Month: March 2026

By Wayne Allyn Root

I’ve understood the “Great Replacement” since day one. It’s simple.

Democrats know they can’t win elections with a majority of voters being…1) White…2) More specifically white, male and straight…3) American citizens…and worst of all…4) Working long hours, paying taxes into the system, and not dependent on government welfare checks.

The reason I understand what’s happening is because I fit every one of those IDs. I’m a white straight male…I was born in America…I have incredible work ethic…I work 16 hour days…I pay taxes into the system…I take nothing out…and I want and accept nothing from government.

My parents taught me…always work for a living until the day you die…and take nothing from government.

No one in my family has EVER taken a check from government- other than a student loan for college, that I paid back in full, with interest.

Democrats hate people like me. I am the enemy.

People with those characteristics, and values, vote overwhelmingly Republican.

White people vote overwhelmingly Republican.

White straight males vote even more overwhelmingly Republican. Especially for President Trump.

But black and brown people, who are legal citizens, who work for a living, and don’t take any form of welfare, are also much more likely to vote for President Trump.

The Democrat Party therefore has to replace us, erase us, and bring in foreigners to out-vote us.

When you analyze all of these trends, and beliefs, and values…it comes down to…

White working people are the enemy of the Democrat Party…and working people of any color, who pay taxes into the system are problematic too…and legal American citizens are overwhelmingly a big problem too. Because they have work ethic in their blood.

I’ve known this for 50 years. I studied “Cloward-Piven” at Columbia University with my supposed college classmate Barack Obama.

Cloward-Piven was the forerunner to “The Great Replacement.”

This Marxist plan was to fill this country with poverty stricken black and brown people dependent on welfare, food stamps, free housing, free public schools, and free healthcare- in other words, people who survive only with government welfare checks.

Even 50 years ago, Democrats figured out the trick was to make everyone dependent on government, not work.

And when Democrats realized people born in America were too proud and independent, and had work ethic in their blood, they decided to flood the country with tens of millions of illegal aliens…and to make sure they were overwhelmingly black and brown…and came from countries with high levels of poverty, no education or skills, and low work ethic.

And so, the open border scam and foreign invasion began.

So did the welfare state. So did “The Great Replacement.” This was the perfect SYNERGY.

This past week was a personal Exhibit A for why Democrats used “The Great Replacement” to try to erase white men, and American citizens, and anyone who works for a living, and pays taxes into the system.

I had work done on my home, my home office, and my TV/radio studio. It all just happened to coincide at once.

I had electricians, plumbers, construction crews, computer experts, audio and radio experts, TV production experts all converge on my home, home office, and TV/radio studio at once.

I can’t hide who I am- because all over the walls of my home, home office, and TV/radio studio are photos of my wife and myself with President Trump; my wife and I at President Trump’s inauguration; my wife and I at the White House with President Trump; my wife and I at Maralago with President Trump; and my 17 books are framed on the walls- all of them about my patriotic, conservative, MAGA and pro-Trump beliefs. Oh, and American flags- I have a lot of them.

It’s a little hard to hide who I am, and what I stand for.

Twenty men were in my home, home office and TV studio last week. 16 of them were white. 1 was black. 3 were Latino. All of them were American citizens. All of them were married with children. All of them work long hours for a living, and pay taxes into the system. Many of them were the owners of their own small business.

Guess how these working men reacted to seeing all the Trump photos?

Almost all of them were Wayne Root fans. It turns out the working men of Vegas listen in their work trucks, and at their construction sites, to my radio show. And about half of them watch my “America’s Top Ten Countdown” TV show, and or my daily podcast.

And all of them (100%) love, respect and support President Trump. All twenty. They were actually honored to be doing work at the home, office and TV studio of someone who knows our wonderful President.

How do I know they were honored? They all said so. They all spent a long time looking at the photos on my walls- and then high fiving me. And commenting on how blessed I am. And how excited they were to be doing work for a man so close to the President.

20 men who work for a living. All fans of President Trump. Most fans of my shows. This is no random freak event. This is no coincidence.

I see the exact same scenario when my wife and I go out to dinner in Las Vegas. Almost every waiter, manager, host, and restaurant owner in Vegas is a raving Trump MAGA Republican, and a fan of my shows.

They are predominantly white, male, straight, and work for a living. A few however are black or Latino- but they are legal citizens, work for a living, and pay taxes into the system.

They all appreciate Trump’s tax cuts, and his secure border, and his “No Tax on Tips,” and “No Tax on Overtime.” They love his over-the-top patriotism and nationalism. They are all pro-police and pro-military (just like me and President Trump). And they greatly appreciate that Trump stands for working Americans.

This is the America that Democrats desperately need to erase.

Or they can’t win elections. Nor can they rig and steal elections.

We are in the way.

That’s why they created “The Great Replacement.” The legal citizens of America, who work for a living, and pay taxes, and refuse government checks, are in the way of Democrat’s plans to destroy this country.

Democrats need to bring foreigners into America to out-vote us. But not just any foreigners. They tried that once before- at Ellis Island they brought in Italians, Irish, Polish and all forms of Europeans. Those white foreign immigrants wound up being the base of the Republican Party.

So, now Democrats make sure the new foreign immigrants are overwhelmingly black and brown, unskilled, from socialist nations, and dependent on government from cradle to grave. So, they will always vote Democrat. And eventually create a one party state- where our votes no longer count.

End of story. This is what’s happening, and why. It’s not “racist.” It’s just raw truth.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Wayne Allyn Root is a CEO, businessman, best-selling author, and national conservative TV and radio host, who has interviewed President Trump 16 times. Watch Wayne’s TV show “America’s Top Ten Countdown” on Real America’s Voice TV Saturdays at 1 PM ET/10 AM PT, and his video podcast “WAR Zone Live presented by The Gateway Pundit” daily from 6 PM to 8 PM ET at TheGatewayPundit.com. His website is ROOTforAmerica.com. Read Wayne’s latest fun book, “How Democrats Have Made America Great.” It’s 140 blank pages. The joke is on Democrats!

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Former Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly went off this week on CBS and Bari Weiss this week, saying they “just cannot seem to help themselves making deceptive edits” after they spliced an interview with Pete Hegseth to misrepresent his comments and run cover for the foreign state of Israel. 

“They do not give a sh*t about misleading you over at CBS, the old CBS, or the new CBS, which has a brand new agenda,” Kelly said, accusing CBS of “trying to shove Israel into the debate” by completely changing the framing of a question in post-interview edits.

CBS and its parent company, Paramount, were previously forced to pay millions of dollars to President Trump and agreed to change their editorial policy in a settlement with President Trump following the infamous edited “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris in 2024.

Last year, the network and its parent company were acquired by Skydance Media, led by David Ellison, the son of billionaire Larry Ellison. Skydance is now one of the world’s largest and most powerful media conglomerates, controlling CNN, CBS, HBO, MTV, Paramount+, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, Showtime, TNT, TBS, Adult Swim, and more, following the acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery after Netflix pulled out of a bidding war with Paramount Skydance. Netflix notably pulled out, allowing Skydance to proceed with the deal, after Attorney General Pam Bondi opened an antitrust inquiry into Warner’s already agreed-upon deal with Netflix.

Under Ellison and Skydance, the Free Press co-founder Bari Weiss now serves as CBS’s new editor in chief.

So, naturally, with Trump allies taking over the media landscape, you’d expect the media to be fairer and more honest, but it appears that’s not the case.

In a recent interview with Hegseth, CBS used tactics similar to those previously used with Kamala Harris. They altered the question posed to Hegseth, making it appear that he was defending Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel’s prosecution of the war in Iran, which Hegseth has admitted isn’t always in alignment with US objectives.

“Do you want to address that criticism?” host Major Garrett asks Hegseth after a narrator says, “Some normally enthusiastic supporters of the President have criticized him, suggesting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pulled the US into a war that, to their minds, did not put American interests first.”

Then, as if Hegseth was defending Netanyahu and Israel, in response to arguments that Israel pulled the US into the war, the clip then shows Hegseth telling Garrett, “All I know is, I’m in the room every day, and I see how President Trump operates and what he’s putting first, and it’s America, Americans, and American interests.”

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But in the full unedited version of the interview, Hegseth is asked about unspecified criticisms, several of which have nothing to do with Israel, from some on the right, not about Israel or Netanyahu. He goes on to defend the Trump Administration’s actions in Iran with no mention of Israel.

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Garrett: You mentioned America first. Some who identify with that movement, Megyn Kelly, Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, Marjorie Taylor Greene, have said, from their perspective, this isn’t an America First campaign. Do you want to address that criticism?

Hegseth: All I know is I’m in the room every day, and I see how President Trump operates and what he’s putting first, and it’s America, Americans, and American interests at every level. How long should our bases be tolerating thousands of short range ballistic missiles and one way attack drones pointing at our bases and our people? After 47 years of Americans being targeted and killed, the men I served with in combat in Iraq, coming home with no arms and no legs, targeted by Iranian EFPs, thousands of Americans killed, Beirut.

You want to go back? We can go back to how long? I mean, the regime itself is premised on Death to America. So, 47 years, thousands of missile,s and an unrelenting pursuit of nuclear ambitions. I mean, President Trump’s right. When he says we obliterated their nuclear program, he’s right. We did. We dropped those bombs exactly where they needed to be, set them back. But that doesn’t mean they’ve stopped their pursuit. Doesn’t mean in the back of their mind they’re thinking, well, maybe we’ll wait it out and keep— they’ve miscalculated the resolve of President Trump. Ask Nicholas Maduro about that. Ask, you know, the Houthis about that. Look at the southern border. Look at the cartels and drug boats. When President Trump says he’ll take care of something, he’s going to take care of it.

While the change is seemingly minimal, the messaging is very clearly altered to reflect a pro-Israel agenda.

Megyn Kelly went off on Monday, calling CBS out for dishonestly editing yet another interview. “What kind of fucking bullsh*t is this?”

“Obviously, we’ve got a lot of questions about this war, as I made clear last week, we’re still supporters of President Trump entirely. Doesn’t mean you have to agree with every decision the man makes, and we support our troops, and we support success in this mission now that it has been started. But we have a lot of questions about this war.”

She continued, “Some are about Israel’s role, obviously. Some are about gas prices, as we mentioned a minute ago. Many are about whether this is good for the American people, whether, as we mentioned on this show, we voiced our objections last Monday, we’re now subjecting the homeland to more potential terrorism attacks, remember? That was one of the main things I said, that I was very worried, having been at Fox News for 20 years in the war on terror, that we were now going to start to see more domestic terror attacks, which we had tamped down, which we’d been doing rather well on. That was one of my main things.”

Kelly then played a clip of Marjorie Taylor Greene outlining other reasons Americans may oppose war with Iran, which don’t have anything to do with Israel. “We live our ordinary lives, and we don’t feel threatened by Iran. We don’t walk around thinking that in any moment an Iranian ballistic missile is going to land on our head,” Greene said in the clip. “72% of Americans can’t afford health insurance. 58% of Americans can’t afford car insurance. 67% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. 31% of Americans can’t afford their back taxes. 50% of Americans are in credit card debt, massive credit card debt. That’s where we are in America.”

Additionally, tens of millions of illegal aliens still walk freely in our country and will likely be able to vote in the next election because Senate RINOs refuse to pass the SAVE Act.

“They do not give a sh*t about misleading you over at CBS, the old CBS, or the new CBS, which has a brand new agenda. The left will tell you that it’s pro MAGA. It’s not pro MAGA, trust me, watch two minutes of the evening news or the morning news. It is not pro MAGA at all, but it is pro Israel,” Kelly added. “CBS manipulated the Q and A in order to rehabilitate Netanyahu in a way that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth was not doing in that answer. Do you understand? This is ridiculous. Welcome to the new CBS, same as the old CBS, deceptive editing, deceptive manipulations, meant to push their own agenda.”

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The Middle East conflict spiraled into a direct threat against the global economy this week after Iran launched attacks targeting major international infrastructure and commercial shipping lanes, while warning the world to brace for $200-per-barrel oil if the war continues.

Iranian drones reportedly struck areas near Dubai International Airport, the busiest hub for international travel, injuring several people and sending shockwaves through the global aviation sector.

According to an AP report:

On Thursday, an Iranian attack sparked a major fire on Bahrain’s Muharraq Island, home to the island kingdom’s international airport. Authorities urged people to stay indoors and close windows to avoid smoke. The airport has jet fuel tanks, and other tanks in the area serve the kingdom’s oil industry.

Also, an attack on Iraq’s Basra port killed at least one person and forced a halt to operations at all the country’s oil terminals. Farhan al-Fartousi, the director-general of the General Company for Ports of Iraq, said the attack targeted a vessel in a ship-to-ship transfer area at the port on the Persian Gulf. Iraq’s commercial ports remained open, though the oil terminals had been shut, according to his statement carried by the state-run Iraqi News Agency.

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Iran has targeted oil fields and refineries in Gulf Arab nations and effectively stopped cargo traffic through the narrow Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of all traded oil passes.

BREAKING: Iran Has Struck An Oil Tanker Just Outside The Umm Qasr Port In Southern Iraq.
Iran Is Now Openly Targeting All Middle Eastern Arab States & Their Shipping As A Form Of Terror. pic.twitter.com/F0CKsW7qTp

— John Basham (@JohnBasham) March 11, 2026

Iranian drones reportedly struck areas near Dubai International Airport, the busiest hub for international travel, injuring several people.

At the same time, commercial ships moving through the Persian Gulf and near the Strait of Hormuz were attacked or damaged by projectiles and explosive sea drones, marking a dangerous escalation in the war’s maritime front.

TRT World reported:

Three vessels were hit by unknown projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz, maritime security agencies said on Wednesday, as one of the strikes resulted in a fire onboard a ship and forced most of its crew to evacuate it.

The Thailand-flagged bulk carrier Mayuree Naree was attacked approximately 11 nautical miles north of Oman, two maritime security sources said.

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Earlier, the Japan-flagged container ship One Majesty had sustained minor damage from an unknown projectile 25 nautical miles (46 km) northwest of Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates, two maritime security sources said.

Its crew members are safe, and the vessel is sailing towards a safe anchorage, the sources added.

A third vessel, a bulk carrier, was also hit by an unknown projectile approximately 50 miles northwest of Dubai, maritime security firms said.

The projectile had damaged the hull of the Marshall Islands-flagged Star Gwyneth, maritime risk management company Vanguard said, adding that the vessel’s crew were safe.

A vessel attempting to illegally navigate through the Strait of Hormuz came under attack.

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— Press TV (@PressTV) March 11, 2026

A spokesperson for the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters issued a stark warning to Washington and its allies regarding energy shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, PressTV reported.

“We will not allow even a single liter of oil to pass through the Strait of Hormuz for the benefit of America and its allies,” the spokesman said.

The spokesperson also outlined the broader scope of Iran’s military posture, declaring that any vessel—or oil cargo—linked to the United States, Israel, or what Tehran described as “hostile partners” would be considered a legitimate target for Iran’s armed forces.

Iranian officials argued that the current instability in global oil markets is the result of what Tehran claims are conditions created by the United States and Israel.

“Get ready for oil to be $200 a barrel, because the price of oil depends on regional security – and that security has been destabilized,” said Ebrahim Zolfaqari, spokesperson for the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters.

President Donald Trump previously issued a stark warning to Iran over any attempt to disrupt oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.

“If Iran does anything that stops the flow of Oil within the Strait of Hormuz, they will be hit by the United States of America TWENTY TIMES HARDER than they have been hit thus far.

Additionally, we will take out easily destroyable targets that will make it virtually impossible for Iran to ever be built back, as a Nation, again – Death, Fire, and Fury will reign upon them – But I hope, and pray, that it does not happen!

This is a gift from the United States of America to China, and all of those Nations that heavily use the Hormuz Strait. Hopefully, it is a gesture that will be greatly appreciated.”

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump ordered the release of 172 MILLION barrels of oil from the United States’ Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to combat record-high energy prices triggered by the ongoing war with Iran.

The release, one of the largest in American history, will begin next week and will take approximately 120 days to complete, according to Energy Secretary Christopher Wright.

Read more:

President Trump Orders MASSIVE 172 MILLION Barrel Oil Release from Strategic Petroleum Reserve to Crush Energy Prices

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Four military drones were stolen from Fort Campbell in Kentucky.

In a post on the U.S. Army Fort Campbell Facebook Page, a spokesperson wrote that four Skydio X10D Drone Systems were stolen from the 326th Division Engineer Battalion building.

The Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division is offering a reward for information that leads to the conviction of those behind the theft.

The drones were originally stolen in November of last year, but Fort Campbell released information and surveillance photos to the public on March 11.

Per WKNY:

The U.S. Army Fort Campbell is reporting the theft of four drone systems, and it needs your help to locate the suspects.

According to a social media post by the U.S. Army Fort Campbell, the Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division is offering $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the theft.

Fort Campbell states the theft involved four Skydio X10D drone systems.

The drone systems were last seen on November 21, 2025 at the 326th Division Engineer Battalion at Building 6955 on A Shau Valley Road in Fort Campbell, according to the post.

Between November 21-24, 2025, Fort Campbell states unknown individuals unlawfully accessed the building and took the drones.

The Skydio X10D is an unmanned aerial drone designed with a modular payload capability.

The U.S. Army 7th Army Training Command, last July, used the Skydio X10D to drop a live M67 grenade for the first time at the Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany.

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Innovation in Action!
Using the cutting-edge Skydio X10 drone and a U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command-designed Audible dropper, Soldiers tested the ability to deploy a live M67 grenade at the Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany. pic.twitter.com/MksoIzKNXD

— CPE Aviation (@CPEAviation) July 24, 2025

The report of the stolen drones came just 24 hours before ABC News reported that the FBI had released a bulletin that warned California police departments that Iran may try to attack the Golden State with drones.

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FBI Bulletin Warns California Police Departments of Possible ‘Surprise’ Iranian Drone Attack

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Earlier on Wednesday, The Gateway Pundit reported on a Lara Logan investigation with intelligence veteran Keith Rose on Going Rogue, discussing Iranian networks, sleeper cells, and cartel routes moving operatives toward the United States.

Award-winning journalist Lara Logan has uncovered intelligence pointing to Iranian operatives infiltrating the United States through Latin American networks coordinated with ruthless drug cartels.

This isn’t some far-fetched conspiracy; it’s a clear and present danger to American national security, as detailed in Logan’s latest episode of her hard-hitting podcast, Going Rogue with Lara Logan.

SHOCKING ACCUSATION: Intelligence Expert Warns Iranian Quds Force Operatives are Infiltrating the U.S. via Mexican Cartels

On Thursday evening President Trump was asked about the suspected Iranian sleeper cells.

President Trump told reporters his administration knows where they are located!

Reporter: Have you been briefed about how many Iran sleeper cells there could be inside the US right now?

President Trump: I have been, and a lot of people came in through Biden with this stupid open border. But we know where most of them are. We’ve got our eye on all of them, I think.

They came in through the open border policies of Sleepy Joe Biden, one of the worst, the worst President in the history of our country. And we’ve got our eyes on all.

But the war itself is being prosecuted at a level that nobody’s seen before. It’s pretty amazing to watch.

Via Karli B.

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Even the Democrats’ most unlikely hero is fed up with the fake news media’s blatant propaganda machine.

For three straight minutes, Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) abandoned the scripted talking points of the radical left to deliver a brutal reality check regarding the conflict in Iran and the blatant double standards of the corporate press.

When Collins tried to employ the typical “Fake News” tactic of interrupting a guest to protect the narrative, Fetterman wasn’t having it.

As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Sen. John Fetterman has been one of the few Democrats with the guts to back President Trump’s bold strike on the Islamist Iranian regime, posting his full-throated support for “Operation Epic Fury” and declaring himself a “hard no” on any War Powers Resolution that would tie the president’s hands.

He’s also slammed his own party for refusing to label Iran a state sponsor of terror, the same radicals who wouldn’t even condemn Hamas after October 7.

Now Fetterman is taking that same no-BS energy straight to the fake news media.

Below is the explosive exchange:

FETTERMAN: “And I would remind everybody listening right now, the United States never, EVER targets civilians. Iran does, you know, and including their own citizens. And they massacred that 35,000 of them just a couple of weeks ago.”

[Collins tried to interrupt]

FETTERMAN: “And the left…please! Please! The left media is much more angry, you know, about or talking about this hospital. And it is a tragedy. But they didn’t seem to be as concerned about the Iranians massacring tens of thousands of their young people just a couple of weeks ago, too.”

“So we agree on many parts of it, but we both disagree…I mean, we all disagree that it’s I think it’s a good thing. And every single other Democrat in the caucus caused it all kinds of in negative terms.”

For context, Iran International said the government used chemical weapons on protesters that caused breathing difficulties.

Iranian officials have unofficially said up to 30,000 people may have been killed in the crackdown, according to Time.

The government has officially admitted to killing 3,117 people, while a human rights group put the death toll at 5,459 deaths, with 17,031 deaths under investigation.

Before the crackdown, President Donald Trump had warned Iran not to commit a mass slaughter of protesters.

Collins stammered out a weak defense:

COLLINS: “Uh…we did cover the protests in Iran extensively here at CNN. Obviously they said a lot about how internally people felt about the regime. But just to—”

FETTERMAN: “Well, I don’t watch so I don’t know, but I’m talking about other left media.”

Collins then tried to pivot to the accidental strike on the girls’ school/hospital:

COLLINS: “But just to be clear, you do believe if the United States was responsible, that the Pentagon should acknowledge that they accidentally hit a girl’s school?”

FETTERMAN: “Yeah, I’ve said that. I said it seems that they’ve already acknowledging all those things. I think largely that letter, it was rendered moot at this point after what’s already come out. And I don’t know what your network talked about. But what I’m saying is that, you know, whether like it’s the New York Times, they’re making it more and more trying to convince America that this, this has been a disaster or things are out of control. And that’s just categorically not true on that.”

Collins immediately tried to wrap the segment and cut Fetterman off:

COLLINS: “I just think it deserves coverage, obviously given the number of children who were killed as a result of it, it obviously matters what happened there. We’ll see what the Pentagon investigation says. Senator John Fetterman, I appreciate your time tonight. Thank you for joining us. As always here.”

FETTERMAN: “Oh, now, you don’t have to cut me off here.”

Collins was then forced to let him keep going.

COLLINS: “Go ahead Senator, we’re not cutting you off.”

Fetterman didn’t miss a beat, schooling her on the spot.

FETTERMAN: “Well, you you said something that it’s like it’s appropriate to to cover it. It is appropriate to cover it. You know, it’s a tragedy. Absolutely. You know and now if we’re on that, it’s entirely appropriate for you to apologize. If you’re implying that I don’t think it’s wrong to cover it, that’s just not true. Yes it’s being covered. I just want to clarify that it just seemed like a, like a short shut off there to imply that I didn’t want to carry that or I think it’s entirely appropriate to talk about it.”

COLLINS: “Yeah. I’m not implying that. I just wanted to clarify why we’re covering it. For everyone who’s watching. Senator, thank you, I do always appreciate hearing your thoughts.”

FETTERMAN: “Yeah…thank you…”

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A troubling mystery is unfolding in New Mexico after a retired U.S. Air Force major general with ties to some of the military’s most sensitive aerospace programs disappeared without a trace nearly two weeks ago.

Authorities say Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. William Neil McCasland, 68, vanished from his Albuquerque home on February 27 under circumstances that have raised serious questions, especially given his history with advanced military research and longstanding UFO speculation surrounding one of America’s most secretive bases.

The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that McCasland left his home on foot around 11 a.m. that morning and has not been seen or heard from since. His cell phone was left behind, and he has not contacted family or friends.

The sheriff’s office issued a Silver Alert the following day, citing concerns about an unspecified medical condition that could put the retired general at risk.

Despite an intensive search effort, there has been no confirmed sighting of McCasland.

The FBI has already joined the effort to locate the missing high-ranking retired U.S. Air Force major general.

Investigators say deputies and volunteers have canvassed the surrounding neighborhood, interviewed witnesses, and contacted more than 600 homeowners while combing through surveillance footage and potential leads.

So far, nothing.

According to the press release published on the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office’s Facebook account:

“It has been a week since William “Neil” McCasland was last seen at his residence on Quail Run Court in Albuquerque. It is unlike Neil to be out of touch from his family and friends for this length of time; but we have not given up hope. The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office continues to seek the community’s help in locating him.

Neil is 5’11” with white hair and blue eyes and is believed to have left his residence on foot. He is an avid outdoorsman and is known to often hike, run, and cycle in the Northeast Heights and the Sandia foothills.

Over the last week, investigators at the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office have worked hand in hand with the FBI and other partner agencies, and have so far uncovered no evidence of foul play. We are, however, utilizing all possible resources including advanced technologies, and still considering all possible scenarios as we follow up on leads towards locating Neil. As of today, despite the collective efforts of law enforcement and the community, we still do not know what happened to Neil after he left home on February 27th.

As the investigation continues, we will share verified information with you when possible. Please remember that information other than from the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office is not verified or confirmed. There are people who attempt to develop their own theories based on the limited information available to the public and this makes finding Neil harder.

We are asking for your help in finding him. We believe there are people who have information valuable to locating Neil who have not yet spoken to law enforcement. This could include people who have been in the Sandia mountains and may have seen Neil or captured him on a GoPro or other recording device, specifically on Friday, February 27 or Saturday, February 28.

Sometimes people have information but do not come forward because they feel it may not be important. Regardless of how insignificant you think your information might be, or whether you think we are already aware of it, please contact us and allow us to make that determination.

If you have any information, text BCSO to 847411 or call our Missing Persons Unit at (505) 468-7070.
We would also like to remind the public of some hiking safety tips: Pick the right trail for you and your group’s ability, remember to let people know where you are, dress in layers, be sure to have enough water and always take your cell phone or some other way to communicate.”

After retiring from the Air Force nearly 13 years ago, McCasland briefly worked with To The Stars Academy, the organization co-founded by Blink-182 musician Tom DeLonge, which claims to research unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), according to CNN.

The timing of his disappearance has also raised eyebrows.

Just days before McCasland vanished, President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he had directed federal agencies to release additional government records related to UFOs and extraterrestrial life.

While there is no evidence linking the two events, the coincidence has fueled speculation across social media.

Luis Elizondo, the former Department of Defense intelligence officer who helped lead the Pentagon’s Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP), said he hopes the disappearance is not something more sinister.

“I hope and pray this is not one of those cases where a former senior military officer was specifically targeted and that he will be found happy and healthy in the immediate near term for his sake and the sake of his loved ones,” Elizondo told CNN.

He cautioned against jumping to conclusions.

“Whether or not his disappearance had anything to do with any legacy involvement he may have had in UAP research, I prefer to allow law enforcement the necessary time to do their work before speculating.”

McCasland’s wife, Susan McCasland Wilkerson, addressed the speculation directly in a Facebook post:

Neil McCasland has now been missing for one week. There has been no indication whatsoever of where he might be. There have been dozens of searchers on foot, both official and friends and neighbors of Neil’s, who coordinate with the official sources.

There have also been horseback searchers, drones with different capabilities, helicopters, three different types of search dogs, neighborhood canvassing and looking for Ring or wildlife videos.

Organizations involved are Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) which is the lead organization, Albuquerque field office of the FBI, NM State Search and Rescue, Albuquerque Mountain Rescue, Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Albuquerque Police Department, and maybe others of which I am unaware. I am so grateful to one and all for their unflagging dedicated efforts and support.

I would like to take this opportunity to dispel some of the misinformation circulating about Neil and his disappearance, mostly from uninformed media sources.

1. The initial Silver Alert from BCSO mentioned medical conditions, which some have taken to mean Alzheimer’s. Neil is at some risk, but not from dementia. He was not confused and disoriented.

2. There was no concerning Friday-morning telephone call to a close relative. I have been in contact with all of his close relatives and some not-so-close ones. This is a complete fabrication.

3. It is true that when Neil was in the Air Force, he had access to some highly classified programs and information. He retired from the AF almost 13 years ago and has had only very commonly held clearances since. It seems quite unlikely that he was taken to extract very dated secrets from him.

4. It is true that Neil had a brief association with the UFO community through Tom DeLonge, former frontman for Blink-182 and founder of the organization To The Stars. Neil worked with Tom for a bit shortly after his Air Force retirement as an unpaid (Neil’s choice) consultant on military and technical/scientific matters to lend verisimilitude to Tom’s fiction book and media activities. After the Russians hacked John Podesta’s emails (see Neil’s Wikipedia page), there was less contact with Tom and the community pushing for release of UFO information. This connection is not a reason for someone to abduct Neil. Neil does not have any special knowledge about the ET bodies and debris from the Roswell crash stored at Wright-Patt. Though at this point with absolutely no sign of him, maybe the best hypothesis is that aliens beamed him up to the mothership. However, no sightings of a mothership hovering above the Sandia Mountains have been reported.

All the thoughts and prayers from around the country are much appreciated. I will update if/when any real information comes in.

Investigators say they are continuing to pursue every lead but are now asking the public for help.

Investigators are urging the public to use the designated link to submit any photos, footage, or video that could assist in the investigation. Click HERE.

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Foreign Affairs

Gangster Foreign Policy  

Who is running the show and where is it taking us?

Once again, we are embroiled in a new foreign war—not surprisingly at the behest of Benjamin Netanyahu. The Trump administration chose to enter this illegal war without the required congressional approval, as it did the illegal war against Venezuela. 

The American people have for decades consistently voted against American participation in wars. A century ago, candidate Woodrow Wilson campaigned on keeping us out of the First World War. Many historians credit his decision as president to enter the war as a major cause of the even more destructive Second World War. Since then, presidential candidate after presidential candidate has promised to stay out of wars. But, once they win, new wars invariably begin. Why?

It is abundantly clear that most of the American people are against this latest Middle Eastern war, yet Congress is afraid to fulfill their constitutional duty to stop it. Congress is not even willing to debate our participation in that frenzy of death and destruction. Why?

This decades-long pattern suggests there is some force or forces able to maintain an almost continual pro-war agenda. How does this happen in administration after administration without fail? It never seems to go the other way.

The recent disclosures about the Epstein syndicate’s influence and efforts on behalf of Israel has provided a glimpse into some of the possibilities, but our political leadership has fought hard to hide most of the damning information. Is the Epstein syndicate the major force driving our foreign policy, or just one of many? Thankfully, Representatives Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie are still bravely fighting to reveal fully the extent of the depravity and influence. 

As our leadership appears to be increasingly subservient to the Netanyahu regime, our government further apes its brutal, nihilistic behavior—such as conducting and bragging about illegal political assassinations, sneakily attacking countries during phony peace negotiations, and brazenly violating a plethora of laws and treaties. This thuggish behavior erodes American credibility and causes the world to cringe with horror. For many decades, America was respected around the globe. Yes, the U.S. acted in its own self-interest and exploited many along the way, but it at least dressed its behavior with some semblance of decorum and restraint. U.S. leadership is now feared like a rabid dog without a chain. That chain was a holdover from our Founding era’s Christian worldview, which is now rapidly dimming, especially among our current leadership.

Let’s start with the basics. Our Founders vested Congress with the sole power to declare war, knowing full well the dangers of executive overreach. Since 1942, however, our leaders have bypassed that sacred duty by using dishonest propaganda, funding endless conflicts through deceitful backdoor appropriations, and issuing phony emergency decrees. This isn’t leadership. It’s cowardice and lawlessness, a far cry from the postwar narrative of a world regulated by international norms. What will stop them? Running out of ammo? Bankruptcy? A monetary crisis that finally makes the American Empire totally unsupportable? We are supporting approximately 800 military bases worldwide. Does anyone believe that can last?

What about the United Nations—that much-maligned body, once derided as a communist front by Cold War hawks, many of whom were proto-neoconservatives? The UN was a Western creation, forged in the ashes of the Second World War to resolve conflicts without resorting to war. But it’s been sidelined, coopted, and rendered toothless, largely because of a structure that allows powerful nations—chiefly the U.S., Britain, and their proxies—to game the system. The Security Council’s veto power has become a shield for impunity, particularly when it comes to Israel’s belligerent behavior toward its neighbors.

Third-world countries, appalled by decades of Israel’s illegal and brutal treatment of Palestinians, have long decried this hypocrisy. UN Resolution 242, adopted in 1967 after the Six-Day War, called for Israel’s withdrawal from occupied territories, including Gaza and the West Bank, in exchange for peace. Israel voted for it, but fidelity to that promise? Nonexistent. Palestinian homes and farms are wrecked and bulldozed, settlements expand, walls rise, and the occupation grinds on, all while the U.S. vetoes any meaningful enforcement. Decades of resolutions condemning Israel’s actions have been routinely quashed by Washington, and often London, effectively granting Israel carte blanche in its ethnic cleansing campaign. Tragically, many of the wars since the Second World War have had an Israeli component—proxy conflicts, regime changes, and destabilizing military and covert actions aimed at clearing the path for a “Greater Israel” project.

What is the limiting authority in this gangster paradigm? We have devolved to might-makes-right diplomacy, where foreign nationals—often with deep pockets and ethnic grievances—hijack our government to settle old scores. How many American lives and dollars have been squandered in service to these false narratives?

With Venezuela under our boot, Cuba appears to be next on the hit list, due to the neocon hatred of Cuba which overshadows the politics of South Florida. Recall, Meyer Lansky and his mob syndicate flocked to Cuba in the 1950s to turn it into a corrupt casino haven for American vice. When Fidel Castro seized power, he crushed those operations, seized their assets, and expelled the gangsters. The Cuban people’s disgust with the organized crime and corruption of the Cuban government was a factor in the success of Castro’s revolution. The U.S. response? Decades of embargo, assassination attempts, and economic warfare, all fueled by grudge-holding elites.

This gangster foreign policy isn’t just illegal; it’s bankrupting us morally and financially. We’ve poured trillions of dollars into these ventures, amassing a debt greater than any country’s GDP. The Greater Israel dream, with its expansionist zeal, drags us into perpetual conflict, and foreign lobbies wield our military like a personal militia.

What would Jesus do in the face of this? The Prince of Peace wouldn’t cheer the starvation and slaughter of Gazan children, the attacking and wrecking of Venezuela, or the wanton bombing and assassinations in Iran. “Thou shalt not kill” isn’t a suggestion; it’s a commandment. It will survive long after the name-calling campaigns urging disobedience to it have been forgotten. Yet our leaders, mesmerized by donors and ideologues, betray that truth daily. This is demonstrated by Chief American Warrior, Pete Hegseth: “America is winning decisively, devastatingly, and without mercy.” Someone, call his pastor. Not exactly following the message of our Savior.

It’s time to stop. No more illegal invasions, no more unconstitutional wars. Let the UN function as intended, free from veto abuse. Demand accountability for those using our government to pursue ethnic grievances. Short of bankruptcy or a monetary meltdown, only public outrage can halt this slide. America First means defending our shores, not policing the world like a brutal mob boss. If we don’t reclaim our sovereignty from the pro-war forces, the future will be a continuum of endless debt, death, and decline. The choice is ours—before the ammo runs out, and our credibility and sovereignty are completely extinguished.

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Politics

Even With Iran, Trump Still Has His Coalition

The president is spending down his political capital, but the account isn’t empty yet.

President Donald Trump’s Monday evening press conference about the war—or is it an “excursion?”—in Iran might have been frustrating to observers on all sides of the conflict, but it was also illustrative of how he keeps his unwieldy political coalition together.

Trump vacillated between describing a nation-building exercise that is only in its infancy, though his reference to “the beginning of building a new country” leaves room for interpretation as to who is supposed to be doing the building, and something closer to a weekend getaway in Tehran that will be over before you know it.

“We’re very proud to be involved in this and it’s going to be ended soon,” he told reporters. “And if it starts up again … they’ll be hit even harder.”  After talking about building a new Iran, he added, “[W]e could call it a tremendous success right now, or we could go further. And we’re going to go further.”

So should we be singing John Lennon’s “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)”—“War is over, if you want it/War is over now”—or the Carpenters’ “We’ve Only Just Begun”?

“I think it could be both,” Trump replied when asked to reconcile his statement that the war is almost over with comments by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth that it is only just getting started.

Though maddening to many, this is why Trump has managed to largely hold together a base of support with wildly disparate foreign-policy views, at least as measured by public opinion polling (as opposed to social media activity).

There is a choose-your-own-adventure element to Trump’s Iran intervention. Many rank-and-file Trump supporters who don’t want to see an extended war in Iran still trust, based on various comments the president has made and most of his actual foreign-policy record over two nonconsecutive terms, that there won’t be one. 

Those who want to see Trump consign the Islamic Republic to the ashheap of history once and for all can point to other things that the president has said, including bellicose statements about Iran that predate his serious national political involvement, his reputation for toughness and risk-taking, and an increasingly hawkish turn.

Trump has lost some support, because his Iran mission has clearly gone beyond the limited strikes that have characterized most of his previous uses of military force, but not much.

Even those wary of or downright opposed to what Trump is doing in Iran hope he will eventually find an off-ramp. Thus it makes more sense to stay alive politically to oppose each new escalatory step or encourage each opportunity to declare victory and leave rather than turn against Trump as the second coming of George W. Bush.

This is surely the mindsight of some inside the Trump administration as well as outside it.

It probably doesn’t help that Trump’s most outspoken opponents with MAGA track records have become radicalized against Israel in ways he never will be. Or that Lindsey Graham has a better relationship with Trump these days than Rand Paul does. Or that the hawks have largely kept their Fox shows while Tucker Carlson has a podcast. Or that doves like Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene were on the outs with Trump before bombs started falling on Tehran.

But ultimately, Trump has been the titular head of the Republican Party for a decade. His political movement dates back even further than that. While he has alienated some of the most anti-interventionist of his supporters, he has a deep reservoir of goodwill with most. He’s spent the political capital he accumulated with the swing voters who backed him in 2024. Now he is doing the same with his base, but he has much more money left in that particular bank.

Most voters base their foreign-policy views on whether they trust the commander-in-chief. That is true of most of the people who voted for Trump, especially those who have stuck with him through Russiagate, the 2020 election, two impeachments, multiple indictments, one conviction, assassination attempts, and everything else. They trust him to avoid an Iraq-like fiasco in Iran no matter how much he seems willing to risk one.

That’s not where the bulk of the electorate is. It’s not where all Trump voters are. But this describes enough Trump voters.

Many of MAGA’s nation-building skeptics still fervently believe Trump, and the troops, will come home soon enough. They will leave the lights on for him.

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Former First Lady Jill Biden is releasing a new book about her time in the White House because of course she is. What else are she and Joe going to do for money other than write books and go on book tours?

In a video she released on social media, she claims that it was Joe who made the unprecedented decision to not seek reelection in 2024. That seems like a bit of historical revisionism.

Actor George Clooney wrote an op-ed for the NY Times demanding that Joe Drop out of the race and many people suspect that Obama played a role in the writing of the piece. Joe only dropped out of the race when Democrat donors made it clear that they would not donate another dime as long as Biden was the nominee. Chuck Schumer had private meetings with Biden and so did Nancy Pelosi.

But it was Joe Biden’s decision to drop out? OK.

Watch the video below:

NEW: Fox News’ Raymond Arroyo CALLS OUT Jill Biden for claiming her new book will show “Joe made the unprecedented decision not to seek re-election and pass the torch on…”@RaymondArroyo hits back: “There’s no saving this narrative: Didn’t the party decide Joe Biden should… pic.twitter.com/PWW7arok7Y

— TV News Now (@TVNewsNow) March 12, 2026

The New York Post has more details:

Jill Biden to publish memoir dishing on her White House years — and leaves Joe off the cover

Former first lady Jill Biden announced Wednesday that she will release a memoir of her White House tenure, “View from the East Wing.”

“Parts of this story have been told, but not all of it,” Biden said in a video announcement posted to Instagram — that notably contained no sign of her husband, former President Joe Biden.

Biden said she’ll discuss her spouse’s decision to not seek a second term in the summer of 2024, including “what that moment meant for our family and for me personally, after years of public service together.”

It’s unclear to what extent she’ll talk about Joe Biden’s obvious health issues and the now-infamous presidential debate with Donald Trump that led to his exit from the race…

Jill Biden, who is famous for carrying a grudge, could also use the memoir to settle some scores and get in the last word. She is known to have read — and been a fan of — Prince Harry’s scorched-earth, tell-all memoir “Spare.”

Can’t you already picture stacks of this book on a shelf at Walmart, marked down 50% or more?

Who is going to buy it?

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