Apex domains cannot have CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig padefendersofliberty.com. NS
Answer
padefendersofliberty.com. 5 NS ns1.padefendersofliberty.com.
padefendersofliberty.com. 5 NS ns2.padefendersofliberty.com.
Authority
The response has no authority records.
Additional
ns1.padefendersofliberty.com. 5 A 69.162.120.202
ns2.padefendersofliberty.com. 5 A 69.162.120.203
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0