POLITICS: Trump’s first-100-days wins, red alert for ActBlue and other commentary

Eye on DC: Trump’s First-100-Days Wins

“America is well on its way to being great again,” as we approach Trump’s 100th day in office, cheers David N. Bossie at The Washington Times. Trump “has been laser-focused on the major structural reforms that will save our country for future generations.” He addressed “the shameful situation at our open border” and is pushing to cut “taxes and regulations” to boost the economy. “With the creation of the Department of Government Efficiency, the Trump administration has shown fantastic initiative to get federal spending under control.” And he fortified our national security by “getting dangerous diversity, equity, and inclusion policies out of the armed forces and rebuilding the warrior ethos.” It’s “refreshing to have a president who is focused on what’s truly important — putting America first.”

From the right: Red Alert for ActBlue

Trump’s executive order taking aim at the Democratic Party’s online fundraising platform ActBlue is “long overdue,” argue the Washington Examiner’s editors. “Investigations by House Republicans revealed anomalies” on the platform like “sudden and frequent donations from elderly citizens, uncharacteristic donations from voters registered for one party but voting for another, and unusually large donations from voters with little money.” And even before the order, ActBlue began to fall apart, losing top execs and seeing its “last remaining lawyer feel the need to remind everyone of whistleblower protection policies.” “The public deserves to know what happened at ActBlue.” Those behind any wrongdoing “should be brought to justice. Trump has not just a right but a duty to make sure the nation’s campaign finance laws are being followed.”

Culture critic: We Failed Shapiro — and Balmer

Days after Cody Balmer’s mother tried “to initiate a psychiatric evaluation, he allegedly scaled the gates of Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro’s estate and firebombed his house,” notes City Journal’s John Hirschauer about a man with a history of violence, “schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder.” Balmer’s case is a familiar one: “Loved ones seek involuntary treatment” of a mentally ill relative or friend only to be denied on the grounds there’s no imminent danger—until someone “snaps, harms himself or someone else, and only then is sequestered and treated.” Modern commitment laws try “to avoid unnecessary hospitalizations and protect individuals’ civil liberties.” But “the status quo is failing people like Balmer” and “the cost of doing nothing is growing ever steeper” for the rest of us.

Econ desk: Gavin Newsom’s Tariff Lies

“Fifty-four percent of Californians say things in the state are generally going in the wrong direction” — up 14 points from when Gavin Newsom became governor, scoffs The Wall Street Journal’s Allysia Finley. “But by his telling, everything in the Golden State is going swimmingly, or was until Donald Trump started his tariff barrage.” No: Tariffs aren’t why “filling up a Jeep will cost you $100.” Or why “Pacific Gas & Electric recently proposed another rate increase, following six last year.” Or why, to afford “a typical home in the state,” Californians “need to earn nearly $200,000.” The basic idea of the progressive agenda “is that an enlightened liberal government can direct private resources to better social purposes and create a utopia. California shows otherwise.”

Border watch: Dems’ Deportation ‘Resistance’

“Most Americans support the deportation of people living in the U.S. illegally,” notes David Catron at The American Spectator, but “when a Wisconsin judge was arrested for aiding a ‘migrant’ in his effort to escape immigration officials,” the Democrats backed the alleged criminals: Judge Hannah Dugan and Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, “a Mexican national living in the country illegally.” Dugan and other judges acting lawlessly on immigration issues “see themselves as part of ‘the resistance.’ But what are they resisting? It isn’t just Trump or even the will of the people. It’s the rule of law. The Democrats insist that no one is above the law. But neither Judge Dugan nor her fellow travelers really believe it.” This “hubris” is “worse than a crime — it’s a blunder.”

— Compiled by The Post Editorial Board