YEP. IT MAKES US FARM ANIMALS:  I’ve had a change of heart on federal income tax. On the surface, it’s just a way for the government to generate revenue—it has to get its funding from somewhere. But I now see that the method of taxation itself fundamentally alters the relationship between the government and its people.

For the X-impaired.

THEY UNDERESTIMATE OUR APPETITE FOR LIBERAL TEARS:  Cry me a river.

ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, AI IS NOTHING TO GET EXCITED ABOUT…  Using Tools Wisely.

Because of when and where I grew up, I remember when ball point pens were the tech that would destroy the world. Radio was the tech that would destroy the world. And that was before TV and computers.  Chill. It’s a tool.

HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE NEIGHBORING STATES:  Hochul ruthlessly dismisses Garden State’s congestion pricing concerns: ‘What do we care what New Jersey thinks?

I’M NOT SURE WHAT “FA” STANDS FOR BUT AT A GUESS THE “A” IS FOR ALL:  What can Starmer offer the Don? Sweet FA.

WHEN DID DEMOCRATS REVERT TO BEING NATIVISM?  Dem Congresswoman: Musk Can’t Be Trusted Because He’s an Immigrant.

They’re spicy because he came here legally!

UP, DOWN, FORWARD, BACKWARD, AND SIDEWAYS:  WaPo’s Top Political Reporter Details How Dems Are Totally Screwed Right Now.

IT’S BEEN TIME FOR A WHILE:  It’s time to scrap the asylum system.

SHE WANTED VISIBILITY FOR THIS THREAD:  Before America was even born, and before there was even the first American, the Islamic world ruled at the time by the Ottoman Empire began a campaign of terror against the British of piracy and terror, taking thousands of British sailors and citizens hostage, enslaving them, and demanding high ransom. For two centuries since the late 1500’s, the British didn’t fully fight back and would pay the highest ransom for the release of many hostages and for the protection of various of the Barbary nations.

“FORCED” TO RELEASE HIM UNDER OBAMA, AND NOBODY HAS GOTTEN MEXICO TO GIVE QUINTERO BACK. BUT TRUMP MANAGES IT AFTER A MONTH BACK IN OFFICE:  Mexico sends drug lord Caro Quintero and 28 others to the US as officials meet with Trump team.

I’m torn between ‘nature is healing’ and ‘funny how that happens.’

IT’S BEEN KNOWN FOR 100 YEARS THAT MASKS DON’T WORK:  If “masks work”, why don’t they work? New research suggests the reason.

IT’S AN UGLY TRUTH:  The Truth About ‘Woke’ (It’s a Video).

IT’S MORE THAN HIGH TIME. NO ARISTOCRACY OF BIRTH MEANS NO PREFERENCES FOR CHARACTERISTICS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH COMPETENCE:  If this happens, it’s a long time coming.

ME TOO:  “I’ve Had it Up to Here” .

THE ENSLAVED “PIG-BUTCHERING” SCAMMERS IN MYANMAR ARE BEING FREED:   ‘I need help’: Freed from Myanmar’s scam centres, thousands are now stranded.

THEY HAVE A LOT OF EXPLAINING TO DO:  Holding Government Accountable.

IOW, it’s time the boss came home. And we’re the boss!

IT’S TAKEN HER LONG ENOUGH:  Fired CBS News reporter Catherine Herridge reveals photos of files on Hunter Biden, COVID origins seized by network: ‘Attack on investigative journalism’.

SHOULD BE INTERESTING:  Shiri Bibas’ Family Is Suing Al-Jazeera.

MERIT-BASED HIRING? THAT’S CRAZY TALK!  Pam Bondi Dismisses Biden-Era DEI Lawsuits Involving Merit-Based Hiring of Firefighters, Cops.

THEY’VE AN ODD STANDARD OF HARM:  Do No Harm: What Is Wrong With the American Academy of Pediatrics?

THIS … IS CNN:  How CNN Framed Trump’s Economic Performance Is Ridiculous.

IF THOSE CHATS HAD ACTUALLY BEEN SECRET THERE’D BE NO CAUSE FOR FIRING:   Reports: Tulsi Gabbard Prepares to Fire Intel Employees Who Participated in Secret Sex Chats.

BUT I’D BEEN RELIABLY ADVISED TRUMP WAS ALIENATING OTHER NATIONS:  Victor Ponta: I Can Work With President Trump To Make Romania and Europe Great.

REMEMBER THEY LIE: Don’t Fall For It.

YOU’D BETTER LEARN TO SWIM OR YOU’LL SINK LIKE A STONE:  Jeff Bezos Says Washington Post Opinion Page Will Focus on ‘Personal Liberties and Free Markets’.

For the times, they are achanging.  Well, the Post. The Times is a different thing.