Quarterly Update, Q3 2026

Dear Friends of Bull Moose,

2026 is winding to a close. As the year cools down and the election heats up, we thought it was time to go through what Bull Moose was up to over the summer.

Reports, Public Filings, Memos, and Legislation

We started the quarter off with "Clouded Judgment: The Risks of Lock-In and Single-Vendor Dependence." Published with Evan Swarztrauber of CorePoint Strategies, the report highlighted the monopolistic control that Microsoft has established over the cloud computing market. Aiden and Evan later went on American Moment's podcast to discuss it in detail — watch here.

Anthony filed a comment in early July on behalf of the United States Trade Representative's investigation into labor law violations, supporting the levying of new Section 301 tariffs. Later that month, USTR announced that the tariffs would be going forward on dozens of countries.

We also released two pieces of model legislation:

• The Expediting Act: A version of a law originally signed by Theodore Roosevelt, the Expediting Act would force antitrust cases - which often drag on for years - to go through a much faster process.

• The Ratepayer Protection Pledge Codification Act: There are many good pieces of legislation on data centers. But almost all are political messaging bills and do nothing to actually solve the problem of balancing the need for more compute with public concerns. The RPPCA does so by requiring data centers to hire only Americans and to pay for all electricity, while making it easier for data centers to provide that electricity.

We also released a memo, Public-Private Partnerships to Fight International Crime, on the exciting growth of private sector AI-enabled intelligence gathering capabilities. To that end, we also welcomed a new member of our team, Jacob Schelp, as our inaugural Research Fellow.

Our Senior Fellows, Heberto Limas-Villers and Daniel Bring, wrote a bevy of primers and memos, including:

• Silicon Security: Defending the American Quartz Advantage

• Prediction Markets: Opportunities and Issues

• Limitations on Chip Production: What America Can Do

• Financing Reindustrialization

Official Bull Moose Project statements, letters, press releases, letters, and endorsements touched on a variety of topics, issues, and candidates:

• In Support of the FCC’s Decision to Vote on Auctioning Spectrum.

• One Year of the Big, Beautiful Bill.

• Letters to Federal Agencies on PNT Resiliency and GPS Alternatives.

• Statement on the FTC's Right-to-Repair Settlement with Deere & Company.

• Endorsement of Joe Mitchell for Congress.

• ASFA and OAMA Child Safety Coalition Letter.

• In Support of the FCC's Vote to Repeal National TV Ownership Cap.

• Endorsement of Derick Merrin for Congress.

• Endorsement of Conner Dunleavy for New York State Assembly.

• Statement Opposing Judge Brinkema's Outrageous Google Ruling.

Selected Commentary

Our commentary this quarter includes:

• "The app store is the enforcement mechanism kids’ safety needs," by Aiden Buzzetti in The Washington Examiner.

• "The new fuel at the pump could hurt your car and wallet," by Aiden Buzzetti in The Washington Examiner.

• "Break Google’s Monopoly for Good," by Anthony J. Constantini in Townhall.

• "A Way Forward on Data Centers," by Anthony J. Constantini in American Intelligence.

• "Critics Said the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Merger Would Hurt Competition. They're In For a Surprise.," by Aiden Buzzetti.

• "Gmail just nuked 142,000 campaign donations. They call it spam — we should call it unchecked power," by Aiden Buzzetti in Washington Examiner.

• "American Cars Are Back. The Recycling to Match Them is Not.," by Aiden Buzzetti.

• "A Rail Merger Built Around American Workers," by Aiden Buzzetti.

• "Make Antitrust Fast Again," by Anthony J. Constantini in The Blaze.

• "America’s cancer breakthroughs need an open market," by Aiden Buzzetti in American Thinker.

• "Closing the Foreign Liquor Loophole," by Anthony J. Constantini in Washington Times.

• "Foreign Ships Threaten More Than Our Health. Congress Shouldn’t Make It Easier for Them to Dock.," by Aiden Buzzetti in DC Journal.

• "The World That Never Was: Liberal Internationalism’s Last Crusade," by Anthony J. Constantini in American Affairs

• "Conservatives owe talk radio. It’s time to return the favor," by Aiden Buzzetti in Washington Examiner.

• "Two real estate giants are deciding which homes you’re allowed to see," by Anthony J. Constantini in Washington Examiner.

• "The End of Old Guard Conservatism," by Aiden Buzzetti at The American Mind.

Media and Events

Aiden hosted a congressional staff briefing, cohosted with Public Knowledge, on a slate of technology safety bills being considered in the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Sincerely,

Aiden Buzzetti

President

Bull Moose Project