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Monday, August 17, 2026

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America's Demoralized Men

GEN Z MEN DROPPING OUT OF WORKFORCE — LABOR PARTICIPATION CRASHES TO 56%...

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Male Gen Z labor participation has plummeted to just 56 percent. AI is gutting entry-level jobs while these young men carry mortgage-sized student debt for degrees that delivered nothing.

This is the direct result of a credentialed system that failed them and a culture that told them college was the only path. Over a million trade jobs sit unfilled. Terry Schilling has hammered this on Fox Business: common sense says there's a better route than $80K–$150K in debt for a paper that doesn't pay.

Idle young men breed unrest. The data shows 60 percent of under-45s feel worse off than their parents. Helping the next generation marry, build families, and enter real work is how you break the cycle and keep them out of radical traps.


Affordability

DEMOCRATS NOW LEAD GOP ON ECONOMIC TRUST AS RENTS SOAR AND SOCIALISM POLL NUMBERS TANK...

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Democrats have taken the lead over Republicans in economic polling for the first time in years. A new CBS survey shows socialism viewed 10 points less favorably than capitalism overall, but the gap narrows sharply among voters under 45.

Boomers can stop calling young people lazy. Rent costs are crushing, entry-level work is vanishing under AI, and worthless degrees have left a generation buried in debt. The fix isn't more bailouts for universities. It's forcing colleges to prove a degree is worth the cost — and giving families real tools like Home Savings Accounts.

APP's February 2026 Cygnal poll found 77 percent support for Home Savings Accounts with just 11 percent opposed. Voters want policies that actually help them build families, not another round of the same failed model.


Life & Family

TRUMP ADMIN STEPS INTO SURROGACY FIGHT — DEMANDS HOSPITAL PROVIDE LIFE-SAVING CARE TO NEWBORN...

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The Trump administration intervened in a surrogacy dispute, ordering a hospital not to deny life-saving care to an infant born through the arrangement. Biological parents are now criticizing Texas AG Ken Paxton for getting involved, and TMZ is amplifying the attack.

Surrogacy turns children into commodities. When things go wrong, the vulnerable pay the price. APP's mission remains unchanged: the American family is the bedrock of the nation, and it needs a dedicated political force in the arena fighting solely for its interests. True protection means rejecting arrangements that put newborns at risk from the start.


Kids Online

FRENCH SOCIAL MEDIA BAN FOR KIDS UNDER 15 STRUCK DOWN OVER AGE VERIFICATION CONCERNS...

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A French court struck down a proposed ban on social media for children under 15, citing free speech, privacy, and concerns about age verification technology.

This is a setback, but the fight for child safety online is winning in America. APP helped drive age verification laws in 24 states. In June 2025, SCOTUS upheld Texas' law 6-3. APP's own February 2026 Cygnal poll (n=1,048) shows 81 percent support for porn age verification — with a staggering 66 percent strongly in favor — and 83 percent for app store age verification. These are the most intense, bipartisan numbers in the survey.

Our kids are being robbed of innocence by hyper-sexualized platforms. Age verification is a proven tool to push back.


The Credentialed Left

EDUCATED WHITE WOMEN DITCHING GOP FOR FAR-LEFT SOCIALIST CANDIDATES...

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To the surprise of many, educated white women are breaking for socialist candidates in key races. This shift comes as public school enrollment drops in Virginia and Maryland while homeschooling surges.

The Democratic Party is more radical than ever. Even as they try to prop up "mainstream" figures for 2028, their base and messaging keep pulling further left. That makes the stakes of the midterms crystal clear. APP's work on school choice, protecting girls' sports, and stopping sex changes on minors has exposed how out of touch the credentialed left has become with normal families.


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PAULA SCANLAN JOINS RILEY GAINES TO RIP TRANS INTRUSION IN WOMEN'S SPORTS...

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PAULA SCANLAN JOINS RILEY GAINES TO RIP TRANS INTRUSION IN WOMEN'S SPORTS...

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Paula Scanlan appeared with Riley Gaines on Newsmax and Fox to detail the reality of biological males in female spaces. Terry Schilling hit Ad Wars, Right Squad, and Newsmax over the weekend. Anthony was on Newsmax Sunday.

Campus Reform covered Republicans' bill to ban federally funded research on gender transitions for minors. APP's ad targeting Texas Dem Talarico over his ties to gender ideology just went international in France.

Sex is real. APP started this fight in 2015, helped 27 states ban men from women's sports, and passed protections against irreversible sex-change procedures on minors in 26 states. Over 890 medals stolen from female athletes. 79 percent of Americans back these safeguards.


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CROWLEY STAYS QUIETLY RADICAL ON GENDER IDEOLOGY...

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BREAKING: NEW FAUCI EMAIL: FDA'S TOP OFFICIAL IN 2021 ENCOURAGED ANTHONY FAUCI AND FRANC...

Sen. Rand Paul (official) on X: BREAKING: New Fauci email: FDA's top official in 2021 encouraged Anthony Fauci and Francis Collins to leverage their billions in scientific research dollars to study the side effects of the COVID vaccines. In the spring of 2021, Janet Woodcock (who has a pro-Big Pharma reputation) nevertheless recognized that FDA surveillance systems would not be sensitive enough to pick up everything. She said that Pfizer and Moderna were unlikely to support the studies. "If you let a problem fester, then it will come back to bite you later." Fauci steered $5.5 billion in funding that year. No such study was conducted.


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THE DEMOCRAT PARTY STILL WANTS TO CARVE UP HEALTHY CHILDREN...

American Principles Project on X: The Democrat party still wants to carve up healthy children. The $4.5 billion Transgender Industrial Complex operates with the full support of leftwing radicals like James Talarico, Peggy Flanagan, and Abdul El-Sayed. Our country has no taste for this barbarism. In November, we must keep these fanatics out of the halls of power. Via @JonSchweppe


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