

Young children (and all children) need mothers. It is very difficult to balance a career and a family. Some women don’t have a choice, and they do very well balancing both. However, if you can, it’s wonderful to stay home and spend time with your children.

When Politics Ruins Sports

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The Women’s National Basketball Association has received a fairly significant amount of viewership this year as opposed to other years. Two of the reasons are Caitlin Clark and Sophie Cunningham. Both are excellent players who have made news for reasons other than their play. Caitlin Clark has had a target on her back since she entered the league, and Sophie Cunningham has at time operated as Caitlin’s enforcer and at other times spoken out against men in women’s sports.

On August 9th, The Daily Caller reported:

A WNBA player torched by referees for a violent foul turned to social media and pointed at race.

Chicago Sky guard DiJonai Carrington drew a flagrant 2 and an ejection Saturday for a hard foul on Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham, then posted the words “WHITE PRIVILEGE” on her Threads account and tagged the Fever.

The foul landed late in the first quarter of a game Indiana won 90-86. Cunningham was out ahead of the pack on a fast-break layup when Carrington chased her down and struck her across the face and neck, dropping her to the floor as the shot fell, the Associated Press (AP) reported. Officials initially assessed a flagrant 1, then upgraded it after review, citing windup, impact and follow-through on the play.

Cunningham rejected any suggestion that race played a part. “I think the league is taking care of that. This has nothing to do with race. Last year, I did the same thing and I got kicked out. And I deserved to be kicked out. There’s no reason even to play that card,” she said, according to ESPN.

When you commit a foul in a game, you should be called on it. Your race should not come into play (it didn’t in this situation). Playing the race card is ridiculous. What Carrington is asking for is not having a foul called when one is committed because she is black. That is racism.

I think there is more soap opera in the current WNBA than there is on daytime television.

Washington Continues To Ignore The Voters

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It’s bad enough that 80 percent of Americans support the SAVE Act, and the Republican Congress can’t seem to get it passed, but Congress is not the only group in Washington that is ignoring the will of the voters.

On Tuesday, The Daily Caller reported:

As voters head into the midterm elections, they’ll be looking at how the GOP has delivered on its mandates, especially its clear directive on immigration.

Voters elected President Donald Trump on a platform centered on large-scale removals of illegal immigrants and an end to the Biden-era open border policies. The influx of millions of illegal immigrants placed significant strain on almost every aspect of American lives, from housing to jobs. The electorate rejected this and demanded a fundamental reversal. Instead, Congress and members of the Trump administration consistently push for moderation rather than the much-needed intensity of the original agenda.

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Sec. Markwayne Mullin has disappointed large segments of the president’s political base. While he publicly affirms support for the voter mandate of mass deportations, his operational decisions reveal a more restrained approach.

The Daily Caller notes:

It’s been two years since Trump came back into office. Members of his own administration have said that at least 20 million illegal immigrants came in under the Biden years. Even if the administration’s claim that 3 million illegal immigrants have been removed either by deportation or self-deportation since 2025 is correct, that number is not nearly enough to make a difference in relieving the hardship Americans face because of their presence.

Additionally, if Republicans fail to maintain control of Congress after the midterm elections, the number of removals will be significantly hindered by an oppositional Democratic Party. Knowing that the base is begging for action, one would assume that elected Republicans would be doing everything in their power to show voters that they are working to deliver on their promise for mass deportations. Instead, Utah Republican Sen. John Curtis, among others, continues to advance legislation that would create legal pathways to residency for illegal immigrants.

Washington truly is a swamp. Unless we manage to remove the rotting bureaucracy, we will never see forward progress on immigration, the budget deficits, or any of the other issues Americans care about.

Working Together To Eliminate Fraud

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On Friday, The Daily Caller posted an article about seven states that have signed a data-sharing agreement with the Department of Justice aimed at rooting out fraud.

The article reports:

Across the seven states, officials have uncovered roughly $350 million in alleged fraud, according to information shared with the Daily Caller. Under the Memorandum of Understanding signed Thursday, the states will give the DOJ access to “publicly available corporate registration and public benefits payment data held by these state agencies.” It is data officials said will help the department spot fraud patterns faster.

Colin McDonald, assistant attorney general for the Department of Justice’s National Fraud Enforcement Division, met with dozens of state officials before his press conference to discuss their work and how the federal government could better support it. The Daily Caller was the only outlet allowed in the room.

“To state partners here and across the country is this: the fraud division and our U.S. attorneys’ offices are ready to help you scale your efforts to strengthen your cases and deliver results for the taxpayers of America,” McDonald said at a press conference following the roundtable.

“Your partnership with us is the antidote to the fraud epidemic facing our nation. And my message to the fraudsters is this: Our team is getting bigger, our resolve is getting stronger, and your time is getting shorter,” he added.

The article concludes:

The administration’s focus on fraud came after YouTuber Nick Shirley exposed nearly a dozen Somali-run daycare centers in Minnesota that were not actually providing services.

The Trump White House later launched a task force dedicated to rooting out fraud across the country. The effort has been led by Vice President JD Vance, who McDonald reports to in his newly created position.

“The fraud-fighting team assembled here today is resolved to work together to break those cycles and bring the fraudsters out into the light,” McDonald said Thursday.

“When federal prosecutors work with state agencies to share leads, data, strategy, the American people win. Better intelligence, better cases, better training, more money returned to victims, and more fraudsters behind bars where they belong,” he continued.

If you want the fraudulent use of our tax dollars to end, you need to vote for Republicans for Congress. How many years has this fraud gone on without any administration willing to do anything about it? Do you really believe a Democrat Congress will allow these investigations to continue?

These Are NOT Good Numbers

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The internet has brought us a lot of things. It’s nice not to have to go to the library and sort through the card catalogue (remember those?) to find the answer to a question, but there are also some serious drawbacks. Some of those drawbacks are young adults getting involved with ChatGPT in unhealthy ways, the availability of pornography (often without age restrictions), and the easy access to gambling and lottery tickets.

On Tuesday, The Daily Caller reported:

Welcome to America: the land of the free, home of the pothead sports gambler.

Alas, the U.S. has crossed two alarming milestones this week.

The first is that gambling is now officially the biggest source of entertainment for Americans.

Data shows that in 2025, more Americans spent roughly $166 billion wagering bets on sports. This figure far surpasses the revenues of the movie, music, book, and museum industries, according to Forbes. In fact, it’s larger than the total revenue of those industries combined, Forbes noted.

The second is that marijuana is now officially the most popular daily drug.

The article includes the following X post:

The article notes:

To put it into perspective, for nearly three decades, the number of daily marijuana users stayed below 10 million. That number was at its lowest in the mid-90s, when it dipped under 5 million daily users. It seems to have really taken off during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The article concludes:

This is one giant social experiment. Never before has there been a society of marijuana smokers. And never before has gambling been at our literal fingertips. Something tells me this experiment will fail and leave the wreckage of brains, families, and relationships in its wake.

We don’t know the age of the marijuana smokers. I can only hope that they are past the point where the drug can impact their brain development. I sincerely wonder where the people who are regularly engaging in these activities will be in five years.

Two Much-Needed Reforms

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On Wednesday, The Daily Caller posted an article about H.Res. 500, introduced in 2025, would require criminal background checks for House employees by the Capitol Police and public disclosure of recent foreign government payments, contracts, or citizenship. Not surprisingly, it remains stalled in committee despite repeated calls for a floor vote.

The article reports:

Since its founding, the U.S. Congress, the institution that writes the laws governing the world’s leading superpower, has operated with shockingly lax standards.

Republican Florida Rep. Kat Cammack and House Speaker Mike Johnson are debating whether members’ staff should undergo routine criminal background checks and whether lawmakers should be barred from romantic or sexual relationships with the very people who draft, research, and shepherd the vast majority of legislation that shapes American life. While the two aren’t running their issues as a combined package, they should be because together they make up a glaring national security and institutional integrity failure.

The article notes:

Former Democratic California Sen. Dianne Feinstein employed a staffer for nearly 20 years as her San Francisco driver and Asian-American community liaison. He even attended Chinese consulate functions on her behalf. The FBI eventually informed her that he was reporting to China’s Ministry of State Security. She chaired the Senate Intelligence Committee at the time. Investigators concluded he passed no classified material. Even journalist James O’Keefe, with zero access to classified information, has found out more just from fake dates in D.C. Americans are just supposed to accept that there was a breach in security that lasted two decades, but nothing important was ever relayed to China. He was apparently a very terrible spy.

Former California Rep. Eric Swalwell infamously fell victim to the classic “honeypot” situation with Fang Fang, a suspected Chinese intelligence operative, who assisted him with fundraising, helped place an intern in his office, and maintained close personal contact. Swalwell denied any wrongdoing after the FBI issued a defensive briefing in 2015, and she allegedly fled back to China.

More recently, a staffer on the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party was reportedly offered cash for insights on sensitive topics like rare-earth minerals and Venezuela. Separately, reports of declassified files have highlighted a former member allegedly placing interns acting as foreign agents into other offices.

This needs to be corrected as soon as possible.

That Doesn’t Sound Like A British Name

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On Thursday, The Daily Caller reported that Muhammad was the top baby name in England and Wales in 2025 (for the third year in a row). Normally, the most popular name in a country would not qualify as news, but this represents a demographic shift in Britain that may very easily become a problem for the British.

The article reports:

There are around 4 million Muslims living the UK, representing 6% of the nation’s population, the Muslim Council of Britain reported March 2025. Muslims reportedly accounted for around 32% of the UK’s population growth between 2011-2021.

Lowe released “The Rape Gang Inquiry Report” in June. The report alleged that some young Muslim men would befriend, kidnap, drug, and rape girls as young as 11, often forcing those they impregnated into getting abortions. This occurred in nearly 40% of the UK’s local authority districts, according to the report

The Britain leader Rupert Lowe has formed a group called Restore Britain to fight the Islamification of Britain. 

Islam is not compatible with western culture. Westerners do not believe it is acceptable to kill or harass people who do not share your faith. Westerners do not believe it is acceptable to sexually assault a woman because she is not wearing a hijab. Westerners do not believe that any woman who is not a Muslim is fair game for sexual abuse. Sharia law does not give women rights–a women accused of adultery can be stoned regardless of the evidence. Under Sharia law, husbands are allowed to beat their wives. None of this is compatible with the law in western culture.

Letting large numbers of people who do not share your culture into your country all at once is a recipe for cultural suicide. If immigrants are not willing to assimilate, they should not be welcomed. We are currently watching the death of England as we know it.

When The Sentence Doesn’t Fit The Crime

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On Wednesday, The Daily Caller posted an article about the sentencing of Loay Abdel Fattah Alnaji, who at the time of his crime worked as a professor at Moorpark College in California.

The article reports:

A California college professor who admitted to killing an elderly demonstrator with a megaphone will spend about a year in county jail, far less than the prison term prosecutors sought.

A judge sentenced Loay Abdel Fattah Alnaji, 53, to one year in Ventura County Jail plus two years of felony probation, the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office (VCDAO) announced June 30. He had pleaded guilty in May to felony involuntary manslaughter as well as felony battery causing serious bodily injury in the 2023 death of 69-year-old Paul Kessler. Alnaji further admitted that he personally caused great bodily harm and confessed to the two aggravating factors of his use of a weapon and the vulnerability of his victim, according to the DA’s office. Alnaji worked as a professor at Moorpark College at the time of the incident, KTLA5 reported.

The killing traces back to November 2023, when rival protesters gathered around a month after the outbreak of the Israel-Gaza war, the outlet reported. Kessler stood with the pro-Israel group while Alnaji was with the pro-Palestinian protesters. Prosecutors said a verbal dispute between Alnaji and Kessler turned physical and Alnaji brought the megaphone down on Kessler’s head. The 69-year-old dropped to the pavement and struck his head, and Alnaji did not flee, according to the DA’s office. He dialed 911 and talked to investigators. Kessler died from his injuries, and deputies arrested Alnaji days afterward, according to the VCDAO.

I suppose it is nice that Alnaji did not flee the scene; however, he hit a man over the head and the man died as a result of that blow. I don’t think a one-year sentence is appropriate. I wonder if the sentence would have been different if he had accidentally killed the man under other circumstances. I can’t help but believe that there is some serious politics involved in this sentence.

The article concludes:

District Attorney Erik Nasarenko responded to the sentence. “Mr. Kessler lost his life in a violent attack that took him from his family and his wife of 43 years,” he said. “Given the circumstances of this case and the death that resulted, we believe a state prison commitment was the appropriate and just sentence.”

Ventura County Superior Court Judge Derek Malan handed Alnaji the deal, The Forward reported. A trial had loomed just days away, with Alnaji facing up to four years behind bars. His lawyer, Ron Bamieh, told the Ventura County Star that Malan saw the case as “two old guys had a dispute and an accident happened.”

Jewish advocacy groups took aim at the sentencing. “It exposes major flaws in the criminal justice system that need to be addressed,” Gerard Filitti, senior counsel at the Lawfare Project, told the Jewish News Syndicate, saying prosecutors did not pursue a hate crime charge.

The outlet identified Kessler as Jewish. Moorpark College placed Alnaji on administrative leave after officials took him into custody and he subsequently bailed himself out, according to the Forward.

Common Sense From Senator Fetterman

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On Saturday, The Daily Caller posted an article about some recent comments from Senator John Fetterman about the current state of the Democrat party. The world has turned upside down when John Fetterman and James Carville are the only Democrats telling the truth about what is happening in their party.

The article reports:

Fetterman tore into the socialist wing now ascending in Democratic ranks, though he told the New York Post this week he has no intention of bolting, for the moment. “I said months ago, I said the Democratic Party is becoming an orgy of socialism. These recent elections vindicate my description,” he told the outlet after Democratic Socialists of America candidates swept three New York House primaries.

Those Tuesday contests reshuffled the party’s New York delegation. Former city Comptroller Brad Lander unseated Rep. Dan Goldman in the 10th District, while doctoral student Darializa Avila Chevalier ousted Rep. Adriano Espaillat in the 13th, according to Roll Call. State Assemblywoman Claire Valdez captured the open 7th District seat. DSA backed two of the three, and all are favored to win in November given how blue their districts run.

Fetterman reserved his sharpest words for Avila Chevalier. “She wants to abolish the border, abolish prisons. That is a deeply disturbed individual,” he told the New York Post.

It should be mentioned that only 15 percent of New Yorkers voted in their primary elections–these results do not necessarily represent the views of a majority of New Yorkers. They might, but that is not a given. It will be interesting to see what percentage of New Yorkers turn out to vote for these candidates in November.

The article concludes:

A party switch remains on the table. “Even if I changed my party, my votes or views wouldn’t change,” he told the New York Post, pointing to a May column where he branded himself an independent voice.

His standing back home looks shaky. A Philadelphia Inquirer/Suffolk University poll of city residents pegged his favorability at 24 percent against a 43 percent unfavorable rating, far below Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro’s 62 percent, the Inquirer reported.

The pressure may not ease. Chris Rabb, a self-described democratic socialist who won a Philadelphia House primary this spring, is already floated as a 2028 challenger.

A lot can change in two years.

An Interesting Coincidence

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On Monday, The Daily Caller posted an article about a very interesting coincidence involving the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) spending cuts (the elimination of U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

The article reports:

Following the Trump administration’s aggressive restructuring of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), a striking pattern emerged across Latin America. Left-wing governments, long dominant in several countries, suddenly stopped winning national elections.

Center-right and conservative presidential candidates have swept to victory in Bolivia, Chile, Honduras, Costa Rica, Peru, and Colombia since Trump ordered the cancellation of the bulk of USAID’s programs. While it’s normal to see some political pendulum swinging, the speed and uniformity of the recent shift, coinciding with President Donald Trump neutering USAID’s democracy and governance funding apparatus, raise uncomfortable questions.

The article notes:

A substantial portion of these now-canceled contracts fell under the Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance (DRG) portfolio. These initiatives funded election support, legislative strengthening, local governance reforms, anti-corruption efforts, independent media, civil society capacity-building, and human rights advocacy. In short, this funding often helps prop up left-leaning social agendas in foreign countries.

Daily Signal’s Tyler O’Neil testified during the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform in February 2025 that USAID had “troubling ties to the Left’s dark money network.”

“USAID spent millions propping up the Marxist ideology of ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion;’ the unfair and divisive transgender orthodoxy; and the climate alarmist movement,” O’Neil said, adding that “Some of these grants arguably undermine America’s standing in the world.”

We were supplying people with the rope to hang us!

The article concludes:

Traditionally conservative countries don’t typically elect far-left ideological candidates on their own. The U.S. saw the same thing happen here. In just two generations, the U.S. went from an overwhelmingly conservative nation to throwing PRIDE festivals with stripper poles for kids.

This wasn’t an organic shift in culture. It took the full weight of the major institutions (education, government, entertainment, etc.) to make this even somewhat socially acceptable. Thankfully, the pendulum is swinging back to reality. Americans are less tolerant of these behaviors than they were over the last decade, when support for them peaked.

Something structural shifted in Latin America when the Trump administration neutered USAID, and it can’t be ignored. As in the U.S., voter discontent with left-leaning governance found its voice again when it didn’t have to battle upstream against American funding. As a result, right-leaning and populist governments will have a chance to correct some of the damage that has been done.

Ironically, ending USAID payments may be part of the solution to the large numbers of people trying to sneak into America illegally.

Finding The Fraud

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On Monday, The Daily Caller posted an article about the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud. They seem to be taking their work seriously and are doing a good job. The orange jumpsuits are coming. On Thursday, Fox News reported that the former leader of a Minnesota nonprofit was reportedly sentenced Thursday to nearly 42 years in prison for orchestrating a $250 million pandemic relief fraud scheme.

The Daily Caller reported:

The White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud — quarterbacked by Vance — hit the ground running this year. After uncovering massive fraud in Minnesota, the task force and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) paused over $250 million in Medicaid funding to the state. “People are billing the government millions, tens of million, billions of dollars, saying they are providing a service, but there’s no actual confirmation,” Vance explained.

In just three months, the team has “uncovered tens of billions of dollars in defrauded taxpayer money, prosecuted dozens of fraudsters, and stopped billions in suspicious payments,” said Vance. The VP then added: “we’re just getting started.” He wasn’t kidding

Just last week, Dr. Mehmet Oz — the administrator for CMS — announced that his agency had identified nearly 800 suspected fraudulent providers of hospice and home health care services in the Los Angeles, California, area alone, resulting in over $1.4 billion of potentially fraudulent payments. When CMS cut off all 800 providers, fewer than 20 even attempted to contest the move, Oz reported. “Unbelievable. So at least 780 are not even trying to claim that they’re not fraudulent,” Vance exclaimed. “It’s just completely insane.”

The article concludes:

And Vance has the weapons to execute the mission. The Trump administration just launched a brand new National Fraud Enforcement Division at DOJ in April, led by Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald. In an unusual arrangement, demonstrating how aggressively Trump and Vance want to crack down on the fraudsters, McDonald reports directly to the vice president via the anti-fraud task force.

The division has been hard at work, hitting a $50 million Medicare fraud scheme in Los Angeles and executing 22 search warrants against fraudulent day care centers in Minnesota, including the infamous “Quality Learing Center.”

In just a few short months, the task force has unearthed massive amounts of fraud by utilizing a robust and effective whole-of-government approach.

Vice President Vance’s task force has proven it’s a serious effort which is producing real results. If they can keep pace over the coming months and years, the wins are only going to pile up. All Americans should be proud that this administration is finally looking out for their tax dollars.

I am thoroughly impressed by Vice-President Vance. I don’t know if it’s his Marine training that aids him in getting things done or something else, but this is a wonderful change from Kamala Harris as the Border Czar.

Gen Z Is Finding Hope

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Gen Z consists of people born roughly between 1997 and 2012. They are between 14 and 29 years old. They have navigated Covid, and many of them were alive on 9/11, although they might not remember that event unless they lost someone they loved. They have navigated school closings, church closings, and missed significant milestones in growing up–senior proms, school athletics, graduation ceremonies, band and choir concerts, etc. They were forced into remote learning. They have seen a lot of challenges. Their response to those challenges is encouraging.

On Sunday, The Daily Caller reported:

Thousands of Christians flooded the National Mall on Sunday to attend Rededicate 250, an opportunity to publicly pray and worship in Washington alongside their fellow Americans ahead of the nation’s Semiquincentennial.

Among them were 22-year-old Anthony Gross and 26-year-old Kate DePetro, who have seen firsthand the resurgence of faith in even the most secular cities, especially among America’s youth.

Gen Z has been regarded as the “anxious generation,” so it’s no wonder they are flocking to Christianity. Gross and DePetro have had a front row seat to this revival with their viral “Pizza to Pews” meetups in New York City, where young Catholics gather for a slice before attending mass in the middle of Manhattan.

“It happened very authentically,” DePetro told the Daily Caller. “Anthony and I, when he lived in New York, both went to the wonderful Church of St. Joseph’s, and I was at church alone. He walked in, asked to sit with me, and then our pew just started to grow.”

“We were thinking about how there must be other people within the church who are either sitting alone or maybe don’t go because they don’t want to sit alone, or maybe they are young people who want to get back into their faith but don’t know where to start,” DePetro added. “So we just threw a pizza party for our church and put it on social media, and the turnout has been incredible.”

The article concludes:

With more and more young Americans finding their faith in Christ, it is notable that the Catholic Church in particular has seen a surge in Gen Z attendees and converts.

“We need to search for something,” Gross told the Caller. “Purpose, meaning, belonging. And the purest form of that is turning back to God. And I do think the structure and tradition of Catholicism is very appealing.”

“I think there’s real momentum right now in our generation, and turning back to God, it’s a beautiful thing,” DePetro said.

It is a beautiful thing.

About That Kill Switch

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On Monday, The Daily Caller posted an article about a mandate that every 2027 model car have a kill switch. The mandate was included in the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. I am willing to bet that at least half of the Congress that voted for that bill had no idea that mandate was in the bill. Efforts to kill the mandate have failed so far.

The article reports:

Congress quietly passed an Orwellian regulation during former President Joe Biden’s term requiring all new cars to feature a “kill switch,” raising the alarm among some Republicans — but not all of them.

Republicans like Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie, Texas Rep. Chip Roy, and Pennsylvania Rep. Scott Perry have led the charge in the House to scrap the invasive regulation, calling it “impractical” and “Orwellian.” Yet in the most recent January vote to reverse the regulation, 57 Republicans joined nearly every Democrat to mandate that every 2027 model car have a kill switch.

This feature would use technology to assess the driver’s performance and determine whether they are impaired. If the car determines the driver is unfit to be behind the wheel, the kill switch would shut the car off, raising concerns about safety, surveillance, and implementation.

The article notes:d

One of the most powerful lobbying groups responsible for pushing the regulation is Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), a non-profit founded in 1980 by Candace Lightner after her 13-year-old daughter was killed by a drunk driver.

Although the regulation is intended to minimize tragedies caused by drunk driving, lawmakers have raised concerns about its actual implementation. The language is technology-neutral, meaning it’s up to the car manufacturer to design and install a range of systems like sensors that assess driving, cameras that track the driver’s eyes, and self-driving software.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) also proposed several technologies to assess if a driver is impaired, including a touch sensor that measures alcohol concentration using a touchpad on the car’s steering wheel or ignition switch. This sensor uses infrared spectroscopy to detect alcohol concentration in the capillary blood in the skin of the driver’s hand.

There is also talk of sensors that measure whether a driver is stressed. Imagine the following scenario: you are in the woods hunting, and a bear decides to chase you. You run to your car, hoping to drive away from the situation. You car’s sensors say you are stressed and will not allow you to start the car. You sit in the car as the bear tears the car apart to get to you. That doesn’t sound like a good thing.

Something Simmering Beneath The Surface In The Senate Race

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North Carolina will be voting for a new Senator in November. The former Governor Roy Cooper is running for that seat against Michael Whatley, who is not as well known in the state. The campaign is already getting very nasty. One group has gone after Michael Whatley because of his appointment of Harvey West to serve in various roles in the North Carolina Republican party. (source here) However, Roy Cooper is much more vulnerable for attacks because of his behavior as Governor during the Covid epidemic. Most of us remember that many of our constitutional rights were trampled. Among other things, pastors and family members were blocked from visiting dying relatives and parishioners, and churches were closed while other things remained open.

On Sunday, The Daily Caller reported:

The public still has unanswered questions about Democratic North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein securing early release for an untold number of criminals before his term.

Former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper drew criticism since 2021 for the COVID-19-inspired inmate releases that Stein’s office negotiated while he was Cooper’s attorney general. Stein’s office played a crucial role by capitulating to leftist criminal reform groups who sued in 2020 over the pandemic’s effect on prisons, but he skated to the governor’s mansion in the 2024 elections without enduring as much controversy.

The list of inmates getting released included at least 51 parole-eligible criminals serving life sentences for murder and sex offenses, The Charlotte Observer reported. State officials under Cooper and Stein chose 3,500 inmates to release six months after the settlement, though they have been unclear about whose sentences the settlement actually shortened versus those who were slated for release regardless of the lawsuit.

Copper and Stein’s list captured national attention after surveillance footage was released in September that showed a man — identified as repeat arrestee Decarlos Brown Jr. — fatally stabbing 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte train. The state included Brown on its list of 3,500 releases before his latest arrest, but later claimed that his armed robbery sentence was set to end anyway, meaning he was not released early.

An upcoming GOP-led investigation state lawmakers announced in April could bring unwanted attention on the COVID settlement for the widely popular governor, whom The Washington Post called “the brightest star” for Democrats to run for president in 2028.

Please follow the link above to read the entire article. I would like to point out that Harvey West has served his time and was interacting with adults in the roles he was appointed to. Some of the criminals Roy Cooper let out were violent and should have remained in jail.

It is no secret to North Carolina that both Roy Cooper and Josh Stein are soft on crime. It remains to be seen if that will impact the Senate election.

Americans Voting With Their Feet

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On Sunday, The Daily Caller posted an article about the migration of Americans within America.

The article reports:

South Carolina came out as the fastest-growing state in the country, even as Democrat-led cities on both coasts continue hemorrhaging residents at striking rates.

Between July 2024 and July 2025, 66,622 more Americans relocated to South Carolina than left it, driving a 1.5% population increase that outpaced every other state, , Fox News reported.

Federal data reinforces the scale of the shift. The U.S. Census Bureau reported that national population growth slowed to just 0.5% during the same window, the weakest annual increase since the pandemic era. Five states actually shrank: California, Hawaii, New Mexico, Vermont and West Virginia. Idaho and North Carolina trailed South Carolina at 1.4% and 1.3% growth, respectively. (RELATED: Mayor Mamdani Says Exodus From New York Is Just Your Imagination)

New York City lost 114,000 more residents to other parts of the country than it gained last year, according to a Citizens Budget Commission study cited by Fox News. International arrivals to the city collapsed by 70% over the same period, erasing the demographic cushion that long masked domestic departures.

Los Angeles County took the heaviest numeric hit of any county in the nation, shedding 53,421 residents between mid-2024 and mid-2025, according to Census Bureau. The county’s population has dropped from roughly 10 million in 2020 to 9.7 million today. San Francisco, despite an artificial intelligence hiring surge, still sits below its pre-pandemic population, Fox News reported.

The article concludes:

…The National Taxpayers Union Foundation found in an April 7, 2026, study that Texas now adds a new taxpayer every four minutes and 40 seconds, surpassing Florida in 2022. Florida still leads the country in income migration, pulling in roughly $36.1 billion in net annual income, according to the Florida Chamber of Commerce.

The fastest-growing counties in America now sit clustered across Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina, the Census Bureau confirmed.

Companies are moving to states where their cost of doing business is lower, and the workforce is following them. Salaries in some of these states may be lower, but the cost of living is also significantly lower.

This Is Going To Get Interesting

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When Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his famous I Have A Dream Speech at the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963, he stated, “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” Somehow the professional racists in our country have forgotten that concept.

On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered Louisiana to redraw its congressional map because the map was drawn along racial lines.

On Wednesday, The Daily Caller reported:

The United States Supreme Court has knocked another peg out of the legalized racism instituted by progressive election law, ordering Louisiana to redraw its congressional map in a landmark voting rights decision.

On Wednesday, the Court dealt a blow to a key provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, siding with Louisiana Republicans and President Donald Trump’s administration by blocking an electoral map that created a second majority-black congressional district.

In a 6–3 decision, the justices upheld a lower court ruling that found the map unconstitutional. The dispute centered on whether the districts amounted to race-based gerrymandering, with the lower court concluding that race played too large a role in how the map was drawn — violating the Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection.

The article concludes:

The stakes extend well beyond Louisiana. Historically, the party that controls the White House tends to lose House seats in midterm elections. With Republicans holding a narrow majority, any shift in how districts are drawn could play a significant role in determining control of the chamber.

The ruling follows years of legal battles over Louisiana’s congressional map and broader disputes over race-based redistricting, which critics argue amounts to legalized racism, while supporters say it is necessary to ensure fair representation under the Voting Rights Act.

Following the 2020 census, Republican lawmakers redrew the state’s map so that black voters made up a majority in just one district, despite accounting for roughly one-third of the population. In 2022, a group of black voters filed a lawsuit under the Voting Rights Act, arguing the map diluted their political influence by concentrating many black voters into a single district while spreading others across the remaining districts.

Can we please get to the point where we vote for candidates because of their qualifications and their ability to do the job–not for any other reason? I would also like to mention that gerrymandering has become a national sport. The New England states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut range from about 35 to 48 percent Republican. They do not have one Republican representative in the U.S. House of Representatives. Congressional districts need to reflect the voters in their state.

A Step In The Right Direction

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On Wednesday, The Daily Caller posted an article about the new anti-fraud task force headed by Vice-President J.D. Vance.

The article reports:

Vice President JD Vance’s new anti-fraud task force has identified nearly $6.3 billion in government contracts that are going to potentially fraudulent businesses, the Daily Caller learned early Wednesday.

The task force, alongside the General Services Administration (GSA), are beginning to send out letters to nearly 400 businesses with government contracts that they believe could be fraudulent, administration officials told the Caller. There were 895 contracts given to 392 businesses for a total of $6.3 billion, the officials explained, with $3 billion still left to be rewarded.

The businesses will have 30 days to prove to the task force that they have a physical address and are legitimate. The letters will come from the executive director of the anti-fraud task force Scott Brady and GSA Administrator Edward Forst, who one senior administration official said has been instrumental in helping identify the potential fraudulent contracts.

The article notes:

Vance and his new team convened for the first time March 27. Colin McDonald, the assistant attorney general for National Fraud Enforcement, was sworn in April 1.

…The vice president previously said the task force will also be investigating Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar for alleged immigration fraud.

“So we actually think that Ilhan Omar definitely committed immigration fraud against the United States of America,” the vice president told conservative personality Benny Johnson in an interview. “And I talked to [White House deputy chief of staff] Stephen Miller about this actually recently. We’re trying to look at what the remedies are.”

“That’s the thing that we’re trying to figure out is what are the legal remedies now that we know that she’s committed immigration fraud? How do you go after her? How do you investigate her? How do you actually do the thing? How do you build the case necessary to get some justice for the American people?” he added. “There’s a related issue, Benny, which is she has been at the center of a lot of the worst fraudsters in the Somali community.”

I wonder if we could balance the federal budget by eliminating fraud.

Plans For Creating A Country Within A Country Have Been Stopped

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On Monday, The Daily Caller posted an article about the plans to create a Muslim-only community in Texas. Thanks to investigative reporting, public involvement, and the work of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the plans have been cancelled.

The article reports:

Developers and local officials canceled a proposal for a new Muslim-based city in rural Texas, according to Republican Rep. Lance Gooden, after a Daily Caller investigation reported on the plans and subsequent meetings.

Kaufman County, Texas, residents became aware in early February that a potential city was going to be built in their backyard and accused local officials of being very secretive about the deal. The Daily Caller report, and locals’ allegations that the project was an unlawful attempt to establish a “sharia city,” led Attorney General Ken Paxton to announce Feb. 9 that his office launched a formal investigation.

The proposed massive “sustainable city” development was set to accommodate up to 20,000 foreign nationals in an unincorporated area of Kaufman County, according to preliminary plans. The potential developer was SEE Holding, a UAE-based, privately held global holding group headquartered in Dubai, apparently focused on sustainability and spearheading a net-zero emissions future.

How long would it take for this community to become a ‘no-go zone’? The community planned its own education system to educate children in the ways of Islam and Sharia Law. Sharia Law is in total conflict with U.S. law on many issues–the legal rights of women under the law, honor killings, divorce law, witnesses in trials, etc. If someone wants to live in America, they need to be willing to assimilate and conform to American law. There is nothing wrong with celebrating your heritage, but if you are here, your loyalty needs to be with America.

Rules For Thee And For Me

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On Friday, The Daily Caller posted an article about a law passed in the Senate that would exempt lawmakers from special treatment at airport security lines–lawmakers would have to wait in line just like everyone else.

The article reports:

The Senate passed a bill to end lawmakers’ special privileges to bypass airport security lines late Thursday night while security personnel continue to manage hours-long lines while working without pay through a partial government shutdown.

The End Special Treatment for Congress at Airports Act was introduced by Republican Texas Sen. John Cornyn and approved by unanimous consent because no senators were present on the floor to object to the legislation. The bill passed as the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) shutdown prepared to enter its 35th day — tied for the second-longest in American history — with Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers struggling to manage a surge in spring break travelers.

…“Maybe, just maybe, if Congress has to live under the same laws that everybody else does, it will motivate us to get our work done. In other words to fund the [DHS],” Cornyn said on the Senate floor Thursday night. “So no American, no air traveler will have to suffer the disruption and tribulations that many, many travelers are having to experience now. It’s not too much to expect that Congress will be subject to the rules as everybody else.”

…The legislation now awaits passage in the House, and then would go to President Donald Trump’s desk for signature. The TSA is an agency of the DHS.

I hope this law is passed in the House and signed into law in as short a time as possible!

The article concludes:

Air travel worker unions, airlines have called on Congress to resolve differences and restore funding as stress mounts on workers, and TSA specifically called on Democrats to stop withholding their votes to end the shutdown.

“The shutdown is having very real consequences, and hardworking federal aviation workers, the airline industry and our passengers are being used as a political football once again. This is simply unacceptable and un-American,” Airlines for America president and CEO Chris Sununu, a former Republican governor of New Hampshire, said in a statement.

Cornyn is currently locked in an extremely expensive runoff primary contest against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton that President Donald Trump and Cornyn’s Senate counterpart, Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, have chosen to stay out of. Trump said he will make an endorsement soon, and Paxton said he will drop out of the race if the Senate passes the SAVE America Act. Soon after, Cornyn advocated to eliminate the Senate’s 60-vote filibuster threshold despite defending the protective measure in 2022.

No Democrat who continues to vote for this shutdown should be re-elected!

Now Is Not The Time To Leave DHS Unfunded

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On March 13th, The Daily Caller posted an article about one Democrat Senator who is now willing to vote with the Republicans to end the partial government shutdown. It only took a terrorist attack in her home state for her to change her mind.

The article reports:

Democratic Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin changed her tune on funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Friday after a Lebanese national attacked a Metro Detroit synagogue.

DHS identified the deceased suspect who attacked the Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan, as Ayman Mohamed Ghazali, a Lebanese native who became a U.S. citizen in 2016. Slotkin, who voted in favor of continuing the partial shutdown of DHS on Thursday, said during a press conference that DHS needs to be funded because it is an “essential” agency.

The article concludes:

Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman was the only member of his party to support the full-year appropriations bill for DHS.

Ghazali allegedly rammed his vehicle into the synagogue in West Bloomfield while several explosives were in the trunk. He then engaged in gunfire with the building’s security team, which caused him to die at the scene, Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard said Thursday. The vehicle caught fire after “something ignited” inside.

The partial shutdown has caused lengthy lines at airports during the spring break travel season, which prompted the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to call on Democrats to end the shutdown. The partial shutdown marks the third time TSA employees have worked without pay in nearly six months.

We have had a number of violent ‘incidents’ in the past few weeks. I don’t know whether any of them would have been stopped by having a funded Department of Homeland Security, but I think it is necessary to admit that right now is a really good time to stop playing games and fund that department.

What Are We Teaching Our Children?

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On Thursday, The Daily Caller posted an article about a father who protested his son’s being taken out of school to attend an anti-ICE rally.

The article reports:

A father who posted a video of himself pulling his son out of a “walkout” protesting operations by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) tore into the Highline School Board in Washington state on Wednesday.

Hundreds of students in the Seattle-area school district took part in the Feb. 2 walkout, some of whose parents backed the protest, according to the Seattle Times. Vance Glawe, who drove to the protest to pull his son, a seventh-grade student at Cascade Middle School, out of the event, confronted members of the school board with fiery remarks during his two-minute address.

“My name is Vance Glawe and on the afternoon of February 2, 2026, my 14 year old child called me. He was not at school. He was not sick. He was in the middle of White Center, Washington, in the middle of a protest that was organized for his middle school,” Glawe told the members of the board during their Wednesday meeting in video that went viral when it was posted on X by LibsofTikTok.

The article concludes:

Glawe also set up a GiveSendGo fundraiser for legal expenses and to relocate, saying his son was receiving threats for his videos.

“I’m going to need some help with legal fees and relocation since I am now receiving death threats and I don’t feel my son is safe in this area anymore,” Glawe said on the page. Glawe added in a Feb. 4 update, “I cannot bring my son back to school because kids are threatening to jump my son because of my video.”

I have been told that some schools are having parents sign a blanket permission slip at the beginning of the year that allows the school to take the children on field trips. In the age of dinosaurs when I was in school, a field trip meant going to a museum, a zoo, a planetarium, etc. I guess it has a whole different meaning now. If you are a parent, don’t sign that slip–ask for individual slips for each trip!