The Republic Before the World
America First. America Only.
No foreign wars, no open borders, no unaccountable judges or officials. The Republic before the world.
The Trump administration promised to change the country. It changed the headlines. The Republic is in the same condition it was in before, and the people who elected it know that. What follows is the work that was supposed to get done.
The Analysis
Our 2028 swing-state defection model: the flip threshold in every battleground, the nine cohorts softening the coalition, and the case for and against an arm's-length nominee. 11 pages, PDF.
Withdraw from NATO and every mutual defense treaty. Close every overseas base except 16 installations retained for global force projection, which are declared US sovereign territory and permanently garrisoned.
Terminate Five Eyes sharing with any ally that restricts US military access, with port access for nuclear-powered or nuclear-armed vessels as the test.
View on XZero foreign aid of any kind, including foreign military financing. Mandatory FARA registration for every foreign-policy lobby, AIPAC included. Dual citizens barred from senior national security posts and from any elected office: local, county, state, or federal.
View on XTen-year moratorium on all immigration, including green cards. H-1B and OPT eliminated and current holders revoked. Punitive tax on outbound remittances. Mandatory E-Verify, with criminal penalties including mandatory prison terms for employers.
View on XAmend the Citizenship Clause so that citizenship at birth requires at least one parent who is a US citizen or lawful permanent resident. Citizenship conferred after 2000 is reviewed under the new standard.
Visa bans and criminal penalties for birth tourism facilitators, and sanctions on countries that allow advertising of birth citizenship programs.
View on XEnglish as the sole official language for all government business, forms, and ballots. Naturalization residency raised to ten years with a stricter civics and English exam. Dual citizenship prohibited, with the renunciation oath enforced.
View on XAll federal grants cut to jurisdictions that limit cooperation with immigration enforcement. ICE detainers made binding on state and local jails. Criminal prosecution, with mandatory prison terms, of officials who obstruct federal enforcement.
View on XAbolish the Federal Reserve and move to Treasury-issued, commodity-backed currency. Constitutional ban on a CBDC. Protect cash and self-custody of assets.
View on X75 percent tax on offshored labor. H-1B set at zero. Tax credits for domestic payroll.
View on X40 percent cut to defense. Balanced budget amendment. Abolition of entire departments.
View on XForced divestiture of all foreign-owned land, including land owned by allies. Export ban to countries that do not reciprocate.
View on XInstitutional investors divest all single-family homes within five years. Foreign buyers banned. Large baby bonus. Tax surcharge on the childless.
View on XLifetime cap of 12 months of federal assistance for an individual and 24 months for a family, counted across cash assistance (TANF), food assistance (SNAP), and housing assistance combined. Exemptions only for the permanently disabled and those over 67.
Full-time work, job training, or community service required from the first month. No state waivers and no extensions during recessions.
View on XSNAP limited to an approved staple-foods list: no soda, candy, energy drinks, or prepared snack foods. No cash withdrawals from EBT. Use banned at liquor stores, casinos, smoke shops, and adult businesses. Photo identification on every EBT card.
Drug testing for applicants with a prior drug conviction. Benefit fraud prosecuted as a felony with permanent disqualification.
View on XAll federal means-tested benefits, including Medicaid, SNAP, housing assistance, and refundable tax credits, restricted to citizens. Mixed-status households lose benefits for the entire household.
Immigration sponsors held financially liable for any benefit a sponsored immigrant receives, enforced through collection.
View on XCapital punishment for trafficking fentanyl or other synthetic opioids above a threshold quantity, for leadership of a trafficking enterprise, and for any distribution that results in death. Fixed timelines for appeals.
Cartels treated as terrorist organizations, with material support charges for their US facilitators. Governments that allow cartels to operate are sanctioned.
View on XFederal three-strikes law with life without parole on the third violent felony. Repeal the First Step Act and eliminate early-release credits for violent offenders. Mandatory minimums for firearm possession during a crime.
Federal funding conditioned on states adopting truth-in-sentencing, with 85 percent of a sentence served.
View on XNo pretrial release for defendants charged with a violent felony who have a prior violent felony conviction, or who are on probation or parole when charged with a new felony. Federal funds withheld from jurisdictions that eliminated cash bail.
Juveniles 14 and older charged with murder, rape, or armed robbery automatically prosecuted as adults. Civil liability for parents of repeat juvenile offenders.
View on XDeath penalty for child rape, killing a law enforcement officer, terrorism, and mass murder. Federal habeas review limited to one round with a two-year limit.
View on XFederal ban on camping on public land for more than 30 days, with funding conditioned on states enforcing camping bans. Expanded civil commitment for severe mental illness and addiction.
End Housing First funding in favor of treatment-first requirements. Federal prosecution of open-air drug markets.
View on XFederal production of insulin and generics. Total ban on pharma advertising. Drug prices capped at the lowest international price. Food additive and dye bans.
View on XRepeal the liability protections of the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 and end PREP Act immunity for pandemic countermeasures. Restore full tort access, class actions, and punitive damages.
Ban vaccine mandates as a condition of federal funding. Criminal referral for concealed adverse event data. Independent injury review board outside HHS.
View on XAbolish the Department of Education. Federal education funds follow the student to any public, private, religious, or home school. Ban DEI programs at any federally funded institution.
Steep endowment tax on elite universities. Colleges share losses on defaulted student loans. No federal loan forgiveness.
View on XEnd collective bargaining for all federal employees. Merit-only hiring with no demographic targets. Eliminate disparate-impact liability across federal law. Ban race and sex preferences in federal contracting.
View on XAbolish domestic NSA collection. Split the FBI into smaller agencies. Federal ban on facial recognition. Criminal liability for officials who unlawfully surveilled Americans.
View on XSection 230 protection only for viewpoint-neutral platforms. Criminal penalties for officials who coordinate censorship. Federal funds stripped from universities with speech codes. Opposition to hate-speech measures from either party.
View on XBlanket declassification of everything older than 25 years. Epstein files released unredacted. Truth commission on intelligence abuses.
View on XNationwide constitutional carry with full reciprocity. Repeal the National Firearms Act and Gun Control Act, including suppressor and short-barrel regulation. Abolish the ATF and fold residual functions into other agencies. Ban federal firearm registries.
View on XEnd life tenure with 18-year staggered terms. Retention elections for federal judges. Ban all universal and nationwide relief. Strip federal court jurisdiction over immigration, national security, and election administration.
Allow Congress to override a constitutional ruling by a two-thirds vote in both chambers.
View on XAny judge who releases a defendant with a prior violent felony, through bail, sentence reduction, or early release, faces automatic review if that person commits a violent felony during the release period.
Consequences scale from public censure to removal, pension forfeiture, and civil liability to victims. Every judge's release record is published quarterly.
View on XAny legislator who voted for a law later struck down as unconstitutional by final Supreme Court judgment is ineligible for reelection to that office. The same amendment extends the rule to state legislatures.
View on XConstitutional amendment stating that political spending rights belong to natural persons only. Ban corporate, union, and super PAC independent expenditures. Real-time disclosure of every political dollar above a small threshold.
Ban spending by any entity with foreign ownership or foreign funding. Optional public financing.
View on XHouse members limited to three terms and senators to two, for life. Applied immediately: members already over the limit are ineligible at the next election. Lifetime lobbying ban for former members and senior staff. Term limits for senior congressional staff.
View on XEnd qualified immunity for elected and appointed officials, with a statutory right to sue them personally for constitutional violations. Mandatory perjury prosecution for false testimony to Congress.
Pension forfeiture for officials convicted of corruption or found to have lied to Congress. Every federal regulation sunsets after five years unless reauthorized, and major rules require an affirmative vote of Congress.
Every agency must be reauthorized every ten years or it closes. Inspectors general removable only for cause. Citizen standing to sue agencies that miss statutory deadlines. Senior civil servants employed at will.
View on XBan stock trading by members of Congress, their spouses, and senior staff. Lifetime ban on lobbying for foreign governments. Strict FARA enforcement. Paper ballots nationwide. Mail voting limited to military, overseas, and disabled voters.
View on XModeled on the SAVE America Act, but extended to every election in the country: local, county, state, and federal, including primaries, school boards, special districts, and ballot measures.
Documentary proof of citizenship presented in person to register, such as a passport, a REAL ID-compliant license that indicates citizenship, a military ID with citizenship record, or a certified birth certificate with photo ID.
Photo ID required to cast every ballot, with a copy of the ID required for absentee ballots. All existing registrations re-verified within two years against DHS and Social Security citizenship records, with unverified registrants removed.
Private right of action and criminal penalties against election officials who register an unverified applicant. Noncitizen voting banned in all municipal elections. Free federal voter ID for any citizen who lacks one.
View on XThe Republic before the world.