Akash Chougule

Some personal news - March 21 is my last day at AFP; On March 26, I begin as President of @FREOPP! I am grateful to AFP and Stand Together, and honored for the opportunity to lead FREOPP - looking forward to helping expand the American Dream to uplift more Americans than ever!

Thank you @emilybrooksnews for including me in this recap! Freedom conservatives are optimistic because the big-government right is flailing. We'll discuss the future of the Right this month at the Freedom Conservatism Conference, May 20 in DC: freecon.org

The REAL birth of freedom in America and the start of #America250! Happy Rhode Island Independence Day!

The responses to this are a good reminder that a lot of anti-immigrant keyboard warriors have no idea what the law says. “He had 20 years to become a citizen!” No. Thanks to country of origin caps, the wait time for Indians can be over *100 years*—just to get a green card. Many die waiting in line. We tell people seeking the American Dream to come here “the right way,” and then we punish them for doing so.

Rather than help build a “working-class coalition,” tariffs have proven to be a political anvil. Consumers are left picking up the pieces of a manipulated and broken economy, while businesses get court-ordered kickbacks. @AkashJC

Teachers unions are a cancer on the American education system and our country’s future strength and prosperity, and the ones who suffer most as a result of their existence are children from low-income families most in need of upward mobility. nationalreview.com/news/teachers-…

As I wrote this weekend to @FREOPP Substack subscribers, rather than help build a “working-class coalition,” tariffs are a political anvil. Tariffs were never going to help win an election, but they can certainly help lose one. A lesson for the future.

Read more here on the broken promises and lessons (hopefully) learned one year after “Liberation Day” substack.freopp.org/p/liberation-d…

Big news: FREOPP is growing! We're thrilled to introduce four people who will help us expand economic opportunity to those who least have it. Marilinda, Renu, Dan, and Luca: Welcome to the team. We're lucky to have you.

Could not agree more. At a time when labor policy is stuck between a Left that just wants to force more workers into unions, and portions of the Right that just want to be more like the Left, @Sonderling47 has stood firm for years in defense of worker freedom & entrepreneurship.

Today, @FREOPP is launching the Center for Safe and Stable Futures, a first-of-its-kind hub for child welfare policy. Ensuring that every child in America grows up in a safe, stable home should be the standard, not just the aspiration. Learn more at safeandstablefutures.org

Today we honor & celebrate the strength of our city. Boston Strong. 💛💙

The school choice debate used to be about where kids go to school. Now it's about where, when, and how Americans learn at every stage of life. FREOPP's @DanLips and @UT_Civitas's @mctoth lay out the full policy architecture in a must-read piece. nationalaffairs.com/publications/d…

The weekend is here. Good morning from Augusta National. #themasters

A year since “Liberation Day,” Trump’s tariffs are not only an abject failure by his own admin’s standards and the standards of basically every economist, they’ve also been uniquely damaging to his signature promise as a “political outsider” and have knee-capped his poll numbers.

New from @DanLips @FREOPP in @NationalAffairs: "Full Spectrum Education Choice" From ESAs to 529s to Trump accounts, there is a nationwide movement to use financial accounts to promote upward mobility. But even more can be done with these powerful tools: nationalaffairs.com/publications/d…

The bipartisan duo of former Reps @BlaineACII and @LacyClayMO1 are right: Congress needs to bring accountability to proxy advisory firms. They are negatively impacting the financial wellbeing of working-class Americans, often without their knowledge. americanbanker.com/opinion/congre…

The national debt just crossed $39 TRILLION. This is an embarrassing abdication of responsibility from lawmakers of both parties, who have prioritized the enrichment of retirees at the expense of young Americans trying to achieve the American Dream. substack.freopp.org/p/total-boomer…

This insane viral story underscores a larger problem: widespread policy failure and bureaucratic confusion in child welfare. That’s why @FREOPP will soon launch the Center for Safe & Stable Futures, a first-of-its-kind child welfare policy leadership hub. thebanner.com/community/loca…