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Chicago mayoral candidate Danielle Carter-Walters calls for local DOGE office, end to sanctuary city policies

Sep. 23, 2026

Danielle Carter-Walters may be known to some as the face of the Chicago Flips Red group. Now, the 52-year-old Chicago native and small business owner is running for mayor as a Republican in a crowded field of Democrats.

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Trump officials cut 760,000 enrollees from ACA, claiming fraud

Sep. 22, 2026

Vice President JD Vance’s anti-fraud task force concluded that the people were wrongly signed up for the government health care program.

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What Is Stagflation, and How Would It Affect the National Debt?

Sep. 22, 2026

Stagflation is a unique and harmful economic phenomenon defined by the simultaneous presence of inflation, stagnant economic growth, and high unemployment. All three conditions rarely occur at the same time, but when stagflation does happen, it can have significant negative consequences for the economy and the national debt.

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Congress must get its head out of the sand and finally fix the budget

Sep. 18, 2026

Americans recently learned that our total national debt has surpassed $40 trillion. Publicly held debt (at more than $32 trillion) is now eclipsing the nation’s annual gross domestic product, and annual interest payments top $1 trillion. On our present trajectory, the public debt will exceed 120 percent of GDP within a decade, with interest claiming more than $2 trillion of the annual budget.

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Capitalism beats socialism every time

Sep. 18, 2026

Market-based capitalism is better than government-driven socialism. It was an honor to interact with students at Kennesaw State University as part of the Bagwell Center for the Study of Markets and Economic Opportunity and make this case.

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LA homelessness non-profit workers arrested over alleged corruption and bribes

Sep. 17, 2026

Federal law enforcement officers have arrested two employees of California-based homelessness non-profits on corruption charges, alleging that they misappropriated millions in taxpayer dollars.

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Vance announces about 870,000 people suspected of defrauding COVID-era programs barred from future federal loans

Sep. 15, 2026

Vice President JD Vance announced Monday the Trump administration will suspend roughly 870,000 people suspected of defrauding pandemic-era small business programs from receiving future federal loans.

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Man sentenced to 30 years in prison for $270M fraud scheme

Sep. 10, 2026

A California man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after orchestrating nearly $270 million in fraudulent claims submitted to Medi-Cal, the California Medicaid program.

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Congress spends $7 trillion. Here’s how that math works out if you think of just $100

Sep. 8, 2026

You work. You get paid. Washington takes its cut. But have you ever stopped to ask one simple question: Where does the money actually go?

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‘Uncharted territory’: The $40 trillion U.S. national debt just got uglier as interest payments rise to $1.25 trillion a year

Sep. 8, 2026

The federal interest burden has reached a new height, exceeding even the 1991 record, but analysts warn the risks associated with servicing the ever-growing national debt today are much higher than they were 35 years ago, analysts warn.

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House DOGE panel calls Mayor Bass to DC over alleged $1B homeless funds scandal

Sep. 4, 2026

The US House is calling on Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass to testify over alleged “waste, fraud and abuse” involving more than $1 billion in federal homelessness funding funneled through the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), according to a letter obtained by The California Post.

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Bessent now says debt-reduction plan could be months away. It will face hurdles when it arrives.

Sep. 1, 2026

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent promised skittish bond investors earlier this month that the White House would roll out a new plan for tackling the federal government’s persistent deficit within days.

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Featured Columns

From Americans for Good Government Staff

Socialist Indoctrination Machine Is No Joke

Sep. 24, 2026

Columnist Ken Buck writes, "America has a socialism problem -- or a socialism perception problem. A great swath of our country has bought into the lie that socialism can somehow provide a better quality of life."

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National Debt Threatens National Security

Sep. 17, 2026

Columnist Ken Buck writes, "This year, the federal debt surpassed $40 trillion for the first time ever, doubling in size in less than a decade. Like an individual with significantly overdrawn credit card, our country's massive debt load is snowballing."

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Socialism Could Cripple US

Sep. 16, 2026

"It's really a call to action," Ken Buck said. "If we don't get our act together on this issue, we're going to be facing a national debt that is not just scary, as it is now over $40 trillion, but is going to really cripple our country and our economy."

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Socialism Making Inroads With Young Voters

Sep. 16, 2026

Former Rep. Ken Buck told Newsmax on Tuesday that socialist candidates are making inroads in Democratic politics, particularly among younger voters, as Americans struggle with high living costs and concerns about the country's future.

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Trump, GOP No Threat to Democracy, Radical Left Is

Sep. 9, 2026

Accusing President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers of subverting democracy has become the crux of Democrats' messaging. Never mind that most of the administration's actions over the past two years have been to undo Biden's overreach.

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We Are Not in a Recession. So Why Are We Borrowing Like It?

Sep. 3, 2026

Despite a lot of talk about fiscal responsibility, lawmakers in Washington are continuing to run up the tab on America's already maxed-out credit card.

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