Stories, issues and events that caught our eye.

Left’s DOGE-Hate Rages On To Preserve Waste, Fraud And Abuse

Institutional Resistance To Trump Proves The Left’s Disdain For Democracy — The Federalist

Government TVs Hacked, Displaying Gross Trump-Musk Video — The National Pulse

Red-District DOGE Protests, Cited As Proof of Broad Musk ‘Backlash,’ Were Organized By Left-Wing Groups — Washington Free Beacon

The Administrative State Is So Corrupt It Makes The 19th Century’s Patronage System Look Good — The Federalist

Under Elon’s Lash, Federal Workers Return To Their Offices — American Thinker

Judge Temporarily Blocks Education Dept., OPM From Giving DOGE Sensitive Info — Legal Insurrection

Dershowitz Defends Presidential Authority Amid Massive Employment Fraud Lawsuit — Daily Caller

DOGE Might Hold the Key to Opening up All of Washington’s Dirtiest Secrets — PJ Media

Why Trump is so threatening to the permanent bureaucracy — Washington Examiner

Tech guru admired by Elon Musk estimates ‘over $100 billion’ in taxpayer money is being wasted or stolen — NY Post

ICYMI: Musk Is ‘Shredding’ Government? Not Even Close — Issues & Insights

Under Trump, Border Again Means Something

Notorious Migrant Route To US Suddenly Shows Signs Of Life As Migrants Hoof It Back Home With Trump’s Return — Daily Caller

Survey Reveals Trump’s Mass Deportation Policy Has 62% Approval — Breitbart

Trump Border Czar Promises ‘Hell’ For Sanctuary Cities In Fiery CPAC Speech — Daily Wire

Kristi Noem Revokes Protected Status for 500,000 Haitians, Opens Them Up for Deportation — The Western Journal

Will Dems Go To Court To Force Taxpayers To Keep Paying Illegals Welfare? — Oilfield Rando, X

Secret Biden Policy Fast-Tracked Illegals Through Airport Security Lines — Breitbart

The Left-Media’s Crack-Up Continues

Lester Holt Leaving as Anchor of NBC Nightly News — Legal Insurrection

MSNBC announces major lineup overhaul, new Washington bureau as Joy Reid exits company — CNN, via MSN

Ex-MSNBC host Tiffany Cross rips network for canning Joy Reid, urges black viewers to shun channel: ‘Don’t even hate-watch’ — New York Post

First Joy Reid, now Katie Phang: why did MSNBC cancel Katie Phang? — Delaware Online

When Rupert Murdoch dies, James Murdoch says he may rein in Fox News — Fortune, via Archive.is

Judge Denies Associated Press Emergency Motion to Restore White House Access — Breitbart

German Election And Europe: Decoupling From U.S.?

Merz warns Europe should seek ‘independence’ from US after conservatives win German election – and far-right support surges — CNN

Germany’s New Chancellor Shows Why EU Is Running Scared — Newly-elected German leader Friedrich Merz, Project Syndicate, via TIPP Insights.

Italian PM Defends Vance: Europe Has Been ‘Sacrificed On The Altar Of Wokeness’ — The Daily Wire

This NATO ally will ‘buy, buy, buy’ more weapons after intelligence report says Russia may start a war in Europe in a few years — Fortune, via Yahoo

By Defending Free Speech Worldwide, Team Trump Reclaims America’s Global Moral High Ground — The Federalist

Trump’s Tariffs: Boon Or Bain?

Trump Tariff Win: Apple to Invest $500 Billion in U.S., Pledges to Create 20,000 Jobs — Breitbart

No, Trump’s Tariffs Will Not Cause Inflation — American Greatness

USA is refuge for manufacturing — Don Surber Substack

Trump tariffs promise chaos, but China’s Xi Jinping may be the biggest threat to the global economy, former Treasury official warns — Fortune, via Archive.is

Hard Times For Climateers, No-Growth Green Movement

US energy council chief says power plants to produce 15% more electricity — Yahoo

Trump energy secretary says net zero emissions by 2050 is ‘sinister’ goal — Fox11 News

Controlling ways to generate electricity through subsidies is a terrible plan for the planet — Ronald Stein and Cleveland M. Jones, America Out Loud News

A Comeback For Keystone XL Pipeline? — X

Everybody Freeze! It’s the Climate Police — The Free Press

Miscellaneous Stuff, This ‘N’ That

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse: Corruption Exposed? — Libs On TikTok On X

House Passes Trump-GOP Budget — PJ Media

House Passes G.O.P. Budget Plan for Deep Cuts to Taxes and Spending — NY Times

White House claims ‘more than 1 million’ federal workers responded to Doge’s ultimatum email —The Guardian

TSA Under Biden Focused on Speeding Up Checkpoints for Illegal Aliens Without IDs, Not National Security — Breanna’s Newsletter, Substack

Ukraine agrees minerals deal with US — Financial Times, via Archive.Today

The CIA Issued This Response Regarding the Secret Sex Chat Fiasco Involving the Intel Community — Townhall