This article was originally published by Thomas Buckley at The Mises Institute. Typically, coup attempts do not wrap up in time for dinner. But over the next few days, with the anniversary of the 2021 January 6 Capitol riot having become a progressive political holiday worthy of obsessive memorialization, the nation will be deluged with tales of attempted government overthrow, Trumpian lunacy, and the FBI desperately trying to explain why it has yet to catch a person who—on video—placed two pipe bombs in DC that day but has somehow gloriously managed to track down and prosecute 1,000 trespassers. Despite what…
Author: Tommy Grant
LGBTQ+ advocates on Monday reached an agreement with Defense Department officials for an overhaul of discharge upgrade policies designed to help veterans previously booted from the military under the controversial “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.The move ends a 17-month legal battle and could impact more than 30,000 veterans. In a statement, the group Justice for LGBTQ+ Veterans said the settlement would address continued discrimination against those individuals by giving them a reasonable path to applying for honorable discharge status.“As a Marine, I was proud to stand alongside my fellow service members, embracing the core values of honor, courage, and commitment,”…
Ruger’s 10/22 line, which includes some of the most popular rimfire autoloaders ever produced, is expanding. The storied firearms company recently announced a new lightweight model chambered in .22 LR and featuring a custom look and feel. The new lightest model in the 10/22 line, it weighs a mere 3.5 pounds, thanks partly to its 16.1-inch cold hammer-forged tensioned barrel with a lightweight carbon-fiber sleeve. According to a news release announcing the new rifle, in addition to the reduction in weight, the stainless steel tensioned barrel is more rigid, reducing vibration, and is even threaded 1/2″-28 for the addition of…
Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro announced that the service’s newest destroyer will bear the historic Intrepid name, according to the Navy.Del Toro named the newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer the future Intrepid on Friday while aboard the former carrier Intrepid, now part of its namesake museum in New York City.“It is deeply meaningful to stand aboard USS Intrepid — the fourth vessel to bear the name, and whose proud legacy continues to inspire and remind so many visitors of the courage, resilience and sacrifice that define the U.S. Navy — and it is with profound respect that we also look…
Several mainstream media outlets have reported that Justin Trudeau might step down from his position in the ruling class of Canada. Policy disputes are said to be the reason Trudeau may step down as Prime Minister. Trudeau has not yet made a final decision on whether or not he will quit, a source said according to a report by Reuters. The Globe and Mail (behind a paywall) reported earlier that Trudeau was expected to announce as early as Monday that he would quit as leader of the Liberal Party after nine years in office. During his first two terms as…
Newly released details about the Christmas Eve shooting at a Clarksville, Tennessee, Walmart and reported on TTAG reveal the armed citizen who shot a man dangerously wielding a handgun in the store following an altercation acted in defense of his family. According to Clarksville Now, 19-year-old suspect, Labron Gibson, pulled out a gun and held it to a woman’s head, injuring her eye, and threatening to kill her, her husband and their two young children, ages 4 and 2. The terrifying incident unfolded in the grocery section of the Walmart on Fort Campbell Boulevard, where witnesses heard three gunshots followed…
Veterans Affairs officials plan to waive co-pays for certain “well-being” health care appointments in an effort to encourage more veterans to look into services like yoga, meditation and wellness counseling.The move could potentially save patients several hundred dollars a year in medical fees, but is less focused on financial relief than emphasizing “the overall well-being of the veteran,” according to a department release.In a statement, VA Under Secretary for Health Dr. Shereef Elnahal said the move continues administration efforts to bring more veterans into the department’s medical care system and ensure they get the help they need.“Copayment exemptions for Whole…
Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas bid farewell to its last T-1A Jayhawk last month, as the Air Force continues its drive to retire the heavy aircraft trainer.Laughlin’s last Jayhawk, from the 86th Flying Training Squadron, took off from the base Dec. 17. It joined a pair of T-6A Texan IIs and a pair of T-38C Talons as the centerpiece of a five-plane flyover, which twice passed over Laughlin’s airfield and air traffic control tower. After the other planes split off, the T-1 continued to its final resting place at “The Boneyard,” an airplane graveyard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base…
Ukrainian’s ruler, Vladimir Zelensky has said he urged United States President-elect Donald Trump to hand over frozen Russian assets, so Kiev can buy more U.S. weapons and use the reserves as a security guarantee in potential peace negotiations with Moscow. The war path looks like it will continue into Trump’s second reign over the U.S. Zelensky insisted that during Trump’s term, “a lot of money for… military industry, in Ukraine or in Europe, with India, Saudi Arabia, and the U.S.” will be necessary for the war efforts to continue, the Ukrainian leader insisted. Currently, approximately $300 billion in Russian central…
Many Americans see conservative states as the last frontier where freedom isn’t just a punchline. Leftists, however, flock to larger metropolitan areas of these states, bringing with them the same morally corrupt values that ruined their overtaxed, high-crime and heavily regulated former cities. Asserting the same agendas on their new pristine and liberty-minded community, they make it as undesirable as where they came from, similar to a swarm of locusts. Fargo was in danger of becoming one of those places where the chipping away of self-determination through the prohibition of firearms and ammunition sales in residential zones was only recently…