• 03/13/2025

What Does HUD Have to Show for the Trillions It’s Spent?

Wall Street Journal The U.S. homeownership rate was 64% in 1967, two years after the department opened. Now it’s . . . 64%. https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-does-hud-have-to-show-for-the-trillions-its-spent-homeownership-stagnant-prices-increasing-59c3292f

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Elon’s Real Trump Mission: Protect Growth

Wall Street Journal The next president is sowing a narrative with his cabinet picks. The world situation requires more. https://www.wsj.com/articles/elons-real-trump-mission-protect-growth-department-of-government-efficiency-appointments-cabinet-9e7e62b2

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You Won’t Have Kamala to Kick Around Anymore

Wall Street Journal Or will you? Readers consider the Nixon option. https://www.wsj.com/articles/you-wont-have-kamala-to-kick-around-anymore-4386c24a

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Big Foundations Helped Democrats Lose the Election

Wall Street Journal On inflation, immigration and transgenderism, progressive philanthropies took the party to places voters didn’t want to go. https://www.wsj.com/articles/big-foundations-pushed-democrats-to-the-left-giving-philantrophy-issues-politics-1bec2752

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How Inflation Ended Neoliberalism—and Re-Elected Trump

Wall Street Journal In the 1970s, skyrocketing prices spurred free-market reforms that promoted economic stability. In the 2020s, inflated fueled Trump’s comeback. https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-inflation-ended-neoliberalism-history-policy-economics-politics-elections-79a053a4

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Congress’s Social Security Gift to Government Unions

Wall Street Journal The House passes a bipartisan benefit blowout, though the program is already going broke. https://www.wsj.com/articles/congress-social-security-fairness-act-government-spending-house-republicans-0c1e90b1

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Antisemitism in America: My Campus Tour

Wall Street Journal When I see the determination of these brave Jewish students standing tall, I feel hope. https://www.wsj.com/articles/antisemitism-in-america-my-campus-tour-israel-zionism-b51da72e

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Trump Keeps Trolling as the ‘Resistance’ Fades

Wall Street Journal Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth? Attorney General Matt Gaetz? He can’t be serious, can he? Meanwhile, Democrats look for new ways to cope. https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-keeps-trolling-as-the-resistance-fades-appointments-confirmations-cope-a6a8bd40

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Trump’s Recess-Appointment Scheme

Wall Street Journal To install AG Matt Gaetz this way would be anti-constitutional. https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-recess-appointments-senate-confirmation-matt-gaetz-ce5f8873

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Hochul’s New York Driving Tax Is Back

Wall Street Journal Her ‘pause’ kept the issue from hurting Democrats in the House. https://www.wsj.com/articles/kathy-hochul-congestion-tax-manhattan-new-york-driving-tolls-37b2a39c

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