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VA Chaplain penalized for preaching Romans

| February 20, 2025 | 50 Comments
VA Chaplain penalized for preaching Romans

Rusty Trubey, a chaplain at the Coatesville, PA  VA Medical Center, found himself in hot water after a sermon he preached last June at the VA chapel. Trubey, who served as an Army Reserve Chaplain and missionary, has been serving as a chaplain at the Coatesville VA Medical Center in Pennsylvania for nearly ten years. […]

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Democrat compares JD Vance’s statement to Hitler’s statement

| February 18, 2025 | 24 Comments
Democrat compares JD Vance’s statement to Hitler’s statement

Representative Seth Moulton, Democrat Massachusetts, criticized Vice President Vance’s speech to European leaders. Moulton took issue with Vance’s statement about “the enemy within”, and claimed that it was “the same language” used by Hitler while arguing in favor of the Holocaust. He felt that many Americans were “totally embarrassed” by Vance’s “condescending lecture”. From The […]

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European elites ‘horrified’ at how JD Vance spoke to them

| February 15, 2025 | 71 Comments
European elites ‘horrified’ at how JD Vance spoke to them

Vice President JD Vance spoke at the Munich Security Conference. The European leaders who were there expected Vance’s speech to focus on security, including the war in Ukraine. However, Vance called the European leaders out for attacks against free speech. He compared their use of “misinformation” and “disinformation” to Soviet propaganda efforts. Many European leaders […]

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Actions against Mark Milley ‘negatively impact’ national security

| February 14, 2025 | 76 Comments
Actions against Mark Milley ‘negatively impact’ national security

Former service secretaries, a general, and admirals penned an opinion article addressing Trump administration actions against military officers. They mentioned Retired General Mark Milley and  former Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Linda Fagan to showcase their argument. The authors claimed that these actions risk sending a message to the ranks that the Trump administration will not […]

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Tulsi Gabbard confirmed as national intelligence director

| February 12, 2025 | 181 Comments
Tulsi Gabbard confirmed as national intelligence director

By a vote of 52-48, the Senate confirmed Tulsi Gabbard to be President Donald Trump’s national intelligence director. Senator Mitch McConnell voted alongside the Democrats against Gabbard’s confirmation. The Republicans had to invoke cloture to make this vote possible. The Republicans may possibly invoke cloture on behalf of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for health secretary. […]

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Joy Reid and her guest: DEI is about accommodating disabled veterans

| January 26, 2025 | 63 Comments
Joy Reid and her guest: DEI is about accommodating disabled veterans

Joy Reid had Everett Kelley on her show, The ReidOut. Kelley is the national president for the American Federation of Government Employees. Both Reid and Kelley argued that DEI was about helping disabled veterans work for the government. Kelley insisted that DEI wasn’t about “affirmative action”. He claimed that DEI made it possible for a […]

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Another Valor Friday

| January 17, 2025 | 9 Comments
Another Valor Friday

We have an EOW notice of an Army veteran police officer. Sergeant Mark Butler of the Navasota, Texas Police Department was killed in the line of duty stopping a fleeing felon. His watch ended on Wednesday shortly after 1500 hours. The incident started in nearby College Station (with Navasota lying about halfway between College Station […]

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“Harry Doyle”, Army vet, passes age 90.

| January 17, 2025 | 16 Comments
“Harry Doyle”, Army vet, passes age 90.

  Perhaps the funniest ex Army corporal ever passed on at the tender age of 90. Dubbed “Mr. Baseball” by no less than Johnny Carson, Bob Uecker epitomized baseball’s humor like few have done before or since, and was a touchstone of the Milwaukee Brewers almost from their start through two league championships (both American […]

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