Brian Ward
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Parents from Ireland. USAF Career Retired Veteran; served in Europe 12 years with three headquarters tours. Workforce (recruitment, education and employment) professional. Conservative Democrat.
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Opinion | Overmatched: Why the U.S. Military Must Reinvent Itself
Investing in the old ways of war leaves America at risk.
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December 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Should Harris Have Told Biden Not to Run? ‘Perhaps,’ She Writes in New Book
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How a Top Secret SEAL Team 6 Mission Into North Korea Fell Apart
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Opinion | The America We Knew Is Rapidly Slipping Away
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August 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Making new friends at a Soviet military base, 1989.
July 15, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Making new friends at a Soviet military base, 1989.
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How Amy Coney Barrett Is Confounding the Right and the Left
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Supreme Court Rules for Straight Woman in Job Discrimination Suit
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June 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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You purge patriots & locking up dissenters like that’s power. It’s cowardice.
I fought Nazis. You invite them. I liberated camps. You threaten to build new ones. I defended democracy with a .45 and a tank. You disgrace it with a pen and a podium.
Expect no history to salute you. It’ll spit.”
I fought Nazis. You invite them. I liberated camps. You threaten to build new ones. I defended democracy with a .45 and a tank. You disgrace it with a pen and a podium.
Expect no history to salute you. It’ll spit.”
May 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
You purge patriots & locking up dissenters like that’s power. It’s cowardice.
I fought Nazis. You invite them. I liberated camps. You threaten to build new ones. I defended democracy with a .45 and a tank. You disgrace it with a pen and a podium.
Expect no history to salute you. It’ll spit.”
I fought Nazis. You invite them. I liberated camps. You threaten to build new ones. I defended democracy with a .45 and a tank. You disgrace it with a pen and a podium.
Expect no history to salute you. It’ll spit.”
“I’ve seen men bleed out in the Ardennes for a flag you’re not fit to hold. You think bluster is bravery, but I’ve led men through hell—and you couldn’t march through rain without whining about your hair.
You ran from bone spurs and hide behind Twitter like a pampered child playing general.
You ran from bone spurs and hide behind Twitter like a pampered child playing general.
May 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
“I’ve seen men bleed out in the Ardennes for a flag you’re not fit to hold. You think bluster is bravery, but I’ve led men through hell—and you couldn’t march through rain without whining about your hair.
You ran from bone spurs and hide behind Twitter like a pampered child playing general.
You ran from bone spurs and hide behind Twitter like a pampered child playing general.
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Jocelyn Benson, Michigan’s Secretary of State, Is Running for Governor (Gift Article)
Ms. Benson, a Democrat, jumped into a high-profile and potentially crowded race to lead one of the country’s top battleground states.
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May 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Sidelined and Still Processing Her Defeat, Harris Looks for a Way Back In (Gift Article)
A successful campaign for governor of California in 2026, Kamala Harris has told allies, would give her a prominent perch from which to push back against President Trump and defend Democratic prioriti...
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April 13, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Firing of National Security Agency Chief Rattles Lawmakers (Gift Article)
Gen. Timothy D. Haugh, who was also the head of U.S. Cyber Command, was one of several national security officials fired on the advice of a conspiracy theorist.
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April 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Trump’s National Security Firings Come as He Weakens U.S. Cyberdefenses (Gift Article)
The firing of the head of the National Security Agency was only the latest move that has eroded the country’s fortifications against cyberattacks, especially those targeting elections.
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1). I had seven (7) USAF Intelligence tours of duty: 20 Years. It was Classified.
2). From collective security, trade, territorial integrity, heredity and the rule of law, Europe’s foundational principles are now anathema to Trump’s America.
America is in Trouble.
2). From collective security, trade, territorial integrity, heredity and the rule of law, Europe’s foundational principles are now anathema to Trump’s America.
America is in Trouble.
March 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
1). I had seven (7) USAF Intelligence tours of duty: 20 Years. It was Classified.
2). From collective security, trade, territorial integrity, heredity and the rule of law, Europe’s foundational principles are now anathema to Trump’s America.
America is in Trouble.
2). From collective security, trade, territorial integrity, heredity and the rule of law, Europe’s foundational principles are now anathema to Trump’s America.
America is in Trouble.
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🚨NEW: Major development.
German newspaper Der Spiegel has found phone numbers and passwords for Hegseth, Waltz & Gabbard in stolen data freely published on the internet.
‼️It includes details of Signal accounts.
“It is conceivable that foreign agents were privy to the Signal chat group.”
German newspaper Der Spiegel has found phone numbers and passwords for Hegseth, Waltz & Gabbard in stolen data freely published on the internet.
‼️It includes details of Signal accounts.
“It is conceivable that foreign agents were privy to the Signal chat group.”
March 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
🚨NEW: Major development.
German newspaper Der Spiegel has found phone numbers and passwords for Hegseth, Waltz & Gabbard in stolen data freely published on the internet.
‼️It includes details of Signal accounts.
“It is conceivable that foreign agents were privy to the Signal chat group.”
German newspaper Der Spiegel has found phone numbers and passwords for Hegseth, Waltz & Gabbard in stolen data freely published on the internet.
‼️It includes details of Signal accounts.
“It is conceivable that foreign agents were privy to the Signal chat group.”
We call on the United States to uphold the guarantees made alongside Great Britain in the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, which established a direct obligation to defend Ukraine’s territorial integrity in exchange for its relinquishment of nuclear weapons.
Lech Wałęsa
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March 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
We call on the United States to uphold the guarantees made alongside Great Britain in the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, which established a direct obligation to defend Ukraine’s territorial integrity in exchange for its relinquishment of nuclear weapons.
Lech Wałęsa
Lech Wałęsa
BUT cut American jobs, services and benefits. Horrible. IS IS NOT the 51st state. Give it to CA for Fire recovery!
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has invoked “emergency authorities” to bypass Congress and send $4 billion in weapons to Israel, the second time in a month that the Trump administration has skirted the process of congressional approval for sending arms to the country.
Rubio Bypasses Congress to Send Israel $4 Billion in Arms
Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s emergency declaration calls for sending 2,000-pound bombs and other weapons to Israel as the war in Gaza continues.
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March 3, 2025 at 3:13 AM
BUT cut American jobs, services and benefits. Horrible. IS IS NOT the 51st state. Give it to CA for Fire recovery!
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Rather than boycott President Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress, some Democratic lawmakers are inviting former federal workers to the speech on Tuesday as a way to protest the mass firings and funding cuts that have defined Trump’s first month back in office.
Democrats Invite Fired Federal Workers to Trump’s Congressional Address
The move comes as lawmakers hear from constituents over President Trump and Elon Musk’s efforts to slash federal spending and cull the civil service ranks.
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March 3, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Rather than boycott President Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress, some Democratic lawmakers are inviting former federal workers to the speech on Tuesday as a way to protest the mass firings and funding cuts that have defined Trump’s first month back in office.
New Axis of Evil is forming. Problem is America is IN IT
March 1, 2025 at 11:24 PM
New Axis of Evil is forming. Problem is America is IN IT