by Tyler Silcox | October 16, 2025 | Newsletters
NewslettersWe remain in the midst of a federal government shutdown with no clear end in sight. Speaker Mike Johnson canceled yet another week of votes. The Trump Administration and Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought continue their...
by Tyler Silcox | October 7, 2025 | Newsletters
NewslettersAfter weeks of inaction from Congressional Republicans, funding for the federal government ran out at midnight on October 1st. We are now in Day 6 of a government shutdown, leaving 750,000 federal workers furloughed with no idea of when they’ll receive...
by Tyler Silcox | September 29, 2025 | Newsletters
NewslettersWe have less than 72 hours before government funding runs out and we face a shutdown at midnight on October 1st. Thousands of federal workers who took DOGE’s offer of deferred resignation will come off payroll on September 30th. Office of...
by Tyler Silcox | September 23, 2025 | Newsletters
NewslettersIn 1786, Thomas Jefferson wrote in a letter to James Currie, “our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.” This sentiment was embodied in the Virginia Declaration of Rights, penned by George Mason. It was...
by Tyler Silcox | September 16, 2025 | Newsletters
NewslettersPolitical violence reared its ugly head in America last week with the murder of Charlie Kirk at a Utah college debate event less than three months after the murder of Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband. Just moments after Kirk...
by Tyler Silcox | September 10, 2025 | Newsletters
NewslettersCongress is officially back in session — with 20 days to avoid a government shutdown by passing a funding bill. House and Senate Democrats stand ready to pass a bipartisan funding bill that improves the health, safety and economic well-being of every...
