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.”…

Secure Freedom Minute: Will Sharia be on the Ballot in NYC?

Yesterday, New York City Democrats chose a so-called “progressive” Muslim, Zohran Mamdani, to be their next mayor. Will his candidacy prompt at last scrutiny of what authoritative Islam’s Sharia doctrine entails – a truth largely suppressed in this country since its adherents attacked us on 9/11?  Sharia requires faithful Muslims to strive to achieve its…

Secure Freedom Minute: Iran’s Regime is Dying – Do Not Resuscitate

The ceasefire between Israel and Iran President Trump announced yesterday came amidst signs that the cumulative effects of recent Israeli and U.S. military actions were putting the Iranian regime in extremis. The right response to the impending demise of an enemy government that has explicitly pursued for forty-six years “Death to Israel,” “Death to America”…

Secure Freedom Minute: Free Iran

On Saturday, U.S. military forces impressively devastated Iran’s nuclear weapons infrastructure. Unfortunately, some targeted enriched uranium may have been moved beforehand, assuring the Iranian regime remains a dangerous threat. So do its active options to close the Strait of Hormuz, kill U.S. troops in the region, continue attacking Israel and activate sleeper cells inside the…

RELEASE | Iran and the CCP: Why They Both Must Lose

MEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate Release June 20, 2025 CONTACT: Dede Laugesen [email protected]  “Iran and the CCP: Why They Both Must Lose” WASHINGTON, D.C.—Israel’s military campaign aimed at destroying the Iranian nuclear weapon and ballistic missile programs and taking out the leadership of the mullah’s military, intelligence and security apparatus has been underway for a week.…

Israel, Iran, and the Trump Doctrine

By Brian T. Kennedy | The American Mind | June 18, 2025 President Trump is already engaged in an old war—and he wants to make sure the U.S. wins it. President Donald Trump, like the American Founders, believes that this republic is constituted to protect the citizenry against all enemies, foreign and domestic. When it…