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A Call for Pardon or Amnesty of Those Adversely Affected by the Military COVID-19 and Anthrax Vaccine Mandates

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A group of retired senior military officers and others sent a letter to President Donald Trump, expressing their concern about the mandated COVID-19 and anthrax vaccinations.

Signatories included members of Stand Together Against Racism and Radicalism in the Services, Inc. (STARRS), the MacArthur Society of West Point Graduates, and the Calvert Task Group. Recipients of the June 2 letter also included Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, other Secretaries, and various members of Congress.

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STARRS Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Michael Rose, told The Gateway Pundit the letter makes a very valid argument for President Trump to “direct full and unconditional pardons and amnesty and follow-up remedies to right the wrongs committed against service members related to vaccine mandates.”

As stated in the letter, “Mandatory COVID shots from 2021 to 2023, as well as the earlier anthrax vaccinations from 1997 to 2003, were formally declared by federal officials to be ‘unlawful as implemented’ and ‘illegal,’ respectively.” Rose pointed out, “There are thousands of military members who have been harmed by their refusal to take those unlawful vaccines that are still suffering.” And according to him, “The remedies simply aren’t coming fast enough.”

In Rose’s opinion, the Boards for Correction of Military/Naval Records (BCM/NR), to which service members rely on to correct legal errors or injustices in their military records, are “slow” and “ineffective.” Requests can take years to be adjudicated, and this is a disservice to the men and women who have donned a uniform in service to the nation, he explained.

“We have to speed up getting people who were thrown out unlawfully back into the military and keep in the military people being discharged from the military unlawfully,” Rose asserted.

“The President has the power to pardon and to give amnesty, so if the courts acknowledge that people have been harmed unlawfully then why not pardon or give amnesty to them?” he asked.

“People deserve pardons or amnesty for all alleged wrongs caused by, or related to, the illegal vaccines, and not just for actions caused `solely’ by the illegal vaccines,” Rose said. “After all, the illegal conduct by the government is many times more egregious than what military members opposing the vaccines are accused of doing.”

For example, former 1st Lieutenant Mark Bashaw Mark Bashaw was discharged from the Army in 2023 after being found guilty in a 2022 court-martial for refusing to participate in the COVID-19 shot requirement, testing, and masking. Giving glory to God, Bashaw announced a pardon by President Trump on May 28.

Because there are so many cases similar to Bashaw’s, Rose and the other signatories of the letter suggest the President consider pardons or amnesty, thereby “wiping the slate clean” for the entire group punished or thrown out of the military for their objections to the COVID-19 or anthrax shots. “He has the authority to declare pardon or amnesty.”

As the powers that be mull these ideas over, Rose called attention to an issue that he hopes will reach President Trump and Defense Secretary Hegseth. “It is a very important point to recognize that the directives that have come out have said that military members, past and present, should get remedies if the sole reason they were discharged was because of failure to take the COVID-19 shot.”

Rose said, “For many of those who were punished like this, it has been couched in different terms to obscure the truth of the matter.” For example, “Many were unable to promote because they got bad ratings and were subsequently discharged.” The problem here is that “they ignore the fact that the reason the service member didn’t get promoted was because of refusing to take the shot and participate in the unlawful mandate.” Therefore, the sole reason for getting booted from service was for refusing an experimental shot, not an unfavorable evaluation report or a lack of promotion.

What military commanders did to those under their command was “a thousand times worse than someone refusing to take a shot or wear a mask,” Rose argued. “They were the ones violating the law according to federal courts and the admissions of the Secretary of Defense.”

“Therefore,” Rose said, “service members should get amnesty or pardons even if what they were punished for was caused by or related to the illegal vaccine mandates.” For him, the best solution rests in the President’s hands, providing thousands upon thousands of pardons or amnesty for all.

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President Trump Taps Dr. Ben Carson for New Role — A HUGE Win for America First Agenda

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Dr. Ben Carson is the newest member of the Trump administration.

On Wednesday, former Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Ben Carson, was sworn in as the national adviser for nutrition, health, and housing at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins shared that Carson’s role will be to oversee Trump’s new Big Beautiful Bill law, which aims to ensure Americans’ quality of life, from nutrition to stable housing.

After being sworn in, Carson shared, “Today, too many Americans are suffering from the effects of poor nutrition. Through common-sense policymaking, we have an opportunity to give our most vulnerable families the tools they need to flourish.”

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Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced that Dr. Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., M.D., was sworn in as the National Advisor for Nutrition, Health, and Housing at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

“There is no one more qualified than Dr. Carson to advise on policies that improve Americans’ everyday quality of life, from nutrition to healthcare quality to ensuring families have access to safe and stable housing,” said Secretary Rollins.

“With six in ten Americans living with at least one chronic disease, and rural communities facing unique challenges with respect to adequate housing, Dr. Carson’s insight and experience is critical. Dr. Carson will be crucial to implementing the rural health investment provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill and advise on America First polices related to nutrition, health, and housing.

“As the U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the first Trump Administration, Dr. Carson worked to expand opportunity and strengthen communities, and we are honored to welcome him to the second Trump Administration to help lead our efforts here at USDA to Make America Healthy Again and ensure rural America continues to prosper.”

“Today, too many Americans are suffering from the effects of poor nutrition. Through common-sense policymaking, we have an opportunity to give our most vulnerable families the tools they need to flourish,” said Dr. Ben Carson. “I am honored to work with Secretary Rollins on these important initiatives to help fulfill President Trump’s vision for a healthier, stronger America.”

On Sunday, Dr. Carson was one of the many speakers at the memorial service of the late TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk.

During the memorial service, Carson highlighted that Kirk was shot at 12:24 p.m. and then continued to share the Bible verse John 12:24, which reads, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.”

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LEAKED MEMO: Deep State Prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia Claim There Isn’t Enough Evidence to Convict Comey Amid Reports of Imminent Indictment

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On Wednesday evening, disgruntled officials in the Eastern District of Virginia leaked contents of a memo explaining why charges should not be brought against James Comey.

As reported earlier, former FBI Director James Comey is expected to be indicted in the Eastern District of Virginia in the next few days.

Comey will reportedly be charged for lying to Congress in a 2020 testimony about whether he authorized leaks to the media.

Officials in the Eastern District of Virginia are still fighting to stop Comey from being charged after Trump fired US Attorney Erik Siebert.

President Trump last week fired Erik Siebert as the US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia because he refused to bring charges against Letitia James, Comey, Schiff and others.

On Saturday evening, President Trump announced that he had appointed Lindsey Halligan – his personal attorney who defended him against the Mar-a-Lago raid – as US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Now, with just days to go before the statute of limitations runs out to charge Comey for lying during a September 30, 2020 testimony, Lindsey Halligan is reportedly gearing up to indict Comey.

Prosecutors reportedly gave newly sworn-in Halligan a memo defending James Comey and explaining why charges should not brought against the fired FBI Director.

Per MSNBC’s Ken Dilanian:

Two sources familiar with the matter tell me prosecutors in the EDVA US attorney‘s office presented newly sworn US attorney Lindsey Halligan with a memo explaining why charges should not be brought against James Comey, because there isn’t enough evidence to establish probable cause a crime was committed, let alone enough to convince a jury to convict him.

Justice Department guidelines say a case should not be brought unless prosecutors believe it’s more likely than not that they can win a conviction beyond a reasonable doubt.

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Nearly 8 in 10 Voters Say the United States is in Political Crisis After the Assassination of Charlie Kirk

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Nearly eight in ten voters believe that the United States is in a political crisis in the wake of the assassination of conservative icon Charlie Kirk.

According to a Quinnipiac University national poll of registered voters released on Wednesday, a massive 93 percent of Democrats, 84 percent of independents, and 60 percent of Republicans said the nation is in a political crisis.

“The Kirk assassination lays bare raw, bipartisan concerns about where the country is headed,” Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst Tim Malloy said of the poll results.

Quinnipiac reports:

Seventy-one percent of voters think politically motivated violence in the United States today is a very serious problem, 22 percent think it is a somewhat serious problem, 3 percent think it is a not so serious problem, and 1 percent think it is not a problem at all.

This is a jump from Quinnipiac University’s June 26 poll when 54 percent thought politically motivated violence in the United States today was a very serious problem, 37 percent thought it was a somewhat serious problem, 6 percent thought it was a not so serious problem, and 2 percent thought it was not a problem at all.

Nearly 6 in 10 voters (58 percent) think it will not be possible to lower the temperature on political rhetoric and speech in the United States, while 34 percent think it will be possible.

Over half, 54 percent, of voters believe the US will see increased political violence over the next few years. Another 27 percent said they think it will stay “about the same,” while just 14 percent believe it will ease.

A 53 percent majority also said they are “pessimistic about freedom of speech being protected in the United States.”

Surprisingly, a 53 percent majority also believes the current system of democracy is not working.

“From a perceived assault on freedom of speech to the fragility of the democracy, a shudder of concern and pessimism rattles a broad swath of the electorate. Nearly 80 percent of registered voters feel they are witnessing a political crisis, seven in ten say political violence is a very serious problem, and a majority say this discord won’t go away anytime soon,” Malloy added.

The vast majority, 82 percent, said the way that people discuss politics is contributing to the violence.

“When asked if political discourse is contributing to violence, a rare meeting of the minds…Republicans, Democrats, and independents in equal numbers say yes, it is,” Malloy said.

The survey was conducted from September 18 to 21 among 1,276 registered voters with a margin of error of +/- 3.3 percentage points.

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