PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – President Trump claims assets belonging to U.S. companies were stolen by Venezuela when it nationalized its oil industry in 1976, and a renegotiation of contracts in 2007. The 22 foreign oil companies, which controlled about 70% of the $5 billion Venezuelan oil industry at the time, received $1 billion in 1977. […]
Republican Vivek Ramaswamy and Democrat Amy Acton have each selected their running mates as Ohio’s 2026 gubernatorial race begins to take shape. Ramaswamy, a biotech entrepreneur and former 2024 Republican presidential candidate, announced that he has chosen Ohio Senate President Rob McColley as his lieutenant governor. The selection highlights Ramaswamy’s effort to pair his outsider, […]
Viewer Discretion Advised: This article includes videos featuring graphic content and explicit language. MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on Tuesday delivered an unusually profane and emotional rebuke of federal immigration authorities, telling U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to “get the f*** out of Minneapolis” after an ICE officer fatally shot a woman during a […]
The European Union has fined X, formerly known as Twitter, $140 million for not censoring posts to comply with European thought control laws, Elon Musk reveals. The revelation is not only disturbing, but indicates other American social media companies may have complied and censored speech. In response, U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) reports he has […]
Viewer Discretion Advised: This article includes videos featuring graphic content and explicit language. MINNEAPOLIS — A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a woman in the face Tuesday in a south Minneapolis neighborhood during a large federal immigration enforcement operation. The shooting happened near East 34th Street and Portland Avenue, according to authorities. […]
Michael Reagan, the eldest son of former President Ronald Reagan and a longtime conservative commentator, has died after a battle with cancer. He was 80. The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute announced his death on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, stating that Reagan had died peacefully two days earlier, surrounded by family. Born John Charles […]
Off to a rocky start… A Republican Congresswoman cast serious doubts that the Republican party will manage to maintain control of the House of Representatives as the GOP is set to take on a competitive midterm landscape. In an interview on Newsmax’s Wake Up America on Wednesday, co-host Sharla McBride asked Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) about the prospects of […]
UPDATE: The Scottish police initially called my reporting on this incident “dangerous far-right misinformation.” They claimed that CCTV footage showed the girls had approached the migrant without prior assault. But evidence to the contrary, including contradictory video footage, began piling up quickly. The hospital that treated Ruby issued a report establishing that she had suffered […]
CNN senior political commentator Scott Jennings said Monday that while he is not planning an immediate bid for elected office, he has not ruled out entering electoral politics in the future. Jennings, who has been a regular on-air contributor at CNN since 2017, addressed the possibility during an appearance on “Finnerty” on Newsmax, where host […]
Senior European officials are warning that any U.S. attempt to forcibly annex Greenland would trigger sweeping consequences for America’s military footprint across Europe, including the potential loss of access to key U.S. bases. The comments come as President Trump sharpens his rhetoric around acquiring Greenland, reviving and expanding a proposal he first floated in 2019 […]
Former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino launched a blistering personal attack against former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) on Tuesday after Gaetz mocked Bongino’s past electoral losses, igniting a public feud between two prominent figures on the political right. The exchange began after Bongino, who announced his departure from the FBI in December, criticized what he […]
Europe’s Rejection Of Educational Liberty Is Killing Its Economy
Europe’s economic malaise is often discussed in abstractions. Analysts cite demographics, regulation, or global competition. These explanations are not wrong, but they are incomplete. The scale of the decline is measurable and recent. When Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone in 2007, the EU’s GDP was larger than that of the U.S. Today, Europe’s economy is […]