PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – After the first U.S. warship visited the Chinese-built Ream Naval Base on the south coast of Cambodia last week, analysts warn the U.S. should brace for a response from Beijing. “We can expect China will try to neutralize U.S. influence in Cambodia and teach Cambodia a lesson or two in […]
North Korean spies are exploiting remote work arrangements to get hired to sensitive positions within major U.S. companies and carry out espionage operations. The U.S. House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection reports Chairman Andy Ogles (R-TN) “sent letters to LinkedIn, Amazon Web Services, and Palo Alto Networks requesting that each company designate a senior […]
Prominent conservative voices erupted on social media to start the week after newly released documents from the Epstein files revealed previously undisclosed interactions between former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon and the late convicted child sex offender and human trafficker, Jeffrey Epstein. The disclosures have sparked fresh debate on the right about Bannon’s past […]
A Fox News panel was visibly taken aback Saturday night after former NYPD Inspector Paul Mauro floated a startling theory about the silence surrounding the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie. Mauro suggested that the suspected kidnappers’ lack of communication — including no proof of life — may be intentional, not accidental. He argued the suspects could […]
The University of North Carolina system’s Board of Governors may have officially put an end to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programming at state universities, but on the ground, it’s clear that employees are keeping it alive and well on campus. “We’re still able to do the things that we want to do, have these […]
Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy (La.) announced Thursday that he is launching a probe into Democratic New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, citing concerns that the mayor’s recent actions have weakened protections against antisemitism and could place Jewish New Yorkers at risk. Cassidy, who chairs the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, said the […]
For decades, a confident consensus governed American trade policy. Open markets, economists insisted, would raise total output, lower prices, and leave the nation richer. Some workers might lose, but adjustment would follow. New jobs would appear. People would move. Skills would reallocate. The gains would outweigh the losses, and the losses would be temporary. This […]
Elon Musk on Sunday said he would cover legal fees for any victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein who choose to publicly name their alleged abusers but fear being sued for doing so. “I will pay for the defense of anyone who speaks the truth about this and is sued for doing so,” Musk […]
In a recent group email, a friend and respected colleague argued that ICE officers are “a bunch of well-armed, ill-trained thugs recruited from places like dive bars, Klan meetings, and gun shows and with the mission of intimidating the American people.” I was shocked by this inflammatory and reckless language. But, in today’s world, increasingly infected […]
PLAQUEMINE, La. — Democrat Chasity Verret Martinez scored a decisive victory Saturday in the special election for Louisiana House District 60, defeating Republican Brad Daigle in a seat President Donald Trump carried three times. Martinez won about 62% of the vote to Daigle’s 38%, securing an outright majority and avoiding a runoff. The result marked […]
Staff involved in producing the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA 5) during the Biden administration were instructed to prioritize diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) considerations when assembling research teams, according to internal documents obtained by government watchdog group Democracy Restored. The documents, reviewed by the Daily Caller News Foundation (DCNF), show that NCA 5 staff […]
China’s Starlink Killers Can’t Kill Elon Musk’s Satellite Network
Starlink is often discussed as if it were merely a commercial internet service, a constellation of satellites meant to stream movies and route emails. That framing misses the deeper logic of its design. From its earliest public descriptions, Starlink was conceived as a system that could continue functioning in the presence of attack, interference, and […]