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Respecting our troops

The way we show respect for our troops is not by holding parades, standing up for the pledge or putting out little flags in cemeteries on Memorial Day. It’s by never putting them in harm’s way unless they are defending against an existential threat to America and by never putting them into positions that they […]

The art of the shaft

Trump thinks the DoJ is his personal law firm. And he thinks the military is his personal militia. So like all the rest of his contractors, he’s shafting them: “The 4,000 California National Guard soldiers who President Donald Trump surged into Los Angeles remain unpaid due to delays in issuing official activation orders, leaving compensation […]

WWSD (What Would Stalin Do)?

There was a time when Republican stood foursquare in favor of local and state government over the federal government. No more. “Noem Says National Guard Occupation Is Meant To ‘Liberate’ LA from its mayor and governor” Wonder if the citizens of LA and CA knew they were in need of “liberation” and whether they think […]