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…