Dr. Alexander Burns joined Rep. Crenshaw for a fascinating conversation about the evolution of 18th century warfare, General Washington’s battlefield tactics, the age-old conflict between officers and common soldiers, and the beginning of the American military.

Dr. Alexander Burns is an Assistant Professor of History at Franciscan University of Steubenville, where he specializes in 18th century conflict in North America and Europe. He is the author of Infantry in Battle, 1733-1783. Follow him on X at @KKriegeBlog.

Grade inflation and student entitlement in higher education

How to research like a military historian

What we learn from letters of the common British soldier

The conflict between officers and enlisted men over battlefield tactics

Was there an honor code against killing officers?

What Paul Revere really said

How the British soldiers viewed the American rebels

How the Continental Army began

Beginning of the Continental Congress

General Washington’s battlefield tactics

Guerrilla warfare

The role of cavalry in revolutionary combat

The American long rifle

How many Americans actually wanted independence?

The turning point of the Revolutionary War

The French Army comes to America

How the American military professionalized

The War of 1812

America invades Canada

How close did General Washington get to the battlefront?

Can we derive lessons from the Revolutionary War for modern warfare?

Special cross post episode with The Lila Rose Podcast.

Friday, January 24th marks the annual March for Life, when tens of thousands of activists gather in Washington, DC to celebrate and raise awareness about the pro-life movement. Live Action’s Lila Rose joined Rep. Crenshaw (and his daughter Suzy) in his congressional office to talk about expectations for the first 100 days of the new Trump Administration. They cover pro-life executive orders and policies that could potentially be re-instated. They discuss how budget reconciliation and economic policies might affect everything from abortion policy to tax cuts to government spending. Rep. Crenshaw discusses his work to defund gender transition procedures for minors and destroy the Mexican drug cartels. And they end with a conversation about the U.S. interest in supporting Israel against Hamas terrorists.

Lila Rose is the Founder and President of Live Action, a non-profit dedicated to pro-life advocacy. Follow her on X at @lilagracerose and Instagram at @lilaroseofficial.

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Situation Report for January 24th, 2025. Rep. Crenshaw breaks down the week’s top stories from the U.S. and around the world. Your one stop shop for real news and clear analysis of the latest congressional legislation and how it impacts your life.

• · Biden pardons his family
• · Trump’s first moves on border security, energy, and the bureaucratic state
• · Secretary of State Marco Rubio
• · Trump gives a boost to U.S. Artificial Intelligence dominance
• · Trump pardons pro-life protestors
• · SpaceX launches TWO lunar landers
• · The FDA approves a new treatment for depression
• Recommended reading: Noah Rothman on “The Resistance Left’s Addiction to Hyperbole”

Situation Report for January 16, 2025. Rep. Crenshaw breaks down the week’s top stories from the U.S. and around the world. Your one stop shop for real news and clear analysis of the latest congressional legislation and how it impacts your life.

• Pete Hegseth has his Senate confirmation hearing
• The House passes the Protecting Women and Girls in Sports Act
• The Los Angeles wildfires
• The Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage deal
• Biden Administration removes Cuba from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list
• TikTok’s clock is winding to zero. But here comes Red Note.
• Why Congress needs a Select Committee on the Cartels. Read my latest oped for Fox News here

American Petroleum Institute’s Mike Sommers returns to Hold These Truths to survey the past four years of the Biden-Harris Administration’s most devastating anti-fossil fuel energy policies and how the incoming Trump Administration might reverse them. They look at what the future of energy looks like for Texas and the rest of America. And they fact check the tv series Landman’s portrayal of the oil and gas industry.

Mike Sommers is the President and CEO of the American Petroleum Institute, the largest trade association representing all aspects of America's oil and natural gas industry. Follow him on X at @mj_sommers.

How realistic is Taylor Sheridan’s Landman?

“100 million barrels of oil a day”

Biden’s latest offshore lease restrictions

American natural gas, a clear win for the environment.

“It’s better to get ahead of the regulators.”

The argument for exporting natural gas

Bitcoin mining in west Texas

The EPA’s twin tail pipe rules – Biden’s war on internal combustion engines

The real costs of electric vehicles

At what point do you have too much wind power?

The future of the Texas grid

First steps for Trump’s EPA

On the latest SITREP (Situation Report), Congressman Crenshaw explains how the Republican House strategy at the start of the 119th Congress and gives us the Civics 101 on how the legislative process works. He covers the possibility of overturning Biden’s sweeping ban on offshore oil and gas leases, U.S. investors making a bid for TikTok, and the possibility of turning Greenland into a U.S. territory. And he examines the shifting political dynamics in Syria and Lebanon as Iran’s influence in the Middle East wanes.

The House passes the Laken Riley Act (LRA)

Addressing the Democrats “anti-immigrant” charges

Leader Thune’s strategy to pass LRA in the Senate

What you need to know about House rules and the legislative process

Parliamentary Procedure 101

Biden’s sweeping offshore oil and gas leasing ban

Why reversing Biden’s ban will be difficult

Kevin O’Leary makes a bid for TikTok

Make Greenland Great Again!

Gulf of AMERICA

Iran’s diminishing influence in the Middle East

A cautious step forward in U.S. – Syria relations

For episode 3 of the SITREP (Situation Report), Rep. Crenshaw gives his insights into the most important news that happened over the holidays.

· Speaker Johnson wins on the first ballot

· What we know about the NOLA and Las Vegas attacks

· The Debate Over H1B Visas

· The Nippon Steel Deal

· Latest on the TikTok Chinese Ownership Ban

· Caution and Optimism in Syria

· South Korean Constitutional Drama

Entrepreneur, rocket engineer, and nuclear expert Doug Bernauer joined Rep. Crenshaw to discuss the future of portable nuclear energy, colonies on Mars, and the bureaucratic inertia standing in their way. A fascinating conversation with lots of insights into the science and the regulatory environment of space exploration and nuclear power.

Doug Bernauer is the CEO of Radiant Nuclear, a startup developing mass produced portable nuclear reactors. Before that, Doug spent 12 years working on a variety of research and development projects for SpaceX. Follow him on X at @DougBernauer.

• Learning from SpaceX’s culture of innovation

• Overcoming the physical limitations of living on Mars

• Nuclear-powered rockets

• Small modular reactors and micro-reactors

• Bringing nuclear power to overseas military bases

• Risk analysis of nuclear power

• Uranium Fuel 101

• What stalled the 1960s nuclear power boom?

• Regulatory reforms to kickstart nuclear again

• Bringing the SpaceX model to nuclear

• Deploying clean, cheap energy to remote regions

• A Russian nuclear power station on the moon?