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She Posted that an ICE Agent Should Be Indicted. Federal Agents Came Knocking
When expressing an opinion about a federal agent brings officers to your home—and even your polling place
The Intelligence Community Has a Consumer Problem
America’s spies can collect the truth, analyze the risks, and warn of the consequences. But they cannot force a president to listen.
Accelerating Authoritarian Dynamics: Assessment of Democratic Decline - Periodic Update
Democracy Sitrep | June 2026
The Weekly: The Republic Doesn’t Save Itself
The Constitution is only as strong as the people—and institutions—willing to defend it.
Birthright Is America’s Strategic Advantage
The fight over the Fourteenth Amendment is about more than immigration—it’s about whether America abandons a democratic principle that has long strengthened its security and leadership.
Tulsi’s Final Intelligence Failure
When truth and propaganda can occupy the same briefing
