Category: Military
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Republicans That Voted Against the Veteran “Honoring Our PACT Act”
Republicans just gave us the middle finger by voting against the Honoring Our PACT Act, which protects toxin-exposed veterans.
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Art Fettig’s Monday Morning Memo
It’s Memorial Day and I’m thinking about Korea and about you, Max. You and those other G.I’s they carried off on liters from that damn, beat-up powder-topped hill we called Old Baldy. We were fighting so that the world would be safe for democracy. Maybe we did a lousy job of it Max, because people…
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Veterans in Arizona Celebrate Diversity
June was PRIDE Month, and VA takes pride in striving to improve the health and healthcare for LGBTQ+ Veterans. There are an estimated one million lesbian, gay, and bisexual Veterans in the United States. Research also shows that transgender identity is about five times more common among Veterans than non-Veterans.
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Lauren Boebert (R-CO) Yells “You put them in, 13 of them!”
During a breach of normality, Representative Lauren Boebert (R-CO) shouts out during President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech, “You put them, in 13 of them!” President Biden was speaking about how many American troops stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan developed cancer from exposure to burn pits through the toxic fumes the pits emitted.
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Ross Reck: Holiday Memories Are Created By The Things You Do, Not the Things You Buy
For a number of years, my wife conducted gift making workshops during early December. During these workshops, she would ask the participants to share their most cherished holiday memories.