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Donald Trump Is Getting It Right on Veterans Care

I don’t like the president, but I’m thrilled about his efforts to bring private health care to veterans. By Anuradha Bhagwati Since President Trump took office, speculation has raged that he intends to privatize major portions of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ sprawling health care system. Last week, the administration took its most definitive step in that direction by releasing rules allowing veterans who live more than a 30-minute drive from a V.A. health care facility to choose to receive private care instead. Many Democrats [...]

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Veterans Affairs reform is now reality under President Trump

The latest reforms at the Department of Veterans Affairs under the Trump administration give me a lot of hope on this Veterans Day. As a veteran myself, I recognize that we must do more than honor the sacrifices and achievements of those who have answered the call of duty. It is about remembering our own duty as a society to ensure veterans are not left to fend for themselves with the challenges and issues service can bring. I served during [...]

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Liberal America has a political violence problem

Hamburg, Germany, July. As world leaders gather for the G20 summit, far-left “anti-fascist” (antifa) rioters set fire to cars and property, terrorize residents and injure more than 200 police officers attempting to keep the peace. Did you miss it? CNN’s initial reports referred to the “protesters” as “eclectic” and “peaceful.” But you need not cross the shining seas to experience violence, destruction of property and a general dismantling of liberal values from the political left. You could simply visit America’s [...]

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The Movement To Defund Or Disband Police: Here’s What You Need To Know Now

Minneapolis, the city where George Floyd was killed by a police officer, has become the epicenter of peaceful protests against police brutality. The protests were unfortunately hijacked by people—not associated with the movement—who engaged in looting, riots and violence. Protests spread nationwide with passionate demands calling for ending systemic racism and heavy-handed police tactics. A plan emerged, primarily within the leftist side of the Democratic party, calling for defunding or disbanding police departments. They claim that the police, along with [...]

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Black ex-cop: I understand the anger but don’t defund police. It could make things worse.

Change is coming to American law enforcement. The protests across the country decrying police brutality, particularly in the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers, have catalyzed a movement to address police use of force and systemic racism. In little more than a week, the House of Representatives has proposed a Justice in Policing Act, New York is poised to enact laws intended to reshape law enforcement, and Minnesota has launched a civil rights investigation into its police department’s actions. Across the country, city leaders and citizens are [...]

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TRUMP HAS BUILT NEARLY 100 MILES OF BORDER WALL BY END OF 2019, WITH 350 MILES TO GO IN 2020

When President Donald Trump first launched his 2016 election campaign, he promised to rebuild America, starting with the construction of a “beautiful” border wall between the U.S. and Mexico. In the years since, the “wall” as it has come to be known, has become a symbol of Trump’s presidency itself, with the president pinning much of his legacy on its successful completion. Over the course of the year, the president has vowed to see at least 450 miles of the border [...]

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Jim Jordan: Spending Bill that Funds Planned Parenthood and Not a Wall ‘Unacceptable’

It is less than one week until the September 30 deadline to fund the federal government. While many lawmakers think the bill passed by the Senate will fly in the House, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) is not one of them. “This bill funds things we said we wouldn’t, like Planned Parenthood, but doesn’t fund things we said we would, like the border security wall,” Jordan said in an Associated Press (AP) report. “That’s unacceptable.” “Republicans need to actually do what we [...]

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Facebook Security Breach Exposes Accounts of 50 Million Users

Facebook, already facing scrutiny over how it handles the private information of its users, said on Friday that an attack on its computer network had exposed the personal information of nearly 50 million users. The breach, which was discovered this week, was the largest in the company’s 14-year history. The attackers exploited a feature in Facebook’s code to gain access to user accounts and potentially take control of them. The news could not have come at a worse time for Facebook. [...]

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