The story of the birth of our nation by Declaration in July 1776 is a story of disagreements, debates, compromises, and moral courage. It’s a story of a group of rebellious Englishmen who—despite their many differences—could agree on one thing: they wanted to live free.
The terms “disinformation” and “Information warfare” were not coined until long after 1775, but America’s Founding Fathers absolutely understood the importance of them and controlling the narrative.
The United States Marine Corps is celebrating its 247th birthday and a history that began before America won independence.
Best-selling writer and award-winning American historian David McCullough has died at the age of 89.
“Our republic cannot exist long in prosperity,” Doctor Benjamin Rush later wrote in a letter to John Adams. “We require adversity and appear to possess most of the republican spirit when most depressed.”
The term “information warfare” may not have been coined in 1775, but America’s Founding Fathers absolutely understood the importance of controlling the narrative.
Americans in 1775 faced an ammunition crisis—specifically a crucial shortage of gunpowder. “On Courage I know we have in abundance, conduct I hope we shall not want, but powder—where shall we get a sufficient supply?” John Adams wrote in a letter to his wife, Abigail.
“These are the times that try men’s souls,” Paine wrote. “The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.”
President Donald Trump delivered a patriotic speech on American greatness at the Lincoln Memorial in honor of Independence Day and highlighted American achievements and honored past patriots, including Betsy Ross.
It is increasingly popular to question America’s greatness and status as a “Shining City on a Hill,” but the Founding Fathers showed that patriotism is not a bad thing, and U.S. freedom should never be taken for granted.
On Tuesday’s edition of Breitbart News Tonight on SiriusXM, Breitbart Senior Editor-at-Large Rebecca Mansour recounted in dramatic detail “the story of the personalities and political tensions that led the Continental Congress ultimately to declare independence from the British crown.”
Democrats made a clean sweep of Virginia’s statewide offices Tuesday. Republican gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie received significantly fewer votes than the rest of his party’s statewide ticket that showed a closer affinity with President Donald Trump’s agenda.
WASHINGTON, DC – Breitbart News Senior Legal Editor Ken Klukowski joined SiriusXM host Stephen K. Bannon Monday on Breitbart News Daily, making the case that if Ed Gillespie wins the race for Virginia governor, it could be a bell weather sign that purple states like Virginia are rallying to President Trump’s #MAGA agenda.
Virginia Sen. Jill Vogel, the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor of the commonwealth, joined SiriusXM host Rebecca Mansour on Breitbart News Sunday to discuss the Virginia election. Vogel is on the Republican ticket with Ed Gillespie, who is running for governor, and John Adams, vying for attorney general.
Virginia Sen. Jill Vogel — the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor of the commonwealth — joined SiriusXM host Matt Boyle on Breitbart News Saturday, making the case that Virginia’s future hangs on whether the Republican ticket of Vogel, Ed Gillespie for governor, and John Adams for attorney general wins on November 7.
Former federal prosecutor John Adams is locked in a tight race to unseat Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring, promising to reject Herring’s transforming his office into a political actor, and restoring the office to one that faithfully enforces and defends the commonwealth’s laws.
A new poll revealed that Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie leads over Democrat candidate Ralph Northam by two points.
On October 17 Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) said having firearms and being armed is “part of the fabric of our nation.”
President Donald Trump’s proclamation that Sunday, September 3, shall be a National Day of Prayer for the victims of Hurricane Harvey follows a tradition first established by George Washington and continued by presidents including Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan, as well as being ratified by Congress.
In a speech given to the American people on July 7, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln marked the Union’s victory on July 4 by thanking God — “Almighty Ruler of Events” — for not coincidentally providing the victory on America’s birthday.
On Friday’s Breitbart News Daily on SiriusXM, Dr. Herb London of the London Center for Policy Research told Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow that Americans should commemorate 9/11 by remembering what has made our country such a threat to the forces of oppression throughout our history.
Over the last days and weeks, we read the MSM and Republican leadership’s criticism of Donald Trump. From Erick Erickson’s declaration that no one who supports Trump is a Republican or conservative and will lack any credibility in the future, to the pundits all indicating that the Trump supporters are xenophobic, islamophobic or simply racists. All of this while polling continues to show strength for Trump by those same supporters.
“I believe that if Breitbart were covering the Continental Congress, the Founder our readers would identify with would be John Adams,” Breitbart Senior West Coast Editor Rebecca Mansour said.
