The Vandenberg Coalition worked with J.L. Partners to survey 1,017 registered voters online from February 7 to February 9. Questions measured TikTok’s usage and respondents’ familiarity with the app, TikTok’s ownership, and its impact on national security and American politics. Additional detail is available upon request. TikTok is no doubt a popular platform. 77 percent of respondents are familiar with TikTok, and 57
percent of respondents with an account reported using the app at least once daily, if not several times a
day. Despite its popularity, polling shows that voters are concerned about nefarious activity by its Chinese owners and expressed a sense of urgency to protect its 170 million American users.

From President Donald Trump’s 2020 Executive Order highlighting the threat posed by CCP-control
over TikTok, to the Senate and House’s bipartisan legislation, to a 9-0 decision by the Supreme Court,
the last few years have seen strong agreement on the importance of forcing CCP-controlled company
ByteDance to divest from TikTok. President Trump has issued a new Executive Order delaying
enforcement of the law…

This report is the product of a months-long working group composed of conservative Middle East experts.
It was convened in 2024 and 2025 under the auspices of The Vandenberg Coalition. It was drafted by Daniel Samet.
Hamas’ October 7 attacks, during which over 1,200 Israelis and over 40 Americans were slaughtered and
hundreds of others taken hostage in Gaza, should serve as a reminder that American retreat results in
chaos. The current state of affairs in the Middle East underscores this fact. Lebanese Hezbollah threatened civilian and military targets across Israel. The Houthis’ drone and missile attacks have…

As thousands of rockets rained down on Israel, the world’s oldest hatred–anti-Semitism–reared its head in places once thought unimaginable–in my own hometown of New Orleans.

New Orleans is America’s most eclectic, eccentric, and bizarre city. It is the birthplace of America’s only native art form–jazz. The genius of Buddy Bolden, Scott Joplin, Jelly Roll Morton, Sidney Bechet, Mahalia Jackson, and of course Satchmo– Louis Armstrong erupted from its streets.

America’s greatest literary artists were either natives of the Crescent City or came to it for inspiration…

The Vandenberg Coalition and The McCain Institute at Arizona State University (ASU) convened conservative thought leaders to outline their view of what an effective United States strategy for countering Russia should look like.

The report outlines why U.S. leadership and robust involvement — not isolationism and withdrawal — are essential to countering Russia and key adversaries like China, rebuilding our geopolitical security in a time of great power competition, and protecting American interests…

A Message From Our Executive Director Carrie Filipetti:

I will always have a hole in my heart from September 11, 2001. I was 12, and safe in my school in suburban New York when it happened. The significance of the day for me, at least at first, was marked only by the unusual frequency with which peers were being pulled out of school. It wasn’t until I got home that I understood what had happened…

On this day, The Vandenberg Coalition joins the rest of the nation in mourning the loss of our brave servicemembers at the Abbey Gate terrorist attack on August 26, 2021. Today and every day, we strive to honor their and their families’ sacrifice, bravery, and commitment to service.

The Vandenberg Coalition is proud to have commissioned an amicus brief filed in the U.S. DC Court of Appeals case of TikTok Inc. and ByteDance v Merrick Garland. The brief, which is in support of the U.S. government’s effort against TikTok’s attempt to challenge…

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The Vandenberg Coalition Press Release Tuesday, November 29, 2022 —The Vandenberg Coalition is hosting a virtual briefing for staff of Republican governors and Members of Congress on the rising threat of the Chinese Communist Party within the United States. The briefing will feature key experts from the Vandenberg Coalition network including the co-founder of the American Academy for Strategic Education Jacqueline Deal, former Senior Director for Resilience Policy on the National Security Council Brian Cavanaugh, and former General Counsel of the National Security Agency Michael Ellis. Each of the briefers will use their extensive government experience to help attendees understand the extent to which the