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(Goldwater Institute) Joining forces with renowned legal scholar Richard A. Epstein, the Goldwater Institute filed a...
Demographic Diversity Is Not Our Strength
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The U.S. Military is in CRISIS – The culture is TRASH and no one is joining
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Don’t Give Up the Ship book: CTG President Tom Burbage on the Ike Wingate Show
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BOOK REVIEW: The Perilous Fight by Dr. Ben Carson
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STARRS President Interviewed on KOA Radio
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Military Reform: Reversing the Decline
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‘Diversity’ Doesn’t Include Disabled Veterans Like Me
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How the Department of Defense Went Woke
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The Logic of the Woke Military
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Marxist Indoctrination and Infiltration at West Point
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Reactionary Regressives
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Only Accountability Will Restore Faith in America’s Military
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‘You Will Resign or We’ll Make this Ugly’: Idaho National Guardsman Punished for Biblical Values
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EVENT: A Public Conversation on Marxism in CT, Trafficking in America, Rank Choice Voting, and Election Integrity – 18 Sept 24
STARRS Chairman Rod Bishop will be speaking at this evening event in Westport, CT on 18 September 2024. Buy Tickets for in...
EVENT: Diversity Without Division, Is It Possible? 12 Sept 24
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Cigarettes, DEI and Our Military
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Flying the F-14 Tomcat: Lessons in Leadership and Camaraderie with Navy Commander Dave Baranek
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Is wokeness undermining military readiness?
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Air Force Academy restricted all cadets to base as classes started, leading to meat shortages
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Anguished USAFA Cadet: “They are closing Starbuck’s and the bowling lane now.”
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Response to a Retired Major General
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Active-Duty and Former Service Members Affected by Vax Mandate Continue to Plead for Congress to Lend Them an Ear
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DOE official calls for ‘queering nuclear weapons’ as part of radical DEI agenda
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Idaho Army National Guard Intolerant of Religious Speech of Infantry Officer
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Candidate Trump on DEI and Covid Vax in the Military
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Your MacArthur Society Fact-Finding Visit to West Point . . . Ah, Not So Fast
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Matthew Lohmeier on the Military Justice Today Podcast
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The Corrupting Influence of DEI on Military Education
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Dept of Air Force Guidance Letter to USAFA Superintendent – 2024
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Dept of Air Force Guidance Letter to OTS Commander – 1979
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Major General Joe Arbuckle on Meritocracy, Accountability and Military Reform
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Duty, Honor, Country replaced by Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
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Is DEI at West Point Cultural Marxism?
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Far-Left Propaganda at U.S. Naval Base
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‘Terrifying development’: New U.S. Army policy spells trouble for Christians
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Is the Naval Academy Going Rogue?
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West Point’s DEI Office Changes Name to “Office of Engagement and Retention”
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DEI Is Costing Lives and Resources in America’s Military
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MacArthur Society – Save West Point!
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Letter: DEI policies don’t belong in the military
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The Senate NDAA for FY 2025
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Navy / Naval Academy
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