John Hart

Taxpayers have the same right to see what's in the Treasury payment system as they do their own checkbook. After all, it's our money, not the government's. Time to create "America's Checkbook." @open_the_books @elonmusk @DOGE @nypost @VivekGRamaswamy nypost.com/2025/02/11/opinio…

Stop the Steal!

The body politic is not merely concerned; it’s convulsing - it can’t metabolize any more self-dealing and grift. Voters will take a stand against corruption but Dems should not rush to invest more power in govt. @thedispatch @stephenfhayes @FreeConTalk thedispatch.com/article/midt…

The Favor Factory election. Are we heading toward a revolt against public corruption? Something is afoot. The public isn’t just concerned—it’s convulsing. @FreeConTalk @EWErickson johnhartgentlemanfarmer.subs…

One of my proudest moments as a Senate staffer for the late Tom Coburn was defending his unlikely friendship with Barack Obama. Twenty years ago, that friendship helped produce landmark transparency legislation that illustrates the Power of Consensus. johnhartgentlemanfarmer.subs…

Framing a discussion as [Ethnic Group + Question] doesn’t put one in good company historically. The conversation following Bo French's bigoted tweet shows how the woke left & right are conspiring to extinguish the flame under the melting pot. johnhartgentlemanfarmer.subs…

The debate about "The Indian Question" is another horseshoe theory moment. @FreeConTalk @EWErickson @christopherrufo @L0m3z johnhartgentlemanfarmer.subs…

By diminishing the American creed as too abstract, the woke right is extinguishing the flame beneath the melting pot and undermining assimilation. @FreeConTalk johnhartgentlemanfarmer.subs…

Do you know what time it is? It's time to dwell on First Principles. @FreeConTalk New on Substack johnhartgentlemanfarmer.subs…

(6/6) "When you have Fauci pleading the Fifth 111 times, he was pouring salt in the wound of all of those millions of Americans who had legitimate questions about the government's response."

(5/6) "At the beginning of COVID, people were censored for asking basic questions about the origin of the virus. They had their social media accounts taken down." "We had the COVID lockdown that went on far too long compared to other European countries."

(4/6) "There's an identity politics problem on the right: are we Americans because we're endowed by our Creator with certain rights, or are we more American if we've been here longer?" "We have to reject blood-and-soil nationalism-that's what this country was founded to reject."

(3/6) "Andy Ogles was known as someone who was the MAGA vanguard. He said things like pluralism is a lie when our founders said, no, actually, our country is based on this idea of pluralism."

(2/6) "What the Republican Party has done is we've started to buy up private stocks and companies. We had zero a few years ago. Now, we have 30 companies where the government has bought shares. And there's not enough outrage about that."

(1/6) Great conversation last night with @thelauracoates @cnn @freecontalk. "We've seen all over the country this new trend of socialists winning races. The argument I make to my Republican friends is we're not going to beat socialists by becoming socialists."

"Total Boomer Luxury Communism" is a great phrase. Kudos to @GreenPlusAnE Our take on this generational challenge @open_the_books openthebooks.substack.com/p/…