Over 350 unauthorized drone incursions violated U.S. military bases in 2024, exposing catastrophic vulnerabilities in our national defense that should alarm every American who values security and military readiness. Alarming Surge in Military Base Violations The Department of Defense confirmed that unauthorized drones violated U.S. military installations more than 350 times throughout 2024, representing a staggering 82% increase from the previous year’s 230 incidents. These intrusions weren’t random hobbyist mistakes—they involved persistent, coordinated nighttime operations over some of America’s most sensitive defense facilities. Major targets included Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, which was forced to close its airspace in mid-December, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in California with six separate incursions beginning December 9, and Langley Air Force Base in Virginia, which endured drone activity over a two-week period. General Gregory M. Guillot of NORAD testified before Congress in February 2025 that these incursions now occur at a rate of one to two per day across military installations nationwide. Legal Handcuffs Preventing Effective Defense Despite this escalating threat, military commanders face crippling legal restrictions that prevent them from neutralizing hostile drones. Current law under Title 10 U.S. Code Section 130i covers only approximately 50% of American military bases, leaving critical installations defenseless against aerial surveillance and potential attacks. Navy Rear Admiral Paul Spedero Jr. bluntly told Congress that the military is “not prepared to defend the homeland” under current constraints. The legal patchwork forces base commanders to rely on improvised responses while adversaries freely conduct reconnaissance missions over facilities housing advanced aircraft, nuclear assets, and strategic operations. This constitutional abdication of national defense responsibilities undermines military readiness and emboldens foreign adversaries who recognize America’s self-imposed vulnerabilities. Senator Tom Cotton has described the situation as “severe and growing,” emphasizing the urgent need for expanded federal authorities. Pattern Suggests Foreign Adversary Reconnaissance The sophisticated nature of these incursions strongly suggests foreign adversary involvement rather than careless civilians. Military officials confirmed that these operations coincide with similar drone activity over RAF bases in the United Kingdom and Ramstein Air Base in Germany during November and December 2024. The pattern mirrors deadly drone attacks that killed three U.S. soldiers in Jordan in January 2024 and struck military positions in Iraq in June 2024, demonstrating how surveillance missions can precede lethal strikes. Intelligence officials worry these incursions represent reconnaissance for future attacks, gathering targeting data on base layouts, security protocols, and response capabilities. The Trump administration initially attributed many sightings to FAA-authorized drones or misidentifications, but military commanders maintain that over 350 confirmed unauthorized violations occurred at restricted military installations where no legitimate flights should occur. Congressional Push for Emergency Powers Senator Tom Cotton, Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is leading a bipartisan legislative effort to close enforcement gaps before major international events bring millions to American soil. Cotton and co-sponsors including Senators Jacky Rosen and Kirsten Gillibrand are advancing the DEFENSE and COUNTER Acts to authorize lethal countermeasures against threatening drones at all military installations and major public venues. The legislation would grant permanent authorities to the Department of Homeland Security and extend protections to sporting events, which experienced between 1,300 and 2,300 unauthorized drone incursions from 2021 to 2024. With the United States hosting the Olympics and World Cup in 2026, security officials warn that current gaps leave both military assets and civilian populations exposed to potential attacks. The Pentagon has announced a new counter-drone rapid reaction force and conducted wargames in July 2025 simulating base attacks, but without expanded legal authorities, these measures remain largely reactive rather than preventive. Sources: Drones flew into US bases 350 times in 2024: there are not enough countermeasures – Militarnyi Unauthorized drone flights rising threat at U.S. bases, border, events – CBS News Drone incursions at US military installations prompt Falcon Peak 2025 exercises – Breaking Defense Drone incursions at US bases come under intense scrutiny as devices prove lethality overseas – Fox News These wargames explored drone attacks on US military bases – Army Times

Contrary to what you might expect, Neanderthals did actually organize their spaces like humans, but they were less consistent.

On Saturday's edition of  MSNBC’s The Weekend, co-host Jonathan Capehart reacted to President Trump’s comment about Japan and Pearl Harbor by demanding discussion of the 25th Amendment -- i.e., the removal of Trump from office.. Asked by a Japanese reporter why allies like Japan weren’t informed in advance of U.S. action against Iran, Trump said in the presence of Japan’s prime minister: “Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Okay? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?” Capehart’s response was striking: I sometimes wonder, why are we not having a 25th Amendment conversation about this president? Because a comment like that, if it had come out of the mouth of President Biden, we would have been in rolling coverage about how Republicans on the Hill thinks that he should be removed from office for talking to an ally like that, and making that comment in response to a question from a Japanese journalist. MS NOW’s Capehart Suggests Yanking Trump Under 25th Amendment Over Pearl Harbor Comment pic.twitter.com/00356QjOjp — Mark Finkelstein (@markfinkelstein) March 21, 2026 Notably, Capehart didn't suggest that Biden making such a remark would have been 25th Amendment grounds -- only that Republicans would be making the argument. Of course he didn't! Capehart was part of the liberal media cover-up of Biden's decline. Readers will be familiar with these examples: MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough famously declared Biden the “best Biden ever,” while columnist Eugene Robinson described him as “sharp as a tack.”  Commentators dismissed certain viral clips of Biden as “cheap fakes,” and many criticized Special Counsel Robert Hur’s report—which described Biden as an elderly man with a poor memory—as out of bounds.  Whoopi Goldberg (The View) explicitly dismissed the importance of cognitive concerns, stating her unwavering support regardless of the president's physical or mental condition.  Evan Osnos of the New Yorker wrote in a March 2024 article that Biden’s mind seemed "unchanged" and that he "never bungled a name or a date" during an interview. And let's not forget that perhaps the single most egregious bit of covering for Biden's decline came at the hands of . . . Jonathan Capehart! In the course of interviewing Biden in October 2024, Biden nodded off, and Capehart had to jar him awake. And yet, in his then-MSNBC show, Capehart edited out that moment—undoubtedly the interview's most newsworthy event. Fortunately, the RNC captured it. For Capehart, a leader of the Biden cover-up, to now demand a 25th Amendment investigation of Trump, is hypocrisy par excellence. Trump's Pearl Harbor line might have seemed undiplomatic, but it pales in comparison to the countless instances of Biden revealing that he was no longer up to the job -- and the liberal media doing its best to cover for him. Capehart's guest Alan Eyre agreed with Capehart, that Trump lacks competence, and dragged Obama into the mix: "You're right. There's a massive double standard in terms of covering this president versus any other president. President Obama got grief for wearing a suit of a non-traditional....A tan suit. Right. So, yeah. Exactly. Exactly. So, again, I'm aghast at the lack of collective outrage at any number of things the president says, or more importantly, what he does." On X, national talk-radio host Erick Erickson reminded people that Barack Obama made a somewhat similar joke at a White House event with British prime minister David Cameron about the British setting the White House in fire in 1814 during the War of 1812. "They really lit up the place," Obama joked to laughter. Cameron responded with a joke in response. You could argue these were prepared remarks instead of off-the-cuff patter, but this underlines the elitist media's never-ending double standard.   Here's the transcript. MS NOW The Weekend 3/21/26 7:24 am EDT JONATHAN CAPEHART: I want to play for everyone something that the president of the United States said during a meeting with the Japanese prime minister on Thursday.  And he was asked why he didn't tell America's allies about what was about to happen in Iran. Please watch this and turn the sound up. Why didn't you tell your allies in Europe?  JAPANESE REPORTER: up. Why didn't you tell U.S. allies in Europe and in Asia, like Japan, about the war before attacking Iran. So we are very confused about, we, Japanese citizens. PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, one thing you don't want to signal too much. You know, when we go in, we went in very hard, and we didn't tell anybody about it because we wanted surprise.  Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Okay? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor? Okay, right? No, I think you believe in surprise I think much more so than us. CAPEHART: I looked at the Japanese prime minister's face during that. And she tried very hard, very, very hard, not to react.  But as an American citizen, but also as a journalist who has covered now four presidents, both parties, and knowing how presidents of the United States are supposed to talk and to act on the world stage, particularly with our allies, that was, well, one, beyond disgusting.  But also just, I sometimes wonder, why are we not having a 25th Amendment conversation about this president?  Because a comment like that, if it had come out of the mouth of President Biden, we would have been in rolling coverage about how Republicans on the Hill thinks that he should be removed from office for talking to an ally like that, and making that comment in response to a question from a Japanese journalist -- Alan.  ALAN EYRE: Well, I've worked for every U.S. president since Reagan in one form or another. And you are quite right. This president is qualitatively different than every other.  And I don't say that as a member of any political party. It's not a Republican or a Democrat thing. It's a competence and expertise, and prioritizing the interests of the United States as your top priority.  This president's not doing that. His metrics for making decisions I don't think is necessarily what's in the long-term best interest of the United States.  And you're right. There's a massive double standard in terms of covering this president versus any other president.  President Obama got grief for wearing a suit of a non-traditional -- EUGENE DANIELS: A tan suit.  EYRE: A tan suit. Right. So, yeah. Exactly. Exactly. So, again, I'm aghast at the lack of collective outrage at any number of things the president says, or more importantly, what he does. 

At the Munich Security Conference in February, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) suggested that once Donald Trump leaves office, things can return to normal — back to whatever existed before Trump.While other Democrats eyeing the White House struggled to distinguish themselves, Newsom revealed a different problem. They looked unready to lead. He looked unwilling to lead at all.The question isn’t whether Donald Trump disrupted a prior equilibrium. It’s whether those who seek to lead are prepared to lead amid friction, scarcity, and opposition.Munich isn’t a campaign stop. It’s a security summit. Leaders gather there to talk about cyber warfare, artificial intelligence in military systems, energy instability, supply chain fragility, and the security posture of the West.Threats don’t wait for electoral cycles.Newsom’s implication was simple: Wait this out. Wait for a different administration. Wait for political alignment. Wait for conditions to improve.But what, exactly, are we waiting for?Are adversaries pausing their ambitions until our politics settle? Are supply chains stabilizing on their own? Does instability take a sabbatical while we sort out elections?California sits on enormous capacity that intersects directly with these challenges — from artificial intelligence to aerospace to energy systems. If it were its own nation, its economy would rank among the largest in the world.In that room, Newsom had a chance to say something simple: We can help today.He could have said: We have political frictions, yes — but here’s what California can put on the table right now. Here’s what’s on the showroom floor and what’s in the stockroom.Leadership doesn’t wait for better conditions. It works with the conditions at hand. That isn’t political. It’s true.Trump has faced headwinds since re-entering politics in 2015: media opposition, legal battles, congressional resistance, impeachments, cultural hostility — even a bullet. Whatever one thinks of his tone or policies, he didn’t suspend action until the pressure eased.Resistance didn’t become an excuse.George Washington didn’t wait for favorable conditions before leading a fragile Continental Army. He faced shortages, division, and superior opposition. Conditions were rarely ideal. Resources were rarely sufficient. He acted anyway.Entrepreneurs launch in recessions. Athletes train in bad weather. Reformers work when opposition is loudest.Adversity doesn’t excuse stagnation so much as it reveals character.Years ago, I knew a pastor who believed his preaching would rise once he moved into a larger sanctuary. His pitch to the building committee was brazen and simple: “Frame me better, and my sermons will improve.”They didn’t. His messages were weak before the new building, and they stayed weak afterward. The platform changed. The man did not.Conditions don’t create conviction. They reveal it.RELATED: I walked away from California Democrats to keep my sanity Photo by Julia Beverly/WireImageI see the same instinct in family caregivers walking through chronic impairment: “We just have to hold on.” “Once this season passes.”The assumption stays the same: When hardship lifts, life begins.But for many, this is the life.Waiting for better conditions is surrender, not strategy.The apostle Paul wrote large portions of the New Testament from prison. Confinement didn’t suspend his calling. Chains weren’t an excuse. He didn’t wait for a “new Caesar.” He wrote anyway.That’s the dividing line.One posture says: Once the obstacle is removed, I’ll begin.The other says: I’ll begin here. Now.Newsom’s remarks reveal more than a political calculation. They expose a familiar instinct: the belief that productivity begins once hardship fades. But adversity rarely fades on schedule.History doesn’t pause. Adversaries don’t pause. Life doesn’t pause.The question isn’t whether Trump disrupted a prior equilibrium. It’s whether those who seek to lead are prepared to lead amid friction, scarcity, and opposition — or whether they are waiting for a version of normal that isn’t coming back.Leadership shows up in the arena — or on the battlefield — but rarely in the green room.

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