Category: Defending America

‘China and Russia Are Kicking Our Butts’ in Military Modernization: Retired Marine General

The United States is not adequately deterring China and Russia and its military modernization efforts are being hampered by needless bureaucracy, according to a retired Marine general. “China has not only modernized their military, but they have quadrupled their military,” said Arnold Punaro, a retired major general of the U.S. Marine Corps. “I don’t care…


US Trending Toward China’s Social Credit System, Enabled by Big Tech: Kara Frederick

Big tech companies are doing the bidding of the U.S. government in actions that mirror China’s social credit system, and Americans must recognize what’s happening and take action, according to Kara Frederick, a former Facebook intel analyst and a research fellow at the conservative Heritage Foundation. Frederick recently authored a Heritage Foundation report titled, “Combating…


Wokal Distance: The Campaign Against Joe Rogan and the Basis of Woke Ideology

“The notion of truth and objectivity is beginning to disappear.” In this episode, we sit down with Wokal Distance, an expert in postmodernism and critical theory and a visiting fellow at the Center for Renewing America. We break down the underpinnings of woke ideology and the current campaign to cancel Joe Rogan. “Think of postmodernism…


US Navy Leads Largest Ever AI-Assisted Unmanned Maritime Exercise in Middle East

The U.S. Navy on Jan. 31 kicked off the largest ever unmanned international maritime exercise in the Middle East region. The Navy said Monday that an 18-day training event commenced during a ceremony at U.S. 5th Fleet’s headquarters in Bahrain. Led by U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, 60 partner nations and international organizations are participating…


NGA Chair Ducey: Biden Administration’s Southern Border Policy ‘Disconnected From Reality’

Republican Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Monday called the Biden administration’s southern border policy “disconnected from reality.” Ahead of a meeting with the National Governors Association (NGA) on Monday, President Joe Biden spoke of America having a chance to reassert world leadership on a range of issues including “everything from the environment to dealing with…


House Republicans Demand Answers on Iran and Israel

Expressing grave concern over the Biden administration’s handling of foreign policy matters in Iran and Israel, more than 30 House Republicans signed two stern letters this week, demanding action from President Joe Biden and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield. “The American people expect this administration to live up to its word; number…


‘Live Not By Lies’—Rod Dreher: How Much Are We Willing to Sacrifice for the Truth?

“Our idea of totalitarianism is based on the Cold War. We think of the Soviet gulags. We think of the secret police. We think of breadlines… The problem is, we don’t really understand what totalitarianism is.” A soft totalitarianism is gripping the Western world, and it’s our fear of suffering and sacrifice that’s allowing it…


Current Literature Market is ‘Woke’ From Top to Bottom: Heroes of Liberty Editor

Heroes of Liberty Editor Bethany Mandel says her company’s books provide parents with a much-needed choice for wholesome, pro-America stories in what is currently a progressive children’s literature market. Mandel told “American Thought Leaders” host Jan Jekielek that the Heroes of Liberty project was started “because we saw a hole in the market (for), wholesome patriotic,…


How an Attorney and a Holocaust Survivor Stopped Vaccine Passports in Orange County, California

California and New York were the first areas in the country to take steps toward vaccine passports last year. New York City implemented it, but Orange County didn’t, thanks to the efforts of human rights Attorney Leigh Dundas and holocaust survivor Vera Sharav. Dundas is leading some of the nation’s most notable efforts to counter the vaccine…


Bethany Mandel Talks ‘Subtle Indoctrination’ in Children’s Books and K-12 Education; New Heroes of Liberty Series

“There’s all of that very overt indoctrination, but I think what’s more damaging is the very subtle indoctrination.” Woke ideology about race and gender often aren’t explicitly included in lesson plans, but instead appear in books teachers use to teach subjects like counting or sentence structure, says conservative commentator and writer Bethany Mandel. “It normalizes…