Katie Miller (@KatieMiller)

When you’re taxed on what you own, what you earn, and what you buy and it’s spent in ways you don’t agree with — that’s not freedom. Nine states have no income tax: • 5 of them rank in the top 10 for GDP growth nationwide • 4 of them rank among the highest for net in-migration Reducing the number of taxes = freedom.

“My @Tesla buying experience was nothing like anything I’ve ever experienced before. Normally, when you buy a car, you go to a dealership, test drive the vehicle, haggle with the salesperson, and then deal with the finance team—which is usually way worse than the sales staff. I still remember one car I bought years ago that took a full six hours. It was miserable. “This time, I wasn’t even sure I was going to buy a Tesla. I just wanted to test drive one—I’d never even ridden in one before. I hadn’t looked at the Model Y much, though I saw them on the road all the time. Like a lot of gas-car drivers, I used to think EVs were kind of stupid. But over the years, Tesla’s infrastructure has improved so much that I decided it was worth checking out. “My current car was a 2020 Volvo that was starting to show its age. Even though I had promised my husband I’d keep it forever, maintenance was getting ridiculous. The 50,000-mile service alone cost around $800. So I booked a test drive appointment for 1:00 p.m. “At the center, a Tesla advisor drove me first to show me how Autopilot worked, then handed me the keys. I only drove for about 10 minutes, came back, and spent some time exploring all the car’s features. After that, I was sold. I wanted it. “Before going in, I had already checked Tesla’s trade-in offer on my Volvo and it was significantly better than what Carvana was quoting. The numbers made sense. All I had to do was fill out the finance application. The rate was an incredible 0.99%, and if I kept the loan the entire term, the total finance charges would only be about $800. That was a no-brainer. “I arrived at 1:00 p.m. and drove home in my new Tesla around 5:00 p.m. Most of that time wasn’t even at the Tesla center—I had to run home to eat, find my title, clean out my old car, talk to my husband, and head back. If I had done all that in advance and had the car cleared out with the title in hand, I probably would have been in and out in about an hour. “They also happened to have the exact model, color, and configuration I would have ordered on the spot. I didn’t have to wait for a custom build. “Super long rant, but that’s my Tesla car buying story!”

MARCO RUBIO ON USAID: “I'm actually very proud of the work we've done with USAID. For example, I don't regret cutting $10 million for male circumcisions in Mozambique. “I don't know how that makes us stronger and more prosperous as a nation. “We spent $227,000 for Big Cat's YouTube channel from USAID. “We spent $14,000,000 for social cohesion in Mali, whatever the hell that means.”

Here's what @DOGE found the USAID money was being spent on: • $4.8 million to Ukraine’s public affairs office in Kyiv to fund social media influencers. • $2.1 million to Paraguay to “enhance” their border security. • Ukrainian women-led designers to fly to the Paris Fashion Show. • $2 million on transgender surgeries, hormone therapy, and gender-affirming care in Guatemala. • $3 million to promote “girl-centric climate action” in Brazil. • $25,000 for a transgender opera in Colombia. • $32,000 in Peru for a comic book featuring a “Trans hero” to tackle social and mental health issues. • $20,000 for a DEI-promoting drag theater show in Ecuador. • $20 million for a new Sesame Street show in Iraq. • $6 million to boost “sustainable tourism” in Egypt—plus $50 million for Tunisia’s tourism. • $87.9 million to help Afghans “farm”—which just happened to include poppy fields. • $70,000 for a live musical event promoting Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in Ireland. • Over $54 million funneled to EcoHealth Alliance—the group linked to the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the likely origins of COVID. • $15 million to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan for oral contraceptives and condoms.

CHARLIE HURT: “@elonmusk, a guy born in South Africa, traveled across the world through Canada to get to America because he believed in the future and in what you could do in America. “Of course, all of his efforts involved enormous failure that he had to push through. Everyone was always betting against him. “Yet he defied not only all the odds, but many of his own heroes who said, ‘No, you can’t do private space exploration.’ And he said, ‘Yeah, I think I can. I’m gonna do it.’”

RILEY GAINES ON BIRTH CONTROL: “So I was on birth control in college, but only because — as a swimmer — you can imagine it’s not exactly comfortable to bleed in a sport like that. The bathing suits are pretty revealing, and we’re in the water six hours a day. “I got on it specifically to stop my period entirely. Looking back now at 26, if I could go back and tell 18- or 19-year-old me anything, I would absolutely tell her not to do that. “I just had a pretty comprehensive health screening — blood work, cancer screenings, the works. One of the only things the doctors flagged was that I had super low bone density. I thought that was strange because I lift weights, which should promote bone growth. So I asked the doctor what could cause it. “She asked if I had been on birth control that let me skip my periods. When I said yes, she told me that was likely the cause. She said it’s good that we caught it now — I’m young and healthy, so I can work to build it back up — but if I had stayed on it longer, it could have really hurt me in the long term.”

Australia’s fertility rate has plummeted. They’ve hit the lowest rate in history at 1.48 — well below the 2.1 replacement rate. The average age of mothers was 25 in 1971, and now it’s 32. This is a human catastrophe.

As someone who doesn’t normally believe all women, I believe her — and the many lined up behind her. Eric Swalwell’s behavior was the worst kept secret on Capitol Hill. I’m positive she was not the only intern.