Category: Discharge

Trump Reinstates Service Members Discharged Over COVID Vaccine

The COVID vaccine was required for U.S. military service members for 15 months, from August 2021 to January 2023. Eight-four hundred service members were discharged for not getting the COVID vaccine. In January 2023, former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin rescinded the mandate. It was the first time in history the military reversed a vaccine mandate, but only dozens of those who were discharged returned to the military. Republicans have argued the mandate hurts the military’s recruiting and retention capability. … The military had acknowledged it had a recruiting problem just the year before, and the mandate was a political headache for the Biden administration.

The REAL Reason for Trump’s “Unconditional Discharge” Sentence

Judge Juan Merchan has sentenced Donald Trump to "unconditional discharge" in his New York hush money trial. This means Trump will remain a felon, but receive no punishment. Glenn rips apart the joke of a sentencing that perfectly sums up the joke of a trial that this was. Trump should never have been charged with ONE felony count, Glenn argues, never mind 34! This sentencing is just another piece of evidence that New York's real goal wasn't to give Trump a fair trial, but to keep him from winning the presidency - a goal that utterly failed. So should Trump continue to push back and appeal this verdict?