Veterans in politics
American veteran flees to Russia and joins their army
Wilmer Puello-Mota, A U.S. Air Force veteran and former elected official, was supposed to show up in court. He reached an agreement to plead guilty to charges related to having an image of a 17-year-old girl on his phone. In exchange, he would be sentenced to 18 months in prison. However, he did not show […]
Austin’s absence blamed on lack of policy
GEN Austin’s office is explaining his absence just after New Year’s. A mixture of concerns about protecting Austin’s privacy — and a lack of written policy for emergency hospitalizations — caused staff to balk when it came to informing the White House or Congress of the secretary’s absence, while at the same time not informing […]
Alexander Vindman’s brother to run for Congress
Yevgeny “Eugene” Vindman, Alexander Vindman’s brother, is planning on running for a congressional seat to replace the incumbent, who plans to run for Virginia governor. Like his brother, Eugene Vindman is a veteran. He considers it important to tackle “Republican” extremism while also showing that a government could work for the people vice be the […]
Polling places looking for a few good men
Military Times writes about the push to fill the ranks of poll workers this voting season with veterans. I guess with the hyperpolarization of our times, it seems the usual suspects of poll volunteers (elderly pensioners looking to do something other than play bridge) have resigned en masse. Those volunteers need to be replaced, said […]
Marine Vet/Politician to Resign for, Reasons
San Diego County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher From his website, Nathan Fletcher is leading a new generation of progressive policymaking in San Diego County. He is committed to building diverse coalitions, fighting for equitable policy, and delivering substantial outcomes in the areas of behavioral health, child welfare, & environmental justice. Fletcher was the first Dem to […]
An individual, associated with the Democrats, fraudulently obtains veteran records
Don Bacon, Republican representative from Nebraska, was one of 11 Congress personnel whose military records were released without the veterans’ authorization. According to Bacon, someone working for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) had Bacon’s personal identifiable information. This person used that information to fraudulently obtain Bacon’s military records. The records obtained required the veteran’s […]
Valor Friday
Richmond Pearson Hobson Richmond Hobson was born in Alabama in 1870. He was the nephew and namesake of Congressman Richmond Pearson, nephew of North Carolina Governor Daniel Gould Fowle, and grandson of Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court Richmond Mumford Pearson (his other namesake). Hobson attended the US Naval Academy. At Annapolis, he […]
Valor Friday
Part three on my exploration of Congressmen of valor. Thomas Wilson Bradley Thomas Bradley, an Englishman by birth, immigrated to the US when he was a small child. He came to the country with his mother Mary Wilson and the James Roberts family, just before his fifth birthday, aboard the ship Fidelia. Initially living in […]
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