Hung Cao said President Donald Trump nominating him as the long-term Navy secretary is the “honor of a lifetime.” Trump nominated Cao, who currently serves as the acting Navy secretary, in a social media post on Tuesday night, after he fired his predecessor, John Phelan, a big Trump donor who was terminated in April for reasons including slowed shipbuilding schedules. “We need Patriots like Hung leading our Navy and Marine Corps, and I can think of no one better than him to make sure our Great Navy and Marine Corps remain the FIERCEST and BEST Force the World has ever…
The copper bull market has become much bigger than copper. This is rapidly becoming a do-or-die industrial challenge for the Western world. America wants AI supremacy. It wants gigantic data centers, new electrical grids, semiconductor fabs, autonomous factories, robots, drones, missiles, nuclear plants and a manufacturing renaissance. There is one problem: Almost everything America wants to build requires copper. And Washington has finally recognized copper as a national-security issue. ·        President Trump imposed Section 232 tariffs on copper products after determining that excessive import dependence threatened U.S. national security. In 2026, Washington strengthened the regime further: most covered copper products now…
Granite City, Illinois, looks to be just a little across the border from Saint Louis, Missouri. That’s a rough town, and while I can’t say that Granite City is as bad, I can say it has had its moments. For example, recently officers were forced to shoot and kill a suspect after he refused to comply with orders to drop his weapons — a handgun and a replica rifle of some sort.But while that is unpleasant, it’s not what grabbed my attention.No, that was the deceased’s history.According to court documents, Cerentano had a criminal history…
A built-in support system often does a lot of the heavy lifting for military families with a neurodivergent member. The Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) flags your family’s needs and factors them into assignments. Tricare and its Extended Care Health Option cover therapies that would cost a fortune anywhere else. Respite hours show up every month. And all around you is a community that does not flinch when your kid has a minor meltdown in the commissary — half of them have been there, too. Then one day, you separate, and much of what you built evaporates. Often this happens…
Warsh is Worried… Kevin Warsh spoke on Friday. Gold and silver SOLD OFF big on his remarks. In fact, gold closed below its 200-DMA, which means I must discuss what’s likely to happen next. We’re entering two of the most important economic periods in world history right now and it is essential to understand the IMMINENT DANGER. I have been discussing the September-October market sell-off at length throughout the summer, so to recap my concern: China’s economy is in free fall, which means it isn’t buying Treasuries. Between Japan’s financial crisis and China’s, the two foreign holders of U.S. debt…
A federal appeals court has ruled that a district judge lacked the authority to throw out the 2017 court-martial conviction of former Army soldier Bowe Bergdahl for desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. Bowe Bergdahl left his post in Afghanistan in 2009 and was held by Taliban-allied fighters for about five years before a 2014 prisoner swap. He had his conviction vacated in 2023 by U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton. On Tuesday, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated that decision and ordered the case dismissed, concluding that only military tribunals…
Hawaii took it on the chin when Wolford went against them and the so-called vampire rule was overturned. This was a key piece of gun control for the state, and one that accomplished nothing except making gun thefts far more likely. But the problem with Hawaii is that it was never just one bit of gun control. It was a bunch. And, unfortunately, a big one just got upheld by a federal court.In particular, summary judgment was granted on the ban on guns for adults under 21.Hawaii can keep 18-year-olds from buying guns, a federal judge…
Todd Achilles believes the Democratic and Republican parties are too big, too powerful, and have too much control over legislative processes at the detriment of the American people. That is why Achilles is running as an independent U.S. Senate candidate from Idaho, possessing the best chance according to polls to knock off three-term incumbent Sen. Jim Risch, a Republican. It presents a golden opportunity for the independent candidate, as Democratic nominee David Roth ended his campaign in late July though he never endorsed Achilles. Roth’s exit has opened a lane for Achilles roughly 60 days out from the pivotal November…
NEW YORK (AP) — The realization brought Qwynn Galloway-Salazar to tears. She was looking for civilian work two decades ago after leaving the Army Reserves, but what she saw was the disconnect between her and the panel of interviewers. As a Black woman, she didn’t fit the stereotypes of who veterans were or what military service looked like. “They thought of a veteran to be a white male who served in Vietnam,” said Galloway-Salazar, who has built her professional life since then around veteran issues and working to increase the public’s awareness. “I realized the minute I sat in that…
A small, American-made, unmanned aircraft system has set a new world endurance record, according to the U.S. Army. The drone was assembled at Tobyhanna Army Depot in Pennsylvania and tested by the Army in what turned out to be a record-breaking flight that spanned about 300 miles and lasted eight hours. The test flight, held on July 15-17 and confirmed this week by the Army, was dubbed ‘Game of Drones.’ The mission was cause for celebration among unmanned aircraft experts, who called it a win for the growing use of autonomous flying systems in the military. “I think it’s fantastic,”…
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A soldier facing an incoming drone may have only seconds to respond. Israel Weapon Industries wants the soldier’s existing rifle, rather than another specialized weapon, to provide that final chance. “They’re not drone hunters,” said Semion Dukhan, head of Europe for IWI and its parent company, SK Group. “They are there to do something else.” ARBEL, he said, is intended to let troops defeat a drone and return to their primary mission without changing rifles, ammunition or optics. The approach reflects the growing demand for weapons that can stop small tactical drones after electronic jammers, air-defense systems and other protective…
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Prepping has never been more expensive, especially when it comes to stockpiling food. Ongoing conflicts in the Middle East are pushing up the price of energy, droughts and heat waves are killing crops, and data centers are making water more and more scarce. All of this means that food is going to keep getting more expensive. Fortunately, you can still get a lot of emergency food for a reasonable price if you’re willing to search and to buy things in bulk. You’ll also need to be willing to eat some of the basics: rice, beans, pasta, and so forth, but…
In an ideal world, we wouldn’t need prisons. We wouldn’t even need laws. People would understand what they should and should not do, and everything would be grand. We don’t live in that world, though. We live in this one, and so some people deserve to go to prison for a long time. When they don’t, we often find that the bad actors don’t stop trying to victimize other people.That’s what happened in one home in Rochester, NY. The bad guy decided to keep victimizing people. The armed citizen decided otherwise.A Rochester, New York, homeowner…
Marriage isn’t easy. And the military can make it even harder. Some military marriages can withstand the strain. Others can’t and end in divorce. Mine was one of those marriages that didn’t make it. After a 13-year marriage, I divorced my then-active duty husband following the one-year legal separation required by the state. More than a decade later, I still live in an area with a dense military population, and many of the military spouse friends I had before my divorce are still my friends now that I’m no longer one myself. So with this perspective, what have I learned…
The Firearms Policy Coalition is an interesting organization. On one hand, they do amazing work challenging gun laws, even allegedly having a special printer just for printing them out. It’s fantastic, even if it’s not entirely true. I honestly don’t care, because the work is what matters, not the marketing. They’re also the group most likely to tell an anti-gunner to perform anatomically improbable sexual acts upon their own person, and do it in style.I like that.I also like the press release they put out recently.Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced today that its legal team…
A U.S. Army veteran who self-deported to South Korea last year has been pardoned for the crimes that led him to leave the country. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, on Friday pardoned Sae Joon Park, a 57-year-old who was born in South Korea and had lived in the U.S. since he was 7, erasing two convictions he had in the state. She also pardoned five other individuals in the state. “Today, I am granting clemency to six individuals who have displayed positive changes in their lives and will dedicate themselves to bettering their communities—they earned their second chance…
