A 77-year-old veteran from California was assaulted for wearing a “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) hat and a “Back the Blue” mask, police said. The attack happened on September 18 in broad daylight at a post office in Red Bluff, about 130 miles from Sacramento, KRCR reported. The news station did not identify the man, who […] More
After giving nearly $80 Million to illegal aliens from the cornovirus emergency funds, California governor Gavin Newsom doesn’t have the funds to keep a veterans nursing home up and running in the town of Barstow, in San Bernardino county. Shuttering the home will save the state $2.6 Million, as the state government searches for ways to close […] More
On Nov. 11, we take the time to honor our veterans, those who have sacrificed so much with their service to help protect us and keep us free. We have parades and other ceremonies honoring that service so that we might never forget. But the University of Virginia announced they would be ending one ceremony […] More
With his soft-bristled brush and specialized cleaning solution in hand, 60-year-old Clarence Hollowell heads to the cemetery, ready to work on his day off. During the workweek, Hollowell is a mailman with the Jacksonville Beach Post Office in Florida. But on Sundays, Hollowell has a different gig: He voluntarily cleans the worn down headstones of […] More
Three World War II veterans in their nineties, who saw the horrors D-Day first-hand in 1944, parachuted over the beaches of Normandy Wednesday to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the landings. Tom Rice, a 97-year-old U.S. 101st Airborne paratrooper veteran, participated in the honorary jump with 200 other parachuters. “I feel great, I’d go up […] More
I am greeted by a wooden casket hoisted on the shoulders of eight high school basketball players as I enter the lobby of Catholic Memorial School in early January. An American flag covers the casket. At 8 a.m., I expect a tired expression across the face of each young man and wonder how they will […] More
Matt Naylor, president and CEO of the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, MO, noted the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) estimate of 140 weekly suicides among veterans, offering his remarks ahead of Memorial Day in a Friday interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight with host Rebecca Mansour and special guest […] More
“Her ignorance is mind blowing.” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., was lambasted on social media Monday after video emerged of the progressive Democrat urging against the reform of the beleaguered Department of Veterans Affairs and calling it “this thing that provides the highest quality care to our veterans.” “[T]here’s some things that we’re hearing today, there’s some […] More
President Donald Trump claimed on Twitter that veteran unemployment has hit an 18-year low. From CheckYourFact.com: “Just announced that Veterans unemployment has reached an 18 year low, really good news for our Vets and their families,” he tweeted Tuesday. Verdict: True The annual unemployment rate for veterans reached 3.5 percent in 2018, the lowest rate since 2000. Fact Check: […] More
President Donald Trump took to Twitter Tuesday to celebrate low unemployment numbers for veterans in the United States while simultaneously taking a jab at the media. “Just announced that Veterans unemployment has reached an 18 year low, really good news for our Vets and their families,” Trump wrote. “Will soon be an all time low!” The […] More
The founder of the viral $20 million border wall GoFundMe campaign is refusing to answer basic questions about his new nonprofit organization that will use donor funds to construct a piecemeal wall mile-by-mile along the U.S.-Mexico border. From Daily Caller: Triple-amputee Air Force veteran Brian Kolfage is asking donors to transfer their donationsto We Build […] More
Toppling the bureaucratic stronghold at the Department of Veterans Affairs and expanding education opportunities and mental health treatment for former soldiers, sailors, and airmen are among the achievements President Donald Trump touted Thursday. After visiting Marine barracks in Washington earlier in the day, the president returned to deliver remarks at the White House. “We will […] More
A.M. Smith
