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Exposing DEI in the U.S. Secret Service

Qualifications, Not Quotas

In this upcoming documentary, Independent Women Features exposes how diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives have undermined the U.S. Secret Service’s readiness and mission. Hear from Rashid Ellis, Secret Service agent, on how he believes he was discriminated against due to his sex.

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CA Bill Would Make Oil and Gas Companies Liable for Natural Disasters

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Culture

States must have zero tolerance for female genital mutilation

Andrea Bottner | Op-Ed
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Hearing | Examining the Growth of the Welfare State

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Takeaways

"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." - Aldous Huxley

Innovation

Truth.

Boundless Opportunities Require Innovative, Adaptive Public Policies

    • President Donald Trump released an executive order on January 23, 2025, calling for the creation of AI systems without ideological bias and engineered social agendas.
    • Traditional AI, utilized by Alexa and Google’s search algorithm, conducts specific tasks intelligently without creating anything new.

    • Within ten years, AI has the potential to boost the standard of living for many people and increase gross domestic product (GDP) globally by 7%.

By: Carrie Sheffield

Culture

Truth.

Education freedom is necessary

    • Though the U.S. public education system spends nearly $19,000 on each student, 77% of students graduate without proficiency, as averaged across academic subjects. 
    • On a global scale, 15-year-old students in the U.S. placed 9th in reading, 16th in science, and 34th in math.
    • Teachers unions leverage their political power to maintain the public school monopoly, working to prevent the advancement of school choice. In exchange for campaign funding, teachers unions are rewarded political power. 

By: Dr. Keri D. Ingraham

Economy

Truth.

The TCJA boosted the economy

    • Thanks to the TCJA, real wages rose 4.9% after its implementation in 2018.
    • First introduced in 2017, the TCJA lowered America’s corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21%, a reduction that largely benefited workers.
    • Since TCJA became law, GDP has increased by 0.9%—a large amount considering the economy is worth over $27 trillion.
    • Small businesses have benefited from the TCJA. Less than a year after the TCJA’s enactment, the National Federation of Independent Business’ small-business optimism index hit the highest level ever recorded.

By: Carrie Sheffield

Culture

Truth.

Congress should create a new american caregivers program

    • An American Caregivers Program would give citizens and residents similar work opportunities to those currently provided to young foreigners through the State Department’s au pair program.
    • It could create a new opportunity for Americans to engage live-in caregivers—outside the existing, often unworkably complex, regulatory framework.
    • And the caregiver program would increase the supply of caregivers, and make it easier for people to get the help they need.

By: Carrie Lukas & Heather Madden

Economy

Truth.

America needs to protect and produce energy.

    • If the U.S. continues to pursue the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of  “net-zero” carbon emissions and favor intermittent renewables over affordable, abundant energy sources, consumers will pay an estimated 19% more on electricity by 2028.
    • Utility-scale solar and wind power, which depend on the sun and wind, cannot always meet demand.
    • Though the U.S. increased its wind capacity this past year by 6.2 gigawatts (GW), the country experienced a decline in wind generation.
    • While solar facilities function only 24.6% of the year and wind turbines only 36.4% of the year, gas plants run 56.6% of the year and nuclear plants 93%.

By: Gabriella Hoffman

America’s Broken Immigration System

Collateral Damage

The effects of bad border policies ripple through every community. Americans shouldn’t have to bear the burden of this crisis. It’s time for secure borders, legal immigration, and a nation that puts its citizens first. This isn’t about politics—it’s about people.

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Policy Focus

Policy Focus: Artificial Intelligence

Carrie Sheffield | February 5, 2025

Policy Focus: School Choice in the States

Dr. Keri D. Ingraham | January 6, 2025

Policy Focus: Restoring and Expanding Tax Reforms to Empower Women and Families

Carrie Sheffield | December 4, 2024

Policy Focus: An American Caregiver Program

Carrie Lukas & Heather Madden | October 15, 2024

Policy Focus: Energy Security

Gabriella Hoffman | October 2, 2024

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Real Stories About Escaping Gender Ideology

Identity Crisis

With the dramatic rise in youth identifying as transgender, the number of those seeking medical “treatments” has surged. As a one-sided echo chamber pushes an “affirmation-only” model — promoting “preferred” names and pronouns, experimental drugs, and medically invasive surgeries — American children are being left with irreversible damage to their otherwise healthy bodies.

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