Americans for Limited Government

We fight for the survival of America by restoring constitutionally limited government, allowing individuals to pursue life, liberty and happiness.

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As National Debt Approaches $40 Trillion And Fertility Keeps Collapsing, Does Either Party Have A Plan? https://t.co/ibsqAVtpyN

In 2008, the U.S. national debt crossed the $10 trillion threshold for the first time, and has continued expanding practically unabated, now topping a $38.4 trillion, a 284 percent increase during that time. Since 1980, it’s been growing by more than 8.7 percent a year. At that rate, by 2038 thereabouts — once the next recessions and wars are baked into the cake — it should eclipse $100 trillion. Leading the explosion of debt, the percent of the population over the age of 65 has increased dramatically, from 12.5 percent to more than 17.9 percent as of 2024, according to World Bank data, or from 37.9 million to about 61 million. Of the 61 million, 58.8 million are on Social Security — you can defer until you are 70 — whereas all 61 million seniors are on Medicare. Social Security spending increased from $612 billion in 2008 to more than $1.5 trillion in 2025, and Medicare spending increased from $385 billion annually in 2008 to $987 billion in 2025, according to data compiled by the White House Office of Management and Budget. So spending seniors’ main programs, Social Security and Medicare, increased from about $1 trillion to $2.5 trillion. In the meantime, federal tax collections have only increased from $2.5 trillion to $5.2 trillion. In the meantime, with the lowest fertility in U.S. history — down to about 1.59 babies per woman in 2025 — the number of people employed peaked at 163.9 million in December, up from about 145 million in 2008. To put it into perspective, since 2008, about 18 million people have stopped working who are still alive, while the number of people who are working only increased by 18.9 million. While the population is not yet in outright decline — immigration is still offsetting the demographic decline slightly, but it won’t work forever, with the population growing by less than 1 million a year as soon as 2036, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. At that point, tax revenues will continue slowing with the top-heavy, aging population. But does either party really have a plan to address it?

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California Voters Demand Change as GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Steve Hilton Could Advance To Runoff https://t.co/77sqJbiEzT

The most populous state in the country is locked in a battle to count thousands of absentee ballots that will determine the outcome of Tuesday’s gubernatorial race, but California appears to have voted GOP candidate Steve Hilton into the November runoff, giving Republicans a chance to win the governor’s mansion for the first time since 2006. While a vast number of absentee ballots are still being counted, on election night Hilton not only made it into the top two candidates, ousting climate activist Tom Steyer, but beat the top Democrat in the race, former Health and Human Services Secretary under Joe Biden Xavier Becerra. In the early hours of Wednesday morning with 54.4 percent of votes tallied, Hilton appeared to have narrowly beaten Becerra, far outperforming pre-election polls that showed him taking a distant second place. As of this writing, 72 percent of votes have been counted with thousands of absentee ballots still need to be counted, NBC News data shows Becerra with 27.2 percent, Hilton with 25.9 percent of the vote, while and Steyer with 19.8 percent. Chad Bianco, another Republican candidate, earns 10.6 percent. CalMatters estimates that California could take thirteen days to count all the ballots and several weeks to certify the results. Part of why the count could take so long is that after the pandemic California enacted policies that push absentee voting, with every registered voter sent an absentee ballot regardless of whether they requested one. This drove up absentee votes and has created an extremely long counting process.

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Cartoon: Democrat Autopsy https://t.co/lb33agg3b8 @afbranco

The 2024 autopsy isn’t pretty.

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The Road to Independence, 1774-1775. The War Begins And It Is Bloody https://t.co/m9ry3F1v5R After the Boston Tea Party, the British Government gets tough on the Colonists. Tensions grew and grew until - finally - war begins. Soon into this "Revolutionary War," a battle to take a hill in the Boston area is as brutal as a battle can be. This makes it clear, reconciliation was very unlikely.

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Benjamin Franklin’s Join, or Die began as a call for colonial unity long before independence was declared. It reminds us that America was built not by perfect agreement, but by the courage to unite around liberty when it mattered most. #AmericanRevolution

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Clean Coal Is Back: President @realDonaldTrump's Plan to Lower Your Electric Bill

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On The Road to Independence, The Crucial Role Of An Amazing American, Benjamin Franklin https://t.co/KzJYcERV9q

There may never be another resume like Benjamin Franklin's. Inventor, scientist, author, publisher, politician and a key player in the founding of the United States of America. As we head into our 250th anniversary, we look at how important Franklin's role in its founding really was.

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The Road to Independence, 1770-1773. A Rise In Rebellion Leads To One Major Tea Party https://t.co/VXM8qcAjFl American reports on the Boston Massacre spread fast and it brought about a feeling the British were tyrants. Then, the British put a tax on tea for the colonists. Groups such as the Sons of Liberty were gaining momentum, it brought about a rebellion that led to hundreds of tea chests being dumped in the Boston Harbor.

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A Likely SpaceX-Tesla Merger Would Make @elonmusk A Multi-Trillionaire https://t.co/c385Q5b2j7 He once showered in a YMCA and lived in his office, now Elon Musk could end up a multi-trillionaire. We head on down to SpaceX at Starbase to look at a likely mega-merger between SpaceX and Tesla. This can mean shareholder with Tesla get a new major investment.

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On The Road To Independence, George Washington Was America's Top Founding Father https://t.co/qCKXVhxmHB We look at the number one founding father's younger years and rise to power. Though some tried to undermine George Washington, he kept on going and survived. He used his genius to defeat the seemingly unbeatable British army, lead the Constitutional Convention and secure America's future as its first President. #America250

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Cartoon: God Bless Texas https://t.co/e4XFXTlTAt @afbranco

Beware of false prophets.

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Trump-Backed Candidates Are Cleaning House In The GOP Primaries So Far https://t.co/vSoCxtqEQH @realDonaldTrump

Despite an approval rating that is underwater largely due to the double-punch of inflation reaching a three-year-high in April and the Iran war continuing to drive up fuel costs, President Donald Trump’s endorsement in the GOP primaries this spring has proven powerful. Across a slate of GOP House and Senate races, as well as some State Senate races and several high-profile gubernatorial campaigns, Trump-backed candidates have ousted their GOP rivals. According to a detailed Fox News tracker of Trump’s endorsements, candidates that have received an endorsement from the President have ousted their opponents in 110 Congressional primaries so far this spring. This includes 101 House races, nine Senate races, and eight gubernatorial campaigns according to the tracker. In the U.S. Senate race in Texas, Trump-backed state attorney general Ken Paxton defeated four-term incumbent Sen. John Cornyn by over 27 points on Tuesday, heading on to face State Rep. James Talarico in November.

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The Road to Independence, 1750-1770. The Colonists' Friction With The King Grows https://t.co/iW05ogJM9q As we get ready to celebrate 250 years of the United States, we look back at what lead to the birth of America. In part one of "The Road to Independence," we look back at the growing tension between Colonial America and the British that reached a crescendo in 1770 Boston.

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Cartoon: Embracing The Past https://t.co/zs1t0iHPKD @afbranco

Democrats reanimate the past.

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Following White House Shooting And Correspondents Dinner Assassination Attempts, It’s Time Fund The Ballroom https://t.co/cElh8l9FcQ @realDonaldTrump @LeaderJohnThune @SpeakerJohnson

On May 16, Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough blocked $1 billion for the Secret Service for additional security at the White House that included upgrades to the White House East Wing and construction of the White House Ballroom so that presidents have a secure location to host large gathering events from an upcoming budget reconciliation bill. According to the guidance, “This section provides $1 billion to the U.S. Secret Service for the ballroom project in the East Wing of the White House. A project as complex and large in scale as Trump’s proposed ballroom necessarily involves the coordination of many government agencies which span the jurisdiction of many Senate committees. As drafted, the provision inappropriately funds activities outside the jurisdiction of the Judiciary Committee.” Here MacDonough is relying on 2 U.S. Code Sec. 644(b)(1)(A) that makes matters “extraneous”: “a provision that is not in the jurisdiction of the committee with jurisdiction over said title or provision shall be considered extraneous.” That, despite the fact that the Senate Judiciary Committee does have jurisdiction of the Secret Service. Under the ruling, the Senate can fund tens of billions of dollars for hundreds of miles of border walls on the U.S. southern border, but in principle could not build a fence around the White House on budget reconciliation. Then, Senate Republican leaders removed the provision on May 20, rather than do anything bold like overrule the parliamentarian or remove her despite calls from President Donald Trump to do so the same day. Senate Democrats and the parliamentarian apparently want the current president and future presidents to be at large in Washington, D.C., at the U.S. Capitol, the Hilton or Ford’s Theater — the sites of attempted and actual presidential assassinations. At this point, the partisan food fight against President Trump making improvements in Washington, D.C. including the ballroom is endangering the President. Senate Republicans have the votes to just override the parliamentarian or fire her — and do what is necessary to protect the President. No more excuses. After two assassination attempts in a month, enough is enough.

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Cartoon: Damned If You Don't https://t.co/KUPyfPm2xi @realDonaldTrump @afbranco

Whatever it is, they’re against it!

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Survey Of Weak Democrats Shows Massive Fracture Over Immigration And Transgender Agenda https://t.co/MPRYXXt49s

The latest New York Times/Siena College survey of potential Democrat voters and independent voters highlights the Democrat Party’s failures and illuminates a path for conservatives to attract disenfranchised soft Democrats. Hispanic and Black Democrats and men are growing particularly weary of the party’s failures on immigration and gender ideology. While the survey is being heralded as a path forward for the Democrat Party, that might only be true if the party is willing to embrace a moderate, reasonable approach to immigration and gender ideology. Congressional Democrats are as radical as ever withholding funding for the Department of Homeland Security, enforcing “sanctuary policies” that harm citizens, and pushing nonsensical gender ideology. The Times survey, which is 59 percent Democrat, 37 percent independent, and two percent another party, shows that a large chunk of Democrats and Democrat-leaning independents want to see the Democratic Party “move to the center”. According to the survey, 47 percent of potential Democrat voters want the Democratic Party to move to the center as a whole, versus 28 percent who want to see it move to the left and 19 percent who want to see it not move in either direction. Non-whites, men, and older voters are particularly invested in moving the Democrat Party to the center. Black voters want to see the party move to the center by 25 points, 49 percent to 24 percent. Hispanics want the party to move to the center by 36 points, 51 percent to 15 percent. Less than one-in-five Hispanic Democrats want to see the party move to the left. Men want to see the party move to the center by 19 points, 49 percent to 30 percent. Voters over age 45 want to see the Democrat Party move to the center by 36 points, 55 percent to 19 percent.

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Paxton vs. Talarico Is Set In Texas! A Senate Race The Nation Will Be Watching in 2026 https://t.co/4Pm1rezPWl Texas' Attorney General Ken Paxton has won the primary over long-serving incumbent U.S. Senator John Corynyn. But now Paxton has a tough battle in the general election against State Legislator James Talarico. Hidalgo County, Texas GOP chair Robert Cantu explains there are major issues the two will be talking about.