military
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Reports of Sexual Assault in the Military Soar by 50 Percent to More Than 20,000
Fueled by a significant increase in attacks on women in the military ages 17-24, reports of sexual assault in the military soared by 50 percent in 2018 from the same period two years before, according to a Pentagon survey released Thursday. The daunting news was a major setback for the U.S. military’s efforts to reduce…
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Overcompensator-in-Chief Takes Mulligan on Military Parade
Remember 2017? Remember when we were all wondering what the fuck covfefe meant while wondering what our white coworkers were going to do with all those vagina hats? Well, Donald Trump remembers the good old bad old days. So fondly, in fact, he’s resurrected an old hit. After losing his first bid for an Independence…
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Sabrina Setlur, One of Germany's Biggest Ever Hip-Hop Stars, Was One of My Babysitters Growing Up
The internet can take you down very strange rabbit holes, but sometimes those rabbit holes remind you of good times past. Such was the case recently as I perused Facebook looking to see what shenanigans the people I follow were up to. Somebody posted the music video for “Bist du down?” a 2017 single with…
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Why I Hate Referring to Anybody in My Family as ‘Step’ Anything
For roughly the past six months, I’ve had the opportunity to talk and write about my family in a way that is more substantive than I have in all my years of writing; most discussions were spurred from the article about how politics had created a rift between my (white) mother and me. In nearly…
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It Turns Out This ‘Decorated Army Hero’ Must Have Earned a Distinguished Medal for Lying-Ass Liars
Everyone who knew Papotia Reginald Wright knew him as an Army hero. He boasted of earning the Purple Heart, Bronze Star, Green Beret … as well as the Yellow Moon and even the distinguished Blue Diamond. It turns out, though, that not only was Brooklyn, N.Y.’s Wright not “magically delicious,” but he was a total…
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Court Blocks Trump’s Transgender Military Ban, Cites His Announcement via Twitter
The courts have once more come through for decency by partially blocking President Donald Trump’s ban of transgender members from serving in the U.S. military. On Monday the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that Trump’s directive banning new transgender recruits from enlisting cannot be enforced while the case is being reviewed…
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Family of Fallen Soldier Finally Receives $25,000 Check From Trump
President Donald Trump has finally fulfilled a promise made months ago to the grieving family of a fallen American soldier, sending them a $25,000 check. WTVD-TV reports that the check was delivered via FedEx from Trump’s New York City address to the home of Christopher and Jessie Baldridge in Zebulon, N.C. The Baldridges’ son, Army…
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Congresswoman Who Called Out Trump’s Disrespectful Comments to Military Widow Now Getting Threats
Rep. Frederica Wilson’s office says that the Democratic lawmaker received multiple threatening calls Wednesday following a public spat with Donald Trump. Wilson (D-Fla.) had publicly shamed the president for comments he made on a phone call to Myeshia Johnson, the wife of Army Sgt. La David Johnson, who was killed in a military ambush in…
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For Dreadlocked Servicewomen, the Fight for Acceptance Is Both a Military and Civilian Battle
First Lt. Whennah Andrews of the U.S. Army National Guard tries to hide her braces while showing off her smile. But four years since first advocating against grooming regulations that barred soldiers from wearing natural hairstyles, her smile hints at relief over one of the final steps in the fight for acceptance. A decade-old ban…