I did not set out to test the limits of Indonesia’s speech laws. I made a joke. After Indonesia’s government suspended access to 𝕏 and Grok, I responded with a line that would be unremarkable in any healthy republic. I wrote that the only reason President Prabowo Subianto Djojohadikusumo decided to ban 𝕏 and Grok […]
PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) — America faces a choice in space: lead or follow China. Beijing is methodically executing a plan to dominate the moon and cislunar space. It’s time to fundamentally rethink how the U.S. approaches space. The old divisions between civil and military space programs made sense during the post-Cold War era. Today, they are strategic […]
Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is facing new scrutiny after an old résumé surfaced listing him as a dual U.S.-Egyptian citizen — a claim his campaign now says was wrong. The résumé, uncovered by The Washington Free Beacon, dates back more than a decade to El-Sayed’s early academic career, when he joined Columbia University’s Mailman […]
Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona has filed a lawsuit against the Pentagon and War Secretary Pete Hegseth, seeking to block military disciplinary action taken against him for his public warnings about unlawful orders to U.S. service members. Kelly, a retired Navy captain and current U.S. senator, sued the Pentagon in federal court on Monday, […]
Tensions continue to rise… Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) renewed her call to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Sunday, accusing the agency of operating as a “racist” and “rogue” organization, remarks that drew swift condemnation from the White House as federal officials defended ICE agents amid rising assaults against officers. “The actions of ICE […]
A school administrator in Ohio got candid about the transgender sports controversy, claiming, “It’s the parents that are jerks.” Fremont City Schools Assistant to Human Resources Amy Purney told Accuracy in Media’s investigative journalist that “The kids are pretty accepting” of transgender students in girls’ sports. When AIM’s undercover journalist asked about enrolling a biologically male student and […]
Mary Peltola, the former Alaska congresswoman and the first Alaska Native elected to the U.S. House, announced Monday that she is running for the U.S. Senate in 2026. Peltola’s entry sets up a marquee matchup against Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan, who is seeking a third term and remains a favorite in a state that has […]
The United States came within inches of elevating Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to the second-highest office in the land. That fact should now give pause, not because of ideology alone, but because of governance. What has since become clear is that Walz operated within, and benefited politically from, a Somali patronage system that his administration […]
The battle for control of the film and television company intensifies as politics enter the picture… Paramount Skydance filed a lawsuit against Warner Bros. Discovery in Delaware’s Chancery Court on Monday morning, seeking additional financial disclosures related to Warner Bros.’ agreement with Netflix. The suit comes amid an increasingly hostile takeover battle among major Hollywood […]
The U.S. Embassy in Bogotá, Colombia — the closest operating American diplomatic mission to Venezuela — issued an urgent warning over the weekend citing reports that armed socialist gangs known as “colectivos” are actively searching for American citizens or individuals perceived as supportive of the United States. Through the embassy, the State Department urged all […]
Chaos Erupts at Westwood Protest A U-Haul truck drove into a crowd of anti-Iranian regime protesters Sunday afternoon in Los Angeles, injuring at least two people and triggering a chaotic confrontation before police detained the driver. The incident happened around 3:30 p.m. in the Westwood neighborhood, near a federal building and in an area known […]
New Bill Lets Americans Hunt Foreign Drug Cartels
A new bill filed in the United States Senate would let American privateers hunt and capture foreign drug cartel vessels. U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) reports in a statement he introduced the Cartel Marque and Reprisal Reauthorization Act which “authorizes President Trump, as provided under the Constitution, to commission American operators under letters of marque […]