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Billy Aouste

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Billy Aouste is the new media specialist for The Heartland Institute.

Aouste is responsible for many projects at Heartland, including producing and managing social media outreach; pitching op-eds to print and digital publications; producing Heartland's weekly email; editing Heartland’s blog, the Freedom Pub; and tracking Heartland experts’ media hits.

Aouste is a graduate from DePaul University with a B.A. in political science. While studying, he participated in the Fund for American Studies program in Washington D.C. Prior to joining Heartland in 2015, he was a staff intern on Bruce Rauner’s successful Illinois gubernatorial campaign. Aouste resides in Hainseville, Illinois.

Recent Articles and Publications

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October 15, 2018
Heartland Weekly: Streamline FDA Process to Cure Cancer
By Billy Aouste
Week of October 8, 2018
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October 8, 2018
Heartland Weekly: Taking Down the Climate Solutions Caucus
By Billy Aouste
Week of October 1, 2018
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October 1, 2018
Heartland Weekly: Shameful Politicization of Hurricanes
By Billy Aouste
Week of September 24, 2018
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September 24, 2018
Heartland Weekly: Heartland’s Ferrara on Fox & Friends
By Billy Aouste
Week of September 17, 2018
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45% of elected officials say Heartland led to a change in policy
45%
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May 26, 2012
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184 issues
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91 events
that Heartland hosted, attended, or spoke at, reaching 14,711 guests
100,000 fans
on Facebook posting and reposting over 1 million times a week