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Op-Ed
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April 26, 2025
Actually, Trump Should Demand Standards from Woke Universities
America’s ivory towers have forgotten who built them — and who pays the bills. In an increasingly politicized academic environment, President Donald J. Trump’s administration is right to demand accountability and transparency from elite institutions that accept billions in taxpayer dollars.
Commentary
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April 24, 2025
America First Unfiltered: Criminals Deported, AI in Classrooms, & DEI Dismantled
President Trump accelerates deportations, boosts AI in classrooms, honors veterans, and cracks down on DEI in another America First week of wins.
Bill Analysis
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April 24, 2025
Analysis of House Bill 25-1312: Legal “Protections” For Transgender People
HB 25-1312 would classify a parent’s refusal to affirm (i.e., parrot) their child’s subjective gender identity claims as a form of “coercive control.” Colorado courts would be required to consider this as “abuse” when determining parental rights in custody disputes.
Op-Ed
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April 18, 2025
College Cost Reduction Act Doesn’t Threaten the Humanities
American higher education has gotten a bad rap lately. To be fair, much of it is deserved. Far from marketplaces of ideas, universities are hostile to dissenting viewpoints. Faculty openly discriminate against their colleagues on political grounds. Universities’ reputations have taken back-to-back-to-back hits from replication, antisemitism, and plagiarism crises. Academic hoaxes have exposed entire fields of study as preposterous.
Commentary
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April 17, 2025
America First Unfiltered: Trump Protects Social Security, Lowers Drug Costs & Deports Criminals
This week, President Trump doubled down on law and order, vowing to restore safety and sovereignty to the American people. With support from El Salvador’s President Bukele, the Trump administration is accelerating the deportation of violent criminals, securing Social Security for American citizens, and standing up for women’s sports and affordable healthcare — proving once again that America First is more than a slogan.
Experts on Higher Education
Erika Donalds
Chair of the Center for Education Opportunity and Chair of the AFPI-Florida State Chapter
Matthew Lobel
Policy Analyst, Higher Education Reform Initiative
Jonathan Pidluzny, Ph.D.
FORMER: Director, Higher Education Reform Initiative
Christopher Schorr, Ph.D.
Director of the Higher Education Reform Initiative
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America First Unfiltered: Criminals Deported, AI in Classrooms, & DEI Dismantled
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America First Unfiltered: Trump Protects Social Security, Lowers Drug Costs & Deports Criminals
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AFPI Welcomes Erika Donalds as Chair of the Center for Education Opportunity and Chair of the AFPI-Florida State Chapter
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Riley Gaines Joins America First’s Athletes Coalition as Vice Chair
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Foreign Influence in the Academy: How U.S. Adversaries are Reshaping Elite Universities
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Combating Fentanyl in Schools
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Combating Fentanyl - The America First Action Plan
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