Governors

A group of world-renowned doctors and medical experts who joined Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) for a panel discussion on COVID blasted the federal government’s response to the global pandemic, calling many of the policies “obscene, absurd, illogical and nonscientific.”

Glenn Youngkin has hit the ground running, wasting no time in beginning to implement the agenda that elected him in November. The new Virginia governor, a Republican businessman and first-time political candidate, prevailed in a state that had gone for Joe Biden by 10 points a year earlier.

Democratic governor Gavin Newsom has planned to use some of the state's budget surplus from federal COVID stimulus payments toward climate-related projects.

Reports indicate that Democrat-led areas are shying away from lockdowns over fear that they’ll lose upcoming elections.

Runaway house price inflation continues to characterize the U.S. market. House prices across the country rose 15.8% on average in October 2021 from the year before. U.S. house prices are far over their 2006 Bubble peak, and remain over the Bubble peak even after adjustment for consumer price inflation.

The governors of California and New Jersey this week activated National Guard troops to assist with their COVID-19 response.

"I will be chairman of a committee in the Senate. We will use the subpoena power to bring forth all the records."

There is quiet combat going on in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that may very well decide the future of the United States. If the America First team loses, we are unlikely to see a Republican President ever again.

While conservatives might have suffered through 2021 without former President Donald Trump in the White House, the year did unveil to America a silver lining: Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis holds a lot in common with Trump including the former president’s penchant for getting big things done.

We enter 2022 with the hope and optimism made possible only by the most clear-eyed assessment of reality.