Liberty & Prosperity Blog

With this 4th of July being the 250th anniversary of this great nation's birth, it isn't surprising that a bunch of Independence Day-themed books have popped up. Thus far, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch's book is the best children's book on our nation's birth while Bret Baier's book is the best book for adults on Independence Day. Today, though, I'm focused on Justice Gorsuch's WSJ op-ed on what makes our nation great. Justice Gorsuch opened the op-ed by saying "The Declaration of Independence is a short document, not much longer than this essay. Even so, it contains three ideas that shocked the world in 1776: Each of us is born equal; God grants us all inviolable rights, including the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; and 'We the People' have the right to govern ourselves. " Hubert Humphrey once said that the U.S. is the only nation that set happiness as a national goal. That's why he's known as the Hap...

Guaranteed Winning Option...Do It for the Kids! by Ramblin’ Rose Win-Win...(at least it should be)...for students, parents, and taxpayers. A new permanent federal program will launch on January 1, 2027. The Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA) is funded entirely by private donations. IF the governor of the state opts-in, it allows taxpayers a dollar-for-dollar tax credit up to $1700 per taxpayer for donations to approved non-profit scholarship granting organizations (SGOs) in their state. Gov. Walz stands vehemently opposed to this program, falsely calling it a "voucher" program. In his supplemental budget proposal, he threatens to end all nonpublic support and transportation aid if Minnesota opts to participate in the federal scholarship program. If the governor does not agree to participate in the program, taxpayers may make the donation for the tax credit, funding scholarships for students in other participating states. Minnesota’s students would be ineligible. Th...

Let's hope that Tim Walz is as terrible at predicting election outcomes as he is at preventing Medicaid fraud. Then, too, let's hope that Tim Walz is as terrible at predicting election outcomes as he is prolific at lying. According to this Alpha News article , " Walz commented on a Washington Post op-ed which argued that Republicans could lose the nationwide redistricting fight. In his social media post , Walz said 'Minnesota is going to have a trifecta next year… just saying.'" In response "to Walz’s post, GOP state Rep. Harry Niska said, 'If Minnesota Democrats win another trifecta, their extremism in the name of ‘fighting Trump’ will be boundless. Believe them.'" If the DFL/DSA win another trifecta, Minnesota will be finished as a state. We'll have more rounds of income tax hikes, property tax hikes, more Medicaid fraud stolen from OUR WALLETS and spending on programs that don't work like Paid Family Medical Leave. Parents, think ...

Friday, the Virginia Supreme Court, aka SCOVA, handed Democrats a stinging defeat in their attempt to change their congressional district maps. According to the report, "Democrats were dealt a blow in their efforts to minimize Republican redistricting gains around the US when the Virginia Supreme Court on Friday blocked a voter-approved map that would have flipped as many as four GOP-held US House seats in November’s midterm elections. In a 4-3 decision, the state’s highest court ruled on Friday that the legislature’s process for pursuing the new map violated Virginia’s Constitution and ordered that an earlier version be used in the upcoming midterm elections." It isn't likely that Virginia will appeal today's ruling since it was based on state law. The U.S. Supreme Court, aka SCOTUS, only rules on federal issues like civil rights or the US Constitution’s equal protection clause. That would give SCOTUS an opening, though the Roberts Court prefers staying out of parti...

It isn't exactly a well-kept secret that Salena Zito is my favorite political beat reporter. When she reports on a story, she reports from the location of the election. In Salena's latest report , she reported "Going into Tuesday night, both the local and national press professed doom for Trump’s fortunes and influence, with headlines from Politico reading 'Trump’s redistricting revenge tour in Indiana isn’t going so well.' The reporter openly mocked the attendance at a Turning Point USA rally with conservative activist Scott Pressler, showing shots of a handful of people attending as proof that the effort was flailing." The so-called experts miss their predictions because they didn't spend a week in, for instance, Indiana talking to people. Without that, you've got nothing substantive. At that point, to use a longtime friend's phrase, are SWAG, aka Statistical Wild Ass Guesses. You don't have data. Salena's report continues, reporting ...

Apparently, the DSA, formerly known as the DFL until it turned full-blown socialist, has a blueprint for fixing Minnesota's affordability crisis. Based on repeated events in recent past history, the DFL intends on raising your property taxes and your license tab fees. Affordability will be a significant issue but it isn't the biggest issue. The biggest issue by far is fraud. According to this Alpha News article , the DFL will have to lie to win elections this November. It reports that a "new poll from the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce shows that 67% of Minnesotans feel that state taxes are too high. Additionally, almost half of those surveyed (47%) said their personal finances have gotten worse in the past year." Gov. Walz, aka Gov. the buck stops with me, has already blamed the Trump administration for bad policies. Never mind the fact that the DFL Trifecta foolishly spent away the entire $18,000,000,000 projected surplus, then passed a tax bill that hiked taxes an...