Author: Admin
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Well, that’s kind of embarrassing
Representative Chuck Edwards, a Waynesville, N.C., Republican whose re-election website boasts that his “Mountain Values Will Change D.C., is dropping his re-election bid after being censured by the U.S. House for sleazy behavior toward young, female members of his staff. “After much prayer and reflection, I’ve decided to withdraw from my re-election campaign,” Edwards wrote on…
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A Vile, Foul Trump Administration
The pettiness of Trump and his enablers masks somewhat the unadulterated ethical criminality of these lies designed to destroy an innocent man’s life. Hell won’t be hot of depraved enough for the goons in this vile, sick administration. A former Olympian will not face trial after federal prosecutors acknowledged that the Trump administration’s claims of…
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U.S. Aircraft Carrier Docks in Vietnam
By Damien Cave / The New York Times / For the fourth time since the end of the Vietnam War, a United States aircraft carrier made a port call in Vietnam on Thursday, promoting joint security ties at a time when tariffs and the war in Iran have hurt American influence across Asia. The carrier…
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VA Health Care Meltdown
By SUZANNE GORDON / The American Prospect / In Washington, D.C., scorching heat waves along the East Coast this summer have raised the temperature and humidity in a notoriously hot and muggy city, with the thermometer hitting 100 degrees or higher more than once in July. This was particularly bad news for federal health care…
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DAV rips off Local Chapter
A Veterans Organization Has Millions in the Bank. Why Did It Seize a Small Chapter’s Donation? Sonner Kehrt, The War HorseJuly 9, 2026 The Disabled American Veterans post in Sacramento, California, needed work. The small white building with blue trim and an American flag out front was built decades ago. Its heating and cooling system…
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Guardsman wins free-speech suit
By Mackenzie Thomas July 28, 2026, Carolina Public Press A dispute over First Amendment rights has resulted in the North Carolina National Guard settling a lawsuit with a veteran who claimed he was pressured to retire over his criticism of leadership. Timothy Stanhope, a retired guardsman who spent roughly 20 years in the military, received pushback…
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What if Leland folks weren’t thinking
It was called a “black gash of shame” and a “shrine to defeat” rather than a traditional, heroic tribute long before it was formally dedicated in November 1982. Today the Vietnam Veterans Memorial draws some 5 million visitors each year. The Leland, Mississippi, “Military Wall of Honor — conceived by a man who joined the…
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Being a fledgling stoic helps
It’s a heck of a world after all. Just today — earlier in the afternoon — I had watched the last of the rain clouds bunch up in the eastern sky
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Welcome to Combat Vets USA
As you might have guessed, we are in the process of rebuilding our site on WordPress after deciding to abandon Drupal, another content modification system we have used for several years. But WordPress seems to be the future when it comes to online content management. Give us time and we will convert much if not…