Viral footage from the Romanian side of the Danube River, in some cases a mere 200 meters from the recorded explosions, shows Russian suicide drones attacking critical Ukrainian grain and exportation infrastructure. For centuries, the Danube has been one of Europe’s most crucial trading waterways. From the inland ports at Reni and Izmail, commerce from […]
FRIDAY PDB – Barack Obama’s ‘Pivot to Asia’ is finally here. It really got moving under Donald Trump but has been growing since. As the largest-ever version of the joint military exercise known as Talisman Sabre nears its end this week, the Army has seen its own set of firsts that have converged in two specific […]
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has dealt another blow to the Biden administration’s gun control plan by ruling against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) Final Rule (2021R-08F – Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached “Stabilizing Braces”) with one dissenting Obama-appointed judge. (RELATED: Trump Makes Desperate Plea […]
CNN Senior Legal Analyst Elie Honig questioned the effectiveness of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis for “intermixing” her political ambitions with the likely prosecution of former President Donald Trump in the Georgia election probe. During an on-air panel discussion following Trump’s arraignment in Washington, D.C., Honig predicted Willis’ apparent political flirtations would backfire on […]
ANALYSIS – New intelligence and satellite imagery suggest that Communist China is moving ahead with its plan to develop a network of global naval bases. I first wrote about this major Chinese effort in April 2022 in the wake of China’s new beachhead in the Solomon Islands. Back then, I called these overseas military facilities ‘nonbases’ since […]
Former President Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to intercede in his growing legal matters. Trump’s request comes after being indicted a third time this year. Earlier this week, special counsel Jack Smith indicted Trump on charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot and efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Trump, in […]
Washington, D.C. – Since the end of World War II, the federal government has grown in size and scope beyond what most of the founding generation did not consider legitimate. The regulatory impulse of the modern state has produced a permanent, unaccountable meta-government that often ignores the people’s sentiments in the name of protecting them. […]
THURSDAY PDB – A new, much bigger war may be coming to the Mideast. With the U.S., Russia, Israel and Iran involved, it could be huge. It might also give China the opportunity to strike Taiwan. BUT WHAT OTHER OPTIONS DO WE HAVE? – The perils of adding US forces in the Middle East. Last month, […]
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A breast cancer patient claims her health clinic dropped her after she criticized a trans pride flag hanging in the reception area. Marlene Barbera can no longer receive treatment at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) facilities. Barbera had previously been a patient at the Richmond Family Medicine Clinic (RFMC) in Portland, Oregon, for 12 […]
The Biden administration created a gold rush, of sorts, when it set up a program to hand out tens of billions of dollars in public subsidies to encourage companies to build the infrastructure for his green energy dreams. There was a catch to the giveaways, though an assortment of “made in America” requirements on components and […]
How Both Parties’ Lack Of Courage Led To Our Current National Security Debacle
While the clock continues to tick on the spending bills Congress should (but very likely won’t) get done by the end of the government’s fiscal year, it’s worth noting that the deficits and debt we’ve already accumulated have profound national security consequences. As the Cato Institute’s Romina Boccia and Dominik Lett write, the culprit is […]