Rob Maness
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Author; retired Colonel; 32-Year USAF Combat Vet, enlisted EOD; B-1 Sq Cdr; Wing Cdr; Nuke Ops; 9/11 Pentagon Survivor; former US Sen Cand; Host-Rob Maness Show

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Maps Are Power. Smears Are Not an Argument.

Tuesday night at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College I told the joint redistricting committee what I also put in the public record. Maps are not paperwork. Maps are power. They decide whose voice

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Secretary Hegseth’s Joint Warfighter Evaluation Restores Marshall’s Standard

War does not grade on a curve. It does not care about a polished personnel file, a carefully managed joint ticket, or a reputation built in the corridors of the Pentagon. It cares whether a commander

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The nation is calling now—not for another study, not for another round of “lessons learned,” but for the simple act the Constitution requires of every officer: tell the truth, produce the records, and stand for examination.
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Constitution Day Is Not a Ceremony. It Is a Reckoning.

September 17 is not a greeting-card holiday. It is the anniversary of the day the Framers bound every officer of the United States to a written Constitution and to the laws made pursuant to it. The

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Nuclear Weapons Control Policy Should Be a Starting Point For Artificial Intelligence Control Policy - Both Can Destroy Mankind
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Nuclear Weapons Policy Taught Us How to Control Existential Technology: Use Those Lessons on AI

I spent my career inside America’s nuclear enterprise, not only the command and control system, but the strategy and policy processes that kept the peace. I authored theater nuclear war plans, helped

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It's Been 25 Years Since The 9/11 Attack and I Find Myself Writing This Warning: Americans, Wake Up

As I posted on X just weeks ago: Mississippi voters, and all Americans, need to get engaged. Habitual low election turnout results in most incumbents staying in place. They feel invulnerable and take

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One Year Later: Charlie Kirk Was Not Divisive. He Was Winning. Pick Up the Flag.

I met Charlie Kirk when he was still a teenager, right after he started Turning Point USA. I was entering the political fight around the same time, running for the U.S. Senate after 32 years in

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The Washington Post Owes a Retraction - Dan Lamothe Owes Answers and We Will Never Quit

The Washington Post did not expose a secret Pentagon influence factory. Dan Lamothe and Tara Copp manufactured a smear, wrapped leaked personnel data around a fabricated accusation, and then hid

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Mississippi Deserves Fair 4-0 Republican Representation in Congress Now

As an American veteran who took an oath to defend the Constitution, I have never believed that representation in our republic should be dictated by race-based engineering or the demands of special

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The Ticking Time Bomb: Foreign Terrorist Networks on Our Soil

From enlisted EOD Technician to wing commander, combat deployments overseas, and standing watch in the Pentagon on 9/11, I’ve dedicated my life to one mission: keeping America safe from those who want

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Iran: Winning With Sustained Air and Naval Combat Power – Not Some Misguided Shock and Awe Invasion

I've spent more than three decades studying, planning for, and fighting in wars—starting as an enlisted Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technician, rising through the ranks countering terrorism in

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In Defense of What? The Real Crisis at America's War Colleges Isn't Criticism—It's Denial

I read Matthew Woessner's piece in RealClearDefense with the same disappointment I feel watching senior leaders defend a broken system instead of fixing it. As a Naval War College graduate, a 32-year

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It's Time to Purge the Poison from All Professional Military Education

America’s military is the greatest fighting force in history because it has always been anchored in merit, mission, and warfighting lethality. For too long, that foundation has been eroded by

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