The federal tax-credit scholarship program, also called the Education Freedom Tax Credit, allows taxpayers to reduce their tax bill, but, governors have to opt in to the program. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Why Blue States (except for two) are afraid of the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit (FSTC),
Unions and control of who gets the money are the main reasons that 20 other states haven’t opted in the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit (FSTC).
Also, here’s what scares them when the money goes to private schools. Private schools report higher graduation and achievement levels nationwide.
Only New York and Colorado have opted in from the blue states. Under the guidelines, individual taxpayers can receive a dollar-for-dollar federal income tax credit of up to $1,700 for donations made to Scholarship Granting Organizations (SGOs). These organizations then distribute the funds to families with incomes up to 300% of their area’s median gross income, helping them cover private tuition, tutoring, or specialized educational services.
Colorado Governor Jared Polis became the first Democrat to break ranks, opting his state into the program in January 2026. Polis dismissed critics at the time, telling local media he “would be crazy not to” join, noting the credit would empower parents to afford after-school or summer programs that were previously out of reach.
We see that the left didn’t learn from what Virginia tried. They now want to do another redistricting map to create more Democrat districts.
Unbelievable that they are saying that the gerrymandered black districts will remain. If New York succeeds again in forcing a new congressional map in 2026, it will be the fourth district change since 2021.
What the undocumented worker makes. And the taxes they pay.
Of course, companies benefit on hiring the undocumented. Some pay taxes but many do not. When they do pay taxes, it’s way less than documented orUS CITIZENS.
Worker Type
Avg Hourly Wage
Annual Income
Income Tax Owed
Payroll Tax (7.65%)
Total Federal Taxes Paid
Undocumented Worker
$12.50–$16.00
$26,000–$33,280
$990–$1,718
$1,989–$2,547
$2,979–$4,265
Documented Immigrant
$20.50–$22.00
$42,640–$45,760
$3,174–$3,558
$3,262–$3,503
$6,436–$7,061
U.S.-Born Worker
$23.11
$48,069
$3,948
$3,678
$7,626
💼 Why Employers Hire Undocumented Workers
This is the uncomfortable but central truth:
Undocumented labor is cheaper, more compliant, and less protected.
Employers benefit because:
They avoid payroll taxes
They avoid benefits
They avoid labor regulations
Workers are less likely to report violations
This creates a dual labor market:
Employers and progressives claim that the undocumented sometimes pay taxes. Look at the wage difference below.
What happens when you don’t support mutilation or killing of babies? Your commencement speech gets cancelled.
South Carolina Republicans are pushing to strip funding from the state’s only public HBCU after the university rescinded Republican Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette’s commencement invitation following student protests and security concerns.
The SEIU declares war on California’s tax base — and its economy.
by Bruce Bialosky.
Unions sometimes destroy entire industries when they demand more than companies can afford.
In California, the union demanding a “billionaire tax” might just destroy the state itself.
The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is one of the country’s most powerful unions, representing government workers. Its California branch is the SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West.
Its president, Dave Regan, is the principal organizer behind the “2026 Billionaire Tax Act,” which said this week that it has collected twice the number of signatures necessary to qualify for a statewide vote.
Though the California secretary of state has yet to review and approve the initiative, it looks like the “billionaire tax” will be on the ballot on Nov. 3.
The SEIU is one of the country’s most powerful unions representing government workers. San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images
We don’t know how much the union spent to put the tax on the ballot. That will be released by the secretary of state when it has officially approved the initiative.
What we do know is that the union likely spent a huge amount, both in hard cash and staff time, with expenditures drawing on various union funds.
The SEIU’s motivation is simple: 90% of the money that would be collected by the “billionaire tax” would be designated for health care spending. In other words, it benefits the union and its members directly.
The SEIU is pursuing that money, notwithstanding recent disclosures of significant fraud in California health care programs, including Medi-Cal, the local version of Medicaid.
After the Trump administration started examining fraud in hospices, California Attorney General Rob Bonta jumped into the act and discovered $267 million of Medi-Cal fraud in the hospice program. Bonta stated that over the last decade, such fraud amounted to $1.5 billion.
We can all imagine what the real fraud level is, across all of the state’s public health programs.
In effect, the unions are attacking California’s tax base. An unknown number of billionaires have already relocated out of the state. Some have done it very publicly — among them Larry Page, Mark Zuckerberg, Sergey Brin, Larry Ellison, and Peter Thiel. The amount of wealth that left with them is in the ballpark of $1 trillion. (That represents $50 billion in lost revenue under the proposed new tax.)
The SEIU’s motivation is simple: 90% of the money that would be collected by the “billionaire tax” would be designated for health care spending. In other words, it benefits the union and its members directly. AFP via Getty Images
It is the undisclosed departures that may do the real damage. We don’t know about them, and will not know for some time.
Most of those leaving have a residence in other states, including states with no income tax, and have been working overtime with their lawyers and accountants to make sure their official residence is not in California.
To evade California residency, they may have to show that they have a driver’s license from another state; that they get their medical care there; and even that they attend a house of worship there.
(My money is on the tax pros versus the California bureaucrats on that issue.)
We are already seeing the devastating results of the SEIU’s gambit, regardless of whether the billionaire tax actually passes.
In 2024, California collected $129 billion in personal income tax. The top 1% pay 40% of that. The state stands to lose annual revenues of $13 billion if just 25% of those people vacate.
That does not include the revenue from the businesses and employees they are taking with them, which could easily hit $25 billion in the first year.
The SEIU has estimated that a “one-time” 5% tax on wealth will produce $100 billion in revenue. You don’t have to be a financial wizard to realize that will never happen.
Dave Regan, is the principal organizer behind the “2026 Billionaire Tax Act” membersunited4strength.org
That is because every time we are told that a “new source” of revenue will produce a claimed amount, the true amount is never even close to what they project.
The billionaires who do remain in California will also be hiring attorneys and accountants to hide or devalue their assets and assure that they pay as little of the new tax as possible.
You’d better believe they are planning that already. None of them has the cash on hand to pay the prescribed 5% of their net worth. They could be forced to liquidate assets, including their stock of California-based companies.
That will drive down asset values for the billionaires — and also for all of the employees and all the California residents who hold the stocks in their 401(k) accounts.
Economic harm will spread among the residents of the state and boomerang, causing even less tax revenue to be collected.
All this to pay more into government health care programs riddled with fraud, and to punish people for creating jobs and wealth for people throughout California and the country.
The SEIU’s billionaire tax could impoverish California for generations. No billionaire comes close to that kind of destructive greed.
Bruce Bialosky, a former presidential appointee, is a certified public accountant specializing in taxes.
Without any bias tell me what went wrong with Bidens COVID policies.
I asked the above question of CoPilot. The Microsoft leftist AI. It’s response. Nothing was edited. You make the call.
Overpromising on vaccines and “back to normal”
Shifting message: Early framing implied vaccines would largely stop infection and transmission, then reality (Delta, Omicron) forced a pivot to “prevents severe disease.” That shift damaged trust.
Polarizing rhetoric: Phrases like “pandemic of the unvaccinated” were seen as stigmatizing and politically divisive, making later persuasion harder.
Underplaying uncertainty: Communication often sounded more certain than the underlying science, so reversals (on boosters, masks, etc.) felt like incompetence or dishonesty.
School reopening and learning loss
Slow, cautious reopening in many blue districts: Biden campaigned on reopening schools, but CDC guidance was widely viewed as overly influenced by teachers’ unions and risk‑averse, leading to prolonged closures in many places.
Uneven national picture: Some states were fully open while others stayed remote or hybrid far longer, contributing to large learning losses and mental‑health impacts, especially for lower‑income kids.
No clear national line in the sand: The administration never drew a firm, simple standard like “schools stay open except in extreme circumstances,” so local officials defaulted to caution and conflict.
Testing and surveillance failures
Winter 2021–22 test shortage: The administration was slow to anticipate the Omicron wave’s demand for rapid tests; shelves were empty just as cases exploded.
Regulatory drag: FDA and other agencies were criticized for slow approval and scaling of rapid tests, leaving the U.S. behind some peer countries.
Fragmented data: Case, hospitalization, and wastewater data remained patchy and inconsistent across states, limiting clear national situational awareness.
Mandates and legal overreach
OSHA vaccine‑or‑test rule: The broad workplace mandate was struck down by the Supreme Court, showing the administration had stretched legal authority too far.
Federal contractor and healthcare mandates: These survived in narrower form but triggered workforce losses in some sectors and hardened political opposition.
Backlash vs. benefit: Mandates likely increased vaccination in some groups, but they also deepened polarization, fed conspiracy narratives, and made later public‑health messaging less credible to skeptics.
Inconsistent and confusing rules
Masks on planes vs. elsewhere: Mask mandates persisted on airplanes and in airports long after many other settings dropped them, creating a sense of arbitrary rules rather than risk‑based policy.
Travel and border policies: International testing and entry rules lagged behind changing risk, and were often confusing and poorly explained.
Changing CDC guidance: Quarantine and isolation rules were revised multiple times; even when scientifically justified, the communication was muddled and widely mocked.
Underinvestment in non‑pharmaceutical tools
Ventilation and filtration: The administration talked about ventilation but never made it as central or as visible as vaccines and masks—no simple, national “clean air” standard or branding.
High‑quality masks: Distribution of free high‑filtration masks (N95/KN95) came late and never reached the same scale or clarity as vaccine campaigns.
Risk‑stratified guidance: There was little clear, simple messaging for different risk groups (e.g., “if you’re older or high‑risk, here’s your playbook”), leaving many to fend for themselves.
Therapeutics rollout problems
Paxlovid confusion: When antivirals became available, eligibility rules, drug interactions, and access pathways were poorly communicated; many high‑risk people never got them in time.
Provider hesitancy: Doctors and clinics were slow to prescribe due to unclear guidance and fear of side effects or interactions.
Equity gaps: Access to treatments and monoclonal antibodies was uneven, with better‑resourced areas often doing better than poorer or rural communities.
Data transparency and “end of emergency” messaging
Shifting metrics: Moving from case counts to hospitalizations and then to more limited dashboards felt to many like “hiding the ball,” even when justified by changing conditions.
Wind‑down of free tools: As the public health emergency ended, free testing, vaccines, and treatments became more complicated to access, and the messaging around that shift was not clear.
Public fatigue unmanaged: The administration never really reset the narrative into a coherent “long‑term COVID strategy” the public could understand; instead, things just quietly faded into the background.
Equity and trust gaps
Booster and treatment disparities: Despite strong equity rhetoric, booster uptake and treatment access lagged in many minority and low‑income communities.
Trust in institutions: Frequent changes, legal defeats, and partisan framing eroded trust in CDC, FDA, and federal health leadership among both skeptics and some supporters.
Politicization of expertise: Experts were often perceived as aligned with one political side, making it harder to land nuanced messages later
J6criminal? Cassidy Hutchinson / screen image January 6 testimony
Finally going after a J6 alleged criminal.
The NY Times is reporting that The Justice Department has assigned its civil rights division to investigate Cassidy Hutchinson, a former White House aide who outraged President Trump four years ago after her testimony before Congress implicated him in the violence that erupted at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, according to four people familiar with the matter.
If true, it’s about time that the actual criminals of J6 are brought to Justice.
According to the Times, Hutchinson’s testimony was contradicted by several other witnesses who were actually there.
The vehicle in question was the presidential SUV known as “The Beast” — a heavily modified Cadillac used by the Secret Service for the president’s transport. Based on its physical layout, it would have been extremely difficult, if not impossible, for Donald Trump to reach the steering wheel from his seat.
Vehicle configuration and constraints:
The president rides in the rear compartment, separated from the driver by a bulletproof glass partition and reinforced panels.
Free Admission for Illinois Residents
To receive free Tuesday admission, Illinois residents must show valid proof of residency, such as: A photo ID An Illinois driver’s license A state ID A city‑issued ID This requirement is stated directly on the Obama Presidential Center’s website.
Obama Center to disenfranchise millions maybe tens of millions.
We are now hearing that the Obama Center will be disenfranchising millions or maybe even tens of millions of people of color. Word has it that you will need an ID for entrance. As you know, White Progressive Supremacists, MSM, and Democrat politicians are saying that minorities (especially blacks) aren’t capable of getting an ID.
Partial from the website. “Illinois residents must be able to provide proof of residency. Be prepared to show proof of residency at the Museum with a valid photo ID, Illinois driver’s license, state ID, or city‑issued ID.”
A real AG. Pam Bondi during the confirmation hearing.
I’m sorry but Bondi was screwed over.
The President threw her under the bus. 99% successful rate wasn’t good enough for him. I’m sorry but she did the best that she could. Below is part of her statement.
“Leading President Trump’s historic and highly successful efforts to make America safer and more secure has been the honor of a lifetime, and easily the most consequential first year of the Department of Justice in American history.
“Since February 2025, we have secured the lowest murder rate in 125 years, secured first-ever terrorism convictions against members of Antifa, shattered domestic and transnational gangs across the country, taken custody of more than 90 key cartel figures, and won 24 favorable rulings at the Supreme Court.
