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Fort Campbell barracks dating back to the Vietnam era are set tobe reconditioned using a portion of $73 millionin defense funds included as part of a government bill.

The project is one of several secured in this years congressional funding bill aimed at helping to improve quality of life for soldiers stationed at Fort Campbell.

The barracks set for renovation house the 1st Brigade Combat Team andare the last of the VOLAR style barracks on the installation, according to a news release from Fort Campbell Strong Defense Alliance.

VOLAR barracks are Volunteer Army barracks that were originally built in the mid-1970s.

"This is exciting news, and we are thrilled to know that this additional funding will allow for the acceleration of renovations of these barracks, Kelli Pendleton,president and CEO of the Campbell Strong Defense Alliance, said in a release.

Weare grateful to our lawmakers from both Tennessee andKentucky who understand the critical role that Fort Campbell plays in global defense and who work hard to ensure that our soldiers have the resources they need to be successful.

Funding for these upgrades was a priority this year for the Campbell Strong Defense Alliance.

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Pendleton said in the release legislatures serve in important roles on committees.

When it comes to Fort Campbell, the state line can often prove to be beneficial, she explained.

Senators representing Kentucky are Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul. Senators representing Tennessee are Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty. Fort Campbell is also included in the House Districts for Representative Mark Green, TN-7th District, andRepresentative James Comer, KY- 1st District.

Campbell Strong Defense Alliance is a regional nonprofit of local business, community and retired military leaders with a shared vision to support Fort Campbell and strengthen regional economy. The goal is to serve the military population of Kentucky and Tennessee.

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Lets start with the fact that this is a nominee, Chad Meredith, who Donald Trump rejected because of his close association with the corruption of former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin. Those scandals included a bunch of pardons for actual convicted criminals, including a murderer whose family had donated some tidy sums to Bevins campaign.

Then theres the folly of making any kind of deal withMcConnell. Whether its for McConnells promise to allow other lifetime judicial nominees, or for two U.S. attorneys who would serve for just four years, its McConnell. Even if he intended to fulfill his part of the deal personally (and that has to be in doubt, because Mitch McConnell) he cant stop Rand Paul or Ted Cruz or Josh Hawley or Rick Scott or Tom Cotton (or any of the other 50 Republicans) from obstructing nominees.

The other part of this that is astoundingly bad on Bidens part is that hes blindsided Senate Democrats with it. The last thing the administration needs now is a fight with Democratic lawmakers. Over abortion and the judiciary, of all things. But a fight is precisely what hell get, and it could mean a very embarrassing loss for him.

All Im going to tell you is Im going to vote no,saidSen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) Monday. Its his call, but if he asked me for my advice I would say I dont know how many Democrats are planning on voting yes.

Even Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), no flaming liberal, isadvising against the potential nomination. I do not think this is the kind of person that a Democratic majority should put on the bench based on what Im reading [about him], he told HuffPost. He added that he would have some concerns over the nomination. Concerns like how embarrassing this could be for Biden, maybe?

Theres probably also some anger among Democrats, because every indication is that Biden was going to blindside them with it, trying to conceal with nomination in a larger group of nominees. In the email notificationof the nomination that Beshear received, Bendery points out, White House officials appear to have simply cut and pasted White House language about Meredith into the emailincluding the number eight right before Merediths name, as if he is one in a list of nominees being lumped together.

Everything about this situation is absurd and embarrassing. Making a deal with McConnell. Thinking McConnell would honor a deal. Preparing to announce the nomination of an anti-abortion candidate to a lifetime appointment on June 24. The last week of the U.S. Supreme Courts term. The week that they knew the court was going to overturn federal abortion rights. Dropping this mess on Senate Democrats laps with no warning. Embarrassing them, and setting up a potential intramural fight.

While the White House is apparently still thinking they can make this nomination, Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbinis suggestinghe wont hold a hearing for him. Imagine how controversial it would be within the Democratic caucus, Durbin said to Politico.

He added thats hed spoken to White House staff about it, asking whats in it for Democrats. They didnt have a specific answer, he said. If Biden does go through with it, Durbin is not promising a hearing. Well wait and see if we receive it and then well decide.

The administrationannouncedfive new nominees to federal judgeships Tuesday. Meredith wasnt on this one, so at least it hasnt happenedyet.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. America was saved in the face of overwhelming odds when former President Trump returned as Trump the White at first light Monday to drain the swamp, finally making good on a campaign promise from days of old. He was joined by Dutch farmers, Canadian truckers, and those who would carry the banner of freedom unto death.

According to witnesses, there suddenly upon Capitol Hill appeared a rider, clad in white, shining in the rising sun. Behind him, hastening down the long slopes of the National Mall, were a thousand farmers and truckers; steering wheels and gear shifts manipulated with the ingenuity of patriots.

"Behold the White Rider!" cried Ted Cruz.

Rep Thomas Massie was encouraged but skeptical. "This is wizardry indeed! Come, I would look upon this ere the spell changes."

"Take heart, friend!" said Sen Rand Paul. "Dawn is ever the hope of men!"

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer shut their eyes against blinding light and covered their ears before the might of Trump's highly articulate cries as they were driven back to the shadow. Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was not at the Capitol but seemingly dropped dead in horror when she later watched the event unfold on the news.

Once the Capitol Building was secured, members of Congress stepped out into the light of Trump and were cleansed of the stain of corruption. The hope of men was restored and the great evil that once reigned was held back yet another day.

At publishing time, Trump announced a new round of stimulus checks and COVID shots for everyone.

In a collaboration with The Babylon Bee, Professor Gorb McStevens lists all the countries where communism hasn't turned into a totalitarian hellscape where you have to eat your dog.

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It seemed Bette Midler could say just about anything on Twitter without repercussions.

The Divine Miss M. has spent years slashing and burning her ideological foes on the platform. Most egregiously, she cheered on the man who nearly killed Sen. Rand Paul during a 2017 dispute.

Twice.

No Twitter suspensions. No blowback from her Hollywood peers.

That protective bubble burst this month.

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Midler, in an attempt to critique the end of Roe v. Wade, worried that the folks behind the Supreme Court reversal were erasing women.

They dont call us women anymore; they call us birthing people or menstruators, and even people with vaginas! she added. Dont let them erase you! Every human on earth owes you!

Midlers message earned a curious response from conservatives. They grinned, realizing Midler had attacked fellow progressives. The modern Left is erasing the word woman from the vernacular, witness the pretzel-like conversations highlighted in the Daily Wire documentary What Is a Woman?

Now, Midler is under attack from her own side, and shes trying to wriggle free from the woke vise.

That may not be enough. Or, Midlers unrelenting messaging for Democratic causes may cause the woke mob to stand down. Said mob picks and chooses its victims carefully.

Well see.

Meanwhile, liberal singer Macy Gray is fighting her own battle with the woke mob. Gray, who called for a new American flagto replace the tattered, dated, divisive, and incorrect model and railed against President Donald Trump, shared some inconvenient thoughts with Piers Morgan this month.

Gray told the British broadcaster she doesnt support trans females competing against biological women in sports.

She didnt stop there.

I will say this and everybodys going to hate me, but, as a woman, just because you go change your parts, doesnt make you a woman. Sorry If you want me to call you a her, I will, because thats what you want, but that doesnt make you a woman just because I call you a her and just because you got a surgery.

For that, Gray got pummeled by the far-Left on social media. Most stars embark on an Apology TourTM following these public kerfuffles.

Its partly what Gray did at first. She Tweeted the following message:

i got nothing but love for lgbt+ and transgender communities ive been a supporter since day one and never a fake one. my statement on piers morgan was GROSSLY misunderstood. i respect everyones right to be whoever they wana be.

The I Try singer quickly had a change of heart and deleted that missive. Her follow-up took a more aggressive, less conciliatory tone.

Will it work? Gray isnt as famous as she was at the start of her musical career. She lacks the long-standing liberalism that helps protect Midler from the Cancel Culture cult.

Some stars, and even platforms, have begun fighting back against woke bylaws. Netflix and Paramount stood up for free expression in recent weeks. Comedians like Joe Rogan, Dave Chappelle and Ricky Gervais told offensive jokes and survived the ensuing attacks.

Well know in a few days if Gray and Midlers damage control tactics worked.

UPDATE: Gray already backpedaled. She used a national platform to take back her defense.

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Election lies spawn deadly assault on US Capitol

Ample video evidence has emerged over the last year of what happened during the riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. It rebuts former President Donald Trump's persistent promotion of lies about the attack and about the 2020 election.(Jan. 5)

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The recent hearings on the Jan. 6 insurrection make one thing crystal clear: There are members of Congress, more specifically the Senate, who violated their oath to protect our democracy. Rand Pauls one of those members.

As Rep. Liz Cheney said, theres no room for debate. The violent mob of insurrectionists stormed our capitol, beat, tasedand degraded capitol police, and sought to kill the Vice President and members of Congress. If it were up to senators like Paul, there would be no accountability, which poses a danger and a threat to our security.

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Why did Paul dismiss the harrowing testimony and statements of capitol police officers who shared their experience during the Jan. 6 attempted coup the day an officer was killed trying to protect him and his colleagues against a vicious mob? Why does he oppose efforts to invest in community safety to protect our families?

The insurrection, which was described as carnage and chaos by a Capitol police officer, was a physical manifestation of the weakening of our democracy. Videos from Jan. 6, 2021, accompanying testimonies, underscore how important it is for Kentuckians to understand the severity of that day and the impact itll have on our nation for years to come. An understanding that Paul himself purposely refuses to grasp, as he calls these hearings a partisan witch hunt.

Documents entered into the record reveal that the group that organized the insurrection printed Rand Paul…We the people love you on their plans to storm capitol buildings. If thats the surface, its fair to ask if digging deeper would cast an even more damning light on Pauls involvement in the events of that day. Paul doesnt want you to discover he abandoned and violated his oath to uphold the Constitution and protect our democracy.

"Thanks to your [expletive], we are under siege." Those are the words from Greg Jacob, former counsel to Mike Pence, to Trump-allied lawyer John Eastman. Rand Paul has no problems associating with the same people who organized that siege. Because to Paul, an allegiance to the corrupt establishment is stronger than an allegiance to the truth and the people of Kentucky who he has continuously failed torepresent.

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Kentuckians are tired of being deceived, especially by those who say theyll fight for us in DC. Pauls lies weaken our democracy by empowering those who seek to come to power by corruption and cheating, rather than by the will of the people of Kentucky and the people of the United States. Protecting our democracy is more than protecting the right to vote. Protecting our democracy is going to DC bound to the voters who elected you. Protecting our democracy is upholding the will of the people of Kentucky. Paul failed in his duty to protect our democracy on all accounts.

If Kentucky is to regain our power in Congress, we must start with replacing politicians like Rand Paul, who divide us, disrespect us, and hold us back rather than uniting us and delivering for our commonwealth. I believe our democracy and Kentucky is worth fighting for because I know there are people in every corner of Kentucky, from the hood to the holler, whose lives depend on our voice being heard. I believe our race will decide the fate of democracy. Ill respectfully uphold my oath, when elected to the U.S. Senate, to protect democracy.

Charles Booker is aDemocratic candidate for Senator in Kentucky,running against Sen. Rand Paul.

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