I'm a new mom. My husband and I both work. Taxing working moms to fund someone else's stay-at-home lifestyle is a gut punch.

89% of senior citizens support raising taxes on younger workers to maintain their benefits. The median primary voter is 65.

Our seniors should not pay property taxes.

Lunch just costs $28 now. Are they not supposed to eat?

The Philadelphia boy who exposed his fellow classmates for being unable to read a simple sentence is now under threat of being blocked from graduating and expelled simply for blowing the whistle on his school’s low literacy rates.

Former Nicolás Maduro security guard delivers a firsthand account of the advance technology used in the U.S. raid in Venezuela. State-of-the-art drones, massive firepower, but the Direct Energy Weapons were the most terrifying. 20 elite American soldiers, armed with cutting-edge technology, dismantled defenses and neutralized hundreds without a single casualty on their side. This isn't just a story of victory—it's a masterclass in modern warfare supremacy. The Americans arrived undetected, Advanced electronic warfare systems completely disabled Venezuelan radars and other equipment. Drones struck with lightning speed, obliterating bases and outpacing any counter-response. The guard notes Venezuela had "no technology to fight against drones," highlighting the asymmetric edge of U.S. unmanned aerial systems. Most interesting, was the mention of Direct Energy Weapons, causing immediate incapacitation, with victims bleeding from ears, nose, and mouth. This matches the Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) or emerging directed-energy systems like the Active Denial System (ADS). and other electromagnetic and acoustic weaponry. If you follow me, this is nothing new and a taste of what we really have and are capable of. The result? 20 operators vs. hundreds, equaling total domination. "You think you can fight Americans? You don't even know what their weaponry is like." With President Trump eyeing Mexico's cartels next—"You're on the list too" Don't FAFO with the USA!

I think there is a big difference between Democrats openly and joyfully celebrating the murder of a peaceful man and Trump being, well, Trump, and pointing out rather crudely that Reiner was consumed by hatred and maybe that hatred consumed him in the end. Also I find it really odd that so many Christians are gushing praises over his body of work. TPB is the only one I am familiar with and it was terrible. From perusal of IMDB, it appears most of his work was not honoring of Biblical values. And I don't necessarily think all secular work can or should represent Biblical values well, but the gushing is a bit over the top

Please enact consequences (loss of rank, OTH, jail time) for the leaders and SJAs who gave the greenlight to the Covid abuses

Here's to the losers!

This week I examined the COVID-19 reinstatement process. Here’s what I learned. First, people need to understand the difference between involuntary and voluntary separation. If a service member refused the shot and was forced out via administrative separation it was involuntary. If they weren’t, it was voluntary. Insert all the qualifications about people being ostracized, careers derailed, re-enlistments not accepted, and undue command influence leading to the exit for an individual… for this argument, if they weren’t administratively separated, the situation is still considered voluntary separation. Involuntary separations rate backpay and time served from separation to reentry. For many this means an automatic promotion. Voluntary does not offer these incentives. HOWEVER, voluntary separations can still apply for the involuntary separation board process, same as those who were administratively separated. All scenarios will be examined by the board. Second, the term backpay is confusing. The way it works: the government calculates the amount that would have been earned if the service member remained in service and then subtracts the money earned once they got out (claimed on taxes) including disability payments that don’t show up on taxes. So, for a lot of people, this isn’t much money. Yet we did have at least one warrior who got a six-figure payout upon reentry. A couple more in the pipeline may get the same. I’m assuming these warriors were living off grid sharpening knives until they got the call. To reenter the service all an individual needs to do is contact their recruiter. The recruiter pushes the individual to fill out an application/security screener and then directs them back to their local MEPs (medical) center. Voluntary separations reenter the service quickly. For involuntary, after MEPS the package goes to review (think BCNR/ARBA/AFRBA). Once approved, DFAS calculates the “backpay,” and then an offer letter is given to the service member. At that point, the service member can decide if the offer is worth accepting. Again, if voluntary separation people want to request a board, they can do so, but they won’t have the same priority as involuntary. Now, for all the horror stories about this process that happened before 1 May 2025… it only confuses the issue. This process wasn’t rocking and rolling until then, so understand that. And since creating the board process, not a single package has been denied, but many packages have been sent back due to administrative incompleteness. This will be something we can look at more closely, because I’m sure this is frustrating to many who experience it. By the numbers, the military has had 738 involuntary separation individuals reach out to their recruiters and express interest in reentry. 69 of those currently have packages at the board. 17 of them have been reinstated. It is somewhat eyebrow raising that 652 people have expressed interest in returning to service and don’t have a package at the board for review, so I have tasked the services to follow up with everyone on the list, and I will personally go by name for all 652 to get an update. I’m being told that most of them who expressed interest, find out about the “backpay,” and think about the reality of military life/requirements, and decide not to do it. By the numbers for voluntary, a total of 41 have expressed interest to return to the service, 17 submitted the paperwork, and 3 have returned to service. If anyone has any questions, or feels they are being mistreated in this process, they can always email the longest email in the world, which gets routed to Defense Department directly at [email protected] or go to the Defense Departments website at defense.gov/Spotlights/COVID… I promise we actually read these comments. Now if you’ve read this far, I’m sure you or a loved one was forced out of the military based on the vaccine. I took interest in this initiative because I understand what it’s like to be treated unfairly by the military. I was imprisoned in solitary confinement as a “serious threat” and “flight risk” both which were blatantly untrue… and I would argue illegal. When I got out of the brig, my medical records and investigation were released to a reporter still working in the Pentagon, and ironically, who is still reporting on me. Why do I point this out… because my impression is that many who exited the service because of poor treatment over the shot refusal want retribution. I get tagged every day with posts questioning when commanders at every level of the military will be thrown in jail for “illegally enforcing the COVID vaccine.” That’s not going to happen. Time to move forward. Right now, Americans who exited the military because of the COVID shot have an opportunity to reenter and continue serving. If they go through the board process, it’s not going to happen immediately. The process is not perfect, but the team is taking it seriously. P&R currently has an ASD who was a voluntary COVID separation @simmonsactual. There is a senior advisor in the SecNav who was also a voluntary COVID separation. Our new senate confirmed USD-PR @ajtata has a family member directly impacted by this issue. He is committed to fixing it, as am I. Secretary Hegseth, leading the way, is passionate about us getting this right, and we don’t want to let him down. I hope the Department can get everyone back in who wants to serve this great country. I believe system reforms will soon incentivize making tough decisions more than pleasing superiors. I hope in the future the service is filled with people brave enough to stand their ground and challenge leaders lacking courage. Stu

Fruit is rotting on branches because the very people we depend on to harvest it are too afraid to go to work. This is the real impact of Trump’s immigration raids: fear in our fields, crops left to waste, and a direct blow to America’s farms. He promised to go after criminals. Instead, he’s targeting the essential workers who put food on our tables—and crippling the agricultural industry in the process.