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Brian Thompson Was Murdered by AI
Credit where it’s due: this piece was sparked by a much smarter man than me, over one drink and one sentence. He looked me dead in the...

Rick de la Torre
Apr 114 min read


The Kill Switch We Imported from China
America didn’t just outsource its factories—we outsourced its future. And for what? A couple decades of cheap microwaves and TikTok...

Rick de la Torre
Apr 84 min read


The Left’s Group Chat Meltdown
Only in Washington could an encrypted messaging app spark a media firestorm. The Left’s latest manufactured crisis? A Signal group chat....

Rick de la Torre
Mar 252 min read


Deport the Cartel
President Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act to expel Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang members from U.S. soil is not only the right...

Rick de la Torre
Mar 172 min read


Zelenskyy’s Political Autopsy
Volodymyr Zelenskyy came to Washington expecting to secure U.S. support, finalize a minerals deal, and walk away with a renewed...

Rick de la Torre
Mar 42 min read


Hamas’s Death Cult on Parade
Hamas’s atrocities go far beyond cold-blooded murder—they are acts of unfiltered, premeditated cruelty. These aren’t mere war crimes...

Rick de la Torre
Feb 244 min read


The CCP’s American Infiltration
The latest congressional report on the Chinese Communist Party’s espionage operations in the United States should erase any illusions:...

Rick de la Torre
Feb 182 min read


Security Clearance Limbo
The United States is facing a national security crisis that few in Washington seem willing to acknowledge—the dwindling number of...

Rick de la Torre
Feb 164 min read


The “Steady State” Wants to Protect the Swamp, Not National Security
A collection of former intelligence officials calling themselves The Steady State is outraged—outraged that the CIA is undergoing reforms...

Rick de la Torre
Feb 163 min read


The FCPA: Handcuffing Americans, Bankrolling Beijing
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act was born out of a well-meaning but ultimately naïve vision of American virtue. It sought to impose a...

Rick de la Torre
Feb 123 min read


The Vanishing West
Western civilization is drifting into a demographic crisis. Marriage is increasingly dismissed, birth rates are collapsing, and the...

Rick de la Torre
Feb 113 min read


The Algorithm is Watching
The world of espionage has always been an arms race, a ceaseless battle between deception and detection. For centuries, human...

Rick de la Torre
Feb 102 min read


In Defense of Elon Musk
Elon Musk has done the unthinkable: he has dared to shine a light on the vast, unaccountable bureaucracy that siphons billions from...

Rick de la Torre
Feb 53 min read


The USAID Scam
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was never meant to be an untouchable institution, immune to oversight and...

Rick de la Torre
Feb 42 min read


GITMO Gets a Trump Upgrade
President Trump’s executive order to detain criminal illegal aliens at Guantanamo Bay is the decisive action America has long needed. The...

Rick de la Torre
Jan 313 min read


Trump’s ODNI Pick Deserves Scrutiny
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) was supposed to fix things. Created in 2005 in the wake of 9/11, it was meant...

Rick de la Torre
Jan 303 min read


Gustavo Petro: El Demagogo que Arruinó la Dignidad de Colombia
La decisión de Gustavo Petro de bloquear los vuelos de deportación desde Estados Unidos es otro capítulo en un preocupante patrón de...

Rick de la Torre
Jan 264 min read


Gustavo Petro: The Demagogue Who Fumbled Colombia’s Dignity
Gustavo Petro’s decision to block U.S. deportation flights is yet another chapter in a troubling pattern of reckless leadership....

Rick de la Torre
Jan 264 min read


Four Years of DEIA at CIA: A Failed Experiment Ends; Time to Refocus.
Four years of DEIA (diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility) initiatives have officially come to an end, thanks to recent...

Rick de la Torre
Jan 252 min read


Las Payasadas de Petro: Una Amenaza para la Estabilidad de Colombia y sus Relaciones con EE.UU.
Gustavo Petro ha dejado en claro que está más interesado en generar controversias que en liderar a Colombia. Con la llegada de Donald...

Rick de la Torre
Jan 233 min read
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