By Doug Ritter Ammoland In Hawaii, another zombie bill from last year shuffled out of the graveyard and was heard in the Senate Committee on Safety and Military Affairs yesterday. Last year, early intervention by Knife Rights resulted in the bill not even getting a hearing, but this year, we were unable to accomplish that. Fortunately, one […]
The Federal Reserve recently disclosed a figure that should stop any serious observer of American public life in his tracks. As of Q2 2025, U.S. NGOs hold $14.12T in assets. That balance sheet is larger than the combined 2025 GDP of Japan, Germany, and India by roughly 5%. This is not a slogan or a […]
PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – Gilded capability: Overinvestment and the survivability paradox. History provides ample evidence that overinvestment in a capability can accelerate military decline by diverting scarce resources to protect investments at the expense of system regeneration and resilience against attrition. U.S. industrial realities create a strong temptation to compensate for numerical deficiencies by […]
Recently declassified Justice Department documents show for the first time that in 2019, former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon and Jeffrey Epstein exchanged messages discussing opposition to Pope Francis and efforts to expand conservative Catholic influence within the Vatican. In one message, Bannon wrote “Will take down Francis” and referenced a broader list of […]
Virgin Islands Rep. Stacey Plaskett (D) sought funding from Jeffrey Epstein in 2017 for a voter data project intended to support campaign outreach in the territory, according to emails released as part of the Justice Department’s unclassified disclosure of Epstein documents. In a May 5, 2017, email sent under the pseudonym “LeRoy Daughter,” Plaskett proposed […]
By Scott Witner The Truth About Guns Washington state legislators are pulling out all the stops to ram through House Bill 2320, a sweeping measure that gun rights advocates warn criminalizes not just homemade firearms but the very knowledge and tools used to create them. On February 6, the Washington House made an unusual procedural […]
Two U.S. Navy vessels operating under U.S. Southern Command collided Wednesday during a replenishment-at-sea operation in waters near South America, military officials confirmed. The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun and the Supply-class fast combat support ship USNS Supply made contact while conducting a routine at-sea resupply, resulting in injuries to two personnel. U.S. Southern […]
Federal authorities have launched a criminal investigation into two Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers after video evidence contradicted their sworn testimony in a Jan. 14 shooting involving a Venezuelan immigrant, Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons confirmed Friday. According to authorities, the incident stemmed from a Jan. 14 confrontation in north Minneapolis involving Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis, […]
Left-wing commentator and former MSNBC host Joy Reid is facing backlash after accusing Republicans of using rap star Nicki Minaj as a political prop to gain “cultural cool” credibility. During a recent appearance on The Don Lemon Show hosted by Don Lemon, Reid launched into a pointed critique of Minaj, who has publicly expressed support […]
Elon Musk has a habit of reframing industries by shifting the underlying question. With rockets, he asked whether launch costs must remain high. With electric vehicles, he asked whether performance and sustainability must trade off. Now he appears to be asking something even more ambitious: whether Earth orbit should be treated not merely as a […]
Why The Pentagon Must Rethink How America Wins Wars
PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – A cost-per-effect blueprint for the future force. Should the U.S. buy more destroyers or develop bases, munitions, and software? The War Department confronts these dilemmas every year when building its budget. Yet the Pentagon’s process still lacks a clear way to answer the most fundamental question: Which force structure delivers the greatest […]