J.D. Hayworth

3 weeks ago | townhall.com | J.D. Hayworth

In perhaps the most hilarious episode of Trump Derangement Syndrome yet, the media is now going crazy over President Donald J. Trump’s attempts to reform the Internal Revenue Service. Yes, that IRS — the one that, according to a recent Pew Research Center study, is the least popular agency in the entire government, with just 38% of respondents approving.

2 months ago | townhall.com | J.D. Hayworth

Washington, D.C. is a place where a thousand words can be spoken, but still fail to provide an accurate picture. Flowery speeches, lofty rhetoric and “sloganeering” often lead to smokescreens, masking what’s going on beneath the surface. I recall a notable exception from my service on the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee. Our chairman, Rep.

May 6, 2024 | thefoothillsfocus.com | J.D. Hayworth

The Grand Canyon State has a Grand Canyon-sized problem. Given the controversies over ballot tabulations that arose in 2020 and again in 2022, it certainly appears that 2024 may provide Arizona voters with yet another “November to remember” for all the wrong reasons. And our state’s very own electoral “Odd Couple” has served public notice of the problematic procedures that could again threaten the process.

Apr 30, 2024 | thefoothillsfocus.com | J.D. Hayworth

You have read, heard and seen — in countless ads, songs and even a James Bond movie — that “Diamonds Are Forever.”In recent years, you’ve also used stamps designated as “Forever,” but that’s a much stickier subject. That’s because a bureaucratic yet allegedly “independent” entity, empowered with oversight of the United States Postal Service, has been granted authority to define “Forever” in this land of the free — and it almost always portends higher fees.

Apr 16, 2024 | thedefensepost.com | J.D. Hayworth

Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, the foremost American explorer of his generation, devoted his considerable intellectual energies to US National Security — especially during his fourth Antarctic expedition of 1946. Code-named “Operation Highjump,” it began one year after the end of World War II. Since America’s “postwar era” arose from the harrowing prologue of a global conflict, Byrd’s outlook was fashioned by Japan’s sneak attack on Pearl Harbor.