Happy Friday from Advancing American Freedom. As always, we are grateful for your support which makes it possible to defend your ideas - in part by educating lawmakers and Capitol Hill staff on cutting bureaucratic red tape and strengthening our American economy.

• In a detailed report, AAF Senior Research Fellow David Burton spells out why the tariff refund procedure is going to be a mess unless Congress steps in with legislation.

• AAF Senior Research Fellow Rachel Greszler brings the heat on waste, fraud, and abuse with 23 pages of analysis and recommendations.

• Bernie and AOC want America to halt its production of new AI data centers until there are “strong national safeguards in place.” This would kill energy demand, incentivize data centers to leave the country, and make America less competitive in the race for global AI dominance.

• “The Supreme Court, for the third time, has slapped down another attempt by Colorado to control what people say, think, and do regarding sexuality and the sexes,” writes AAF Senior Legal Fellow Tom Jipping.

• “While some claim that unions are on the ‘comeback,’ the reality is that union membership continues to decline and it’s unlikely to rise unless unions adapt their outdated models.”

• See also her opinion in Washington Examiner: The Numbers are in: Unions Need a New Playbook.

• In my op-ed with Jonathan Moy, we rolled out our new Small Business Opportunity Initiative, AAF’s plan to highlight the role entrepreneurs—especially small business owners—play in building our economy. Our polling shows that business owners are optimistic about recent provisions like the permanent Trump-Pence tax cut extensions but are concerned about how the government will respond to inflation and tariffs.

• Pence gives President Trump “all the credit in the world” for his efforts to counter Iranian threats and analyzes the situation with Brian Kilmeade.