Americans got some real good news from the September payrolls: employers added 119,000 jobs, a stronger-than-expected uptick that should give hardworking citizens a little breathing room and a reminder that pro-growth policies can move the needle. This is the kind of headline that Democrats and their pundits will try to downplay, but for families paying bills and small business owners hiring, it’s a promising sign that the economy isn’t collapsing under the weight of weak leadership.
Don’t let the spin doctors fool you — the report is mixed, with revisions that trimmed previous months and an uptick in unemployment that must be taken seriously by anyone who cares about real wages and full-time work. Those downward revisions and the higher unemployment rate are inconvenient facts for the left, but they also prove why commonsense policies that focus on American jobs, not open-borders import armies, are essential.
At the same time, the legal war over tariffs is now center stage after lower courts raised legitimate constitutional concerns about the administration’s use of emergency powers to impose sweeping duties. If the courts strip away tools that have been effective leverage in negotiations, that would hand our adversaries a victory and weaken America’s negotiating position on trade for years to come.
Kevin Hassett made the right call on the air: the White House is confident in its legal footing, and the administration is already thinking through Plan B options if judges rule otherwise. Conservatives should applaud that clarity and preparedness — we don’t want our policy apparatus caught flat-footed while rivals like China tighten their chokehold on critical supply chains.
Speaking of China, the alarm over rare-earth minerals is not a Washington phantasm — it’s real and it’s dangerous. Beijing’s moves to control exports of the elements that power everything from electric vehicles to military hardware are a national-security threat, and we cannot let our supply chains remain dependent on a hostile regime that sees those materials as leverage.
So what should patriots demand? First, keep using every lawful economic tool to pressure foreign bad actors while Congress and the administration work to harden our legal position. Second, accelerate domestic mining, processing, and private-sector incentives so we aren’t at the mercy of Beijing’s whims; real self-reliance beats hollow globalist promises every time.
Finally, let the pundits on the left clutch their pearls over technicalities while our side fights for facts and livelihoods. The September job gains show America still has fight in it, and we should be unapologetic about backing bold policies that put American workers first, secure our supply chains, and keep this country prosperous and sovereign.
