No Census Reform, No Election Integrity
David Catron, The American Spectator
Is it really possible to reform the U.S. Census Bureau? This one agency employs nearly 4,300 people yet literally takes 14 years to plan and execute a single decennial census that lasts four months — from January 1 to April 1 — once every decade. No. Really. This absurdly protracted and inaccurate process would never be tolerated in any private sector enterprise that hopes to survive in the real world. Nor can the SAVE Act restore election integrity unless the  U.S. Census Bureau is also completely overhauled.

Tom Homan: How Many Angel Moms And Dads Has Sen. Van Hollen Met With In Maryland?
Tim Hains, Real Clear Politics
"Border czar" Tom Homan told ABC's "This Week" that what's really concerning to him about the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia is how Democratic Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen went to El Salvador to meet him while ignoring the chaos on the Southern border over the past four years and those murdered by illegal aliens in his own state. "What concerns me is Van Hollen never went to the border last four years under Joe Biden..." Homan said. "How many angel moms and dads has he met in the state of Maryland? That's what concerns me."

Republicans must resolve three conflicts to pass Trump’s agenda
Lindsey McPherson, Washington Times
The House and Senate finally adopted a unified budget blueprint a few weeks back. Now, Republicans are under pressure to negotiate more quickly through their differences as they decide what to include in the legislation committees plan to release in the coming weeks. Sweeping tax and spending cuts will be among the most difficult provisions to negotiate. Republicans are also planning to include a debt limit increase, energy policy changes and funding for border security, immigration enforcement and defense.

Trump sets new record with $239 million raised for inauguration committee
Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner
President Donald Trump raised a record-shattering $239 million for his inauguration festivities, buoyed by generous donations from large companies. The haul more than doubled his 2017 inauguration record of $107 million. Companies such as Amazon, Target, Meta, and JPMorganChase donated to Trump’s inaugural committee. The largest donations came from poultry producer Pilgrim’s, which gave $5 million, crypto company Ripple, which gave just under $5 million, and Warren Stephens, who gave $4 million and later became ambassador to Britain.

Do Elite Universities Really Wish to Fight the Federal Government?
Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness
If universities were smart, they would accept federal conditions to follow the law and protect the safety and interests of their own students. That way, they would restore their academic rigor and reputations, regain public support, and enhance meritocracy, the key to their former excellence. They could say they were "forced" to comply. Otherwise, at the present rate, employers, parents, and the public will make the necessary adjustments, and the brands once deemed the gold standard and prestigious will become mere dross.

The Sad Trombone Blows For Leticia James – Whomp! Whomp!
Kurt Schlichter, Townhall
The refusal to provide full and honest facts is a 20th-century flex that doesn’t work in a 21st-century media environment. There are no longer just three networks and two big newspapers that can conspire to keep the truth from the people. We’re going get the facts, even though they could once hide them. They have not internalized that reality yet. The leftist establishment is going to choose Leticia James as the hill to die on, which is just fine – it doesn’t matter where the leftist establishment dies as long as it dies.
 

The Masochistic Democrats Hate You — And Beg You to Hate Them Back
Scott McKay, The American Spectator
Sanity would dictate that a political party that seeks to win elections would be going about mitigating this impasse. Is that happening? To the contrary. It’s getting worse. Almost to the point of open warfare between the Democrat Party and ordinary America — or, if your reaction is that this war has been going on for a while, warfare on a scale and with a level of transparency we’ve not seen before. So be it. If suffering is what they want, then the folks we’ve elected to run the government ought to give it to them good and hard.