Author: cbanaszak@riponsociety.org
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Wisdom From Our 26th President – February 3, 2026
“Of all games I personally like football best, and I would rather see my boys play it than see them play any other.” Letter to Walter Camp March 11, 1895
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Wisdom From Our 26th President – January 27, 2026
“There is no limit to the greatness of the future before America, before our beloved land.” The Great Adventure 1918
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Military.Com: Pentagon Turns Focus to Potentially Privatizing Commissaries, Military Exchanges
Military.Com: Pentagon Turns Focus to Potentially Privatizing Commissaries, Military Exchanges
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Fleischmann & Newhouse Tout Growing Support of Nuclear Power as a Way to Meet America’s Increasing Energy Demand
WASHINGTON, D.C. – With America facing unprecedented energy demands driven by data centers, artificial intelligence, and technological advancements, U.S. Reps. Chuck Fleischmann and Dan Newhouse appeared before The Ripon Society to discuss the effort they are leading to meet this demand and boost U.S. energy security in the coming years.
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Winston Group Warns GOP: Independent Voters and Economic Messaging Will Decide 2026 Midterms
WASHINGTON, DC – Exactly 285 days until the 2026 midterm elections, The Ripon Society hosted a luncheon discussion Wednesday with veteran pollsters Winston Group Founder David Winston and Co-Founder Myra Miller who shared their early insights on how they expect voters to cast their ballots in November.
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Wisdom From Our 26th President – January 20, 2026
“Americanism means many things. It means equality of rights and, therefore, equality of duty and obligation.” Letter to S. Stanwood Menken January 10, 1917
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“Common-sense conservative values work, especially when deployed consistently over time.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Ripon Society hosted a breakfast discussion with three Republican lawmakers who share not only a common role, but a notable distinction – they are the first freshman members of the U.S. House of Representatives in 14 years to serve on the Energy & Commerce Committee.
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“Permitting in this country is broken.”
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressmen Dusty Johnson (R-SD-At-Large) and Scott Peters (D-CA-50), bipartisan leaders of the ePermit Act, addressed The Ripon Society and Franklin Center for Global Policy Exchange, discussing their legislation to modernize federal permitting through digital coordination.
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Wisdom From Our 26th President – January 13, 2026
“We all of us feel, most rightly and properly, that we belong to the greatest nation that has ever existed on the earth.” July 4, 1886 Dickinson, Dakota Territory
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Pfluger and Cline Chart Republican Study Committee Priorities for 2026
WASHINGTON, DC – Republican Study Committee (RSC) Chairman August Pfluger (TX-11) and Vice-Chair Ben Cline (VA-06) outlined their legislative priorities for the Second Session of 119th Congress at a meeting of The Ripon Society, highlighting the RSC’s pivotal role in shaping last year’s landmark reconciliation bill and previewing an agenda centered on affordability.
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Wisdom From Our 26th President – January 6, 2025
“May all good fortune attend you and yours throughout the year that is opening.” Letter to Jacob Riis January 8, 1902
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Wisdom From Our 26th President – December 23, 2025
“Christmas was an occasion of literally delirious joy.” An Autobiography 1913