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Built by a pilot who knows that in critical situations, accurate information isn't optional—it's survival.
America's Overwatch is a civic platform built for people with actual lives—verified information, plus the civics to make sense of it.
You have a job. You have a family. You have responsibilities that matter more than arguing on the internet. But you also know something is deeply wrong with the information environment— and you don't have three hours a night to research every claim that crosses your feed.
Meanwhile, the outrage machine never sleeps. Bad information—whoever's pushing it—is built to travel: posted around the clock, tuned to provoke, designed to outrun the truth before anyone can check it. The working parent coaching Little League can't keep that pace. The math doesn't work.
America's Overwatch levels the playing field. We deliver well-researched articles, rapid responses to viral misinformation, and in-depth analysis—all held to rigorous verification standards. Seven minutes with our Daily Brief at 7 AM, and you're equipped for whatever conversations come your way.
We call it situational awareness for citizens—the same concept pilots use to maintain complete awareness of everything affecting their flight. You can't navigate safely if you don't know what's out there.
Staying informed is the entry point, not the destination. America's Overwatch is built to move a citizen through the whole arc: verify what's actually true, understand why it matters, act on it where you live—and carry yourself, throughout, as the kind of citizen a republic depends on.
That's why this is more than a brief. The Daily Brief and our rapid responses help you verify. The Citizen's Course and our deeper analysis help you understand—the civics many of us were never taught, or have long since forgotten. The Flight Plan takes on real problems and lays out the routes proposed to solve them, fairly and with the trade-offs named. And the Three Ps—Productive, Proud, Polite—name the conduct that self-government actually requires.
The verification discipline runs underneath all of it. We don't hand you conclusions. We help form the citizen who can reach their own—and defend it with sources.
In the military, overwatch is a protective posture: one element takes a covering position— often the high ground—so another can move safely. It isn't passive. The element on overwatch keeps watch and stands ready to act the moment a real threat appears. Its purpose is to protect the people who are moving, not to go looking for a fight.
That's the posture we take toward today's information environment. We keep watch on the claims moving through public debate—the things said out in the open, by people who've stepped into public life—so you can get on with your life. When something false or misleading moves against the public record, we answer it: with sources, primary documents, and context—not with volume. We watch the record, not the person.
And we do it the way a cockpit does: verify before you trust, cross-check every source, never assume. The overwatch is the mission. Airmanship is the method.
America's Overwatch was founded by Jeff Broomall—not because he had all the answers, but because he was tired of not having any.
In aviation, there's a critical distinction between currency and proficiency. You can be current—meeting the minimum FAA requirements to legally fly—without being proficient enough to handle what the flight throws at you. The regulations keep you legal. Proficiency keeps you alive.
Jeff realized he'd become "current" on the news but not proficient. He scrolled past posts he knew were wrong but couldn't articulate why. He'd hear claims at family gatherings or see slander online and think, "That's not right"—but couldn't back it up with sources on the spot. He saw the headlines. He just couldn't engage.
This platform is what Jeff wanted for himself: a way to stay proficient, not just current. If it helps other Americans trying to do their jobs, live their lives, and actually engage with all the noise out there—that's the point.
Jeff is a professional pilot with more than 12,000 flight hours across Part 121 airline and Part 135 charter operations. He's also a check pilot—the one who evaluates other pilots and signs them off as meeting standard—and a flight instructor, a certificate he still holds. It all comes back to the same habit: verify everything, cross-check your sources, and never assume—because in aviation, assumptions get people killed. That's the mindset behind America's Overwatch.
Jeff has never been scared of work. He started mowing lawns at nine, took his first job on the second day of high school, and has held a W-2 just about every day since. He helped build the first website for a major aviation organization back in the 1990s, and years later took a swing at a business of his own—which, by his own account, didn't make it.He'll tell you that failure was worth something: it left him with respect, not envy, for the people who manage to pull it off.
More than any of those credentials, what drives this project is the frustration millions of Americans share—too much noise, not enough signal, and no time to sort it all out. Jeff doesn't claim to have all the intellectual horsepower to see it through alone. That's why America's Overwatch is built on bringing together people who do—students eager to learn, experts willing to contribute, and editors who hold everyone to standard.
Straight talk on where things stand: America's Overwatch is in soft opening and founder-led right now. The team described below is the model we're building toward and actively recruiting—not staff we already have. We'll name real contributors here as they come aboard.
At our core, we're a training ground for the next generation. We recruit qualified college students from any career track—not just journalism majors. Future teachers, lawyers, engineers, business leaders, medical professionals. These are the same people who will be raising families and engaging in their communities for decades to come.
They research, write, and learn verification standards under experienced editors. More importantly, they become equipped to push back when misinformation spreads in their own classrooms and social circles. They're not just learning to write—they're learning to think critically and engage confidently.
We also bring in vetted contributors from the broader community: subject matter experts, veterans, professionals, parents—citizens with valuable perspectives and knowledge to share. Everyone goes through our vetting process and adheres to our editorial standards.
When viral misinformation needs immediate attention, speed matters. Our Rapid Response model—drawn from our best contributors as the team grows—is built to publish initial counters within hours, not days. We don't let lies circulate unchallenged while we perfect our prose. For now, that fast-response work is founder-led.
Most outlets tell you what happened. We give you the facts, context, and sources you need to engage in the conversation yourself. Our goal is a citizen who can hold their own, not a passive news consumer.
We're building a pipeline of critical thinkers across every profession—people who know how to verify claims, find primary sources, and engage in discourse without just repeating talking points.
Misinformation doesn't wait for editorial committees. We engage quickly, then follow up with comprehensive analysis. Speed and depth.
Every claim we make is sourced, and every source is cited so you can check it. Transparency isn't a buzzword—it's how we operate.
America's Overwatch, LLC operates as a social enterprise—mission over profit. It's built to be member-funded, and no one who funds us buys influence over our coverage. Our editorial decisions answer to readers who value truth, not to anyone looking for spin.
America's Overwatch, LLC is based in Bloomington, Indiana.
We believe in the Constitution. We believe in individual liberty. We believe informed citizens are the foundation of a functioning republic. We believe facts matter and that Americans deserve access to them without partisan filter.
We're not neutral on those principles. But we are committed to accuracy. We don't make things up, we don't twist facts to fit narratives, and when we're wrong, we correct it publicly. Our credibility is everything.
Where we start—the documents we measure everything against—is laid out in our First Principles.
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Revisited: July 16, 2026