Courts
California guts social media content moderation law after settling suit with Elon Musk(Daily Caller News Foundation) – California will no longer enforce key provisions of a law requiring social media companies to disclose details about their content moderation practices after settling a… Read More
Politics
Legislation introduced to hold DOGE ‘accountable’(The Center Square) – A Virginia congressman has introduced legislation to “bring transparency and accountability” to the Department of Government Efficiency. Democratic Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, a first-term congressman, says recent… Read More
Politics
‘DOGE dividend’ checks? Elon Musk gives update, slams Dems for ‘lack of empathy’ toward hard working Americans(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk said Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) that President Donald Trump is in support of… Read More
Politics
‘Outside the power of a federal judge’: Courts test boundaries as Trump admin sparks showdown over executive authority(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Court orders restricting Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and other Trump administration actions are sparking a public showdown on a key constitutional question:… Read More
Federal Spending
Of billions in questioned USAID spending, millions went to fund terrorism(The Center Square) – Of the billions of tax dollars spent by the U.S. Agency for International Development Office (USAID) that are being questioned by the Trump administration, millions went… Read More
Opinion
Social media fuels global conservative unity movement(The Daily Signal) – Sometimes, ostensibly discrete global events come into focus and form a unified pattern. When that happens, the world suddenly starts making sense. Here are some examples of… Read More
Politics
That’s a wrap: The political winners and losers of 2024(The Daily Signal) – For those of us in the news business, 2024 provided a steady stream of stories to cover – and rarely a dull moment. From the Republican… Read More
Eric Schmitt
Schmitt lauds collapse of House ‘1,500-page monstrosity’ spending bill, Musk’s apparent role in defeating itIt’s a very good thing the House’s mammoth, pork-filled year-end spending bill “collapsed under its own weight” Wednesday, and that Elon Musk’s growing influence helped accelerate the crash,… Read More
Government
Planning underway for massive federal budget overhaul under Trump(The Daily Signal) – Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, met over the weekend with President-elect Donald Trump and his choices to slash billions if not trillions of dollars in federal spending—entrepreneurs… Read More
Government
Trump’s slate of Cabinet nominees could be key to tackling ‘deep state’(The Daily Signal) – President-elect Donald Trump has announced Cabinet and other senior-level appointments that likely will face challenges in implementing some of the returning president’s promised reforms. Some key… Read More
Government
‘Shockwaves’: Trump announces Musk, Ramaswamy to lead new government efficiency department(The Daily Signal) – President-elect Donald Trump has tapped entrepreneur Elon Musk and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy to head a new nongovernmental body focused on government efficiency. “I am pleased to… Read More
2024 election
X factor: The one word that captures what happened in the 2024 presidential electionWith the tragic post-election murder of four and subsequent suicide of a deranged Trump opponent in Minnesota, the media appear to have crossed… Read More
Politics
Elon Musk, Joe Rogan blast Democrat hoaxes and alleged censorship; Rogan endorses Trump(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Elon Musk and Joe Rogan on Monday accused the Democratic Party of repeatedly spreading misinformation and suggested that YouTube may be deliberately suppressing Rogan’s recent… Read More
Federal Spending
Musk’s proposal to cut $2 trillion in federal spending questioned(The Center Square) – Former President Donald Trump’s billionaire supporter Elon Musk suggested that he could cut $2 trillion from the federal budget during a campaign rally. Brian Riedl, a… Read More
Eric Schmitt
Take Your Senator to Launch Day: Bill introduced by Missouri’s Eric Schmitt to help private companies win space race for U.S.Space entrepreneurs such as Elon Musk have become key to America’s winning the space race with China – and a bill from Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt aims to… Read More
Opinion
Censorship crosses the pond as Brazil bans X(The Daily Signal) – The censorship regime that threatens Europe has crossed the Atlantic and has landed in the New World. Brazil became the latest example of a reputed “democracy” opting… Read More
2024 election
Musk says at America’s fork in the road, take Trump’s ‘path to prosperity’(The Center Square) – Saying he remains more moderate and left than not, billionaire Elon Musk hosted and affirmed his endorsement of former President Donald Trump in a conversation on… Read More
Media
‘We are the news now’: Musk/Trump talk shows power of citizen journalism, growing irrelevance of corrupt legacy mediaLeft-wing politicians and their legacy lapdog media were worried sick about Elon Musk airing Donald Trump’s views on X Spaces Monday night. Indeed, a European Union… Read More
Free Speech
Brazilian judge’s censorship orders aimed at Elon Musk a ‘wake-up call’ for similar free speech fight in U.S., Hawley arguesAs Elon Musk fights a lonely battle against government censorship in Brazil, there’s little the U.S. Congress can do – except take note of the parallel dangers to… Read More
Eric Schmitt
Democrats likely to protect one of ‘worst Cabinet members of all time’ from Senate impeachment trial, Schmitt warnsDespite Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’s image being on “the Mount Rushmore of worst Cabinet members of all time,” Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt expects Democrats will try to… Read More