Big Wins for Free Speech & for Babies – Top 3 Takeaways – April 30th, 2026
Takeaway #1: The Left in a nutshell
Quick question for you. Do you approve of racial discrimination? Should we enact public policy on the basis of racial discrimination? Dumb questions, right? When I dug into research attempting to find data of how many Americans approved of racial discrimination of racial discrimination here’s what I came up with, including the assistance of multiple AI tools to attempt to find any data I may have missed... There isn’t any credible polling showing that a meaningful percentage of Americans explicitly approve of racial discrimination. When surveys ask that question directly in clear terms like “is it acceptable to discriminate based on race?”, support is typically very close to zero, or so small it’s not even reported as a major category. That, in theory, is how dumb of a question it actually is. Except that time and time again we see an entire major political party and all of its Leftist political entities like the NAACP, League of Women Voters, varying unions, etc. legally fighting in favor of racial discrimination. Yesterday the Supreme Court issued the most recent ruling that racial discrimination shouldn’t be used as a mechanism to establish congressional districts. In the case challenging Louisiana’s redrawn congressional map from 2024 – which used the Voting Rights Act as the basis for gerrymandering an additional majority black congressional district within the state – by a 6-3 ruling (along perceived ideological lines) the map was struck down. The prevailing opinion authored by Justice Alito stated this: Compliance with Section 2 (The Voting Rights Act) thus could not justify the State’s use of race-based redistricting here. This is the Left in a nutshell. The Voting Rights Act was established to ensure equality. But rather than equality, the Left has historically sought and continues to seek to use it to interject racially discriminatory policies. In other words, while almost on one says that racially discriminatory policies are acceptable, the moment that those on the political Left see an opportunity to advance racially discriminatory policies they feel could benefit them politically they’re all about it. It’s apropos that this ruling came out while our country was being visited by an actual King representing the very crown that our country liberated itself from 250 years ago. As I highlighted yesterday - The irony behind the No Kings hypocrisy couldn’t have been on greater display than what we didn’t see (organized protests), which should be an obvious indication of what the fraudulent No Kings movement is all about. The Left proclaims to be opposed to kings, unless it’s an actual (and conveniently left leaning) king – one who presides over a country where 33 “speech” arrests are made on average per day – because in England you don’t have freedom of speech, especially if it has a conservative or libertarian bend. But none of this should come as a surprise when the Left is a movement that rejects faith and morality and fights for killing babies in the womb. When you’re willing to do that, what aren’t you willing to do or at least support others doing (i.e. actual and attempted assassinations of your political adversaries)? Speaking of which, both of those tie into today’s...
Takeaway #2: A Pro Life & Free Speech Win
Freedom of expression isn’t only under attack in England, or on liberal college campuses. Increasingly blue states have undertaken chilling steps to threaten freedom of expression they don’t agree with. On Wednesday the Supreme Court ruled that the state of New Jersey violated the 1st Amendment rights of the First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, which provide Christian-based prolife counseling services to pregnant women. The state of New Jersey launched an investigation into the counseling centers alleging that the pro-life services they provided amounted to consumer fraud. The investigation sought to intimidate the counseling centers and the donors which funded operations. As Justice Gorsuch stated in the unanimous decision: An official demand for private donor information is enough to discourage reasonable individuals from associating with a group. It is enough to discourage groups from expressing dissident views. Over and again, we have held those demands burden the exercise of First Amendment rights. Undeterred New Jersey’s Attorney General had this to say: Today’s procedural decision holds only that First Choice can pursue its challenge to our subpoena, not that its challenge should prevail. New Jersey law makes clear that nonprofits cannot deceive or defraud New Jerseyans. … We look forward to defending our subpoena in court. We will continue to enforce our fraud laws without fear or favor. There once was a time when even most Democrats would agree that abortions should be at most rare and a last resort. Anymore, not only doesn’t the party all room for any pro-life views the very resources – but Democrats will use the full weight of government resources to attempt to intimidate and eliminate resources to help young women struggling with a pregnancy decision. The definition of evil is this: morally wrong or bad; immoral; wicked. Riddle me this. How are the actions of Democrats seeking to silence prolife counseling centers not this? How are abortions not that?
Takeaway #3: It’s not ‘Too Late’
Something else that took place yesterday involved President Trump’s least favorite Fed head, Chairman Jerome Powell. First, President Trump’s nominee to replace Powell was voted out of committee and is cleared for a full senate vote where he’s positioned to be confirmed. Second, Jerome Powell who will no longer be the fed head on May 15th, announced he’s going to stay around to serve out his full term. As I recently explained...Powell was confirmed by the senate to a term as a Federal Reserve Governor until 2028. Some had wondered if he might stick around at the Fed to perhaps be a torn in the side of the President’s preferred path for Federal Reserve policies...yesterday he confirmed, in so many words, that would be the case. Talk about Too Late...