“This was the object of the Declaration of Independence. Not to find out new principles, or new arguments, never before thought of, not merely to say things which had never been said before; but to place before mankind the common sense of the subject, in terms so plain and firm as to command their assent, and to justify ourselves in the independent stand we are compelled to take. Neither aiming at originality of principle or sentiment, nor yet copied from any particular and previous writing, it was intended to be an expression of the American mind, and to give to that expression the proper tone and spirit called for by the occasion.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1825)
"But what do we mean by the American Revolution? Do we mean the American war? The Revolution was effected before the war commenced. The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people; a change in their religious sentiments, of their duties and obligations.... This radical change in the principles, opinions, sentiments, and affections of the people was the real American Revolution." — John Adams
Trump Is a Terrible Tyrant
This isn’t going to sit well with the Nazi King crowd.
Fresh off their failed efforts to convince the American people that Donald Trump is a goose-stepping version of George III, the Democrats have been hit by yet another salvo of unassailable facts. As it turns out, Donald Trump is the opposite of a dictator, and the numbers bear this out.
We find these facts in The Federal Register, a document that might fairly be described as the daily diary of Big Government’s depredations on our Essential Liberty. Indeed, the Register is the official journal of the agency rules, proposed rules, and public notices of the federal government. And its pages are, right now, being churned out at a record low pace.
Facts are stubborn things.
“It’s July 1, mid-year 2025,” begins Wayne Crews at Forbes. “The federal regulatory landscape has undergone a dramatic transformation. After years of relentless compounding of federal rules and regulations and Federal Register pages — capped by Joe Biden’s self-proclaimed ‘whole-of-government’ executive actions on the likes of DEI, ESG, net-zero and the ‘care economy’ — conventioal [sic] federal regulation as we have known it has largely stopped.”
How can this be? you ask. And rightly so. After all, ever since Donald Trump’s return to the White House, you’ve been buried beneath a deluge of mainstream media reporting about his authoritarian despotism, his monarchical tendencies, his rank Third Reichishness.
These are lies. James Freeman at The Wall Street Journal piles on: “At the risk of ruining his media reputation as an authoritarian, Mr. Trump now appears to be setting a modern record in avoiding telling Americans what to do. Specifically his administration appears to be imposing far fewer rules than its recent predecessors. What’s more, even when Mr. Trump does issue a directive, it’s often simply to tell Americans that they no longer have to follow another directive previously issued by someone else.”
Dude is the worst Nazi ever. The worst authoritarian ever. In fact, when it comes to deregulation, Donald Trump is the OG — the Original Gangster. Recall that soon after taking office, after the dust from his initial flurry of executive orders had begun to settle, Trump issued a directive stating that for any agency to put forth a new rule, regulation, or guidance, it must first finger “at least 10 existing rules, regulations, or guidance documents to be repealed.”
Read more {here}.
June jobs report exceeds expectations: Economists keep warning that Donald Trump's policies are leading to an economic slowdown that fails to materialize month after month. Predictions for the June jobs report included unemployment ticking up from 4.2% to 4.3% and the addition of only 115,000 jobs. Once again, Democrats were disappointed by reality this morning when the numbers showed that unemployment had ticked down to 4.1% and 147,000 jobs had been added. Government employment accounted for most of the growth, adding 73,000 jobs even while DOGE-related projects cut 7,000 jobs in June. Manufacturing and business services experienced a decline of 14,000 jobs, while education, health, hospitality, and construction accounted for most of the remaining growth.
June jobs report exceeds expectations: Economists keep warning that Donald Trump's policies are leading to an economic slowdown that fails to materialize month after month. Predictions for the June jobs report included unemployment ticking up from 4.2% to 4.3% and the addition of only 115,000 jobs. Once again, Democrats were disappointed by reality this morning when the numbers showed that unemployment had ticked down to 4.1% and 147,000 jobs had been added. Government employment accounted for most of the growth, adding 73,000 jobs even while DOGE-related projects cut 7,000 jobs in June. Manufacturing and business services experienced a decline of 14,000 jobs, while education, health, hospitality, and construction accounted for most of the remaining growth.
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