Rainey Center Freedom Project

The Rainey Center Freedom Project advocates for advancing freedom, equality, and a more perfect union where the American dream is for everyone.

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In his Substack piece, "Don't Let Washington Kill SNAP Accountability Before It Starts," Russ Walker calls it what it is: a repeal in disguise. Push the start date back and you reset the clock, blunt the incentive, and tell every state agency that just started cleaning house to stand down, because Washington will blink again before the bill comes due. Read the full piece at the link in our bio.

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Here is something remarkable: the SNAP cost-sharing reform is already working, and it hasn't taken effect yet. Because the 2028 cost share is calculated from each state's error rate in 2025 or 2026, states that spent decades shrugging at their numbers are suddenly cleaning house. Tightening income verification. Removing ineligible recipients. Investigating errors. The incentive alone is doing what years of pressure couldn't. Read Russ Walker's full piece on Substack at the link in our bio.

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In Minnesota, criminal fraudsters stole as much as $9 billion in taxpayer money from the food stamp program while state officials either failed to do their job or ignored it. Some of that money may have ended up funding terrorist organizations. This is not an anomaly. It is what happens when a state can run a program sloppily with no financial consequences. Russ Walker explains how the SNAP cost-sharing reform changes that calculus. Read the full piece on our Substack at the link in our bio.

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This is not a talking point. It is sworn testimony before Congress from the Inspector General responsible for investigating the SNAP program: "Proceeds of SNAP fraud have gone to individuals linked to terrorist groups, foreign adversary nations, and transnational criminal organizations." Senate Democrats are currently pushing to delay the accountability reform designed to stop this. Read Russ Walker's full piece on our Substack at the link in our bio.

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In fiscal year 2024, the federal government spent roughly $100 billion on SNAP. At least $10.5 billion of it was lost to improper payments, according to the Government Accountability Office. That is at least one dollar in nine going out the door wrong. And the error rates barely move year after year, because states have no financial stake in fixing them. Russ Walker explains why the SNAP cost-sharing reform changes that incentive. Read the full piece on our Substack at the link in our bio.

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For sixty years, the food stamp program has operated under an arrangement no business would accept: one level of government runs the program, and another pays for it. When the people writing the checks and the people doing the work are in different buildings, nobody watches the register. Russ Walker on why the SNAP cost-sharing reform finally changes that. Read the full piece on our Substack at the link in our bio.

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President Trump secured 200+ commitments to the Ratepayer Protection Pledge.

The idea is simple: if your data center needs power, you build it, buy it, and pay for it. Not the family down the street. Not the small business on the corner.

#RaineyFreedom #RatePayerProtection #DataCenters

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Oklahoma Sen. Alan Armstrong explains why it's time to restore confidence and get America building again! We need to embrace innovation, reduce regulation, and focus on securing a stronger, more prosperous nation for tomorrow.

#EnergyPolicy #Deregulation #AmericanInnovation

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Oklahoma Sen. Alan Armstrong describes how a major pipeline project faced government obstruction despite initial approval by the misuse of the Clean Water Act for political gain and its lasting impact on energy infrastructure and costs.

#EnergyPolicy #AmericanInvestments

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Oklahoma Sen. Alan Armstrong highlights how our energy infrastructure faces major constraints, leading to soaring electricity prices, industry shutdowns, and unsure investors.

#EnergyPolicy #Infrastructure #AmericanInvestments

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America’s energy problem isn’t a lack of resources – it’s a failure of political will to build the infrastructure to move them. Permitting reform costs taxpayers zero dollars but will unlock massive economic growth & lower utility bills.

It’s time to get America building again! Watch my inaugural speech on the Senate floor ⤵️

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The main argument against SNAP state cost-sharing is that it punishes states for paperwork errors, not intentional fraud. Voters heard that argument. And then they sided with accountability anyway, 63 to 21 overall. Among Trump voters the margin was 77 to 13. Among independents, 62 to 17. Even among self-identified Harris voters, the accountability argument won. Read the full polling results on our website, link in bio.

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The U.S. government has already determined that Chinese-linked surveillance cameras are a national security threat serious enough to ban them from every federal building in the country, including the Capitol. That decision was made years ago.
But the same cameras, from the same companies, are installed in millions of American homes today with no equivalent legal protection. If Congress believes the risk is real enough to protect their own buildings, it is real enough to protect American families.
Learn more at the link in our bio.
#RaineyFreedomProject #HomeSecurity #NationalSecurity

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The logic behind the SNAP state cost-sharing requirement is straightforward: states set the eligibility rules, states administer the program, and states allow the fraud to happen. So states should share the cost when it does. 81% of Trump voters and 64% of independents agree. Read the full polling memo on our website, link in bio.

#RaineyFreedomProject #Accountability #Fraud

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Among Republican voters: 45% say they'd be more likely to back a primary challenger against a Senator who votes to overturn SNAP accountability reform. Among Trump-first Republicans, that rises to 49%. Read the full polling memo on our website, link in bio.

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A single home security camera paired with modern AI can track when you wake up, when your children come home, when your house is empty, who enters your front door, what's on your screens, and your full daily routine. Automatically, continuously, and without you thinking about it. That data profile is more detailed than anything you would post publicly.

The question is not whether your camera knows this about you. The question is who else it's sharing it with.
Learn more at the link in our bio.
#RaineyFreedomProject #HomeCameras #NationalSecurity

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When Trump voters were asked whether to implement the SNAP cost-sharing requirement now or wait two years, they chose now by a margin of 67 to 22. All voters preferred implementing now by 50 to 34. And when voters were told that a delay would add to the national debt, support for the delay dropped even further to just 27%. Read the full polling memo on our website, link in bio.

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In February 2026, surveillance cameras were used as precision targeting tools to guide a military strike. This is not a future warning. It is a documented event. The same camera brands involved in that incident are currently available at major U.S. retailers and installed in millions of American homes. A device marketed as a home security tool is, in the wrong hands, something else entirely.
Learn more at the link in our bio.
#RaineyFreedomProject #HomeCameras #NationalSecurity

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Support for SNAP state cost-sharing across voter groups: Trump voters 81%. Republicans 79%. Independents 64%. A second measure of the same policy confirmed it. Majority support held even after voters heard counterarguments. Check out the full results on our website, link in bio.

#RaineyFreedomProject #Accountability #Fraud

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Fifty-four million American homes currently have Chinese-linked surveillance cameras installed. That number is worth sitting with. At that scale, this is not a niche privacy issue for tech enthusiasts to debate. It is a systematic, real-time collection of data on American families: their faces, their voices, their routines, their homes. Feeding into systems that operate under the legal authority of a foreign government.
Learn more about the scope of the problem at the link in our bio.
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