FEE’s Brad Polumbo writes, “For many people, the start of a new year is an opportunity for genuine self-reflection. If Democratic lawmakers take an honest look at 2021, the inescapable conclusion is that voters chose with their feet — and rejected high taxes.

A new analysis from the right-leaning Tax Foundation reaches this conclusion. Analyst Jared Walczak broke down U.S. Census Bureau data and reports that while the United States overall saw only minor population growth in 2021, there were very significant shifts in state populations as people relocated.

Taxes Matter…..Blue states are committing slow suicide.https://t.co/Ezug0O4VtS

— Grover Norquist (@GroverNorquist) January 9, 2022

The five states (counting Washington, D.C., for analysis purposes) that lost the most residents on net were Washington, D.C., New York, Illinois, Hawaii, and California. Meanwhile, the states that saw the biggest net gains in population were Idaho, Utah, Montana, Arizona, South Carolina, Delaware, Texas, Nevada, Florida, and North Carolina.

Notice a pattern? The states with population losses tend to be higher-tax states, while those that saw an influx of new residents tend to be lower-tax states.”

Read the entire column.

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PJ Media reports, “There is a quiet revolution happening across America and it could mark the beginning of the biggest spiritual, cultural, and political changes this country has seen since the Civil War.

Millions of Americans Are Getting ‘Fresh Starts’ in Red States. Here’s how to make sure they don’t screw it up. #politics #news #demographics #redstates #GOP #Trump https://t.co/NgL6bU41oj

— Mark Tapscott (@mtapscott) December 30, 2021

New data made public earlier this week by the U.S. Census Bureau makes clear that millions of Americans are leaving Blue high-tax, high-crime, high-COVID-mandate Democratic states and moving to Red Republican states where taxes are lower, the police aren’t being defunded, and churches still thrive.”

Read the entire story.

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FEE’s Jon Miltimore writes, “Last week New York Times video journalist Johnny Harris asked a simple question.

“What do Democrats actually do when they have all the power?”

This @nytimes video by @johnnywharris and @BCAppelbaum now has almost 4 million views.

Watch it if you haven’t yet to understand the problem with Blue States.https://t.co/Fn3VVFOJCC

— Jon Miltimore (@miltimore79) November 22, 2021

It turns out that 18 states in the US are effectively run by Democrats, who control both the executive and legislative branches. As Harris notes, Democratic leaders tend to blame Republicans for foiling their progressive plans, but that’s hardly the case in these 18 states where Republicans stand well away from the levers of power.

To answer his question—what do Democrats do when they have power?—Harris teamed up with Binyamin Appelbaum, the lead writer on business and economics on the Times editorial board and author of The Economists’ Hour.

What they found may surprise you.”

Read the entire column.

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The federal government should not be bribing states to adopt unconstitutional “red flag” laws that, without due process, deprive individuals of their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. pic.twitter.com/8JFaKYkki2

— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) September 15, 2021

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Biden says he plans to take ‘legal action’ against states that resist school mask mandates

The New York Times reported late Wednesday that President Joe Biden is planning on “taking possible legal action” against states where governors are resisting mask mandates in schools.

NYT reported, “President Biden, escalating his fight with Republican governors who are blocking local school districts from requiring masks to protect against the coronavirus, said Wednesday that his Education Department to would use its broad powers — including taking possible legal action — to deter states from barring universal masking in classrooms.”

10th Amendment intensifies. https://t.co/kViTR6bs6w

— Libertarian Mama ? (@LibertarianMama) August 18, 2021

“Mr. Biden said he directed Miguel Cardona, his education secretary, ‘to take additional steps to protect our children,’ including against governors who he said are ‘setting a dangerous tone’ in issuing executive orders banning masks mandates and have threatened to penalize school officials who defy them…”

NYT added, “Dr. Cardona said he would deploy the Education Department’s civil rights enforcement arm to investigate states that block universal masking.”

We have a Constitution. We have a Tenth Amendment that states clearly that powers not outlined in the Constitution as belonging to the federal government remain with the states.

Get ready for a fight, Joe.

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