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OFRA Investigation
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April 24, 2026
The Hidden Tax: Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Los Angeles City Government
Los Angeles is one of the most expensive cities in the United States. The explanations most often offered—land scarcity, coastal geography, population density—are real but incomplete. Embedded in the cost of living in Los Angeles is a governance premium: the invisible surcharge that residents, ratepayers, and businesses pay because their city government has systematically chosen insiders over accountability.
News Release
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April 9, 2026
AFPI Files Federal Complaints Against Sandia, Stanford and University of Maryland Over DEI Violations
The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) filed formal complaints this week calling for federal investigation of Sandia National Laboratories, Stanford University and the University of Maryland, alleging the institutions have failed to bring their programs into compliance with federal nondiscrimination law despite months of advance notice.
Op-Ed
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November 19, 2025
Farmers are Fighting Back and This Time Washington is With Them
For years I have watched farmers and ranchers get pushed around by the very government that should be protecting them. Somewhere along the way, powerful agencies learned they could use dense regulations and legal threats to intimidate the people who feed this country. That realization lit a fire in me. As we approach the 250th anniversary of our nation, I feel a deeper calling to fight back against what many rural families now know as agricultural lawfare.
Statement
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September 26, 2025
AFPI Responds to Indictment of James Comey
Former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey has been indicted on allegations that he obstructed a congressional investigation into the disclosure of sensitive information and made a false statement by claiming he did not authorize someone at the FBI to serve as an anonymous source.
Op-Ed
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September 23, 2025
Ending DEI Programs Means Americans Win and Bureaucracy Loses
Diversity, equity, inclusion. These three words, commonly referred to as DEI, sound harmless, even virtuous. We all want everyone to be treated fairly. Unfortunately, DEI has become a shield for expensive, unfair, and often unlawful discrimination in federal hiring practices.