Pentagon Officials ‘Exploring’ Back Pay for Troops Discharged for Refusing COVID Vaccine

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The U.S. Department of Defense said Friday that service members discharged for refusal to comply with the COVID vaccine requirement might receive back pay after Pentagon officials repealed the mandate last week.

Pentagon officials ended the coronavirus vaccine mandate for the U.S. Military, which was instituted in August 2021, after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) forced an end to the program after Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in December.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin wrote in a memo on Tuesday that officials had formally rescinded the vaccine mandate for the U.S. Military and the National Guard, which Politico reported “opened the door to reinstating troops” who believe they were wrongfully discharged.

However, officials still have not decided whether such service members would receive back pay.

“The Department is still exploring this and will provide its views on legislation of this nature at the appropriate time and through the appropriate process,” Pentagon spokesperson Maj. Charlie Dietz told the news outlet in a Friday email. (Read more from “Pentagon Officials ‘Exploring’ Back Pay for Troops Discharged for Refusing COVID Vaccine” HERE)

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Even Schiff Admits: Possible National Security Jeopardized With Biden Documents

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Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that Congress could not “exclude the possibility” that national security was jeopardized by the handling of President Biden’s classified documents. . .

Karl said, “Is it possible that national security was jeopardized here as many, including you, raised that possibility with the Mar-a-Lago documents?”

Schiff said, “I don’t think we can exclude the possibility without knowing more of the facts. We have asked for an assessment in the intelligence community of the Mar-a-Lago documents. I think we ought to get that same assessment to the documents found in the think tank as well as the home of President Biden. I’d like to know what these documents were.” (Read more from “Even Schiff Admits: Possible National Security Jeopardized With Biden Documents” HERE)

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Biden’s TSA Face Scanners Threaten Your Freedom and Privacy

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President Joe Biden’s Transportation Security Administration (TSA) quietly unveiled a controversial facial recognition program at airports, which has been followed by major pushback that could affect people’s everyday lives.

16 of the nation’s largest airports including, Atlanta, Boston Denver, and Los Angeles, are now using face scanners to verify the identity of travelers rather than handing over their driver’s license or passport.

TSA plans to expand the program so that eventually all U.S. airports are using facial recognition, making it one of the largest efforts to collect advanced biometric data of law-abiding citizens in US history.

The controversy of the program, which is already being used in Communist-run countries such as China, has mounted from the political spectrum, arguing that facial recognition is a direct violation of Americans’ privacy and civil rights.

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New ATF Rule Tightens American’s 2A: ‘Joe Biden Is the Enemy of Our Second Amendment’

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A new Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) rule has Second Amendment supporters up in arms after they announced they are tightening their grip on allowing rifles.

Previously, the ATF ruled that rifles were legal. However, President Joe Biden sought to enlist a new rule, part of his “gun crime strategy,” that would ban millions of rifles.

In the 296-page document, the rule states heavy restrictions to Americans who seek to own a firearm, treating guns with stabilizing accessories like short-barreled rifles.

“Any weapons with ‘stabilizing braces’ or similar attachments that constitute rifles under the NFA must be registered no later than 120 days after the date of publication in the Federal Register,” read the rule, adding “or the short barrel removed and a 16-inch or longer rifle barrel attached to the firearm; or permanently remove and dispose of, or alter, the ‘stabilizing brace’ such that it cannot be reattached, or the firearm is turned in to your local ATF office. Or the firearm is destroyed.” . . .

The National Rifles Association (NRA) hit back at the Biden Administration saying that “Joe Biden is an enemy of our Second Amendment.” (Read more from “New ATF Rule Tightens American’s 2A: ‘Joe Biden Is the Enemy of Our Second Amendment'” HERE)

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Young Voters Stepping Away From Both Parties: Poll

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Younger United States voters are drifting from both parties and instead registering as independent.

A Gallup poll shows that overall, 41% of young voters identify as independent, compared to 28% identifying as Democrat and the same amount identifying as Republican.

The poll, which shows an average of identification from 1988-2022, shows a heavy spike beginning in the early 2010s and into the 2020s.

John Della Volpe, director of poling at the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics, told Axios in an interview that millennials — and now Gen Z — have always been “fiercely independent.”

Typically, Americans have “weak attachments” to the two major political parties in young adulthood, and then lean one way or the other as they get older. However, an August 2022 Gallup report noted that each younger generation has had a greater proportion of independent voters throughout their lives than the prior generation. (Read more from “Young Voters Stepping Away From Both Parties: Poll” HERE)

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Biden Team Informs DOJ of Third Classified Document Discovery

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President Joe Biden’s personal counsel informed the Justice Department of a third classified document discovery Thursday morning.

The finding came at Biden’s personal residence in Wilmington, Delaware, and follows two other classified batches from his vice presidential days that were flagged last year, Attorney General Merrick Garland revealed Thursday.

“This morning, President Joe Biden’s personal counsel called [the DOJ] and stated that an additional document bearing classified markings was identified at the president’s personal residence in Wilmington, Delaware,” Garland said during a press conference.

Garland made the disclosure during a press conference in which he announced the appointment of former U.S. Attorney Robert Hur to serve as special counsel and oversee an inquiry into whether Biden mishandled classified documents. He did not provide more specifics on the nature of that document. (Read more from “Biden Team Informs DOJ of Third Classified Document Discovery” HERE)

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Vax Makes Stroke, Infection by COVID Subvariant, More Likely: Health Officials Warn, CDC Investigates

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By New York Post. New York City health officials are warning residents that the infectious omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 may be more likely to infect people who have already been vaccinated or infected with COVID-19.

“Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 now accounts for 73% of all sequenced COVID-19 cases in NYC,” the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene tweeted on Friday. ” XBB.1.5 is the most transmissible form of COVID-19 that we know of to date and may be more likely to infect people who have been vaccinated or already had COVID-19.” . . .

According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, XBB.1.5 accounts for 43% of cases in the U.S.

In the first week of January, the subvariant accounted for about 30% of cases.

XBB.1.5, an offshoot of XBB, was first detected in October. (Read more from “Vax Makes Stroke, Infection by COVID Subvariant, More Likely: Health Officials Warn, CDC Investigates” HERE)

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CDC investigating whether Pfizer COVID vaccine increases stroke risk for people over 65

By New York Post. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says that a preliminary COVID-19 vaccine “safety signal” has been identified and is investigating whether the Bivalent Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine creates an increased risk of ischemic stroke in people 65 and older.

In the Friday statement, the CDC said that the preliminary signal hasn’t been identified with the Bivalent Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.

“Following the availability and use of the updated (bivalent) COVID-19 vaccines, CDC’s Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD), a near real-time surveillance system, met the statistical criteria to prompt additional investigation into whether there was a safety concern for ischemic stroke in people ages 65 and older who received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, Bivalent,” the CDC said.

“Rapid-response investigation of the signal in the VSD raised a question of whether people 65 and older who have received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, Bivalent were more likely to have an ischemic stroke in the 21 days following vaccination compared with days 22-44 following vaccination.”

According to the CDC, an ischemic stroke “occurs when blood clots or other particles block the blood vessels to the brain.” (Read more from “CDC Investigating Whether Pfizer COVID Vaccine Increases Stroke Risk for People Over 65” HERE)

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In Courts Across America, Religious Liberty Is on the Docket in 2023

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Religious liberty will be a hot-button issue in American courts in 2023, with several cases in particular that could set important precedent for the rights of religious Americans in the future, according to lawyers who spoke with the Daily Caller News Foundation.

Due to Supreme Court cases like Kennedy v. Bremerton High School, regarding education employees’ rights to pray at school, or Carson v. Makin, where the court ruled that public funding could be used for students attending religious schools, religious freedom was often at the center of debate last year. While debates regarding religious freedom and its limits are nothing new, several upcoming legal battles are posed to restructure the debate regarding religious rights at school, in the workplace and in the medical field, the attorneys said.

“If you have a sort of totalitarian regime come in the one thing it can never allow is the citizens to hold an allegiance to one higher than the government,” Kelly Shackelford, president and CEO of First Liberty Institute (FLI), told the DCNF. “So whenever that type of oppression comes in it tends to be that the first flashpoint is almost always a religious freedom issue and if you lose there that’s just a beginning of the dominoes that are going to fall.”

The Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022 sparked conflicts with religious medical professionals after many workplaces decided to offer abortion or contraceptive services, often without the possibility of religious exemption, according to First Liberty Institute. Shackelford told DCNF that abortion-related issues were the highest growth area for religious liberty lawsuits. (Read more from “In Courts Across America, Religious Liberty Is on the Docket in 2023” HERE)

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Sarah Huckabee Sanders Declines To Endorse Trump For President

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Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R-AR) declined on Sunday to endorse her former boss, former President Donald Trump, for president in 2024.

The newly-sworn in governor was asked on “Fox News Sunday” with host Shannon Bream whether she planned on backing Trump in his next presidential run.

“Your bio, on your official page as Governor, describes you as a ‘trusted confidant of President Trump,’” Bream said. “Have you talked to him about his ’24 run? Will you endorse him in that?”

Sanders praised the former president but stopped short of endorsing him. (Read more from “Sarah Huckabee Sanders Declines to Endorse Trump for President” HERE)

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Kevin McCarthy Pledges to Release All Security Footage from January 6 Capitol Riots; McCarthy Says He Will Look at Expunging Trump Impeachment

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By Townhall. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) told reporters Thursday that he intends to release all the security footage from the January 6 Capitol riots.

“I want to be very thoughtful about it, but yes, I’m engaged to do that,” McCarthy told reporters when asked whether he would release footage from that day.

McCarthy continued:

I think the public should see what happened on that day. I watched what Nancy Pelosi did, where she politicized it. Where for the first time in the history as a Speaker, not allowing the minority to appoint to a committee. We watched the politicization of this. I think the American public should actually see what happened instead of a report that’s written on a political basis.

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McCarthy Says He Will Look at Expunging Trump Impeachment

By The Hill. Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said on Thursday that he would consider expunging one or both of former President Trump’s impeachments.

“I would understand why members would want to bring that forward,” McCarthy said in response to a question at a press conference on Thursday, before listing off several other key priorities for House Republicans.

“But I understand why individuals want to do it, and we’d look at it,” he added. (Read more from “McCarthy Says He Will Look at Expunging Trump Impeachment” HERE)

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