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Objections to the COVID-19 Shot, Transgenderism, and Drag Queen Story Hour Got a Service Member Booted from the Navy…and the Door to Return Remains Closed

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Service members are facing many obstacles as they try to return to military service. Some continue to be excluded for administrative reasons and more.

The Gateway Pundit spoke to former Petty Officer Gerardo Mares, who has a related story. He proudly served in the U.S. Navy about two weeks shy of four years. In August 2021, the intelligence specialist was one of only about 150 service members at his command who took objection to former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s now-rescinded COVID-19 military shot mandate.

Approximately one week before beginning the separation process for his refusal, in April 2022, a federal injunction went into place that barred the Navy from separating sailors who applied for religious waivers to the so-called vaccine.

While he was very thankful to continue serving the country, his struggle against “big Navy” did not end. According to him, sometime between January and June 2023, he was surveilled by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) for sharing his own personal objections to “the vaccination, transgenderism, and drag queen story hours” on social media.

After surviving the coercion and harassment surrounding the shot, Mares said he now faced allegations of “extremism and supremacy.” Despite having an approved Christmas leave set to begin on December 13, 2023, he said he was blindsided by a 10-day notice of separation on December 11, 2023, for nothing more than publicly sharing his personal opinion on social media.

Mares claimed that no one had asked him to stop posting comments prior to this. For him, “[The notice to separate him] was a spit in the face.”

“I was separated on January 5, 2024,” he shared, likening the time between December 11 and early January as “political detainment.”

The 10-day notice of separation had bound him to a 50-mile radius of his duty station in Washington, D.C. “Two days before I was set to go and visit my family for Christmas, I was held for my opinions [being posted to social media].” And for him, “This was strategic. They wanted me to spend the holidays alone.”

While Mares overcame their “attempts to destroy [him],” he did receive a general discharge with misconduct of a serious offense. “Because of this, it will be impossible to get reinstated,” he pointed out.

“Requiring [service members] to take the vaccine was an illegal order, [yet] because I posted about being unvaxxed along with some other right-leaning stuff on my social media, I get kicked out,” Mares lamented.

Was his separation from the Navy ever really about what he posted to social media, or was it retaliation for refusing the shot?

For him, the Department of Defense must admit the “vaccine” was enforced illegally. Specifically, 10 USC §1107a codifies that service members must have the right to informed consent, which was never provided to them. It can also be argued that, according to 21 USC § 360bbb, EUA products can only be used when there is no other approved drug available.

“Both President [Donald] Trump and the Department of Defense have to take a hard look at what’s preventing service members from myself from rejoining the military,” Mares offered.

“Many of us would like to return, but there’s really not much guidance to get us—especially those with conservative thought—back in if we have bad marks on our record for refusing the shot and more.”

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Black Lives Matter Activist in Boston Pleads Guilty to Federal Fraud Charges – Scammed Donors to Fund Her Lifestyle

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A Black Lives Matter activist in Boston named Monica Cannon-Grant pleaded guilty to federal charges this week, admitting that she scammed donors and used their money to fund her own lavish lifestyle.

Cannon-Grant was previously held up as an admired figure. The city of Boston named her the Bostonian of the year at one point for her ‘social justice activism’ and she was even recognized by the Boston Celtics basketball team for her efforts.

She is now facing a minimum of two years in prison.

The New York Post reports:

BLM-linked activist admits conning donors to fund her lavish lifestyle

A once-celebrated Boston social activist has pleaded guilty to defrauding donors — including Black Lives Matter — out of thousands of dollars that she used as a personal piggy bank.

Monica Cannon-Grant, 44, pleaded guilty Monday to 18 counts of fraud-related crimes that she committed with her late husband while operating their Violence in Boston (VIB) activists group, according to the US Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts.

The activist scammed money — including $3,000 from a BLM group — while claiming it was to help feed children and run protests like one in 2020 over the murder of George Floyd and police violence.

Cannon-Grant also conned her way into getting $100,000 in federal pandemic-related unemployment benefits — which she used to pay off her personal auto loan and car insurance policy.

But she has now confessed to transferring funds to personal bank accounts to pay for rent, shopping sprees, delivery meals, visits to a nail salon — and even a summer vacation to Maryland.

Just amazing.

Here’s a local video report:

She should pay back every penny.

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Keith Olbermann Backpedals Furiously With Apology for Threatening CNN’s Scott Jennings – Jennings Responds (VIDEO)

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As the Gateway Pundit reported yesterday, former MSNBC host and generally unhinged leftist Keith Olbermann, appeared to threaten CNN’s conservative pundit Scott Jennings on Twitter saying, ‘You’re next motherf**ker.’

Well, Olbermann may have gotten a phone call or a visit from the FBI because today he walked back those comments with a full-throated apology.

RedState has an update:

To quickly recap, Scott Jennings, a Salem Media Network radio host and conservative CNN political commentator, reacted to breaking news on Monday that Kimmel had been reinstated by tweeting, “So basically his employer suspended him for being an insensitive pr**k, and we don’t live in an authoritarian regime? Got it.”

This enraged Olbermann, who proceeded to tweet what many, including Jennings, perceived to be a threat. “You’re next, motherf**ker. But keep mugging to the camera.” Jennings tagged Patel and included a screengrab of the tweets in response.

Though the FBI hasn’t commented as to whether an investigation was launched, Olbermann ostensibly appears to have thought twice about what he tweeted and deleted, apologizing profusely in tweets posted on Tuesday and claiming what he wrote was “misinterpreted”:

See Olbermann’s tweet below:

Scott Jennings, always a class act, offered this hilarious response:

Keith Olbermann really needs help. The guy is just so out of control.

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Where is Lance Twiggs? Kirk Assassin’s Transgender Lover Has Vanished

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Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson and roommate Lance Twiggs

Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson lived with his transgender partner – a male-to-female trans named Lance “Luna” Twiggs.

The FBI used Robinson’s texts with his transgender partner to solidify that Robinson was the assassin. Lance Twiggs has not been charged with any crime; however, federal authorities are still investigating.

Last week, Utah authorities released the text exchange between Tyler Robinson and his transgender lover, Lance Twiggs, sent shortly after Kirk’s assassination.

Utah County District Attorney Jeff Gray announced seven charges against Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson. They will also be seeking the death penalty.

Robinson was charged with:

– Count 1: Aggravated murder (capital offense)
– Count 2: Felony reckless discharge of a firearm causing bodily injury
– Count 3: Felony obstruction of justice for hiding the firearm
– Count 4: Felony obstruction of justice for discarding the clothing he wore during the shooting
– Count 5: Witness tampering for asking roommate to delete incriminating messages
– Count 6: Witness temperating for demanding trans roommate stay silent, and not speak to police
– Count 7: Commission of a violent offense in the presence of a child

Jeff Gray released the chilling texts between Tyler Robinson and his “love” Lance Twiggs.

Read the text exchange here:

Tyler Robinson texts with transgender lover Lance Twiggs / 1
Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson texts with transgender lover Lance Twiggs / 2

Lance Twiggs was reportedly cooperating with the FBI, however, according to the Daily Mail he has seemingly vanished.

“If [Lance Twiggs] ever comes back, it will be in a body bag,” a neighbor said to the Daily Mail. “That’s not a threat – I’m just saying that there are so many people who want a piece of him he’d be mad to show his face in public again. This was a generational event.”

The Daily Mail reported:

The Trans boyfriend of Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin has fled their former lovenest – and locals tell the Daily Mail they never want to see him again.

Lance Twiggs, 22, was led away for questioning when police swooped on the smart three-bed condo he shared with accused gunman Tyler Robinson, 22.

Shaken neighbors say the part time plumber has not been back to the $320,000 property in St. George, Utah – one declaring: ‘Good riddance. I never want to see either of them again.’

His beaten-up Infinity compact is still parked in his space with his work gear tossed across the back seat and a sandwich wrapper and a drink on the front passenger seat.

Upstairs lights have been left on for more than a week and notes and Amazon packages are piling up outside the home owned by Twiggs’s devout Mormon family.

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