Politics
DC Requires A College Degree To Watch Infants
Published
8 years agoon
(Via Daily Wire)
Progressives tweet #YesAllWomen and brag that women can do anything a man can do better (in heels!), but in Washington, D.C., among the bluest of blue cities, Democrats are making it impossible for women to have their cake and eat it too.
New regulations were passed by The District of Columbia Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) this past March; beginning in 2020, they would require child care providers in D.C. to have an early childhood education degree.
Now, maybe I’m just uninformed. After all, I don’t have a college degree. But how does going to college make you more capable and competent in childcare? Have D.C. Democrats met any college students recently? They aren’t taking parenting classes in between thirsty Thursday and Sunday brunch.
This move furthers the trend of walling off occupations to people with college degrees, for no good reason, which in turn waters down the value of a college degree because everyone needs one. Most employers shouldn’t require a college degree, in terms of the skills required, because most jobs really don’t.
If you want to watch my four-month-old daughter, I don’t care if you have an MBA from Wharton or flunked out of community college. All that matters is that you’re responsible, reliable, and have good judgment. Also patience and the ability to handle a pooplosion. College doesn’t teach those things.
The new regulation not only requires preschool teachers to have a degree, but even men and women taking care of kids from zero to three years old. That’s insane, practically and economically.
As the Weekly Standard notes, citing a report from the Economic Policy Institute, “The average cost of childcare in D.C. is more than $22,600 annually, the highest of any metropolitan area in the country.”
Not to understate how difficult it can be to take care of children, but over $22,000? Come on. To watch young children who are ranging from the developmental stages of sleeping and eating to coloring and using arts and crafts? This isn’t one-on-one care. It’s in a group setting. And this is before this regulation takes effect. Just imagine how much more expensive infant care will get when everyone doing it is paying back college loans.
I am a married woman with a decent salary. My husband and I are full-time working parents with the recent help of a live-in grandparent, so we thankfully don’t need a daycare right now for our four-year-old and four-month-old daughters. It would be very expensive for us. So imagine what it is like for single mothers who don’t have a decent salary? Or who have to work three jobs to keep the bill collectors away? You know, the single mothers progressives say they care about.
As Shoshana Weissmann told The Weekly Standard, “The average D.C. family with a toddler and infant would have to spend up to 63.6 percent of their annual income to enroll their kids in childcare.”
“I appreciate D.C.’s efforts to limit the availability of childcare to the elite,” Weissmann said, “And to keep peons away from children of the few who will be able to afford it.”
As a resident of California, I’m all too familiar with Democrats making the basic stuff of life more expensive for everyone. Take California Bill 1513, which all but abolishes the traditional commission or chair-rental model that salons and spas use to pay stylists and hairdressers, in favor of an hourly rate.
This kills business because it’s forcing them to raise prices above what people are willing to pay. My own hair stylist, whom I’ve been going to for over four years, told me this herself, and I can tell you, doing my hair is expensive now. The result of California Democrats trying to “help” hairdressers? Salons lose money, so raise prices. Customers can’t afford to go to the salon as often, so the salons lose more money and fire (or stop hiring) hairdressers. And hairdressers who previously could make a percentage on the colors, cuts and sales they made are no longer able to profit in the same way for their added effort. Whom exactly does this help?
Watch for the effects of the new D.C. child care regulation to become evident once it’s implemented in 2020. I’m guessing parents will crunch the numbers and many will determine that it’s simply too expensive to send their kids to childcare in the city when there are plenty of other options in nearby Virginia and Maryland.
I’m predicting the law will also lead to higher employee turnover rates for D.C. daycares. Few young, college-educated daycare employees are aiming for a career in daycare. They want to teach or open their own business or, God-forbid, get a Masters or Ph.D in education.
So, daycares will get a lot of college-educated applicants who aren’t in it for the long run and are there because daycare is one of their last employment options.
Another progressive victory!
Crime
Texas AG Ken Paxton Sues ActBlue (Democrat Funding Machine)
Published
1 week agoon
April 20, 2026
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton just dropped a landmark lawsuit against ActBlue, the Democratic Party’s favorite fundraising machine, for systematically deceiving Americans about its donation processes that enable rampant fraud, including illegal foreign contributions and untraceable gift card schemes. On Monday, April 20, 2026, Paxton filed suit in Texas state court, accusing the platform of violating consumer protection laws by lying to donors and the public about the strength of its verification safeguards. This isn’t some minor paperwork dispute — it’s a direct assault on the integrity of our elections, where ActBlue has funneled over $16 billion into Democratic campaigns and causes while turning a blind eye to straw donations, identity fraud, and cash from overseas that has no business influencing American politics.
For years, everyday patriots have watched as Big Tech-enabled platforms like ActBlue operated with impunity, raking in small-dollar donations that often smelled fishy — thousands of identical contributions from the same IP addresses, elderly donors suddenly maxing out limits they never touched before, and untraceable gift cards flowing through after the platform claimed to Congress it had shut that door in 2024. Paxton’s investigators proved otherwise, successfully pushing small gift card donations through to the DNC and Democratic candidates as recently as February 2026 without a hitch. The radical left has relied on this dark money pipeline to subvert election laws, compromise sovereignty, and flood campaigns with cash that real Americans never authorized. Paxton nailed it: “The radical left has relied on ActBlue as a way to funnel foreign donations and dark money into their political campaigns to subvert our laws and compromise the integrity of our nation’s elections.”
This lawsuit exposes the deeper betrayal of the ruling class against working families and honest voters who play by the rules. While border communities in Texas and across America suffer under waves of illegal immigration and crime, Democrat elites in Washington and blue strongholds use tools like ActBlue to bankroll their open-borders agenda, woke indoctrination in schools, and endless attacks on traditional values — all funded by processes riddled with fraud that they publicly deny. Paxton’s action builds on his multi-year investigation that uncovered suspicious donation patterns and prompted calls for FEC reforms to ban straw donations. The consequences are clear: eroded trust in elections, stolen voice for American citizens, and a tilted playing field that favors globalist interests over national sovereignty.
What needs to happen now is full accountability and sweeping reforms to protect election integrity. Paxton’s suit should force ActBlue to clean house or face real penalties, while Congress and the FEC must step up with ironclad rules banning foreign nationals, unverified gift cards, and obscured identities from touching U.S. campaigns. States should follow Texas’s lead and launch their own probes. True election security starts with secure borders, verified voters, and transparent fundraising that puts American citizens first — not shadowy platforms serving the America Last crowd. Patriots everywhere should celebrate fighters like Ken Paxton for refusing to let the radical left rig the game. The fight for fair elections and a sovereign nation isn’t over; it’s just getting started. Demand your representatives back real reforms, or watch the fraud machine keep humming along at the expense of every hardworking family in this country.
Europe
Populist Warning: Hungary’s Nationalist Fortress Falls
Published
2 weeks agoon
April 12, 2026
In a stunning upset on April 12, 2026, Hungarian voters delivered a crushing blow to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz party after 16 years of defiant nationalist leadership. The opposition Tisza Party, led by Péter Magyar—a slick former insider turned “change” candidate—stormed to victory with around 53% of the vote and a projected supermajority of 138 seats in the 199-member parliament. Orbán conceded defeat, calling it “painful,” as record turnout hit nearly 80%. What was sold as a grassroots revolt against “corruption” and “illiberalism” looks far more like a coordinated elite operation to drag Hungary back into the EU’s suffocating embrace. This isn’t just a Hungarian story; it’s a flashing red alert for every nation fighting to preserve its sovereignty against globalist machine politics.
The real story behind this result is a classic elite betrayal of working families who once rallied behind Orbán’s unapologetic defense of borders, traditional values, and resistance to endless migrant invasions and Brussels diktats. Magyar’s Tisza outfit, dressed up as “centre-right” and “pro-reform,” promises to “bolster the rule of law” and unlock frozen EU billions—code for surrendering Hungary’s hard-won independence on migration, family policy, and foreign affairs. Orbán built a bulwark against demographic replacement, gender ideology, and Ukraine war escalation that threatened to bleed Europe dry. Now, with high turnout fueled by anti-Orbán mobilization and possible foreign-backed campaigns, that wall is cracking. They—the Davos crowd, EU bureaucrats, and their media allies—painted Orbán as an authoritarian boogeyman while ignoring how his policies protected Hungarian workers from the cheap labor floods and cultural erosion devastating Western Europe. This shift reeks of the same globalist playbook we’ve seen time and again: undermine leaders who put citizens first, install pliable figures who prioritize “European values” over national survival.
The consequences for everyday Hungarians—and the broader populist movement—could be dire if this new regime follows through. Expect a rapid pivot toward open-border policies lite, accelerated EU integration that funnels sovereignty to unelected officials in Brussels, and a rollback of pro-family incentives that kept Hungary’s birth rates from total collapse. Hungarian families already squeezed by inflation and energy costs from green fantasies will face more “reforms” that benefit multinational corporations while eroding national identity. On the world stage, this weakens the America First alliance; Orbán stood as a rare European voice skeptical of forever wars and mass migration pacts that hurt American workers too. A pro-EU supermajority in Budapest hands globalists a propaganda win, signaling that even resilient populists can be toppled through relentless pressure, funding, and narrative control. For the U.S., it’s a reminder that our own battles against Big Tech censorship, bureaucratic overreach, and demographic swamping demand eternal vigilance—Trump’s return notwithstanding.
Patriots must treat Hungary’s fall as a cautionary tale, not a death knell. What needs to happen now is a fierce counter-mobilization: expose the foreign influences and elite capture behind Magyar’s rise, double down on securing borders and sovereignty wherever populists hold ground, and reject any “moderate” surrender that trades short-term EU cash for long-term national suicide. America First means learning from this—strengthen election integrity, rally working-class voters against cultural Marxism, and back leaders who refuse to bend the knee to globalist overlords. Hungary showed that high turnout can be weaponized against defenders of the nation; we must ensure ours delivers victories for citizens, not Davos. The fight for Western civilization isn’t over, but complacency invites exactly this kind of betrayal. Time to wake up, organize, and push back harder than ever before.
In a fiery Truth Social post this week, President Donald Trump unloaded on four prominent conservative voices—Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, Alex Jones, and Megyn Kelly—calling them “low IQ,” “stupid people,” “nut jobs,” “troublemakers,” and “losers” who aren’t real MAGA. The trigger? Their vocal opposition to U.S. military escalation against Iran, which critics frame as part of a broader joint U.S.-Israeli campaign in the region. Trump spent hundreds of words attacking them while insisting his actions align with keeping nuclear weapons out of Iran’s hands, the number one state sponsor of terror.
The attacks were personal. Trump mocked Jones over his Sandy Hook-related bankruptcy, jabbed at Owens’ past comments on Brigitte Macron, questioned Carlson’s education, and dismissed them all as irrelevant podcast hosts chasing publicity. In response, Owens quipped it might be time to “put Grandpa up in a home.” Jones suggested Trump had changed and prayed for him to be freed from “demonic influences,” while Carlson has repeatedly called Trump a “slave” to Israel, arguing the war serves Israeli interests over America First.
On the surface, this looks like a messy MAGA civil war: Trump, once boosted by these influencers, now turning on them over foreign policy. But zoom out, and a sharper pattern emerges. Trump’s willingness to take the punch—alienating loud voices in his own coalition—functions like reverse psychology. By drawing a hard line and inviting the inevitable backlash, he spotlights the very issues his critics obsess over: Israel’s influence on U.S. policy, AIPAC-style lobbying, donor pressures (think Miriam Adelson’s past contributions), and accusations of “Zionist control” over decisions from embassy moves to strikes on Iranian targets.
The Feud in Context
These critics didn’t start the fight in a vacuum. Carlson has questioned whether Israel is “blackmailing” Trump or holding leaders “enslaved,” framing U.S. involvement in the Iran conflict as contrary to America First promises. Owens has accused Trump of betraying troops for Israel, warned of false flags, and tied various events to Zionist lobbying. Jones has echoed themes of external “influences” pulling strings. Their pushback intensified as Trump defended actions against Iran, with some alleging the timing and scope served Netanyahu’s agenda more than strict U.S. interests.
Trump’s response? Instead of ignoring or quietly sidelining them, he amplified the rift with over-the-top rhetoric. The result: millions of eyes now glued to the debate. Every reply from Jones, Owens, or Carlson recirculates claims about undue foreign influence, Epstein files speculation (often laced with conspiracy), Adelson donations, and the broader “Israel lobby.” What was once fringe muttering in echo chambers becomes mainstream conservative infighting—broadcast on X, podcasts, and news cycles.
This isn’t subtle. Trump has a long history of transactional deal-making, including strong pro-Israel moves in his first term (Jerusalem embassy, Abraham Accords, Golan recognition) that pleased evangelical bases and certain donors while advancing what he saw as U.S. leverage. He’s also repeatedly warned against endless wars and nation-building. By punching right on this fault line, he forces the “anti-Zionist” wing of MAGA to overplay their hand, turning abstract gripes into concrete examples of division.
Mastercraft or Self-Sabotage?
Call it masterful political jiu-jitsu or chaotic disruption—Trump absorbs the hits to expose fractures. Critics on one side see him “caving” to neocons, donors, or Israeli security needs against a nuclear Iran. On the other, his base loyalists view the influencers as grifters who abandoned him the moment policy got tough, prioritizing isolationism over confronting terror sponsors. Either way, the spectacle drags Zionist influence, lobbying power, dual-loyalty whispers, and Middle East entanglements into the open for public dissection.
- Pro-Trump read: He’s prioritizing American security (no Iranian nukes) and calling out disloyal voices who bash him while riding his coattails. The feud proves he’s not controlled—he’s fighting on multiple fronts.
- Critics’ read: The attacks confirm external pressures overriding campaign rhetoric, with Trump “mad that he got set up by Israel.”
- Neutral observer: Regardless of who’s “right” on Iran policy, the infighting spotlights real questions about foreign aid, lobbying transparency, and whether U.S. decisions should ever prioritize another nation’s survival over domestic priorities like borders and debt.
Trump’s brand has always been willingness to brawl in public, even with allies. He takes the punch knowing it generates attention, frames the narrative, and lets opponents reveal their priorities. Here, by escalating against popular podcasters, he ensures debates over “Zionism” vs. strategic alliances, influence ops, and America First consistency dominate the discourse. The louder the backlash, the more those topics—usually confined to niche corners—flood timelines and force ordinary voters to confront them.
Whether this is deliberate 4D chess or raw instinct, the effect is the same: exposure. The feud isn’t hiding Israeli or Zionist sway; it’s thrusting it under the spotlight for millions to judge. Trump’s history suggests he bets on his base seeing strength in the fight, not weakness in the fray. In a polarized media age, taking the punch while the critics swing wildly may be the ultimate way to make the underlying tensions impossible to ignore.
The right is splintering in real time. How it resolves will say as much about U.S. foreign policy priorities as it does about Trump’s unique style of disruption. One thing is clear: no one’s looking away.
Texas AG Ken Paxton Sues ActBlue (Democrat Funding Machine)
Populist Warning: Hungary’s Nationalist Fortress Falls
Trump’s Reverse Psychology to Expose Zionism
Strait of America
