Author: 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.

ANALYSIS – Your tax dollars are being used to demonize and target you. Team Biden continues its hyper-politicized and illegal campaign to equate Republicans and conservatives (i.e., half the country) with Nazis and other fringe extremists. And it is using the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to spearhead the effort. Yes – they are weaponizing federal law enforcement to be used against you. And they are shamelessly lying about it. Joe Biden’s DHS, led by Alejandro Mayorkas, gave more than $350,000 to a left-wing university program that put the Republican Party and mainstream conservative groups on a “pyramid of far-right radicalization” next to…

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ANALYSIS – The war against woke is raging across the nation. From school districts to corporations and even the Pentagon, conservative Republicans are on the front lines to get America to wake up to what woke really is. And it’s not the dictionary definition of the term. As Florida Governor Ron DeSantis battles Disney over its woke policies and both he and the Texas legislature dismantle neo-Marxist Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives statewide, liberals still try to focus on the textbook description of woke as being ‘socially conscious’ rather than the radical concept it is. (RELATED: Trump’s DeSantis Ads…

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ANALYSIS – One of the first things the left does exceptionally well is rewriting language and reframing debates to shift the Overton window. We need to avoid these phrases at every step and call them out. You can’t successfully challenge ideas on the enemy’s terms. It is what is behind the efforts of Bud Light, Target, Disney and Starbucks to push their unquestioning agenda on kids and families wherever they shop. In recent years the acronym LGBT has been followed by even more letters: LGBTQIA (queer/questioning, intersex, and asexual or nonbinary) to cover previously only whispered, if spoken at all,…

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ANALYSIS – City of Angels baseball team honors group known for mocking Christianity. Don’t just sit there – do something. I earlier wrote about the decision by the Los Angeles Dodgers to invite and honor the anti-Christian drag queen group ‘Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence’ (SPI) here. Then, due to the backlash from Catholics and Christians of all stripes, the Major League Baseball (MLB) team disinvited the offensive hate group made up of cross-dressing men to their opening game LGBT ‘Pride’ festivities. The team’s Pride Night is sponsored by Blue Shield of California. But then, caving to the intense left-wing bullying, MLB and…

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ANALYSIS – Joe Biden changed his mind again. After months of saying no to F-16 jet fighters for Ukraine, the besieged country’s quest for the American combat aircraft got a big boost over the weekend when Biden agreed to train Kyiv’s pilots to fly them. This is just the first step to then provide the Fighting Falcon to Ukraine. The question now is who will provide them first? The United States or its allies? Biden’s comments at the G7 leaders’ summit in Japan came days after Britain and the Netherlands said they were building an “international coalition” to help Ukraine…

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THURSDAY PDB – A united West and Japan, its top ally in Asia, see both China and Russia as threats. The G7 meeting’s minutes make grim reading for China and Russia. The world’s seven most industrialized countries have sent both Russia and China a clear message of their solidarity and resolve, not only regarding Ukraine but also by aligning with the U.S. in viewing China primarily through a security and geoeconomics lens. AND THE TWO BELLICOSE, AUTHORITARIAN WORLD POWERS AREN’T HAPPY – Russia and China hit back at a G7 that saw them as a threat. Moscow and Beijing lashed out against…

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WEDNESDAY PDB – It is soon to be official, and Ron DeSantis intends to make a splash. Florida’s conservative Republican governor will announce his U.S. presidential bid in an online appearance with Elon Musk on Twitter, placing him on a collision course with Donald Trump in the GOP primary. Trump sees DeSantis as his top GOP rival. But the field is getting crowded, which favors Trump. (RELATED: Quantity, Quality And History: Factors That Will Determine The Next President) The decision to make the announcement on the site’s audio platform, Twitter Spaces, in a discussion with Musk, who has a dedicated fan…

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ANALYSIS – While the Kremlin says that it had pushed pro-Ukrainian militants back across the border, it appears that armed Russian partisans are still fighting inside Southern Russia close to Ukraine. If so, this is the second day of fighting inside Russia. That is a potentially dangerous development for Moscow. The New York Times noted that there was an “explosion reported at a defense factory and skirmishes at a border crossing, a day after anti-Kremlin fighters aligned with Ukraine appeared to have begun a rare ground assault inside Russia.” The Times added: A British defense intelligence agency statement on Tuesday said fighting “highly likely”…

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ANALYSIS – The recent firing of Tucker Carlson from Fox News has added to the perception that the cable news network is actively watering down its conservative brand. But the shocking news of just how woke the corporation has become is only now coming to light. “Fox News devotes hours of programming to attacking ‘woke companies,’ but ironically Fox is as woke as the rest of them,” one former Fox News employee told The Daily Signal, saying that its viewers would be “astonished to find out what the company is like.” Specifically, this wokeness is seen in its policies toward employees. According…

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ALERT – In what appears to be an idiotic attempt to supposedly kill Joe Biden, a 19-year-old man repeatedly rammed a U-Haul truck into the barriers around the White House at Lafayette Park on Monday night. To be clear, these barriers (or bollards) are designed to stop large vehicles and are a substantial distance from the White House perimeter fence. There was no mention of explosives or other dangerous materials aboard the truck. Had there been this would be an entirely different story. (RELATED: Man Charged With Threatening To Kill President After Ramming White House Security Barrier) Still, the incident prompted…

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