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  • 138 Democrat Congressmen Sign Letter Against Amendment Allowing Certain Veterans to Own Firearms

    03/18/2024 2:57:31 PM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 9 replies
    The Gateway Pundit ^ | March 18, 2024 | Brian Lupo
    Democrat lawmakers in the House signed a joint letter suggesting infringements on certain veterans’ Second Amendment Rights because of a “mentally incompetent” diagnosis from Veterans Affairs (VA) rating agencies. The current regulation regarding VA pensions, 38 CFR 3.353, defines “mentally incompetent” as “A…person is one who because of injury or disease lacks the mental capacity to contract or to manage his or her own affairs, including disbursement of funds without limitation.” The “official determination” of mental incompetency is made by the VA rating agencies, who have “sole authority” in making such a determination. According to the regulation, the determination is...
  • Democrats say Trump has handed them an opening to win military and veteran votes

    03/16/2024 9:07:46 AM PDT · by where's_the_Outrage? · 50 replies
    Marketwatch AP ^ | March 16, 2024
    CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Highway signs welcome drivers entering North Carolina to “the nation’s most military friendly state,” and veterans here know they’re being courted. But in a state where camouflage-colored appeals have become commonplace, recent efforts by progressive groups to cut into what has long been a reliably red constituency face an election-year test. Tar Heel State veterans interviewed earlier this month, ahead of Super Tuesday primary voting in some of the most active-duty and veteran-populous states, varied in their politics, even if they agreed that their military service had informed their opinions. Ryan Rogers, who fought in Afghanistan...
  • Over 140 House Democrats Demand Ability to Block Veterans from Purchasing Guns

    03/15/2024 7:21:10 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 45 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/14/2023 | Awr Hawkins
    More than 140 House Democrats are demanding that the ability to bar veterans from gun purchases/ownership under certain circumstances be added back to the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. For decades, the VA has been reporting veterans to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) for mental issues, and such issues include using a fiduciary to manage one’s VA benefits. But this year, the Clinton-area gun ban was rolled back in the Senate by an amendment put forward by Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA).
  • DEI Office In Biden’s VA Is ‘Hostile, Toxic’ With Rampant Sexual Misconduct, Internal Probe Finds

    03/11/2024 8:28:35 AM PDT · by Dr. Marten · 20 replies
    daily Wire ^ | 03.11.2024 | Luke Rosiak
    The Department of Veterans Affairs office dedicated to rooting out racism and harassment is itself a “hostile, toxic work environment with a permissive culture of rampant gossiping and innuendo,” where multiple layers of top officials participated in and covered up sexual harassment, an internal agency review concluded.At one point, a senior manager fired a mid-level manager because both men wanted to sexually harass the same employee. When a complaint was filed, a political appointee sat on it, apparently partly for racial reasons.
  • Woke VA official who pushed to remove WWII kiss photo ‘mismanaged’ St. Louis hospital where vets were reportedly exposed to HIV

    03/06/2024 4:26:11 PM PST · by devane617 · 21 replies
    NYPost ^ | 03/06/2024
    She’s the kiss of death for hospitals. The woke Veterans Affairs official who ordered hospitals take down the iconic Times Square V-J-Day kissing photo previously mismanaged a Missouri hospital so badly, she was condemned by both Democrats and Republicans alike. Smooch-bashing VA bigwig RimaAnn Nelson headed the department’s St. Louis hospital for more than three years, during which time the facility was rated worst in the country — with patients allegedly left in their feces for days, and more than 1,800 of our nation’s heroes being exposed to HIV and hepatitis from unsterilized dental equipment, reports said. “What happened in...
  • MURDOCK: Biden Turns Vets into P.O.W.s Under Kafkaesque VA System...'Every time we think this administration has reached a grotesque low, they dig deeper...'

    02/18/2024 9:26:27 PM PST · by Red Badger · 43 replies
    Headline USA ^ | February 18, 2024 | Staff
    (Deroy Murdock, Headline USA) Democrats constantly crow about their faith in “the right to choose.” But this applies to little beyond abortion. Any woman who chooses to buy a gun or send her child to a charter school should expect “pro-choice” Democrats to stand in her way. Democrats crave control and uniformity, even when it comes to medical care for America’s veterans. Democrats want vets in the Department of Veterans Affairs, not getting cured in the private sector. Obama–Biden’s VA waitlist scandal found veterans dying before they could see their doctors. Donald J. Trump promised to fix this lethal mess....
  • REVEALED: Biden admin diverts Veterans Affairs resources to illegal immigrants

    02/14/2024 5:34:45 AM PST · by george76 · 44 replies
    Post Millennial ^ | Feb 13, 2024 | Thomas Stevenson
    It has been revealed that the Biden administration has been diverting resources from the Veterans Affairs (VA) organization to help illegal immigrants around the country. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) spoke about the matter with Fox Digital in an interview reported on Tuesday morning. The Alabama senator recently introduced a bill titled the "No VA Resources for Illegal Aliens Act" in order to prevent it from happening again. uberville told the outlet, "They've opened up care from the doctors in these [VA] community care systems. The lines now in the VA's are getting longer. Our funds that are supposed to go...
  • Haley resurfaces Trump remarks mocking veterans in new ad

    02/13/2024 3:03:50 AM PST · by RandFan · 119 replies
    The Hill ^ | 02/12/24 11:48 AM ET | BY LAUREN SFORZA
    GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley’s latest ad showcases former President Trump’s past remarks mocking veterans as she attempts to ramp up her campaign ahead of the South Carolina primary later this month. Haley’s campaign released the roughly 90-second ad Monday, after Trump took aim at Haley’s husband for being absent; he is serving in the military overseas. The ad includes snippets of news reports discussing past remarks from Trump, including him reportedly calling soldiers who died overseas “losers” and “suckers.” The ad highlighted Haley’s response to Trump’s attack on her husband, who was deployed to Africa in June last year...
  • Conor MacNessa - Final Goodbye

    01/28/2024 6:59:51 PM PST · by AbnSarge · 51 replies
    Conor MacNessa (Tom Mitchell) will be laid to his final rest at Arlington National Cemetery April 10. Unfortunately it takes that long to be scheduled with full appropriate honors. I will be there, and invite any Freepers in the DC/VA/MD area who may have known and respected Tom to participate. PM me for more details. God love Tom, God Bless and comfort his family, and God Bless you all. 'Til Valhallah, Brother
  • Over 200 Vets, Active Duty Forces Vow to Hold Military Leaders Accountable for COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

    01/01/2024 4:57:50 PM PST · by Silentgypsy · 20 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 2024 01 01 | Kristina Wong
    More than 200 military veterans, active-duty members, former officials, and military spouses released an open letter on January 1 in which they vowed to do everything in their power to hold senior military leaders responsible for forcing the COVID-19 vaccine mandate on troops. They wrote in the letter, released on social media Monday: While implementing the COVID-19 vaccine mandate, military leaders broke the law, trampled constitutional rights, denied informed consent, permitted unwilling medical experimentation, and suppressed the free exercise of religion. Service members and families were significantly harmed by these actions. Their suffering continues to be felt financially, emotionally, and...
  • 2024 Veterans disability compensation rates

    12/28/2023 8:26:10 AM PST · by Red Badger · 12 replies
    Veterans Administration ^ | December 28, 2023 | Staff
    Review 2024 Veterans disability compensation rates. Use our compensation benefits rate tables to find your monthly payment amount. We base your monthly payment amount on your disability rating and details about your dependent family members. How to use the tables to find your monthly payment Find your basic rate Go to the compensation rates for your disability rating. On the Basic monthly rates table, find the amount for your disability rating and dependent status. This is your basic monthly rate. Example (Veteran with no children): If you’re a Veteran with a 30% disability rating, and you have a dependent spouse...
  • For the Vietnam vets who never dreamed they would be here on Christmas Day 2023

    12/25/2023 10:04:17 AM PST · by ansel12 · 41 replies
    I think that some of our members were somewhere in Vietnam 50 plus years ago and couldn't imagine where they would be in this 21st century year of 2023, on Christmas Day. CCR - Run Through The Jungle (Vietnam footage) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3tvaSSJoyI
  • Republicans Introduce Bill Prohibiting VA Health Resources From Being Used for Illegal Immigrants

    12/16/2023 8:31:09 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 10 replies
    Townhall ^ | 12/16/2023 | Madeline Leesman
    This week, two Republicans introduced legislation that would prevent the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) health care resources from being used for illegal immigrants. According to a report from Fox News, Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R) and Illinois Rep. Mike Bost (R) unveiled the legislation, called the “No VA Resources for Illegal Aliens Act.” This reportedly came after Fox News reported on complaints stating that the VA was providing healthcare services to illegal immigrants and lengthening wait times for veterans. "Joe Biden is putting illegal immigrants over America’s veterans," Tuberville said in a statement to Fox News. "It is outrageous....
  • Republicans Seek to Ban Biden from Using Dept. of Veterans Affairs to Give Healthcare to Illegal Aliens

    12/14/2023 3:22:17 PM PST · by backpacker_c · 23 replies
    Breitbart ^ | Dec 13, 2023 | John Binder
    A group of Republicans are looking to ban President Joe Biden’s administration from siphoning healthcare resources from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) away from military veterans to illegal aliens arriving at the United States-Mexico border. The legislation, first reported by Fox News Digital’s Jamie Joseph and Adam Shaw, comes as Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been accused of siphoning VA healthcare resources from military veterans to illegal aliens. Last year, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas seemingly confirmed to Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) that the agency was looking at using VA healthcare resources at the border.
  • FTC Order Requires Old Southern Brass to Pay for False Claims of “Made in the USA” and Veteran Affiliations

    12/14/2023 8:08:42 AM PST · by Red Badger · 8 replies
    Federal Trade Commission ^ | December 6, 2023 | By Ben Hooper
    Company must stop false claims, turn over money to FTC, and notify consumers The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against Florida-based EXOTOUSA LLC. (d/b/a Old Southern Brass) for falsely claiming that certain company products were manufactured in the U.S, and that the company was veteran-operated and donated 10 percent of its sales to military service charities. The FTC’s proposed order would stop the company and its owner, Austin Oliver, from making these deceptive claims and require them to pay a monetary judgment. “This company and its owner’s brazen deception cheated consumers who wanted to support U.S. manufacturing, veteran-operated businesses,...
  • Veteran’s Day and Pearl Harbor

    12/07/2023 8:55:34 AM PST · by Retain Mike · 13 replies
    self | Dec 7, 20231 | Self
    This year I went to the Veteran’s Day celebration at my grandkids school, which does an outstanding job. I sat next to a 103 year old survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack. He was a PBY crewman, and somehow made it through the entire war. These reconnaissance aircraft were so vulnerable, that the squadron in the Guadalcanal area said their call sign of NNOK stood for “notify next of kin”. Neither of us could hear that well even with hearing aids, but we two Navy men had a grand time.Winston Churchill’s assessment of the attack is found on page 606...
  • Vanity: Illegals Being Sent to V.A. Hospitals for Treatment? Need Research Help

    12/06/2023 7:44:30 PM PST · by TigerClaws · 18 replies
    VANITY
    VANITY and need further investigation: A friend is a Veterans Administration Hospital advocate (volunteers with veterans helping them get help through the V.A. system). He informed me ILLEGAL ALIENS are getting V.A. care now - often ahead of our Veterans. This is a news story if someone can verify it but I'm not a journalist. Hoping someone will follow up and get a 'real news' story out of this. Thank you.
  • Vietnam Veterans: Wall of Faces Tribute Page

    11/20/2023 6:14:36 AM PST · by Jane Long · 19 replies
    Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund ^ | 11/20/23 | VVMF.org
    The virtual Wall of Faces features a page dedicated to honoring and remembering every person whose name is inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.In an effort to further preserve the legacy of those who sacrificed all in Vietnam, VVMF is committed to finding a photo to go with each of the more than 58,000 names on The Wall. The Wall of Faces allows family and friends to share memories, post pictures and connect with each other.
  • State veterans home where over 100 vets died during ‘worst COVID outbreak’ ignored protocols, kept families in the dark: lawsuit

    11/13/2023 5:30:43 PM PST · by george76 · 17 replies
    New York Post ^ | Nov. 13, 2023 | Melissa Koenig
    Families of the more than 100 veterans who died at the New York State Veterans’ Home in Queens in what they describe as “one of the worst COVID outbreaks in the state” are now suing the state-run facility for negligence. The suit, filed on Nov. 4 in federal court, alleges the State Veterans’ Home did not follow COVID protocols and violated residents’ Fourteenth Amendment right “to conditions of reasonable care and safety” by failing to “implement basic infection control protocols and provide adequate medical care to the State Veterans’ Home’s residents.” The complaint.. also claims families of the residents were...
  • Kate Smith and Veteran’s Day

    11/11/2023 9:27:21 AM PST · by Retain Mike · 14 replies
    self | November 11, 2023 | Self
    Kate Smith first performed “God Bless America” the day before Veteran’s Day in 1938. She was a patriotic American, who wanted to encourage fellow citizens as they suffered through a terrible depression and saw a world being torn apart by Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. She wanted to reach Americans with the faith she felt for the future of the nation.As a leading performer in a radio market reaching nearly every household in the country, her way would be through song. So, Kate asked Irving Berlin to write a song that would cause citizens to embrace a positive perception of...