The ‘Deep State’ and its threat to national security

It is with a healthy mindfulness of the need for wisdom and humility in the face of complex discourse that we introduce the author’s personal opinion of the notion of a so-called “deep state” in American politics. It is not the author’s intent to investigate matters outside his understanding, nor to imply disrespect towards different […]

The Russian bounties and the danger of politicizing intelligence

SOFREP recently identified the problems surrounding the bombshell New York Times piece claiming a secret Russian military intelligence unit was offering Afghan militants bounties to kill US troops. Namely, if the intelligence is true and accurate, why was no action taken to hold Russia accountable? This damning intelligence report was allegedly briefed to President Trump […]

Former U.S. Navy Sailor is released by Iran in prisoner swap

After two years of being incarcerated in Iran, former Navy Sailor Michael White was released on Thursday after the United States deported Sirous Asgari, an Iranian scientist who was acquitted last year on charges of trying to steal trade secrets. Asgari was being held in an ICE facility.  The U.S. also terminated a case in […]

ANTIFA: The movement that Trump wants to declare a terrorist organization

On Sunday, President Trump tweeted that the United States will be declaring Antifa a terrorist organization in response to the ongoing civil unrest across the country. His tweet has raised numerous legal and constitutional questions. Although the President can use an executive order to label individuals or groups as terrorists, the very nature of the […]

Space Force gets its own flag and releases kick-ass recruitment video

To boldly go where no man has gone… America’s newest military service now has its own flag. And if you are a fan of Star Trek, then it may look familiar.  The U.S. military’s newest service unfurled its flag for the first time at the White House in the Oval Office and was presented to […]

The USNS Comfort sails into harm’s way

In the past several weeks the military has become more and more involved in the battle against the coronavirus. A notable event was the arrival of the USNS Comfort in New York City. With the fear that New York City might run out of hospital beds for the sick, Governor Cuomo pleaded for assistance from […]

Did Trump try to buy off a Coronavirus vaccine? The battle and politics behind the pandemic

According to German government officials, the U.S. government tried to secure the world’s first Coronavirus vaccine. More specifically, the German officials claim that the Trump administration offered large sums of money to CureVac, a German biotechnology firm, that has been developing a Coronavirus vaccine in an attempt to buy the exclusive rights for a potential […]

The Democrat Party is a wet hot mess, again

Rise of the Progressives Not for the first time, the Democrat party appears to be splintering along factional lines. It has a long history of this actually. In 1860, anti-slavery Northern Democrats and pro-slavery Southern Democrats split at their convention and each nominated a candidate for President with the Southerners favoring John Breckenridge and the […]

The aftermath of the impeachment trial

After the impeachment of President Clinton ended in February 1999 with an acquittal, he appeared before the cameras to make an act of contrition: “I want to say again to the American People how profoundly sorry I am for what I said and did to trigger these events, and the great burden these have imposed […]

Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman: From zero to hero and back again

From Zero to Hero It wasn’t too long ago that the President’s foes, broadly known as “The Resistance” were saying that anyone serving on Trump’s White House staff are traitors.  Try not to be surprised that the Resistance is now outraged that the President dismissed two Army Colonels on detail to the White House NSC […]

The Iowa Caucus: Democratic Party’s mobile app backfires

Elections can be messy things, but at the heart of them is a simple count of the votes cast: one plus one, equals two.  Very simple math done by simple folks just trying to sort out who won. In Iowa, the Democratic Paty hired a third party software company called “Shadow Inc” to create a […]

The Pic of the Day: Trump’s border wall is going up

General assembly shot of barrier to include, crane and segments stacked in the foreground along with Normandy barriers at the El Paso 1 project, spanning 46 miles, near Deming, NM, January 28, 2020. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, South Pacific Border District is providing contracting services, including design and construction oversight, of Department of […]