Nobody Likes John Bolton

This morning, Donald Trump claimed he knew nothing about the raid on the Maryland home of his former National Security Adviser John Bolton. “I’m not a fan of John Bolton,” Trump said, calling him a “lowlife.” In that respect he agrees with many Democrats: After Trump fired Bolton, in 2019, Representative Adam Schiff of California (now a senator) said that one “should question John Bolton’s patriotism,” and Representative Nancy Pelosi called him a “disgrace.” In January, Trump pulled Bolton’s security detail, which had been in place due to credible threats…

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Disruption Is, Well … Disruptive–Why Washington Fears EJ Antoni

Washington is flailing. The establishment has gone into full meltdown over one man: Dr. EJ Antoni. Why? Because he’s telling the truth taxpayers already know–America’s economic data system is broken, politicized, and no longer trusted. For decades, the Bureau of Labor Statistics was supposed to be the gold standard of government data. Today, it’s a punchline. Inflation numbers have been gamed. Jobs reports have been massaged. The public doesn’t trust what Washington publishes, and for good reason. When the numbers are wrong, the policies built on them are wrong–and so,…

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DoD-commissioned report seeks to overhaul confusing reserve duty status system

More than 30 different duty statuses under which National Guard members and reservists can be called to service could be consolidated into just four categories, a new Defense Department-commissioned report found.  Unlike active-duty troops who remain in one status, reservists and National Guard members move between multiple duty statuses depending on the type of service they perform. Over time, the system has grown to include more than 30 separate statutes scattered across about 20 different titles of federal law, creating inequities in pay and benefits and frequent administrative delays when…

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The Democrats’ Biggest Senate Recruits Have One Thing in Common

When news broke this week that Sherrod Brown would run next year to reclaim a Senate seat in Ohio, Democrats cheered the reports as a huge coup. Before losing a reelection bid last year, Brown had been the last Democrat to win statewide office in a state that has veered sharply to the right over the past decade. His entry instantly transforms the Ohio race from a distant dream to a plausible pickup opportunity for the party. If most Democrats were ecstatic about Brown’s planned comeback bid, Amanda Litman was…

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Extended Statute of Limitations on Malpractice Could Benefit Transgender Lawsuit

Prisha Mosley, a detransitioner who now advocates against transgender procedures, is seeking to have her lawsuit on medical malpractice, fraud, and negligence charges reinstated in a case that could have wide-ranging ramifications.  Mosley, who was put on testosterone when she was 17, sued several health care providers on medical malpractice and negligence claims in 2023. A judge dismissed her malpractice claims last year on statute of limitations grounds, while clearing her case to move forward on the fraud, facilitating fraud, and civil conspiracy charges. Now, she is seeking to have…

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