Secure Freedom Minute: America Starts Adopting a War-footing, at Last

This week, the Trump administration took the first, long-overdue step to put America on a war-footing.  That’s the upshot of a new “National Farm Security Action Plan” explicitly aimed at reducing the very considerable threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party to our food supply, related production operations and farmland across the country.  The Action…

Secure Freedom Minute: Trump Was Right – We must Defeat, Not Enable, Sharia-supremacism

On the eve of his first election, Donald Trump warned about the threat posed by an ideology he described as “radical Islamic terrorism,” sharply criticizing those who ignored that reality – and committing to counter it comprehensively.  Today, President Trump is surrounded by official and unofficial advisors convinced that deals can be done with devoted…

Secure Freedom Minute: Secretary Rubio Meets “FrankenAI”

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is the latest high-profile victim of an illegal impersonation enabled by artificial intelligence. Several nations’ foreign ministers, a state governor and a U.S. senator received voice messages apparently from him. It’s hard to overstate the damage such seemingly official communications involving senior government leaders with national security responsibilities could cause.…

Securing America TV With Dede Laugesen, Matias Perttula, George Rasley, & Scott Coburn

Securing America and Frank J. Gaffney | Jul 04, 2025 Dede Laugesen, Save the Persecuted Christians & Matias Perttula, Director of Save Armenia Dede Laugesen and I interviewed Matias Perttula about some troubling developments in the long-suffering nation of Armenia. Internal challenges may open the doors to external threats to people that have been subjected…

Secure Freedom Minute: Wall Street Must Stop Helping the CCP Prepare to Kill Americans

On February 21st, President Trump issued a National Security Presidential Memorandum making it the policy of the U.S. government to stop underwriting the Chinese Communist Party.  Three months later, Jamie Dimon’s JP Morgan and Brian Moynihan’s Bank of America flouted that “America First Investment Policy.” They helped arrange for Americans and others to invest over…

Secure Freedom Minute: Is Trump Tired of Winning?

President Trump famously promised that we would “get tired of winning.” The question occurs: Has he gotten tired of winning?  That appears to be the case in the wake of Mr. Trump’s declaration that Israel’s war with Iran is over. Today, he is expected to follow up that ceasefire with another one in Gaza between…

Secure Freedom Minute: Celebrate Our Freedom, Let the Iranian People Achieve Theirs

Today we celebrate the founding of our nation and those who fought to realize the vision of an America free of British misrule to which they courageously pledged their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor.  As it happens, but for the intervention of another foreign power, all might well have been lost. In 1777,…

RELEASE | Is the Emperor on his Way Out; Will His Legacy be WW Xi?

MEDIA ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 2, 2025 CONTACT: Dede Laugesen [email protected] Is the Emperor on his Way Out; Will His Legacy be WW Xi? WASHINGTON, D.C.—During the Cold War, American experts would scrutinize every shred of evidence – including who stood where on Lenin’s tomb during military parades – for clues about Kremlin leadership…

Secure Freedom Minute: Is Xi Toast – And What Would that Mean for Us?

During the Cold War, American experts would scrutinize every shred of evidence – including who stood where on Lenin’s tomb during military parades – for clues about Kremlin leadership struggles and their implications for our security.  A similar phenomenon is underway at the moment regarding  China’s secretive Communist hierarchy. Purges of senior military officers believed…

Secure Freedom Minute: The Iranian Mullah’s “Endless War” is Not Over

President Trump has declared “the 12-Day war is over.” But what about the truly “endless war” perpetrated by the Iranian mullahs against us and Israel when they came to power forty-six years ago?   It would be more accurate to say hostilities have paused, consistent with Islam’s Sharia doctrine. It dictates that adherents like Iran’s leaders…

Secure Freedom Minute: The CCP’s Crushing of Hong Kong – and Plans for Taiwan

Five years ago today, the Chinese Communist Party “fundamentally transformed” Hong Kong from a relatively free and economically thriving territory into just another enslaved city within the People’s Republic of China.  With Beijing’s imposition of a draconian national security law, the CCP finished off the last vestiges of the “one-country, two-systems” arrangement it promised Great…

Damascus church attack and the resurgence of ISIS in Syria

By Frank Gaffney | RAV | June 29, 2025   Dede Laugesen, Save the Persecuted Christians and Lauren Homer, Esq., Law and Liberty Trust I spoke with Dede and Lauren about the Damascus church attack at Mar Elias and who may be behind it. We also talked about the resurgence of ISIS in Syria and…

RELEASE | Will the CCP Resuscitate the Iranian Threat?

MEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate Release June 27, 2025 CONTACT: Dede Laugesen [email protected] Will the CCP Resuscitate the Iranian Threat? WASHINGTON, D.C.—The ongoing debate about the damage inflicted by U.S. and Israeli forces on Iran’s nuclear weapons program is obscuring a larger – and deeply concerning – reality: What’s been described as the end of “the…

Secure Freedom Minute: The War is Not Over with Iran

The ongoing debate about the damage inflicted by U.S. and Israeli forces on Iran’s nuclear weapons program is obscuring a larger – and deeply concerning – reality: What’s been described as the end of “the 12-day war” has left the mullahs still in power in Tehran, their instruments for repressing the Iranian people still operating…

Webinar | The CCP and Iran: Can This Marriage be Saved?                

A CPDC WEBINAR The CCP and Iran: Can This Marriage be Saved? Friday, June 27, 2025 1:00-2:15 pm ET CLICK HERE TO REGISTER <!– FULL TRANSCRIPT NOTE: This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may contain grammatical and spelling errors incurred during translation. Please refer to the referenced media to confirm. –>…

Webinar | Will the CCP Resuscitate the Iranian Threat?                

A CPDC WEBINAR Will the CCP Resuscitate the Iranian Threat? Friday, June 27, 2025 1:00-2:15 pm ET CLICK HERE TO REGISTER <!– FULL TRANSCRIPT NOTE: This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may contain grammatical and spelling errors incurred during translation. Please refer to the referenced media to confirm. –> The ongoing…

Secure Freedom Minute: Trump Stands by His “Warrior” Partner, Bibi

Following the U.S. military strike that devastated key parts of Iran’s nuclear weapons infrastructure, President Trump effusively thanked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his own and his country’s help in ensuring the mullahs do not get nuclear weapons. He added, “We worked as a team like perhaps no other team has ever worked before.”…