Just the top Political News from the Desk of Peter Huessy

California Dreaming What the Golden State Messed Up

Mass Exodus – Blue States Lose 5 Million People in Largest U.S. Migration Wave ©Editorial credit: Perry McLeod / Shutterstock.

Economist Stephen Moore recently revealed in an interview shocking numbers surrounding “Blue State Dysphoria,” describing it as the most substantial mass migration in US history. The phenomenon is triggered by policies aiming to tax the rich, leading to a significant departure from states like California, New York, and Illinois. Victor Davis Hanson explains that those who have left California often contact him and say how free they feel having left.

“They may miss the weather and the beeches, but the folks that have left for Montana, Utah, Texas, Nevada, Florida tell me how great they can now easily buy shotgun shells,, defend their homes without going to jail, they don’t have to step in ^%%$#  on the sidewalk, don’t have to worry tax rates are going up to 13-14%, no bankrupt high speed rail, and they have escaped a state where 22% are in poverty, 50% are homeless, 33% of the nation’s welfare recipients and 50% of the illegal aliens, and where 40% of those visiting hospitals have diabetes.

Is the Suppression of Speech by the Government Unconstitutional? Supreme Court Unanimously Says Lawsuit Alleging Just That Can Go Forward.

The Supreme Court unanimously held Thursday that the National Rifle Association (NRA) “plausibly alleged” that a New York official violated its First Amendment rights, finding that government officials cannot “use the power of the State to punish or suppress disfavored expression.” The justices allowed the NRA to pursue its First Amendment claim against former superintendent of the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) Maria Vullo, vacating a lower court ruling that found the NRA failed to show Vullo “crossed the line between attempts to convince and attempts to coerce.” They held that the gun rights group has a plausible case that Vullo “violated the First Amendment by coercing regulated entities to terminate their business relationships with the NRA in order to punish or suppress gun-promotion advocacy.”

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Common Sense Wins (School Choice signed into law in Louisiana)

Baton Rouge, LA- Today, Senate Bill 313 which creates the Louisiana Giving All True Opportunity to Rise (LA GATOR) program passed the legislature and now heads to Governor Landry’s desk. It begins the phase-in of Education Scholarship Accounts (ESAs) for K-12 schools by the year 2025. 

ESA’s empower parents and students across our state to choose a learning environment that best fits their family’s needs and aligns with their values. “I made a pledge to enact bold change that improves our education system. Today, with the legislature’s help, we did just that. The LA Gator Program puts parents in the driver’s seat and gives every child the opportunity for a great education. When parents are committed to the value of their child’s education, government should never get in the way.

Stephen Moore looked up the latest annual figures from EIA and it checks out. Since 2019, Texas has in oil production beaten every country in the world besides Russia and Saudi Arabia: Note the sharp increase from 2017-2019 from a previous multi-decade decline. Average gas price under Trump was $2.35 a gallon; average price under Biden has been $3.58 a gallon. 

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Peter Huessy is a Member of the Montgomery County Republican Central Committee. Since 1981 he has been President of Geo-Strategic Analysis of Potomac, Maryland. He was a former special assistant to the Secretary of the Interior and consultant to the US Air Force.