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Commentary by Don Feder The left says there’s a civil war brewing, a conflict whose roots it finds in parents angry about LGBTQ indoctrination in the schools, pro-life protesters and the Jan. 6 fiasco, but not in the orgy of Black Lives Matter/antifa violence of 2020, chaos at the border, anarchy in the streets of our cities or the pro-Hamas mobs swarming over college campuses. The fact that “Civil War” is the most popular movie in the country shows that audiences will swallow any absurdity as long as it’s sufficiently coated with graphic violence. “Civil War” is about a future conflict that pits secessionist states, improbably led by Texas and California, against those loyal to the national government, mostly in the Northeast. The film’s director and screenwriter, Alex Garland, won’t tell us what led to the carnage. A Brit, Mr. Garland knows as much about U.S. politics as I do about Ethiopian architecture. He recently told an interviewer, “Extremism encourages extremism, and e...

By Bonchie Are Democrats starting to panic a little bit? Because it feels like they are panicking a little bit, and Nancy Pelosi illustrated that on Monday.  Appearing on MSNBC, the former Speaker of the House flipped out on Katy Tur, accusing her of being an "apologist for Donald Trump." I don't think I have to explain how ludicrous it is to accuse  anyone  on television's most far-left network of being a fan of the former president. That's where we are, though. @speakerpelosi loves to gaslight. She is the one who threatened Trump when the economy was fine after he was acquitted with one of her many arrows from her quiver on live television. That same day Covid hit in the United States despite international travel being shut down. It hit… — realstephaniegaddis🦋🌺 (@stephanegaddis) April 29, 2024 PELOSI: And Joe Biden is doing that. He created nine million jobs in his term in office. Donald Trump has the worst record of job loss of any president so we just...

Good morning troops!     Welcome to another day in paradise, and the next installment of REVEILLE!     This is your daily forum to share what you've heard, what you've learned, and what you know, and just shoot the breeze.     All subjects are on the table, just be sure to stay within the comment policy, as usual.      This is also a great place to tag me, Goofy, or Trackman if you have articles you'd like to have published. Of course that's not restricted to this page, and you can still contact us any way you prefer.   SO! Git your lazy butts up, SS&S, and get down to formation! We got REVEILLE, PT, and today's missions to carry out!       Have a wonderful day my friends.   -Tex

By Jennifer Van Laar LA County Assistant DA Diana Teran, who oversaw George Gascón's efforts to prosecute law enforcement officers instead of criminals and to release thousands of felons from prison early, was arrested Saturday on 11 felony charges related to the "unauthorized use of data from confidential, statutorily-protected peace officer files." Like many alleged felons in Los Angeles County, Teran was out on bail less than an hour after her arrest. Unlike many alleged felons in Los Angeles County, the Diana Teran scandal has the potential to topple the county's power structure, or to put a severe dent in it. That potential exists because of the sheer volume of personnel and criminal cases Teran was involved with that might now be challenged in court, and because her actions at issue in the criminal case allegedly involve coordination with high-ranking county officials, such as Inspector General Max Huntsman, District Attorney George Gascón, and current and f...

By Jordan Boyd The new rule burdens American gun companies with regulations that will entrench “significant losses” they suffered after the October 2023 halt. The Biden administration furthered its regulatory war on the American firearm industry this month with the announcement of a rule that will permanently extend what was supposed to be a short-term “pause” on licenses for gun exports to nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). The Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)  plans to publish  an  interim final rule  on April 30 that will make it harder for American gun companies that rely on foreign exports to stay in business. The BIS  announced  in October 2023 that it would cease issuing new export licenses for some guns and ammunition to review policies that it claimed might  increase  the “risk of firearms being diverted to entities or activities that promote regional instability, abuse or violate human rights, or fue...

By Amy Haywood Military parents will need to be their own advocates as they appeal to Congress to restore their parental rights in this federal health care system. Parents across the United States are being restricted from accessing their adolescent children’s online electronic health records. Not only are military parents barred from accessing all but basic information on their 13- to 17-year-olds in the military’s online health care portal, but the adolescent minor also is  not allowed  to have a user logon until 18. Though elected officials are tackling this issue on the  state  level, military parents will need to be their own advocates as they appeal to Congress to restore their parental rights. Military insurance provider Tricare finally issued a press release in March explaining Department of Defense (DOD)  policies  that restrict parents from adolescent records in the portal, Military Health System (MHS) Genesis, as well as from “sensitive” phy...