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Friday, August 28, 2026

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Kids Online

META SETTLES BIG — AGE VERIFICATION ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM, 2-HOUR KID LIMITS, MIDNIGHT LOCKS...

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Meta just agreed to age verification for Facebook and Instagram, boot accounts for kids under 13, slap 2-hour daily limits on minors, lock apps from midnight to 6 a.m., mute notifications during school hours, kill algorithmic feeds for teens, and let parents shut down autoplay and extreme content.

The settlement with state AGs hands parents real tools against social media addiction. APP praised the move as a precedent every tech giant must follow.

This is exactly the protection-first agenda voters demanded in APP’s February Cygnal poll: 81% back porn age verification with 66% strongly in favor — the hottest intensity in the survey. 83% want app-store age verification too. Parents are done letting Big Tech rob their kids of innocence.


TRUMP TEAM BANS TRANS IDEOLOGY IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS...

Education Secretary Linda McMahon and President Trump declared at a back-to-school event that transgender ideology will not be tolerated in America’s classrooms.

Sex is real. Boys are not girls, and schools exist to teach truth — not sterilize or confuse children. APP has led this fight since 2015, helping 26 states ban irreversible sex-change procedures on minors.

Capitol Hill

HOUSE GOP RETURNS TO FULL PLATE — RECONCILIATION, FISA, NDAA, FUNDING FIGHT...

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The House reconvenes next week with a stacked agenda: third budget reconciliation, FISA Section 702 reauthorization, NDAA finalization, and hashing out a continuing resolution to fund government through December.

Speaker Johnson has zero margin for error. APP will keep the pressure on for family-first priorities — from age verification to Home Savings Accounts that 77% of voters support per our Cygnal data.

Elections


The Credentialed Left

HHS REPORT EXPOSES DIRECT LINK BETWEEN TRANS IDEOLOGY AND LEFT-WING VIOLENCE...

The Department of Health and Human Services released a major report tying transgender ideology to left-wing violence.

The Gender Industrial Complex has real consequences. APP has fought this since the beginning — because we cannot allow kids to be mutilated and sterilized for profit or ideology. True love means telling children they are perfect exactly as God created them.

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Media Hits

JON SCHWEPPE DROPS DAILY CALLER OP-ED ON HOSPITAL EXPLOITATION DRIVING UP HEALTHCARE COSTS...

Read at Daily Caller →

APP Senior Advisor Jon Schweppe published a must-read piece exposing how hospitals and providers game the independent dispute resolution process to stick taxpayers with massive bills.

  • Terry Schilling on Newsmax discussing the Stop Nick Shirley Act and Democrat efforts to block fraud investigations: Watch
  • Terry on Newsmax exposing Girl Scouts pushing Islam on young girls: Watch
  • APP Senior Advisor Jon Schweppe on Fox & Friends on far-left candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s support for transgender surgeries on kids: Watch
  • Terry Schilling on CNN discussing Dolly Parton’s legacy: Watch
  • APP Political Director Katie Frost on CNN on radical Democrats and the stakes of this election cycle: Watch
  • Jon Schweppe on the Moment of Truth podcast on Big Tech, sports betting, and age verification: Listen

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APP’s February Cygnal poll proved it: voters want concrete action on child safety first — 81% demand age verification with sky-high intensity, and 77% back Home Savings Accounts to build family wealth without the college debt trap. Meta’s settlement and Trump’s school policy show the fight is winnable when we lead.

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The Credentialed Left

MUSLIM ELDER IN DEARBORN DECLARES MUSLIMS WILL BUILD AMERICA ON ISLAM...

Read at Daily Wire →

A Muslim elder in Dearborn, Michigan, declared that Muslims will rebuild America on the foundation of Islam. The remarks come amid growing concerns over radical influences in key battleground communities.

This is the credentialed left's America: open borders, identity politics, and imported ideologies that reject the nation's Judeo-Christian roots. Democrats grow more radical by the day, and the 2028 primaries already show how out of step their bench remains.

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The Credentialed Left

DEMOCRAT GOV JOSH SHAPIRO PUSHES TO ERASE 'MOTHERS' AND 'PREGNANT WOMEN' FROM PA HEALTH CODE...

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Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro is moving to strip words like "mother" and "pregnant woman" from the state's health code in favor of gender-neutral language. The change would sanitize biological reality from official documents.

Sex is real. Women are the ones who get pregnant and give birth — no amount of leftist word games changes that fact. This is exactly why Democrats look more extreme than ever heading into the midterms.


The Credentialed Left

MICHIGAN DEM AG BLASTS EL-SAYED'S TERROR ATTACK RESPONSE AS 'MENTALITY THAT BOTHERS A LOT'...

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Michigan's Democratic Attorney General raised alarms over congressional candidate Rashida Tlaib ally El-Sayed's response to a terrorist attack on a synagogue. The AG said the rhetoric reflects a dangerous mentality.

Even some Democrats are starting to flinch at how radical their party's rising stars have become. The 2028 bench looks toxic, and midterm stakes have never been higher.


Men's Spaces

WNBA STAR CAMERON BRINK UNLEASHES EXPLICIT RANT AGAINST ENES KANTER FREEDOM OVER TRANS DEBATE...

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Los Angeles Sparks star Cameron Brink launched an explicit tirade against Enes Kanter Freedom for arguing biological men should not play in the WNBA. Brink called the stance "a stupid piece of" and doubled down on the trans debate.

APP has helped 27 states ban men from women's sports and watched 890+ medals stolen from female athletes. Terry's message is simple: "Girls should grow up knowing they can compete, train, and win without having to share a locker room or the podium with a man."


Affordability

HERITAGE FOUNDATION REPORT: HOUSING CRISIS IS SOCIALISM'S FAULT, NOT A LACK OF IT...

Read at Daily Signal →

A new Heritage Foundation study traces America's housing affordability crisis directly to failed socialist-style policies that distort markets and drive up costs for families. Bad government incentives, not free enterprise, created the mess.

Families are getting crushed. APP is pushing Home Savings Accounts — 77% of voters support them per our February Cygnal poll — to give parents real tools for building generational wealth instead of more top-down failures.


Elections

DEMOCRATS USE 2026 MIDTERMS TO AUDITION 2028 CONTENDERS...

Read at politico.com →

Democrats are treating the 2026 midterms as an early testing ground to shape their 2028 presidential bench, with early endorsements and positioning already underway. The party is signaling which radicals it plans to elevate next.

The Democratic Party is more radical than ever. Even the figures D.C. is trying to prop up are proving how disconnected they remain from normal voters — which makes every midterm seat that much more critical.


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