Capt. James Fanell, Michele Bachmann and Benjamin Weingarten

CAPT. JAMES FANELL, Retired Intelligence Officer for the Indo-Pacific, US Navy, former National Security Affairs Fellow, Hoover Institute

• Capt. James Fanell: The People’s Liberation Army has mass on its side
• Henry Kissinger’s 1971 trip to Communist China got the ball rolling on the “One Country, Two Systems” form of engagement
• Capt. Fanell: It’s been over 14 years since we sailed a U.S. aircraft carrier through the Taiwan Straits - “We need to send an aircraft carrier right now…as another indicator to China [about] how serious we are”

MICHELE BACHMANN, Dean, Robertson School of Government at Regent University, former US Representative, Minnesota's 6th Congressional District, former State Senator, Minnesota, Author, "Care of Conviction: My Story," @MicheleBachman 

• 9/11: A 20-Year Retrospective
• Michele Bachmann: “…the way the United States pulled out of Afghanistan, a signal was unmistakably sounded like a trumpet…it wasn’t the collapse of Afghanistan, it was the collapse of the United States of America”
• Bachmann: The Democrats in Congress want to the complete “legalization of voter fraud” in this country

BEN WEINGARTEN, Founder and CEO, ChangeUp Media LLC, Senior Contributor, The Federalist, Senior Fellow, the London Center for Policy Research, Author, "American Ingrate" @bhweingarten

• Ben Weingarten: The “leading edge” of China’s operations in America is economic engagement
• Weingarten: The U.S. Department of Justice is now preoccupied with going after those speaking out against Critical Race Theory