COMMENTARY AND OP-EDS

The Law of the Land in the Land of Lincoln

July 8th, 2026|

In the Land of Lincoln, the Law of the Land no longer holds. Allen West on how Chicago's sanctuary policies, its war on religious liberty, and its contempt for the Second Amendment reveal a Marxist left that honors the Constitution only when it's convenient, and the deadly cost when it doesn't.

An Un-Supreme Decision

July 1st, 2026|

Two rulings. One anniversary week. Allen West on why the Supreme Court's blessing of late mail ballots and birthright citizenship for non-citizens' children is an un-supreme way to say Happy 250th, America.

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An American Homework Assignment

June 30th, 2026|

Before Lexington, Rhode Island patriots burned the HMS Gaspee. Allen West traces the road to 1776 from Luther to Locke, and hands America a 250th-birthday homework assignment: read the Declaration of Independence, and ask where we are in the cycle.

Behind Enemy Lines

June 24th, 2026|

Allen West files this Constitutional Brief from "behind enemy lines" in New England, where 250 years after the Revolution began, the "No Kings" crowd has embraced the very subjugation the Sons of Liberty died to throw off. From Massachusetts gun-control fights to Tim Kaine's claim that rights come from government, West argues the loyalists have won, and asks every American to read the Declaration aloud this July 4th.

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SSDD

June 23rd, 2026|

Allen West argues today's Democratic Socialists are reading from the same Marxist script King George III would recognize, an intellectually bankrupt ideology that has failed everywhere it's been tried.

The Ghosts of 1938

June 17th, 2026|

A signed “deal” with Iran, sold as a path to peace, looks a lot like Neville Chamberlain’s 1938 agreement with Hitler. Allen West argues America stopped short of victory and tossed a terror-sponsoring regime a lifeline, warning that those who forget history are condemned to repeat it.

What is Election Day?

June 10th, 2026|

When ballots keep appearing for a week after the polls close, what does "Election Day" even mean? Allen West on California’s endless counting, the "margin of cheating," and why the ACRU is backing a Supreme Court case to give elections a hard deadline.

Military Service is a Privilege, not a Constitutional Right

June 3rd, 2026|

A D.C. Circuit panel just ruled that the transgender military ban likely violates equal protection. Allen West argues they have it exactly backward: serving in uniform was never a constitutional right. It's a privilege, and military readiness, not ideology, decides who earns it.

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The Longest Day

June 2nd, 2026|

French families still salute the English Channel in WWII uniforms. American campuses chant for terrorists. LTC West takes 25 students back to Normandy for the 82nd anniversary of D-Day.

The Enemy Has a Vote

May 27th, 2026|

Trump's "anti-weaponization" fund sounds good until you remember the Marxist left will inherit it. Allen West argues constitutional conservatives must wargame every new policy, because the enemy always has a vote.

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The Art of War, Not the Deal

May 26th, 2026|

You don’t make deals with maniacal theocratic tyrants. You overwhelm them. Allen West lays out the strategic, operational, and tactical case for defeating Iran, not negotiating with it.

Honor Memorial Day

May 20th, 2026|

Memorial Day was never meant to be "happy." Allen West reminds Americans that bargains and BBQs miss the point entirely, the real meaning lives in the empty chairs at family tables and the white headstones in our Gardens of Stone.

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Where Eagles Dare

May 19th, 2026|

As the 2026 midterms approach, Allen West argues conservatives can't win by hiding in their echo chambers. The fight runs straight through hostile college campuses and Mamdani's New York, and the choice is stark: collectivist servitude or rugged individualism.

Everything Ain’t Racism

May 14th, 2026|

The party that opposed the 15th and 19th Amendments, created the KKK, and built poll taxes is the same one screaming "racism" today. Allen West unpacks the hypocrisy and explains why the Supreme Court's Callais decision is putting an entire grievance industry on notice.

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The Ties that Bond Marxists and Islamists

May 13th, 2026|

Mayor Mamdani vows to swap rugged individualism for collectivism. The Hamas charter calls for Israel's destruction and Jews worldwide. Allen West argues the tie that binds Marxists and Islamists is a shared war on Western civilization, and America is the front line.

The Leftist Hypocrisy with the Voting Rights Act

May 7th, 2026|

The Supreme Court's 6-3 decision in Louisiana v. Callais ended race-based congressional gerrymandering under the Voting Rights Act, and the left is howling. The catch: the same party crying foul today is the one that made the VRA necessary in the first place.

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Why Are Democrats Aiding and Abetting Iran?

May 5th, 2026|

From John Kerry thanking Iran’s Revolutionary Guards for “taking care” of captured U.S. Sailors, to Armed Services Committee Democrats now branding the Iran campaign a “quagmire,” LTC Allen West argues the pattern is unmistakable: the Democrat party is aiding and abetting the world’s number one state sponsor of Islamic terrorism.

Intentional, Irresponsible Speech

April 29th, 2026|

From the WHCA dinner shooting to Charlie Kirk's assassination, the Marxist left's intentional, irresponsible rhetoric is no longer just talk. Allen West argues that until the bloviators are held accountable, the targets will only multiply.