Category: Defending America

US Army, Air Force Budget Requests Not Geared to Check China: Subcommittee Chair

A lot of facts are built into the proposed 412-page Fiscal Year (FY24) U.S. defense budget, nearly $1 trillion worth of them. But trends in budget requests from the service branches under the Biden administration make at least two “immutable facts” stand out to Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Va.). “First, the Army does not have sufficient…


Florida Law Invalidating Diver’s Licenses for Out-of-State Illegal Immigrants Gets Mixed Reviews

A new Florida law defies a longstanding custom that states will honor each other’s driver’s licenses. On May 10, 2023, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 1718 into law. The measure was passed by Florida’s legislators as a means of protecting the state and its citizens from the costly and sometimes dangerous effects of illegal…


Republicans Calling for More Oversight on Ukraine Spending Amid Growing Scrutiny

The proposed $874.2 billion Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) defense budget that the House Armed Services Committee will begin vetting June 21 provides $80 million in military assistance for Ukraine but closes out further funding for Kyiv for the current fiscal year that ends Oct. 1. Since the February 2022 Russian invasion, the United States has…


Proposed $874 Billion Defense Budget Cleared for House Hearings Beginning Next Week

After nearly five months of hearings, the House Armed Forces Committee’s six subcommittees on June 13 quickly and unanimously adopted their components of the proposed $874.2 billion fiscal year 2024 (FY24) national defense budget. The next stop for the draft National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), filed as House Bill 2670, is its first hearing before…


Proposed House Budget Demands US Navy Float More Boats Than It’s Asking For

It’s not likely this has happened often, if ever, in the annals of haggles over U.S. military budgets: Congress is demanding the Navy float more boats than it wants to. But that’s the case with the House Armed Services Committee’s Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee approving a proposed spending plan that calls for construction of…


IN-DEPTH: Trump Indictment Rests on Untested Legal Theory, Experts Say

The indictment of former President Donald Trump for holding military documents and obstructing the government from taking them is built on a novel legal theory, according to several lawyers and other experts. The theory has multiple weaknesses that, if scrutinized in court, could collapse the entire case. The case has been portrayed in the media…


IN-DEPTH: Former Congresswoman Calls for Immediate Exit From the WHO

A former Minnesota congresswoman is calling for an immediate exit from the World Health Organization (WHO) as it inches closer to establishing governance over nations during a declared public health emergency. “This is very serious, and it’s approaching faster than anyone realized,” Michele Bachmann told The Epoch Times. Bachmann, now dean of the Robertson School…


JP Sears: Is Idiocracy the Gateway Drug That Leads to Communism? Can Comedy Be the Antidote? [ATL:NOW]

“Idiocracy is the gateway drug that leads to communism,” says comedian JP Sears. Before the spring of 2020, Sears said he took America’s freedoms for granted. It wasn’t until the pandemic that he became aware of the extent of government and media corruption, hypocrisy, and brainwashing. “[When we] try to deny reality, it literally makes…


[PREMIERING NOW] JP Sears: Is Idiocracy the Gateway Drug That Leads to Communism? Can Comedy Be the Antidote? [ATL:NOW]

“Idiocracy is the gateway drug that leads to communism,” says comedian JP Sears. Before the spring of 2020, Sears said he took America’s freedoms for granted. It wasn’t until the pandemic that he became aware of the extent of government and media corruption, hypocrisy, and brainwashing. “[When we] try to deny reality, it literally makes…


[PREMIERING 6/9, 9:30AM ET] JP Sears: Is Idiocracy the Gateway Drug That Leads to Communism? Can Comedy Be the Antidote? [ATL:NOW]

“Idiocracy is the gateway drug that leads to communism,” says comedian JP Sears. Before the spring of 2020, Sears said he took America’s freedoms for granted. It wasn’t until the pandemic that he became aware of the extent of government and media corruption, hypocrisy, and brainwashing. “[When we] try to deny reality, it literally makes…