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'The government should not have a hold on the economy in such a way that it can truly distort entire markets'
When Joe Biden and other Democrats in his political party worked on the misnamed Inflation Reduction Act, they often talked about its global warming ideology, its social agenda points, its tax law updates.
But not how it would reduce inflation, because, as even left-leaning CBS found, "The Inflation Reduction Act is aimed at tackling a host of problems, from climate change to catching tax cheats, but there's one issue it may not solve: reducing inflation."
Biden himself, confessed, the law has "nothing to do with inflation."
A report from the Heartland Foundation found, "The Inflation Reduction Act was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden on August 16, 2022, but the contents of the legislation are contradictory to its stated purpose."
That study found the point of Biden's law, adopted with support only from Democrats, was "the creation of an enormous renewable energy slush fund, paid for by deficit spending."
That means it sets up the government to borrow money to give away to the Democrats' compatriots who run green energy companies and foundations.
The initial estimates were for those green agenda actions to cost some $369 billion, estimates that almost immediately were boosted to $1.8 billion.
Now a report at Just the News documents a warning from the Cato Institute that if left unchanged, the IRA could demand from American taxpayers almost $5 trillion.
Actually, the warning is that it will cost $4.67 trillion, 12 times the original claimed costs.
Cato also warns that the "subsidies are undermining innovation and driving investments toward subsidy farming rather than satisfying consumer demand," the report said.
"The government should not have a hold on the economy in such a way that it can truly distort entire markets, and that's what the Inflation Reduction Act is," explained Cato's Joshua Loucks.
The study recommends that the law be fully repealed, or if not, have significant limitations placed on its green subsidies, limits which now are nonexistent.
Loucks said the assessment was based partly on the fact that there have been wildly divergent estimates for the bill's costs, from the CBO's original $369 billion on up.
"We decided to go on our own fact-finding endeavor here, and that's what resulted in this paper," Loucks said.
Biden's scheme provides tax credits for production of energy, or tax credits for investing in green ideologies.
It's set up so that there's really no end date to all the cash handouts.
They estimated that over the next 10 years, the IRA could cost taxpayers up to $1.97 trillion, and by 2050, up to $4.67 trillion.
It also notes that the real problem is that Biden left the law open so that tax credits are "stackable," meaning a company could cash in on its operations in multiple ways.
"The options for entrepreneurs are unlimited, which is part of the problem in terms of the incentive structure that this law builds. I think it takes the entrepreneurial spirit, the entrepreneurial spirit of Americans, and essentially turns them towards chasing subsidies instead of satisfying consumer demand," an author of the Cato report explained.
The study also found that most of the subsidies will end up in the bank accounts of large corporations and the entirety is structured so that there are companies "that exist for the sake of taking in these subsidies," the report said.
The study found not only does the plan not address inflation, it doesn't really address "climate in any meaningful way."
"It just funnels money to special interest groups and does nothing to really address how we're going to transform our economy in a way that is equitable and beneficial for all Americans," Loucks said.
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'These works of fiction either belong in the bargain bin of the fantasy section in a discount bookstore or should be repurposed as tissue paper'
A member of Congress has called out one publication for its use of a "nasty" – and furthermore inaccurate – headline to push salacious ideas about President Donald Trump.
It was the Daily Beast that trumpeted, "Don't Tell Melania; Trump once offered rising MAGA star his bed."
Then the publication went to social media with the promotion of its story that stated, "The new revelations reveal how Trump reportedly offered a female congresswoman his bed, as long as she kept it a secret from his wife."
The problem is that while the suggestive and salacious were all over the statements, the facts that made it relatively unremarkable were not. Fox News reported the woman in question was U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., and she was, in fact, offered to use the bed on Air Force One by Trump.
But it happened when Trump gave the invitation in front of Luna and her husband at a time when she was pregnant, suffering from undiagnosed pre-eclampsia.
It developed this way, according to the report, "Alex Isenstadt, Axios reporter and author of 'Revenge: The Inside Story of Trump's Return to Power,' made headlines with quotes allegedly said by Trump in a sneak preview published by Axios on Sunday. Among the quotes was one he allegedly said to Luna in 2023 offering her the bed on his jet when she was pregnant and feeling ill, though it included a joke about his wife Melania being jealous."
Trump reportedly said, to Luna, "If you need a bed to lay down in, there's one here on the plane. If you feel sick and you need to lay there, you can lay on it. Just don't tell Melania. She doesn't like other women on my bed."
Isenstadt noted that Trump was joking.
However, the Daily Beast left the joking description out of its report until later on, in the fourth paragraph.
Luna noted she seldom responds to "nasty headlines" so as not to give "trash" credibility.
But this one needed an answer.
She was experiencing complications, she said.
"As soon as @realDonaldTrump boarded the plane, being the gentleman and good person that he is, said if I did not feel well, I could use the back room. He did this in a respectful way and in front of my husband, of which we thanked him. He also assured me that they had a medical team on board in case anything happened and they were aware of how pregnant I was. This was the most compassionate thing that could've been done at the time. I find it disgusting that the author fails to recognize that. A few weeks later, I was induced because I did have pre-eclampsia . The author of this book never reached out to me for comment. Which means that this book is likely going to be a s— hit piece. If people in POTUS orbit are talking to this author, they need to be cut off immediately. This is gross."
The Daily Beast also was hit by Community Notes on X, with the explanation, "The woman in question was Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, who has responded publicly to the allegation. She claims nothing inappropriate occurred, she was not asked for comment, and this situation is being presented out of context."
Fox reported, "White House communications director Steven Cheung denounced Trump books including Isenstadt's as a 'desperate attempt to make money off of President Trump's name because journalism is a dying industry with reporters peddling lies and selling their souls in order to make a quick buck.'"
He said, "These works of fiction either belong in the bargain bin of the fantasy section in a discount bookstore or should be repurposed as tissue paper."
Former U.S. Representative Nita Lowey has died at the age of 87, her family announced on March 15, The Hill reported.
Lowey was a trailblazer in American politics, celebrated for her leadership and advocacy on women's rights and health issues.
Lowey, who was a prominent figure in New York politics, died peacefully at her home in Harrison, New York. Her family was by her side during her final moments. "With great sadness, we announce that former Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey died peacefully on March 15 at the age of 87, surrounded by her loving husband, children, and grandchildren," said the family in a statement.
Lowey's Historic Role in Congress
Lowey's career was marked by numerous firsts. She became the first woman to chair the influential House Appropriations Committee, a testament to her dedication and prowess. Her initial involvement with the Committee began in 1993, where she steadily rose through the ranks over the decades.
She achieved the position of ranking Democrat on the Committee in 2013. Her leadership and expertise were further recognized in 2019, when she became the chair after the Democrats regained control of the House of Representatives.
Lowey's extensive political career was complemented by her commitment to her family. She was married to Stephen Lowey for 64 years, and together they had three children. Her family described her as central to their lives and expressed their deep loss.
A Champion for Women's Rights
Elected to Congress in 1988 after serving as an assistant secretary of state in New York, Lowey quickly established herself as a defender of women's rights. Her efforts secured significant funding for breast cancer research, reflecting her enduring commitment to health issues.
Lowey, who was the first woman to lead the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, leveraged her role to affect substantial change. Besides her health initiatives, she was also instrumental in advancing legislation for hurricane recovery and drunk driving laws.
The former representative had been living with metastatic breast cancer, a battle she fought bravely. Her advocacy work also extended into international relations, particularly focusing on U.S.-Israel relations through her foreign aid contributions.
Legacy of Dedication and Leadership
The breadth of Lowey’s impact can be traced back to her dedicated service and leadership in key areas of policy and governance. The array of initiatives she championed serves as a lasting testament to her public service ethos.
As she announced her retirement from Congress in 2019, Lowey reflected on her lengthy career with gratitude and a sense of fulfillment. Her retirement marked the end of an era of impactful leadership in the House of Representatives.
Lowey left an indelible imprint on politics, driven by her desire to make tangible improvements in the lives of her constituents and beyond. Her work encompassed both domestic policy and international relations.
Remembering a Politician and Family Matriarch
Nita Lowey’s family emphasized the significant role she played in their lives and her unwavering dedication to public service. "Nita’s family was central to her life as she was to all of ours," they stated, underscoring the personal and public legacy she leaves behind.
The loss of such a distinguished figure draws attention to the numerous contributions she made throughout her life in public service. The initiatives she spearheaded continue to benefit current and future generations.
Hillary Clinton is mourning the death of a longtime "friend" in the Democratic party who represented New York City's affluent suburbs.
Clinton, who served as Senator from New York in the 2000s, called Rep. Nita Lowey a "trailblazer, a progressive champion, a great representative, and my friend" in a social media post.
Lowey, 87, died Saturday after a battle with breast cancer, her family confirmed. She served the 17th district in New York City's northern suburbs, including Westchester County, where Clinton lives.
Lowey died at her home in Harrison on Saturday. New York governor Kathy Hochul (D) ordered flags lowered to half-staff.
“Nita has quietly and bravely battled metastatic breast cancer in recent years with the same tenacity and strength that she fought throughout her 32-year career in Congress for women, children and families in the U.S. and around the world," her family said.
“A public servant in the truest sense, she was guided by the Jewish core value of ‘Tikkun Olam,’ repairing the world,” the family's statement read. “She was an indefatigable fighter and worked across the aisle to deliver results for her constituents and all Americans."
First elected to the House in 1988, Lowey rose to become the first female leader of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, which plays a role in controlling Congress' purse strings.
“Frankly to have a job that I love so very much made this a very difficult choice,” Lowey, told The Associated Press at the time. “But I just felt it was time."
Tributes pouring in
Former New York governor Andrew Cuomo called Lowey a "trailblazer," adding, "She will be missed."
Republican Rep. Mike Lawler, who flipped Lowey's seat red for the first time in decades, praised her "bipartisan spirit, commitment to our community, and dedication to the country."
“We will miss her more than words can say and take great comfort in knowing that she lived a full and purposeful life," her family said. “Her memory will forever be a blessing to all who had the honor of knowing and loving her, and to the millions of people whose lives she touched.”
Democrats and other leftists hate what Elon Musk is doing with President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency because they fear losing, essentially, a gravy train.
That's what Musk has explained on "The Verdict" podcast with U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Ben Ferguson.
"The single biggest thing that they're worried about is that DOGE is going to turn off fraudulent payments of entitlements. I mean, everything from Social Security, Medicare, you know, unemployment, disability, Small Business Administration loans, turn them off to illegals. This is the crux of the matter. Okay, this is the thing, why they really hate my guts and want me to die," he said.
He said the cost to American taxpayers could be estimated at $200 billion – all to pay off immigrants to vote for Democrats.
"By using entitlement fraud, the Democrats have been able to attract and retain vast numbers of illegal immigrants," said Musk.
He explained that Democrats and other leftists have used the federal tax money to provide benefits that attract and keep illegals in the United States.
He said if Democrats can bring 200,000 illegals into a swing state that has a right-left voting margin of 10,000 or 20,000, and get them voting, that state no longer is a swing state.
The goal, in explained, is to make America a deep socialist blue.
He said the Senate, House, presidency and Supreme Court all would succumb, and there would be more illegals brought in so that "you can't vote your way out of it."
Columnist Paul Bedard reported that Musk said he's found evidence of that strategy.
"We're clearly over the target. If DOGE was ineffective, if we were not actually getting rid of a bunch of waste and fraud and a bunch of that fraud, I mean, the fraud we're seeing is overwhelmingly on the left. I mean, it's not zero on the right, but these NGOs are almost all left-wing NGOs that are being funded, for example. So, they hate me because DOGE is being effective," said Musk.
He explained Democrats use government funds to "buy voters, exactly … Bring in 10, 20 million people who are beholden to the Democrats for government handouts and will vote overwhelmingly Democrat."
He noted, "And the Dems will win all the swing states just a matter of time, and America will be permanent, deep, blue, socialist state, the House, the Senate, the presidency and the Supreme Court will all go hardcore Dem. They will then further cement that by bringing even more aliens so you can't vote your way out of it," he said.
Andrew Bailey, the Missouri attorney general, has dispatched to the Planned Parenthood abortion business a cease-and-desist order instructing the abortion corporation to stop performing chemical abortions in the state.
Bailey delivered to Planned Parenthood Great Rivers-Missouri an order that instructed the company under penalty of law "not to perform any chemical abortions in Missouri," or possibly face felony charges.
"An investigation has revealed that you are not in compliance with § 188.021.2, which requires you to have a valid plan to treat complications from chemically induced abortions. As the FDA has recognized, up to 4.6% of women who receive chemical abortions are forced to seek emergency medical attention," the letter said.
"Missouri law requires you to adopt an approved plan to treat complications when using any chemical 'in which more than one percent of those administered the drug or chemical required surgical intervention after its administration.' … You do not have an approved plan in place."
Bailey then cited the company's history of illegal activities: "Any suggestion that there is no risk of Planned Parenthood violating this law is illusory. Planned Parenthood has established an uncontroverted track record of violating the law in Missouri in recent years. In fact, physicians at Planned Parenthood organizations in Missouri have recently conceded—under oath—to violating the law and have been found by investigators and tribunals to have violated Missouri's laws many times in recent years. These violations include repeated and knowing failures to comply with reporting requirements, to comply with informed consent laws, and to sterilize instruments."
He cited a long list of existing cases in which Planned Parenthood has been in violation of the law.
Mat Staver, chairman of Liberty Counsel, which has fought numerous battles over abortion, said, "Chemical abortions harm women physically and emotionally and cruelly kill defenseless children in the womb. The abortion industry has an agenda of death that disregards the life of unborn children and the health of their mothers."
Liberty Counsel explained, "In November 2024, Missouri made abortion a constitutional 'right' in the state, which nullified the state's near-total abortion. Since then, Planned Parenthood has resumed surgical abortions at several Missouri facilities."
But, the legal team noted, "Planned Parenthood officials have indicated that its Missouri facilities are not currently offering chemical abortions and won't do so until the complication plans are approved."
"The left cannot name one thing they hate Elon Musk for. They cannot name one thing the has taken away from them. Or one thing he has done to earn their insane ire. History will study this deranged cult like behavior."
Musk replied by saying, "My companies make great products that people love and I've never physically hurt anyone.
"So why the hate and violence against me?
"Because I am a deadly threat to the woke mind parasite and the humans it controls."
Musk responded to more news on X, as user Jacktron told him: "Yesterday I had an informant infiltrate one of the protests at Tesla dealerships and they told her a few things:
"1. These protests are only happening in contested congressional districts.
"2. They're being funded by 501c4 charities being given dark money from Democrat politicians of these districts.
"3. They're organized through facebook groups since X is monitored by pro Elon people."
Jacktron also provided a copy of their prepared anti-Elon chants, including "Hey Ho! Hell No! Elon Musk has got to go!" and "When Trump says YES, We say NO!"
Musk also responded to U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, who is angry about a federal judge's attempt to stop U.S. deportation flights of violent gang members who hail from Central America.
"Another day, another judge unilaterally deciding policy for the whole country," Grassley said on X. "This time to benefit foreign gang members If the Supreme Court or Congress doesn't fix, we're headed towards a constitutional crisis. Senate Judiciary Cmte taking action."
Musk told the senator impeachment is an option.
"The very worst judges – those who repeatedly flout the law – should at least be put to an impeachment vote, whether that vote succeeds or not," he said.
A French member of the European Parliament, Raphael Glucksmann of the Socialists and Democrats group, believes the U.S. no longer represents the values that led France to offer Lady Liberty to America.
"We're going to say to the Americans who have chosen to side with the tyrants, to the Americans who fired researchers for demanding scientific freedom: 'Give us back the Statue of Liberty,'" Glucksmann said Sunday.
"We gave it to you as a gift, but apparently you despise it. So it will be just fine here at home."
Peter Doocy of Fox News airs a live shot before the White House press briefing on Monday, March 17, 2025
The comments caught the attention of Peter Doocy of Fox News, who asked White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday:
"There is now a member of the European Parliament from France who does not think the U.S. represents the values of the Statue of Liberty anymore. They want the Statue of Liberty back. So is President Trump going to send the Statue of Liberty back to France?"
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt
Leavitt gave a firm reply, saying, "Absolutely not, and my advice to that unnamed low-level French politician would be to remind them that it's only because of the United States of America that the French are not speaking German right now.
"So they should be very grateful to our great country."
A federal appeals court has dumped a district judge's decision to block, nationwide, President Donald Trump's efforts to limit tax money being spent on the racist "diversity, equity and inclusion" programs within the federal government.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has lifted the block created by Judge Adam Abelson of Baltimore.
Trump had signed an order directing federal agencies to terminate "equity-related" grants or contracts and then followed up with an order requiring federal contractors to certify that they don't promote DEI programs, which often are based on race.
Abelson claimed Trump's pursuit of an ideology not based on race probably violated free speech rights.
The city of Baltimore and others had sued.
Now the 4th Circuit has reinstated Trump's orders to curb tax money being used on those programs. The ruling means that Trump's orders can be enforced while the lawsuit over them continues.
Abelson had made his injunction valid nationwide, part of a trend of lower court judges assuming the authority of the executive branch and making decisions for the entire nation, a move over which the U.S. Supreme Court already has expressed alarm.
The appeals court said Abelson's ruling simply went too far.
The Department of Justice said the president simply was targeting DEI programs that violate federal civil rights laws.
Republicans long have criticized DEI agendas because they undermine merit-based hiring and promotions, in which the best and most qualified candidate should get a job or promotion.
Constitutional scholar Jonathan Turley, a professor at George Washington University, explained that even Pamela Harris, a judge appointed by Biden, disagreed with the plaintiffs.
"The challenged Executive Orders, on their face, are of distinctly limited scope. The Executive Orders do not purport to establish the illegality of all efforts to advance diversity, equity or inclusion, and they should not be so understood," she wrote.
Further, she said, the orders "do not authorize the termination of grants based on a grantee's speech or activities outside the scope of the funded activities."
Turley noted that another panel judge, Albert Diaz, appointed by Barack Obama, went beyond the authority of the court to editorialize about his opinion.
Diaz claimed, "Despite the vitriol now being heaped on DEI, people of good faith who work to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion deserve praise, not opprobrium. When this country embraces true diversity, it acknowledges and respects the social identity of its people. When it fosters true equity, it opens opportunities and ensures a level playing field for all. And when its policies are truly inclusive, it creates an environment and culture where everyone is respected and valued. What could be more American than that?… A country does itself no favors by scrubbing the shameful moments of its past."
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