I & I Editorial BoardHeadlines, issues and trends that caught our eye.
Are Democrats Now The Party Of Waste, Fraud And Abuse?
Incompetent or crooked? Elon Musk exposing Washington’s rotten system — Glenn Reynolds, New York Post
Democrat threatens to shut down the government if Elon Musk and DOGE continue to ‘undermine the American people’ — American Thinker
Heads Are Going to Explode When DOGE Cancels This Boondoggle — Stephen Green, PJ Media
Double Down, Dudes: Dems Willing to Shut Gov Down to Save Fraud and Abuse From Trump — Hot Air
How To Read The Data: Turning Point Doesn’t Receive USAID Cash — DataRepublican (small r), X
How FEMA spending on migrants exploded under Biden — New York Post
Five Former Treasury Secretaries Who Allowed Billions in Fraud Claim DOGE Is the Real Threat — The National Pulse
Over 65,000 Federal Workers Reportedly Accept Trump Administration Buyout Offer — Breitbart
USAID: The ‘Grift’ That Keeps On Taking
After USAID, America Will Never Be the Same — American Thinker
Norway Aid Group Halts Activities In 20 Countries As USAID Spigot Turns Off — X
USAID Money Props Up Wasteful U.S. Universities With Little To Show For It — DataRepublican (small r), X
USAID reportedly bankrolled al Qaeda terrorist’s college tuition, unearthed records show — Fox News
Does Africa Really Need USAID? — Magatte Wade, Substack
At USAID, Funding for Terror-Tied Groups and Internal Hostility Toward Israel Goes Back Years — Washington Free Beacon
About That Badly Needed Paris Accord To End Climate Change . . .
Only 5% of countries deliver climate plans for meeting targets under the Paris Agreement — Just The News
Almost all nations miss UN deadline for new climate targets — AFP, via MSN
Cold Winters Mean Global Warming? In What World? — Brian C. Joondeph, American Thinker
ICE, ICE, Baby
Universities’ opposition to ICE raids puts professors on the front line — Campus Reform
Are Media Outlets Undermining ICE Raids? — Townhall
Migrants turning around and heading back home in ‘new trend’ under Trump border crackdown — NY Post
Will Trumps’ Tariffs Work?
Trump Imposes 25% Tariffs on Steel, Aluminum Imports — Legal Insurrection
‘If They Charge Us, We Charge Them’: Trump To Impose 25% Tariff On Steel, Aluminum Imports: Report — The Daily Wire
Donald Trump threatens to ignite era of trade wars with new tariffs — Financial Times
The new tariffs are bad — Marginal Revolution
Why targeted tariffs are more effective than broad tariffs — Noah Smith blog
Hamas Gets Stern Warning From Trump
Hamas Accuses Israel Of Violating Ceasefire, Suspends Hostage Releases ‘Until Further Notice’ — The Daily Wire
Emaciated hostages show we need a ‘bomb the rails to Auschwitz’ plan — NY Post
Trump Says Israel Should Let ‘All Hell Break Out’ If Hamas Does Not Release All Hostages By Saturday — The Daily Wire
Palestinian Authority Says It Will Restructure ‘Pay for Slay’ Program. Regional Experts Are Skeptical — Washington Free Beacon
Is DEI Dead, Dying, Or Going Undergound?
Disney Drops Two DEI Programs as Investor Backlash Grows — Breitbart
