ANALYSIS – First, let’s be clear. I was at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as a security contractor for a foreign TV news crew. I witnessed the chaos firsthand and was not happy about it. I strongly condemned those who violently rioted there in an article the very next day. In my piece, I even said they should go to jail, just like any other violent rioters. And they should. But Joe Biden’s DOJ isn’t content with ‘hard time’ for some of these rioters. They want a much longer time. (RELATED: FBI May Have Used Jan. 6 To Spy…
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Paul Crespo
Paul Crespo is the Managing Editor of American Liberty Defense News. As a Marine Corps officer, he led Marines, served aboard ships in the Pacific and jumped from helicopters and airplanes. He was also a military attaché with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) at U.S. embassies worldwide. He later ran for office, taught political science, wrote for a major newspaper and had his own radio show. Paul has also been a defense contractor with the Pentagon. He brings decades of experience and insight to the issues that most threaten our American liberty — at home and from abroad.
THURSDAY PDB – I’ve been a pretty strong supporter of Ukraine’s fight against Russian aggression, but the first thing I thought when I heard Ukraine’s president loudly and angrily whine about NATO not giving the country a timeline for memberships was, ‘seriously?’ Ukraine must show ‘gratitude’ to the West to keep support, UK defense minister warns. Ben Wallace cautioned that Kyiv should rein in its disappointment over NATO’s language on joining the alliance. Ukraine must show “gratitude” to its allies, despite its disappointment over the way NATO framed Kyiv’s future membership prospects, in order to maintain long-term Western public and…
ANALYSIS – Your federal tax dollars hard at work – the far-left lunacy has taken control of so many formerly respected American institutions that it’s tough for some of them to outdo themselves. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), though, wasn’t content just misinforming Americans on COVID-19’s origins, risks, masking, and lockdowns; it is now promoting leftist insanity and likely endangering the health of babies. And it is time for Congress to investigate. (RELATED: CDC May Have Your Cellphone Data To Track COVID Compliance: Report) The CDC, with a $12 billion budget and more than 12,000 employees,…
ANALYSIS – Was it a mistaken Ukrainian hit or a Russian job? It is sad either way. A former Russian submarine captain accused of war crimes in Ukraine has been assassinated in broad daylight while out jogging in an area close to Russian security and special forces facilities. (RELATED: Russian Lieutenant General Killed In Missile Strike) Stanislav Rzhitskiy was found with four bullet wounds in his back near the Olimp sports complex in Krasnodar, in Southern Russia. He was reportedly shot by a Soviet-era 9mm Makarov handgun with a suppressor (‘silencer’). Russian media outlets speculated that Rzhitsky, 42, who previously…
ANALYSIS – It’s not just the Wagner Group that may soon cease to officially exist, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has decreed that all private military companies (PMCs) must sign contracts with the Ministry of Defense (MoD) – about a dozen Russian PMC mercenary groups are operating in Ukraine. Others claim the number of Russian PMCs could be in the thirties. Interestingly, PMCs are still outlawed under Russian law. Yet, as Molfar Global, a private intelligence group, notes: …since all PMCs are subordinate to the Kremlin in one way or another, the members of these organizations are not arrested or subjected…
ANALYSIS – Question – what’s worse than regular people being indoctrinated to be woke leftists? Answer – a global woke leftist artificial intelligence (AI) helping them. And apparently, and not unsurprisingly, that’s what Joe Biden and his team wants. And they are working hard to achieve this nefarious goal. And it is terrifying. The American Accountability Foundation (AAF), a government watchdog group, recently warned that Team Biden is actively using the federal government’s vast power to regulate AI to promote a “woke” ideology in the basic architecture of the revolutionary, powerful and dangerous new technology. That ‘woke’ ideology promotes affirmative action…
WEDNESDAY PDB – Vladimir Putin claims one reason for invading Ukraine was to keep the country from joining NATO, which it wasn’t really on track to do. But now NATO has adopted a framework for eventually joining the military bloc. Letting Ukraine join in the middle of a major war would be insane, but this vague NATO plan for possible eventual membership is also questionable. Zelenskyy says NATO’s ‘absurd’ plans for Ukraine fall short. NATO leaders agreed Tuesday to allow Ukraine to join “when allies agree and conditions are met,” the head of the military alliance said, hours after President…
ANALYSIS – Even when presented with overwhelming evidence that Team Biden colluded intimately with Big Tech social media companies to censor conservative Americans, the White House doubled down on violating the First Amendment. As I wrote last week, on July Fourth, a federal judge blocked “federal agencies from communicating with Big Tech firms to censor posts.” This, after a lawsuit against the Biden administration by three Republican state attorney generals (AGs). According to the judge, Terry A. Doughty, the AGs “have produced evidence of a massive effort by Defendants, from the White House to federal agencies, to suppress speech based on its content.” (RELATED: 25…
TUESDAY PDB – The bloody infighting among rival military groups in the North African nation of Sudan is intensifying and could turn into a major conflict. UN warns of ‘full-scale civil war’ in Sudan, Egypt to host summit. Diplomatic efforts to halt fighting between Sudan’s army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary have so far proved ineffective. If this conflict grows will it spill into neighboring countries and further destabilize all of North Africa? (RELATED: How Will The Pentagon Evacuate Americans From War-Torn Sudan?) FOR YOUR EYES ONLY – Here’s a roundup of today’s other top defense stories from conservative…
ANALYSIS – Communist China is clamping down on exports of two rare strategic minerals – gallium and germanium – beginning August 1 for “national security reasons.” China is the world’s largest source of these two rare metals, which are produced in small amounts but used for myriad high-tech products. Both gallium and germanium are among 50 minerals that the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) deems “critical,” meaning they are essential to the economic or national security of the U.S. and their supply is vulnerable to disruption. The Chinese move, which was announced ahead of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s visit to Beijing last week, is widely seen as…