For a father to defend his children is the most natural thing on earth. To weaponize the power of the federal government against this nature is the very opposite of what our forefathers brought forth on this continent. Indeed, it is a twisted perversion of our founders’ vision, but that is what happened to Scott Smith and Mark Houck at the hands of President Joe Biden’s woke and weaponized Department of Justice. And that is why we invited them to the State of the Union forcing Biden to face the victims of his disgusting abuses of power.
Democratic city mayors continue to complain about astronomical police overtime expenditures and dismal recruiting numbers in the post-George Floyd era of unrest. But this is a Frankenstein monster of the "progressive" Left’s own making. For the past two years, leftist activists have relentlessly vilified law enforcement and pushed policies to strip them of their funding and authority. So it’s no mystery why many are retiring or leaving hostile jurisdictions for a more hospitable environment in the suburbs.
On Aug. 31, the Biden administration’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released a 300-page proposed rule aimed at expanding Obamacare’s fast-track Medicaid enrollment policies, fostering even greater dependency on government. Specifically, the proposed rule would expedite Medicaid enrollment and limit eligibility reviews, making it easier for ineligible people to continue receiving benefits. This rule will mean more people on public programs, greater costs, and fewer safeguards in place to protect the program from waste, fraud, and abuse. This express lane rule should be stopped in its tracks.
Last year, while many people were focused on the pandemic, the United States experienced another crisis. Our nation recorded the most overdose deaths in its history, most of which were caused by a drug called fentanyl. In fact, every 8.57 minutes, a U.S. citizen dies from an accidental overdose fueled by fentanyl. The drug is now the leading cause of death for Americans aged 18-45 killing more young adults than car crashes, suicides, and COVID-19.