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John Hayward

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I'm a conservative because there is so much about the American tradition that is worth conserving. I worry that people aren't as frightened of authoritarians and totalitarians as they should be. Freedom and capitalism are inseparable, because without capitalism, freedom just means shouting your opinion and hoping somebody important is listening.

National security, technology, global political and economic strategy

Associate in Arts, Edison Community College, 1986

Hayward has been a writer for Breitbart News Network since 2013. Prior to that, he worked for two decades in computers and business consulting before becoming an amateur blogger under the pseudonym "Doctor Zero" for Hot Air. As he developed a large following, he also received criticism for being an anonymous voice, so he decided to reveal his full name and go public. Shortly thereafter, he began doing radio interviews across the country for his writing and was contacted by Human Events in Washington, D.C. to become a full-time professional columnist.

Management at Breitbart News noticed his work and invited him to join Breitbart.com. Hayward jumped at the opportunity to "join a platform with so much reach, to be a part of something so huge."

Hayward's work has been cited by radio and television outlets from Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin to Fox News. His essays have been incorporated into several high school and college textbooks, and he gives occasional lectures on media analysis and writing online. He frequently guest-hosts Breitbart News Tonight on SiriusXM channel 125, the Patriot Channel.

Articles by John Hayward

Islamic State Jihadis Kidnap 10 Indonesian Sailors in Philippines

On Tuesday, Indonesia announced that ten of its citizens, sailors working aboard a coal barge, had been kidnapped, with a ransom demand made by the Islamist militant group Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines. Wednesday brought reports that elite Indonesian counter-terrorist units are standing by to assist in a possible rescue operation.

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Peter Schweizer: The Clintons ‘Function as a Kind of Political Mafia’

Peter Schweizer, author of “Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich,” discussed the influence foreign donors wield in America through Bill and Hillary Clinton on Breitbart News Daily Wednesday morning.

Patrick Semansky/AP Photo

Goalposts Moved Again, As ObamaCare Comes Up 24 Million Enrollees Short

After surveying the latest Congressional Budget Office numbers, Jeffrey Anderson of the Weekly Standard restates what should be obvious to everyone by now: “ObamaCare is basically an expensive Medicaid expansion coupled with 2,400 pages of liberty-sapping mandates.”

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U.S. Orders Mandatory Evacuation for Military Families in Turkey

Stunning news from Turkey highlights the deteriorating security situation, as the U.S. military has issued a mandatory evacuation order for nearly all military families to leave Incirlik Air Base and two other military installations, in Ismir and Mugla, beginning Wednesday.

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Peshmerga Fighter Ferhang: Get Serious About Fighting the ‘Pure Evil’ of ISIS

A fighter for the Kurdish Peshmerga named Ferhang tells Breitbart News Daily with host Stephen K. Bannon: “We are very determined to fight the evil that is in front of us. The Peshmerga are fighting this evil for the world. That’s why I think it’s important for the world to support the Peshmerga against this evil.”

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Report: Al-Qaeda Shot Down Emirati Fighter with Russian Missile in Yemen

A troubling report from the UK Independent says that al-Qaeda has acquired sophisticated surface-to-air missiles from battlefields like Syria, Iraq, and Yemen and used a battle-tested Russian missile system to shoot down a French-made Mirage fighter jet, flown by the United Arab Emirates over Yemen.

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Navy Veteran Burns Himself Alive Outside VA Clinic

51-year-old Charles R. Ingram III, a seven-year veteran of the U.S. Navy, doused himself with gasoline and set himself ablaze outside a VA clinic on Saturday, March 19, for reasons as yet unclear.

The emblem for the U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs is seen as U.S. President Barack O

U.S., Russia Call for Syrian Constitution Draft by August

The outcome of Secretary of State John Kerry’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin was a renewed push for a “political solution” in Syria, with a call to draft a new Syrian Constitution by August.

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Boko Haram Leader Resurfaces in Video: ‘For Me, the End Has Come’

After disappearing for more than a year, leading to widespread rumors of his death, Boko Haram boss Abubakar Shekau resurfaced with a new video posted on Thursday. The formerly boisterous Shekau was subdued and gloomy in what the Nigerian military described as a “farewell video,” announcing that “for me, the end has come.”

FILE -This May 12, 2014, file photo taken from video by Nigeria's Boko Haram terrorist net

Tunisian Police Break Up Islamic State Recruiting Cell

Tunisia scored a victory in its pushback against the Islamic State, which is seeking to expand from its North African stronghold in Libya, by taking down an ISIS terrorist cell that was operating on the Libyan border.

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Islamic State Features Trump in Brussels Celebration Video

The Islamic State is pushing a new video through its propaganda channels that celebrates the Brussels bombing, urges jihadis to “rise up” and “claim your victory,” and among several other media clips quotes Donald Trump describing Brussels as “one of the most beautiful cities in the world 20 years ago,” but now “it’s an absolute horror show.”

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John Kerry Meets Putin to Discuss Syria, Ukraine

Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Moscow on Wednesday for meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, with the future of Syria high on the agenda.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) speaks with US Secretary of State John Kerry during a

Jeff Sessions: Time to Get Real About Our ‘Relentlessly Mercantilist’ Trade Partners

“A contract should not exist when it’s not of benefit to both parties,” Sessions declared. “And I just believe it’s time for us to be far more realistic about trading. We have to understand that many of our trading partners are relentlessly mercantilist. They seek to expand their exports to us, expanding their unemployment to us, and block our exports to them.”

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