Congress did get a few things done this year. In August, Congress passed and the President signed the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act. This new law attempts to clear the appointments backlog at Veterans Administration facilities by allowing VA…
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Richard Hilgemann of Aberdeen has organized an open letter of protest to Congresswoman Kristi Noem. Hilgemann and some fellow veterans are unhappy with her support for the Ryan-Murray budget deal: We are very concerned by your recent vote for the…
So it's the end of the news cycle today, and I'm looking around for Corinna Robinson. Last I'd heard, Robinson was planning to officially announce her candidacy today, Veterans Day. But we've heard nothing. No big press release in the…
After getting her beef with the Governor's fiscal stinginess off her chest, Rep. Kathy Tyler (D-4/Big Stone City) trumpets some good news from her district: the new Midwest Training Academy in Gary! Congratulations to Joe Kolbach, owner of Buffalo Ridge…
That Sioux Falls paper discusses Vietnam veterans Clay Mennis and Gene Murphy's struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder. Contrary to the foul narrative that veterans claiming PTSD are whining welfare queens, reporter Doreen Weinstein finds that veterans' distrust of government after…
Gordon Howie's Christian conservative blog machine declares soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder welfare queens. Howie provocateur Brad Ford tells vets that PTSD is just "combat cowardice." Man up, says the Howie blog, and go back to the good old days…
A couple weeks ago, two veterans at the Hot Springs VA noticed two Confederate flags in the hospital's "Freedom Shrine," a display put up by the Rapid City Exchange Club in 1995. The two veterans complained that the flags sent…