PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – Earlier, I argued for bringing back to service and court-martialing the veterans among the 6 Democrat politicians who posted a video urging troops to refuse what they called “illegal” orders. I called it incitement to mutiny. And sure enough, the senior veteran among them is now being investigated. And may […]
Former MSNBC host Joy Reid creates controversy during a recent appearance on the I’ve Had It podcast, where she speculated about Vice President JD Vance’s marriage and political future. Reid questioned whether Vance might eventually seek a new spouse to better align with what she characterized as expectations within the MAGA movement, focusing on the […]
Climate activist Greta Thunberg has been issued a 48-hour ban from entering Venice, Italy, after joining Extinction Rebellion protesters who dyed the Grand Canal bright green, according to reports. The 22-year-old Swedish activist was also fined $172, along with roughly 35 other demonstrators involved in the action, The Telegraph reported. Extinction Rebellion said the dye […]
The conviction of President Donald J. Trump in New York is not merely a legal misstep; it is a constitutional disaster. The case was prosecuted under a theory so convoluted, so bereft of statutory grounding, that it cannot stand under even minimal judicial scrutiny. What began as a set of time-barred misdemeanors was alchemized into […]
A deadly shooting in Mobile County is under investigation after a 47-year-old man with a violent history was fatally shot by his nephew in what authorities believe may have been a justified act of self-defense. By Brandon Curtis for Concealed Nation On Sunday, Keenta Todd arrived uninvited at the home of an ex-girlfriend on McAboy Street, bringing […]
In Russia, the number of fictitious marriages with soldiers sent to war against Ukraine is growing. By Taras Safronov for Militarnyi Women register relationships with single soldiers in order to receive state benefits in the event of their death. Foreign Policy cites the example of 40-year-old Serhii Khandozhko from the Bryansk region. In October 2023, he […]
Indiana lawmakers are heading back to the Statehouse in December, setting up a contentious fight over whether Republicans will redraw the state’s congressional map ahead of the 2026 midterms. House Moves First on Dec. 1 The Indiana House of Representatives will reconvene Dec. 1 to take up all pending legislative business, with a redrawn congressional […]
A federal judge ended her 12-year oversight of the New Orleans Police Department on Wednesday, clearing the city and Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick to run the city’s police force free of the court monitoring and blueprint for reform that officials say has helped transform a department once mired in scandal. By John Simerman and Missy Wilkinson for […]
On Wednesday, President Trump’s criminal prosecution in Georgia came to an abrupt end when the prosecutor who took over the case announced he would not move forward. Pete Skandalakis, the executive director of Georgia’s Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council who took over Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s 2020 election subversion case against Trump and several allies, filed a motion indicating to the […]
Consider the trajectory of civilizations, much like the persistence of objects through time. A society, at its peak, extends its influence across eras, but disruptions can fragment that continuity. The Islamic world once exemplified such extension, during what historians call the Golden Age, roughly from the eighth to the thirteenth century. In that period, Muslim […]
CIA Election Interference Revisited: The 51 Spies Who Lied
The story of the 51 former intelligence officials who intervened in the 2020 election has grown clearer over the past several years. New witness testimony, congressional letters, and internal communications reveal a coordinated effort by senior members of the intelligence community, the Biden campaign, and influential