ABOUT CATALYST PATRIOT

Data doesn't have an agenda.
Numbers don't lie.
People do.

We built this for the Americans who are tired of being lied to.

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The Problem

Turn on the news and you'll hear a lot of numbers. Budget deficits. Spending bills. Social Security insolvency dates. Housing crises.

But where do those numbers actually come from?

Too often, they're cherry-picked, decontextualized, or flat-out wrong. One side inflates. The other deflates. Everyone has an agenda. And the average American is left guessing who to believe.

We got tired of guessing.

So we built something different: a platform where every single number is traced back to its original government document. No spin. No aggregators. No partisan think tanks. Just the raw data, presented clearly, with full source citations you can verify yourself.

We call it Radical Sourcing.

OUR MISSION

To arm every American with source-verified data on the issues that shape their lives so they can demand better from their government, regardless of party.

We believe transparency isn't partisan. Accountability isn't radical. And the truth doesn't care about your vote.

This platform exists to help citizens cut through the noise, understand the numbers that matter, and take informed action on the policies that affect their families, their communities, and their country.

What We Stand For

RADICAL TRANSPARENCY

Every number on this site links back to its source document. No aggregators. No "studies say." No Wikipedia citations. If we can't trace it to an official government record, we don't publish it.

You shouldn't have to trust us. You should be able to verify us in two clicks.

NONPARTISAN ACCOUNTABILITY

We don't care if you're red or blue. We care if your government is spending your money wisely, keeping its promises, and telling you the truth about it.

Left and right both screw up budgets. Both make promises they can't keep. We hold both accountable.

CITIZEN-FIRST DESIGN

Government data is intentionally hard to read. Buried in 500-page PDFs. Hidden in Excel sheets with no labels. Written in bureaucrat-speak.

We translate it into plain English, clean visuals, and interactive charts so you can actually understand what your government is doing.

What We're Building

🟢 LIVE NOW

  • - State Budgets (Florida, Illinois)
  • - Social Security Crisis
  • - Housing Affordability Crisis

Every page includes:

  • ✓ Source-verified data
  • ✓ Interactive charts
  • ✓ Full methodology
  • ✓ Download links to original documents

🟡 COMING SOON

  • - More States (Arizona, Texas, Missouri, Wyoming)
  • - Federal Budget Breakdown
  • - Healthcare Costs & Medicare
  • - Tax Policy Comparisons
  • - Infrastructure Spending
  • - Education Funding
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Who We Are

Catalyst Patriot is a project of Catalyst USA, a civic intelligence initiative founded by Dusty Bruggeman.

I'm not a politician. I'm not a think tank researcher. I'm a life insurance broker from St. Louis, Missouri who got fed up with the gap between what politicians promise and what the data actually shows.

I built this platform because I believe most Americans, regardless of political affiliation, want the same basic things:

  • Honest information about how their tax dollars are spent
  • Transparency from their elected officials
  • The tools to hold government accountable
  • A way to cut through partisan spin and see the actual numbers

This started as a side project built with AI assistance (shoutout to Claude and Cursor). It's grown into something bigger: a movement of citizens who refuse to accept lazy narratives and demand source-level proof.

We're not left or right. We're pro-transparency, pro-accountability, and pro-citizen.

If that resonates with you, join us.