https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilXv0yrAJLI https://twitter.com/OffThePress1/status/2077047079688442094?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/realBrandonGill/status/2077064636109574334?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw A Hearing About DEI Took a Sharp Turn Rep. Brandon Gill of Texas chaired a House Oversight Committee hearing Tuesday on the use of DEI programs in American institutions. The hearing focused on colleges, corporations, and other organizations that still use diversity, equity, and inclusion rules, even as the Trump administration has moved to roll many of them back. Then Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts used her time to attack the administration and the Republican agenda. She accused Republicans of being against a long list of groups, including black Americans, immigrants, LGBTQ Americans, workers, veterans, rural Americans, disabled Americans, and women. In Washington, this is known as coalition building. In normal life, it is known as reading the entire grievance menu without checking who ordered. Pressley Pushed the Equal Rights Amendment After her criticism of Republicans, Pressley said she was reintroducing legislation tied to the Equal Rights Amendment, or ERA. She argued the Constitution is “silent” on equal rights in this area and said her proposal would make the ERA the 28th Amendment. Pressley said every House Democrat had signed on and added that she was waiting for Republicans to join them. The ERA has long been…

CNBC’s Quality-of-Life List Raises Eyebrows CNBC has released its list of the 10 worst states to live in for 2026, and the ranking landed about as quietly as a bowling ball in a library. The outlet, through reporter Scott Cohn, said it scored all 50 states using data on crime rates, air quality, health care, child care cost and availability, inclusiveness of state laws, and reproductive rights. That mix produced a bottom ten of Tennessee, Texas, Indiana, Louisiana, Georgia, Utah, Missouri, Alabama, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. Whatever one thinks of the formula, it is clear the recipe includes more than potholes and paychecks. It also measures culture-war policy choices, because apparently “quality of life” now comes with a committee-approved moral checklist. The Political Pattern Is Not Hard to Spot All 10 states on CNBC’s worst list voted for President Trump in 2024, which is the kind of coincidence that tends to make people check the fine print. The list quickly drew fire online from critics who argued that CNBC’s standards appear to punish conservative states for having conservative laws. That does not mean every state on the list is perfect. No state is. Anyone who has dealt with a DMV knows…