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Learn more about our forthcoming Commonplace Magazine by checking out this podcast!
Want to know more about Commonplace? Features editor Helen Andrews joined Oren Cass on the American Compass Podcast to discuss the need for a new magazine focused on the political, economic, and cultural concerns of ordinary Americans, and previews some of the pieces you’ll get to read soon. You can listen to the podcast here: https://lnkd.in/etmnbZ-j
The 2024 Election made clear that today’s GOP coalition is radically different from the party of yesteryear. Patrick T. Brown argues that the upcoming tax bill should reflect this change, advancing a "fiscally prudent, parent-friendly, and pro-worker” agenda, not anti-tax fundamentalism. You can read Brown’s full piece here: https://lnkd.in/eT8FjREE
On our latest podcast, FTC Chair Lina Khan joins for a wide-ranging conversation about the decline of competition in the U.S economy, the fragile markets prone to shortages this creates, and the bipartisan coordination possible on antitrust and beyond that can help remedy the problem. https://lnkd.in/e2WbjP-G
We're launching a new magazine in January, Commonplace Magazine, focused on the political, economic, and cultural issues that matter to average Americans. Be sure to give the account a follow, and subscribe to be the first to know about what comes next.
Coming in January: Commonplace. Every political movement needs a home for the development and advancement of its ideas and coalition. Commonplace is that home for the New Right, building and sustaining a durable conservative majority that emphasizes the importance of family, community, and industry to the nation’s liberty and prosperity. Through conversations and commentary, reporting and analysis, Commonplace focuses on what matters in America—the economic, political, and cultural concerns that shape the trajectory of the American experiment and the experiences of average Americans. Commonplace is published by American Compass, the think tank founded in 2020 to lay the foundation for a multi-ethnic, working-class conservatism. In just a few years, Compass has transformed political conversations around globalization and financialization, labor and industrial policy, immigration, trade, and the family. In the process, it “has become the most influential New Right group on Capitol Hill” (Wall Street Journal), the “intellectual leader of the ‘pro-worker’ faction in the Republican Party” (New York Times), and “ground zero in a fierce conservative clash over Trump-era economics” (Politico). Follow us over on X at Commonplc, and Commonplace Magazine on Facebook. Subscribe here to be the first to find out what’s next: https://lnkd.in/eepzWKBi
Trump's new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is dominating headlines, rattling bureaucrats and the media, and galvanizing those looking for a smaller, more efficient government. But what could DOGE accomplish? Santi Ruiz joins Oren on the American Compass Podcast to talk government efficiency, red-tape, and fixing the swamp. https://lnkd.in/eF5PQCfa
Evangelical voters came out in droves to support the re-election of President-elect Donald Trump, but it's the decline of those Christians' influence in American public life that made it possible for him to enter politics in the first place, Aaron Renn argues. You can read his piece on The Commons here: https://lnkd.in/e-bU6fYv
Next year, conservatives will need to address Obamacare, and the answer can’t just be “repeal and replace.” Chris Emper contends that as an alternative to the failures of the ACA, conservatives need to focus on access to care, rather than coverage designed to subsidize big insurance. By increasing funding to the Health Center Program, conservatives can build on existing efforts to meaningfully improve the health and wellbeing of the American medical system and millions of Americans. You can read Emper’s full piece on The Commons here: https://lnkd.in/dVhKnNjT
While Washington has taken steps to combat China, it has failed to address one critical industry: pharmaceuticals. Benjamin Noon of the Vandenberg Coalition argues that policymakers can apply our existing industrial policy toolkit to enact “tax credits for domestic pill producers, tariffs on Chinese medicines, and the creation of a stockpile of medical ingredients and chemicals” to reduce our dependence on China for drugs that American patients can't live without. You can read Noon’s full piece on The Commons here: https://lnkd.in/eTwUwDxe
Modern parenting is failing our kids, and we need to re-adopt traditional parenting techniques to bring our nation’s kids back from the brink. Dr. Leonard Sax, author of the bestseller "The Collapse of Parenting: How We Hurt Our Kids When We Treat Them Like Grown-Ups," joins Oren on this week’s episode of the American Compass Podcast to discuss this topic and much more. You can watch, download, or listen to the full conversation here: https://lnkd.in/e-sAu-uA
Congress has an opportunity to punch back against the CCP by including provisions restricting outbound investment in China in the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act. Policy advisor Mark DiPlacido explains that current federal law allows individuals and companies to invest heavily even in Chinese companies connected to their military and surveillance industries that have “grave national security implications.” We can’t allow Americans to finance China’s war machine. You can read Mark’s full piece on The Commons here: https://lnkd.in/ePS22vSF