Behind the Headlines with Paul Dragu

Epstein, Epstein, Epstein. For two weeks, this story has topped all other news headlines. It has refused to die, to go away, no matter how hard the president has tried to convince his most hitherto loyal supporters to move on. Why? What is it about this story that demands so much attention. Tucker Carlson brought Darryl Cooper on to discuss Epstein. Cooper had put together a six-hour podcast on Ep...

It’s official. American preachers can now endorse political candidates from the pulpit without fear of losing their church’s tax-exempt status. This comes about thanks to the conclusion of a lawsuit filed by a couple of Texas churches last year. Even since the Johnson Amendment was added to a broad tax bill in the 1950s, the IRS has banned political endorsements. And while proponents of the rule l...

America is still the greatest country. You know this is true because people still want to come here. Another reason we know this is true is because the people who claim to hate this country won’t leave. In this video, I share my family’s story of how we left communist Romania, why I think America is so great, and what we need to do to make sure we keep it that way. To receive new posts and support...

The Big Beautiful Bill includes $150 billion for defense spending. It’s fascinating to see the technology we’re investing in. The Big Beautiful Bill military spending section is impressive and alarming. It makes you wonder whether we’re bolstering defenses or preparing for war. The answer is likely both. The bill allocates money to build a Golden Dome missile system, boost production of every kind...

The White House is telling people to calm down and trust President Donald Trump to decide how embroiled America becomes in Israel’s war against Iran. No thank you. I think I speak for many who voted for Trump when I say this illustrates perfectly why the Founders created a system that doesn’t give the president unilateral power to go to war. This is a very anti-American request from the White Hous...

For more than a decade, secular America has predicted, with great excitement, the impending death of Christianity. And it’s had reasons to do so. The America of today is unrecognizable from that of just a couple decades prior. Regarding homosexuality, the public view has flipped significantly. Whereas about a quarter of Americans approved of that lifestyle in the mid-90s, that number is flipped on...

Behind the Headlines is a reader-supported publication. Subscribe to support my work The Trump-Musk bromance seems to be over. And it all fell apart in real time with the entire world watching. Did Elon have a drug-induced breakdown? Did he have an autistic-related breakdown? Or is Trump’s accusation correct, that Elon is made that his hundreds of billions in campaign support didn’t buy his compan...

please share this video with others A few years ago, a bizarre assault on basic biology and common sense suddenly emerged into the mainstream. Even to the barely awake, it was obvious the push to legitimatize transgenderism was coordinated. The media were telling us to approve it, entertainment was programming us to accept it, the corporate world was working overtime to sell it to us, schools were...

Hey reader, please subscribe to Behind the Headlines if you enjoy my ramblings and writings. It would help immensely. I was working as a delivery driver for an auto parts store when planes hit the World Trade Center towers. I didn’t keep up with current events at the time, but like many Americans, I was glued to the news that entire day. Also like many Americans, I knew things would never be the s...

Woke ideology is a lethal mind disease. In the case of the Nashville school shooter, it led to the death of seven people, including the shooter. The FBI recently released the killer’s journals—it’s more than 1,000 pages long—and its contents verified what conservative media suspected all along: the Nashville school shooter was obsessed with gender ideology, the same poison they’ve been pouring int...

Eggs are selling for an average of $5 a dozen. In response, the U.S. government is telling people to get their own chickens. Well, kind of. On Feb. 26, the USDA announced a plan to reduce egg prices. USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins laid out a five-pronged attack that includes making it easier for people to keep their own egg-producing chickens. Rollins’ plan doesn’t elaborate how the USDA will “mini...

Donald Trump is the president again. And the Left is accusing him of being an authoritarian—again. But let’s step outside our tribal echo chambers, look at the man’s actions, and try to understand as best as we can both sides of the argument. Hey y’all, please subscribe to this Substack if you enjoy my rantings and writings. Thanks a bunch! Read some of my latest articles: Bezos Charts Rightward C...

It isn’t compassionate to fuel a war half a world way with money we don’t have to continue the slaughter of thousands of people unlikely to prevail while the possibility of a ceasefire dangles before us all. It is also not in the best interests of the citizens of the United States, who would benefit far more from a ceasefire. Ukraine is thoroughly corrupt, not unlike Russia. Former Zelensky offici...

Our main threat comes from a network of internationalists who have asserted overwhelming control over finance, corporatism, media, government, education, and academia. These people are trying to force the entire world into one superseding global government that overrules the sovereignty of every nation. They have used their significant influence over the media to keep the public from knowing this....

I must admit, this one wasn’t on my radar. But given the level of criminality the people in charge have been capable of, it’s worth asking: Is our gold still at Fort Knox? Get full access to Behind the Headlines at behindtheheadlines.substack.com/subscribe

Since the end of the Cold War, U.S. politicians have convinced the American people that perpetual war is the price for spreading “democracy” and making us safe at home. Among the biggest supporters for endless wars has been Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell. Well, now he’s retiring, and based on is farewell speech, frustration with the GOP’s growing anti-war positions may be part of his reason. But...

The world is in a fight over truth. VP JD Vance told Europe’s effeminate soft tyrants to stop censoring speech and violating the basic liberties of their citizens. When Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended Vance’s speech, a CBS anchor then said that too much free speech led to the genocide of Jews. In this episode, we break down how the Nazis operated like the U.S. Deep State and European Censo...

Over the last 10 years, Americans have been waking up to the fact that all is not as they’ve been told. Among the most shocking of wake-up calls is the sad truth that elements within their government have been behind some of the most sophisticated and aggressive propaganda campaigns. This is especially true regarding all things Covid. The Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency...

The Trump administration is threatening to hollow out the education department until the agency is completely shuttered by an act of Congress. This is triggering glee among some and concern from others. While both sides have legitimate concerns, few proponents seem aware that the agency is a colossal failure by its own subpar standards. Moreover, there are some major misconceptions about what happ...

Hope is in the air. The borders are being secured, legacy media is neutered, the wagers of lawfare are on the run, DEI is unraveling, and the commonsense cultural revolution is raging. This is all great, but the institutional and cultural rot that allowed that brought this nation to the brink of national collapse needs to be addressed or the roaches will return. In this video I explain what needs...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation hearing for Health and Human Services secretary was a disgusting display of politics over issues. Get full access to Behind the Headlines at behindtheheadlines.substack.com/subscribe

Once upon a time in a land right under our feet, America didn’t have a federal income tax. This was a time when even the nation’s highest court recognized the destructive power of the tax. As I wrote in a recent article for The New American : In 1819, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall wrote in the case McCulloch v. Maryland that “The power to tax involves the power to destroy.” In 1895, mo...

Wildfires are once again destroying California—and the people in charge are once again trying to blame everyone and everything except themselves. Only this time the jig might finally be up for the Golden State’s incompetent, ideologically-possessed leaders. California’s greasy-haired sociopathic governor is once again under fire for mismanaging the state’s resources, the communist mayor of Los Ang...

Something is happening in Romania, where the nation’s top court nullified the first-round election victory of Călin Georgescu, a nationalist whose surprising victory was supposedly brought about by Russian interference. Georgescu denies he had any help from Russia. It would, however, be very surprising if the Russians took no interest in Romania’s elections. Romania is one country away from Russia...