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WEIRD NEWS
Military Officers Punished After Guardsman Appears To Re-Enlist Using Dinosaur Puppet
By David Moye
At least one officer's active-duty career is now extinct.
Lisa Naslund
IMPACT
This Couple Lost Their Son To Suicide – Now They Help Other Veterans Struggling With PTSD
By Alessandra Freitas
"Our sons went to war, but we’re here to fight the battle.”
A military truck enters Lakeside Estate in Houston, Texas on August 30, 2017. Monster storm Harvey made landfall again Wednesday in Louisiana, evoking painful memories of Hurricane Katrina's deadly strike 12 years ago, as time was running out in Texas to find survivors in the raging floodwaters. / AFP PHOTO / Thomas B. Shea (Photo credit should read THOMAS B. SHEA/AFP/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Beyond Harvey And Irma
By Michael T. Klare, Contributor
Author and Professor of Peace and World-Security Studies, Hamp...
Militarizing homeland security in the climate-change era.
Satellite image of Tropical Storm Irma pictured here in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean on August 30, 2017. Image taken August 30, 2017. NASA/NOAA /Goddard Rapid Response Team/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
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WORLD NEWS
Hurricane Irma Strengthens To Category 5 Storm
By Ian Simpson, Reuters
Irma is expected to reach southern Florida on Saturday.
United States Marines arrive back at the launch point in Port Arthur, TX after rescuing flood victims.
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U.S. NEWS
Small Towns Outside Houston Still Struggling With Dire Problems
By David Lohr
Photos show the impossibly bad scene left by Harvey, with bayous, boat rescues -- and bodies.
Andy Campbell/HuffPost
IMPACT
Inside The 'Impossible' Mission To Rescue 33 Kids Desperate For Dialysis During Harvey
By Melissa Jeltsen and Andy Campbell
Without timely treatment, these pediatric patients faced risk of death. Houston doctors and the Coast Guard swooped in to help.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, USA - AUGUST 11: Neo Nazis, Alt-Right, and White Supremacists march through the University of Virginia Campus with torches in Charlottesville, Va., USA on August 11, 2017. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Seriously, Charlottesville? Really?
By Kathryn Poe, Contributor
Student at Capital University
I am sick a tired of people telling me that the racism that minorities feel in this country isn’t real.
Max Emerson
QUEER VOICES
U.S. Soldier Takes His Boyfriend To Army Prom And Photos Go Viral
By Curtis M. Wong
Looking dapper, gents! ❤️
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he holds a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (not pictured) at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 10, 2017. REUTERS/Jim Bourg
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POLITICS
AP's National Guard Story Is A Lesson About How News Works In The Trump Era
By Jason Linkins
Is the White House playing the media? Are we playing ourselves? Just...take a breath.
US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on February 17, 2017 as he departs to attend the unveiling of the Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner in North Charleston, South Carolina. / AFP / NICHOLAS KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)
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MEDIA
Trump Team Denies Report On National Guard, Then Admits It Was Based On A Real Document
By Michael Calderone
The leak was real, but the reporting on it was "false," according to the administration.
HUFFPOST VIDEO
Trump Administration May Mobilize National Guard Troops To Round Up Unauthorized Immigrants
President Donald Trump’s administration is considering mobilizing as many as 100,000 National Guard troops to round up unauthorized immigrants, according to a draft copy over the order obtained by The Associated Press on Friday.
U.S. President Donald Trump reacts to a question from reporters during a lengthy news conference at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 16, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
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POLITICS
White House Considered Mobilizing National Guard To Round Up Unauthorized Immigrants: Report
By Sam Stein and Paige Lavender
White House press secretary Sean Spicer called the report "100% false."
MEDIA
Bruh! Let's Talk About Chicago!
By Richard Fowler, Contributor
Host, The Richard Fowler Show
Iraqi government forces gather under a billboard bearing slogans of the Islamic State (IS) group and its trademark flag, in the town of Heet, in Iraq's Anbar province, which they are battling to retake from IS jihadists, on April 7, 2016. Earlier in the month Iraqi security forces recaptured parts of Heet, which was one of the largest population centres in Anbar province still held by the Islamic State (IS) group, but other areas remain under jihadist control. / AFP / MOADH AL-DULAIMI (Photo credit should read MOADH AL-DULAIMI/AFP/Getty Images)
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CRIME
Former National Guard Member Arrested, Charged With Attempting To Support ISIS
By Ryan Grenoble
The 26-year-old tried to buy weapons for ISIS and give the group money, the Justice Department says.
POLITICS
Kosovo: The Collateral Damage of Saudi's Funding Extremist Ideology
By Hiam Nawas , Contributor
Analyst and media commentator
Informed observers believe that Kosovo is part of the collateral damage from the political controversy regarding Saudi government's alleged links to Islamic terrorism and 9/11. Certainly, one could argue that the NYTimes article is more about Saudi Arabia than Kosovo.
POLITICS
A Mother's Plea To The US Army To Stop G-RAP Persecution of Soldiers
By Darron T. Smith, Ph.D., Contributor
Professor
In May 2016, my family and I sat in a small theater across the street from The University of Tampa. The University of Tampa Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) holds its commissioning ceremony there every year. My daughter stood on the stage looking fit and trim, proud in her dress uniform with a smile that just wouldn't stop. We were all smiling and so very proud.
POLITICS
CBS 60 Minutes To Air Story on Army CID Manufacturing G-RAP Felons
By Darron T. Smith, Ph.D., Contributor
Professor
It is true that our forefathers set out to create a juridical system that blindly judged the accused in a manner that afforded them the opportunity to receive a fair trial, regardless of political affiliation and standing in civil society.
CRIME
The Conspiracy Behind the G-RAP War on American Soldiers
By Darron T. Smith, Ph.D., Contributor
Professor
In a complicated, twisted tale of alleged corruption and betrayal over budgetary wars, a presumed cover-up simmers at a colossal scale between the Army and the National Guard.
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