Former Hill staffer, former Heritage, now working on advancing American freedom @AmericanFreedom. Vice President of the Plymouth Institute for Free Enterprise

Joined December 2022
I’m honored to be joining @AmericanFreedom as VP of the Plymouth Institute for Free Enterprise, where my team and I will be excited to champion the values that have defined America. Much of what has made America great first took root at Plymouth Colony in the 1620s: • A bold, pioneering spirit • Personal devotion to God and family • Self-government and the consent of the governed • The seeds of constitutionalism and the Rule of Law • Property rights and economic freedom Over the four centuries since, these ideals became a beacon to the world—from the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution to the liberation of Europe and Ronald Reagan’s “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall” speech. Yet American freedom has also lived in the quiet dignity of individuals, families, pastors, farmers, and business owners pursuing what they feel called to do. To keep this freedom and our nation thriving, the American people must carry its torch, and the federal government must remain constrained by the Constitution. At AAF, we will advance this vision as we look forward to celebrating the 250th anniversary of America’s independence!
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Material abundance means more time for the non-material things.
Enjoyed some lovely hiking today. Grateful to industrialization for making it possible!
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Reddit has values 🤔?
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Japanese scientists to cancer:
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Makes sense - Copilot is to real AI what the government is to the innovative private sector 🤦‍♂️
JUST IN: Sweden's government bans ChatGPT & Claude from staff computers, making Microsoft Copilot its only approved AI tool.
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Come check out our conversation about the $300,000 per household federal debt, the economic issues we face today, and the future of affordability in America!
What’s going to happen to Social Security? 🎙️AAF’s @RichAStern joins @HvonSpakovsky on this week’s episode of Court is Adjourned to break down the future of Social Security and the challenges facing the program.
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If you think about it, the DSA is doing exactly what they mistakenly claim capitalism does: taking over a successful venture and gutting and exploiting it for personal gain at the expense of the people that built it 🤔
"Democratic" socialism would destroy America.
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Check it out 👇
🎥 Tune in on C-SPAN to watch the Edwin Meese III Institute’s Antonin Scalia Distinguished Lecture, featuring Judge Stuart Kyle Duncan.
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This is a pure example of politicians promising prosperity but delivering theft and destruction instead.
The people who designed the tax tried to game around people's rational behavior by making the tax retroactive. But they're mad that Hoover scholars envision a world where people don't just sit back and take it when the state calls into question its commitment to people's property rights. There's another, likelier outcome than either the official revenue estimate or what's described in the Hoover study: The tax comes close enough to passage to scare wealthy individuals into leaving, but it ultimately raises nothing because it never goes into effect (either because it fails or because courts strike it down). The net revenue effect for the state would be highly negative due to their leaving. But, hey, they got a favorable official revenue estimate on paper. And all it may end up costing California is real income tax dollars fleeing.
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So, what you’re saying is it’s a day that ends in “y” during the 20th or 21st century?
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YES There is no match for the innovation of the private sector!
I am now a single-issue voter.
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In other news, ADHD’rs are about to make a legendary comeback.
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Check out the latest from my colleagues going after the siren song of the “Democratic Socialists” 👇
The platform of the @DemSocialists masquerades as freedom loving patriotism but their ideas always end with more government control. Presenting freedom and socialism as complementary ideas is a lie, believed all to often by my generation. In truth, they cannot coexist.
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The DSA is offering civilizational ruin masquerading as the promise of free government stuff
The Democratic Socialists of America are selling the same socialist lie with a new slogan: “freedom.” Make no mistake: Their radical agenda isn’t about freedom. It’s about expanding government power and stripping Americans of theirs. AAF’s Austin Gae and John Peluso expose the deception in @dcexaminer
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Celebrate Auburn’s win over #1 Georgia tomorrow with Coach Bruce Pearl and AAF as we host a discussion on combating antisemitism.
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Except that it’s being done by the private sector…which is the point…you don’t need or want government doing this sort of thing through coercion.
well damn this feels like the start of Universal Basic Income
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I’m old enough to remember when the left thought only the unborn had no rights 👀
ON UCHICAGO CAMPUS: U.S. Senator from Michigan Elissa Slotkin hopes planned political prosecutions of republican leaders will scare young conservatives from getting involved in politics. @ElissaSlotkin
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State corporatism in a nutshell 👇 nationalreview.com/2026/10/t…
JUST IN: Anthropic has reportedly pitched its own AI safety legislation to Congress to regulate themselves.
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Very underrated life hack 👇
every morning at 8am i say ‘hi’ to claude from bed so when i sit to work at 11am my 5h limit resets in 2h.
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It reflects its user 👀
AI is book smart. Not street smart.
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Large government and affordability cannot coexist
🚨California retirees lose about 21% of their COLA before they even spend it. Arkansas: $1,010. California: $793. The bottom eight states? All deep blue. High costs aren't an accident. They're a policy choice, and American seniors are paying for it.
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