Keeping the Lights On
What to know: Energy affordability has become “the kitchen table issue of the 2020s,” analyst William Murray writes.
The TPPF take: Rising energy prices are due to policies dating back to the Biden administration.
“Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act — only now going into effect, so any electricity price increases to this point aren’t due to the law — flips the script,” says TPPF’s Chuck DeVore. “By rescinding President Joe Biden’s vehicle emission standards and fossil fuel crackdowns, it prioritizes affordable, dispatchable energy. Expect more nuclear builds, streamlined pipelines and fewer handouts to Big Green. This won’t spike prices — it’ll stabilize them by restoring reliable supply.”
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EdTech
The TPPF take: Edtech hasn’t proven to be as beneficial in the classroom as educators had hoped.
“The EdTech cartel is just another tactic in Big Tech’s playbook to capitalize on an increasingly young audience, create lifelong customers, and find new vectors to obtain personal data they can commodify, all while taxpayers across the nation subsidize their regime,” says TPPF’s David Dunmoyer. “The data overwhelmingly shows that school-issued devices are worsening student outcomes—and it’s not even close.”
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Not Really a Dilemma
What to know: The Washington Post claims that the “GOP faces a familiar dilemma: What to do about Obamacare?”
The TPPF take: The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, can’t be fixed. It needs to be scrapped.
“The One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) has opened up opportunities for better medical care at a fraction of the cost,” says TPPF’s Dr. Cliff Porter. “These reforms allow alternatives to traditional higher cost plans for individuals and businesses who were previously forced into high cost and frustrating Obamacare plans or Medicaid. This is a huge boon for Texans and Americans—more options, less costs, better access.”
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