Liberty & Prosperity Blog

It looks like Schumer's Shutdown will soon come to its finish line. That means Democrats will take credit for a bill that Senate Democrats initially proposed. Democrats will break their arms praising themselves about that. First, Thune and Johnson will follow a 2-track process to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security. Speaker Johnson and Leader Thune issued this blistering joint statement through Speaker Johnson's Twitter account. The key part said "In the coming days, Republicans in the Senate and House will be following through on the President’s directive by fully funding the entire Department of Homeland Security on two parallel tracks: through the appropriations process and through the reconciliation process." If I understand this correctly, the House will accept the Senate Democrats' bill that will fund most of the Department of Homeland Security. The exceptions are that the Democrats' bill wouldn't fund "ICE and Customs and Border P...

Just when I thought I could move on from the Cities Church Invasion , Alpha News runs an article like this that start the negative emotions flowing again. According to the article, "Attendees of Cities Church in St. Paul continue to be harassed by anti-ICE protesters every Sunday when they attend worship services, a churchgoer recently told Crime Watch Minneapolis." Then it continues, saying "Cities Church was invaded by an anti-ICE mob on Jan. 18 when individuals halted the service and encircled churchgoers and pastors, screaming chants and recording." I'm thankful that these Cities Church parishioners have taken the turn-the-other-cheek approach in dealing with these low-lifes. Who are these low-lifes with no integrity? I'm thankful you asked that. Again, according to the article, "The mob, led by activist Nekima Levy Armstrong and St. Paul school board member Chauntyll Allen, entered the sanctuary after the sermon began and interrupted lead pastor J...

While I wish I could say that President Trump's address to the nation about the status of the Iran War was all positivity, I can't do that without crippling my integrity. My reputation and integrity would still be higher than CNN's, but it would still take hit. According to the transcript of President Trump's speech , he opened by saying "As we speak this evening, it’s been just one month since the United States military began Operation Epic Fury, targeting the world’s No. 1 state sponsor of terror, Iran. In these past four weeks, our armed forces have delivered swift, decisive, overwhelming victories on the battlefield. Victories like few people have ever seen before. Tonight, Iran’s navy is gone. Their air force is in ruins. Their leaders, most of them, terrorist regime, they led, are now dead. Their command and control of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is being decimated as we speak. Their ability to launch missiles and drones is dramatically curtailed. A...

It's patently obvious that the DFL realizes that they can't compete with the GOP on the issue of education. That's because they're owned by Education Minnesota, the biggest teachers union in Minnesota. Think of Education Minnesota as the puppeteer. Think of the DFL as the puppet. This article highlights the EdMinn/DFL relationship perfectly. According to the article, "Last year, federal lawmakers created a tax credit which gives taxpayers a dollar-for-dollar reduction in their tax federal tax bill if they donate to a scholarship-granting organization (SGO). An SGO is a nonprofit that gives education-related scholarships to K-12 students. The tax credit goes up to $1,700, meaning a taxpayer can donate $1,700 to an SGO and receive an identical reduction in their federal tax bill. Funds given out by SGOs could be used for private school tuition or eligible expenses at public schools." It's a great idea. Why shouldn't society establish a scholarship fund ...

Minnesota's DFL activist politicians apparently think federal laws don't pertain to them or their programs. They're about to get a hard lesson that Keith Ellison, Tim Walz and future DFL activist politicians shouldn't mess with Title IX provisions. Acccording to this article , the U.S. DOJ "announced a lawsuit Monday against Minnesota and the state’s high school sports league for allowing boys to compete in girls’ sports. According to the DOJ, the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) and the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) have engaged 'in sex-based discrimination by requiring girls to compete against boys in athletic competitions that are designated exclusively for girls and allowing boys to invade intimate spaces designated exclusively for girls.'" With this being a civil rights case, oral arguments will be heard in the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Eighth Circuit has one of the lowest rates of cases overturned by the Supreme Cou...

It's difficult to picture a state in greater disarray than Minnesota, especially since it's become clear that the DFL thinks it's going to win another Trifecta next year. This weekend, I spoke with a GOP operative who is also a daily reader of this blog. This friend told me that the DFL is blocking every prioritized bill that the GOP is pushing. Earlier this morning, I stumbled across this article about Rep. Ben Bakeberg's bill, which "would require websites 'where 25 percent or more of the webpages feature pornography to verify that a person seeking to access the website is 18 or older,' according to a House research summary." Predictably, DFL Rep. Leigh Finke spoke out, saying that "attorneys general in states with age verification laws are 'almost jubilant' about using those laws to ban 'young people from accessing content that could be educational if they are queer.'" Finke continued, saying "Can we get this bill to ...