Cleaning Out the Federal Stables—Trump-Style
Daniel Oliver, American Greatness
Why does the Post persist in writing about federal workers as if they were nonpartisan when everyone knows they aren’t? The legacy media is vanishing because this drivel is all they produce. The Post’s owner, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, is a bright guy, a clever gazillionaire. The Post’s finances may be only small change in his pocket, but you might think the challenge of running a successful paper would inspire him to make it a paper people read—and believe. He’s the one who should be having the hissy fit—about his reporters and their coverage.

U.S. Army Says It Will ‘No Longer’ Accept Transgender Applicants, Support Sex-Change Procedures
Daily Caller News Foundation (Wallace White), The Star News Network
The U.S. Army announced it would no longer be accepting transgender applicants or supporting sex-change procedures. The announcement comes after DOD Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a memo Feb. 7  to officially bring the department in line with President Donald Trump’s Jan. 27 executive order, which banned transgender members from the whole armed forces as well as sex change procedures. There are currently 11,500 transgender service members in the military, accounting for less than 1% of total force personnel, according to DOD statistics.

Americans owe $1.21 trillion in credit card debt, a record high
Brad Matthews, Washington Times
Americans continue to rack up debt, owing $1.21 trillion on their credit cards as of the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. This represented a $45 billion jump from the third quarter of 2024 and an $82 billion, or 7.3%, increase year-over-year, the bank, known in shorthand as the New York Fed, said in a report. Credit card debt first passed the trillion-dollar mark in 2023. Credit card loan accounts, numbering over 600 million, are the most common type. Inflation is to blame.

The Biden economic hangover
Byron York, Washington Examiner
Former President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress passed money faster than anyone could possibly use it, and even though they raced to shovel cash out the door in December and January, many billions remain unspent. Trump has put a freeze on Inflation Reduction Act funds, and there could be a fight over it in Congress. But none of that changes the final conclusion. Joe Biden, imagining himself to be FDR, did enormous damage to people’s standard of living. They will be suffering a Biden hangover for a long time to come.

Mater Si, Magistra No Redux
Daniel J. Flynn, The American Spectator
American Catholics should ignore the Pope’s hypocritical guidance on immigration. Pope Francis cited the story of the Good Samaritan, the exile of Jews in the Book of Exodus, and other parts of the Bible to convey his point. He omitted mention of Matthew’s description of the Sermon on the Mount: “For with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged: and with what measure you mete, it shall be measured to you again,” Jesus said. “And why seest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye; and seest not the beam that is in thy own eye?”

Rasmussen: More Americans Now Say US Is On the 'Right Track,' Breaking a 20-Year Streak of Pessimism
Brittany M. Hughes, MRCTV.org
A new Rasmussen poll has found more Americans say the country is heading in the “right direction” breaking a 20-year streak in which Americans had generally reported feeling that the country was going downhill. According to Rasmussen, 47% now say they believe the United States is going in the “right direction,” compared to 46% that said the nation is on the “wrong track.” This marks the first time in two decades that the percentage of Americans who reported feeling positive about the direction of the country outnumbered those who did not.
 

The Left’s Crisis Might Be Getting Started. Ours Is Actually Ending.
Scott McKay, The American Spectator
Our frequent readers will no doubt have noted my oft-repeated refrain that we have entered a brand new era of American political history. This is the most definitive proof so far available of that notion. What’s on offer is a reality in which rampant corruption and waste in government can be targeted and identified by crowd-sourcing citizen investigators using open-source AI tools and published virally via social media, with politicians laying in wait to exploit it and score points with their constituents. They’ve got a real problem.