Liberty & Prosperity Blog

Just because Joe Biden is off to one of his expensive homes, complete with a wall around it to protect him from whatever it is that he needs protecting from, doesn't mean Joe isn't engaged in debt ceiling talks. His vacation just means that he's putting a higher priority on eating ice cream cones and taking bike rides than he's putting on preventing the U.S. defaulting. As Joe Concha often says, Biden works 24/7, 24 hours a week, 7 months a year. It's time for Biden to start taking this seriously. The farthest left wing of the Democrat Party want him to ignore House Republicans and raise the debt ceiling unilaterally. They must think that things they can't get through a divided congress are meant to be jammed through via executive orders. Democrats, you see, don't really care about the Constitution, Checks and Balances or the Separation of Powers. They care about getting what they want when they want it. Democrats, under both Biden and Obama, are the authori...

If you're looking for logic in a political party, don't look at Democrats. Democrats are the anti-logic party in DC. Sen. Chuck Schumer's statements after today's Sackett v. EPA is proof that Democrats don't trust in things like truth, logic and gravitas. Schumer said "This MAGA Supreme Court is continuing to erode our country's environmental laws. Make no mistake – this ruling will mean more polluted water, and more destruction of wetlands." If MAGA justices are the problem, how is it that the 2 Obama-appointed justices Kagan and Sotomayor) and the Biden-appointed justice (Ketanjee Brown-Jackson) aren't guilty of polluting water and the "destruction of wetlands", too? All 9 justices voted that the EPA had overstepped its authorities, though the 3 Obama-Biden justices voted against making the ruling a precedent. The Supreme Court "issued an opinion that narrowed the EPA's broad definition of Waters of the United States (WOTUS). ...

Donald Trump hasn't hesitated in dishonestly criticizing Gov. Ron DeSantis. I'm not certain if Mr. Trump realizes it yet but his criticisms of Gov. DeSantis' Florida make Trump a blithering idiot. According to this Trump Campaign email , Trump is a blithering idiot. According to the Trump Campaign email, "Under Ron DeSantis, Florida has become among the worst states… to live… find economic opportunity… work… retire… raise a family… pay taxes…be safe… rent a home… have a baby… afford energy… die… be a teacher… be a doctor… be a police officer." In the past, I've said that some of the things Trump's said were gross exaggerations. This email isn't a gross exaggeration. It's a mean-spirited lie. This email is unworthy of a presidential campaign. I don't even expect lies this disgusting from Joe Biden. Anyone that's followed this blog knows how much it takes for me to say that If Florida is so bad, Mr. President, why'd you move the Trump Co...

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the EPA overstepped its authority in their ruling in Sackett v. EPA . In Justice Alito's majority opinion, he wrote "Petitioners Michael and Chantell Sackett purchased property near Priest Lake, Idaho, and began backfilling the lot with dirt to prepare for building a home. The Environmental Protection Agency informed the Sacketts that their property contained wetlands and that their backfilling violated the Clean Water Act, which prohibits discharging pollutants into 'the waters of the United States.'" Justice Alito continued, saying "The EPA ordered the Sacketts to restore the site, threatening penalties of over $40,000 per day. The EPA classified the wetlands on the Sacketts' lot as 'waters of the United States' because they were near a ditch that fed into a creek, which fed into Priest Lake, a navigable, intrastate lake. The Sacketts sued, alleging that their property was not 'waters of the United St...

By now, half of the GOP presidential candidate field is rejoicing that Ron DeSantis' start-up didn't go off as planned. The storyline is that Gov. DeSantis attracted a yuge crowd to Twitter Spaces, which caused Twitter Spaces to crash. While some critics complained that the DeSantis campaign got off to a bumpy start, the proof is in the campaign contributions. Bryan Griffin, DeSantis's campaign spokesperson, announced that "There was so much enthusiasm for Governor DeSantis’ vision for our Great American Comeback that he literally busted up the internet. Washington is next. $1 million raised online in one hour… and counting!" It's worth taking that figure with a grain of salt because campaigns have been known to hold back the amount of money that's been raised before launching. Still, that's a pretty smooth operation right out of the chute. That website worked without a glitch. They had enough phone lines to maximize the haul, too. The next step is in...

It's painfully obvious that Gov. Ron DeSantis is living rent-free in Donald Trump's mind. That doesn't automatically translate into Gov. DeSantis winning the GOP presidential nomination. It's just proof that Gov. DeSantis isn't on the defensive like the top candidates were in 2016.  Speaking of 2016, this year's Donald Trump is different than the 2016 edition of Trump. Again, that isn't proof that he's better or worse, just different but difficult to quantify. In Ed Morrissey's latest HotAir post , Ed wrote "Trump is arguing that DeSantis is committing 'election interference' by interfering with Trump’s attempt to win another GOP nomination. In other words, competitive elections are now 'election interference' for Trump." That's a warped explanation. I just got a Trump announcement from a friend and loyal reader of this blog. The opening paragraph of the email says "This is one of the most out-of-touch campaign laun...

Alpha News's Anthony Gockowski has put together the list of bills passed by the legislature and signed into law by Gov. Walz. Honestly, it's a legacy of shame. Gov. Walz and the DFL, though, think that it's a legacy of accomplishment. That's because the DFL's accomplishments aren't steps in the right direction. They're steps towards evilism. The crowning accomplishments of Gov. Walz and the DFL legislature are establishing "a 'fundamental right' to abortion through all nine months of pregnancy," declaring "Minnesota a 'refuge' for children seeking sex changes" while repealing "protections for babies who survive abortions." The DFL's so-called accomplishments are the first step in tearing down the institutions and practices that've made Minnesota and the U.S.A. exceptional. The DFL, like Democrats nationally, think that we're a systemically racist bunch. This isn't, IMHO, a political ideology. It...