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" Year One: Rebuilding the Republic on 1776 Values ”
This is a thought experiment—not a policy plan, endorsement, or call to action.
It imagines what a 4‑year presidency guided by
Revolutionary‑War‑era values might look like in Year One.
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Year One starts with one question:
Where does real power and influence live in this system—and who do they serve?
Assumption: many post‑1776 institutions have eroded U.S. values by centralizing power and foreign‑state influence.
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First target: federal institutions.
DOJ, FBI, and CIA would be re‑chartered, not erased.
They’d narrow to core missions: true federal crimes, domestic counterintelligence, and foreign‑state intel—no domestic “influence” ops.
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Law enforcement returns to the states.
“Broken windows” order and routine policing belong locally.
Federal LE stays narrow: interstate crime, national security, and civil‑rights enforcement when states fail.
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Congress gives up its paycheck.
Year One ends automatic salaries.
Lawmakers get free housing and meals in DC while on official business—no pensions, no side gigs, no golden parachutes.
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Interstates were built for military mobility and commerce, not luxury cruising.
Priority One: reaffirm that mission.
POV stays allowed, but tightly regulated; during contingencies, military and logistics get priority by law.
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No foreign‑state‑linked NGOs, councils, or think tanks.
Any group under foreign control or major influence is dissolved or re‑structured as a purely domestic entity.
That includes second‑ or third‑order networks that launder influence through grants or partnerships.
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The 1776 frame is about instinct, not time travel.
Rev‑War era had no “deep state,” no foreign‑funded think tanks, no global NGOs embedded in domestic policy.
Its colonies distrusted centralized power and believed you can’t govern what you can’t defend with your own ppl.
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This thread is not a realistic policy roadmap.
Many of these moves would crash into the Constitution, precedent, and practical realities.
The point is to ask:
What does a presidency look like when it treats values as the first line of defense?
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Year One vs. Year Four.
Year One sets tone, defines guardrails, and begins rebuilding trust.
Years Two–Four refine the model: testing order without eroding liberty, and measuring institutional trust—not just crime stats.
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