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MAGA Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday ordered the state’s flags be raised to full-staff on Donald's Inauguration Day, thus breaking federal protocol as the country mourns Jimmy Carter's death. Abbott just had to suck up to Donald's lil' mushroom after President Joe Biden ordered the United States flags to fly at half-staff for 30 days following the former President's death on December 29th. PBS reports this fuckery: U.

This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter. A Navy submariner who said she was sexually assaulted multiple times. An Army major who chose to never report her assault. A Marine Corps sexual assault response coordinator who worries she is being discriminated against because she’s a woman.

Samuel Anthony turns his phone camera around to show me the view from his family home in Sierra Leone. He steps out to a veranda overlooking a carpet of lush green trees dotted with houses that merge with the ocean in the distance. “This is how the majority of people live in Sierra Leone,” Anthony tells me, pointing nearby to “pan body” single structures made of zinc.

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Kristin Crowley was appointed Los Angeles fire chief in 2022 at a time of turmoil in a department consumed by complaints of rampant hazing, harassment, and discrimination among its 3,400-member ranks. She was portrayed by then mayor Eric Garcetti as a stabilizing force, a trailblazer, and the most qualified person.

Biological men (transgenders) should not be permitted to play in women's sports.