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For those who view the world right vs. wrong. Not Left vs. Right.
War Notes explains the why — not just the what.
War Notes started as an email to my family, friends and colleagues...my raw analysis rooted in facts.
Now, thanks to Amanda, we have no typos and more facts!
We have a perspective. We’re honest about it.
🤷 We view the world as right vs. wrong. Not Left vs. Right.
Both sides are failing America. We love America.
That’s not cynicism — that’s moral clarity.
We apply the same standard to Democrats and Republicans.
Ask the sames hard questions.
Demand the same accountability.
Our Promise: Every opinion is grounded entirely in fact. When we don’t know something, we say so — that is a feature, not a bug. When the conventional wisdom is wrong, we say that too.
WOW: That mentality took us from an internal company email to a community of more than 40,000 people and you each get that same raw clarity.
OCTOBER 7, 2023: A few hours after Hamas launched its attacks on Israel, I wrote an email an email to NewsNation executives and some of our anchors.
Ground truth: i covered the middle east for 4 years as a foreign correpent.
I could explain the world changing in real time.
I had sources.
I had context that the legacy media narrative was already getting wrong.
The executives asked me to send that same email every day.
People forwarded it. Friends asked to be added. Friends of friends. Then strangers started emailing asking for it.
WarNotes ‼️ What started as a raw dispatch has grown — without a dollar in ad spent, without an algorithm — to more than 40,000 subscribers at a 60% open rate. More than double the industry average.
‼️ We’ve expanded well beyond “the war” — though Iran and the Middle East remain central.
We cover the battlefields of America’s culture wars.
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The fights that define the country you love.
Plus my random musings.
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