{"id":176839,"date":"2025-12-02T07:00:52","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T12:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=176839"},"modified":"2025-12-01T14:19:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T19:19:53","slug":"tuesday-follow-ups-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=176839","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Follow-ups"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Zachary Young, the Navy vet who took CNN to the woodpile over their reporting of his actions during the botched Afghan withdrawal, is back in the news. He sued, but had his suit dismissed, against AP for saying he “smuggled” people out of Afghanistan, as “smuggling people” is a highly pejorative term nowadays. That judge tossed his case, likening it to a movie remake that doesn’t need to happen.Young has filed an appeal to re-open the case.<\/p>\n

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“In an order that inappropriately compares the criminal accusation of human smuggling to sneaking candy into a movie theater and flippantly refers to the lawsuit as a bad sequel that never should have been made, the court incorrectly determined AP\u2019s accusation that \u2018Young\u2019s business helped smuggle people out of Afghanistan\u2019 was not defamatory,” Young\u2019s appellate counsel Lisa Paige Glass wrote in the filing.<\/p>\n

Young\u2019s legal team also accused the court of “jumbling” the three distinct and sequential stages of defamation analysis and requested a new judge, suggesting Henry has “disdain” for the case.\u00a0Fox News<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Not sure what other term is available that is a non-pejorative synonym for smuggling. Person sneaking? Not sure if Young’s case has the legs his first case did.<\/p>\n

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Hawaii is headed to court, too. It’s a popular way for anti-gun legislatures to resist Federal law, especially the Bruen decision, by enacting laws that state “OK, you have a right to self-defense – but you are not allowed to carry a gun in these special cases: any public place, any day ending with Y, any date number less than 32” – yeah, I exaggerate a little, but not much. The states know they will get beat in court, but meanwhile the cases drag on forever and are expensive. Blame the Supremes for not making a clearcut, clearly stated\u00a0 decision. Hawaii is one of the top states on this list (along with New York, Illinois, California, Colorado, Maryland, etc.)<\/p>\n

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The Justice Department filed a friend of the court brief in support of the plaintiffs suing Hawaii over a new law that curbs where people with concealed carry permits can bring their firearms, making it a misdemeanor to carry on any private property without “unambiguous written or verbal authorization” or where “clear and conspicuous signage” grants permission from the owner.<\/p>\n

“Hawaii’s law plainly violates the Second Amendment,” Attorney General Pam Bondi announced on X.<\/p>\n

Irina Vernikov, a New York City councilwoman who was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm after bringing a licensed handgun to a pro-Israel rally in 2023 amid a spike in antisemitic hate crimes in New York City, thanked Bondi for intervening in the Hawaii case.Fox News II<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ironically enough, Vernikov was arrested carrying a disabled unloaded gun. In her possession, yes – functional, no. That’s what, where we come from,\u00a0 we call a poorly shaped club.<\/p>\n

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Recently passed fiscal year funding bills to support the Department of Veterans Affairs\u2019 2026 budget called for the VA to use \u201cfurther innovative tools,\u201d including AI to pinpoint veterans showing high levels of suicidal ideation.<\/p>\n

President Trump signed the bill, labeled the FY26 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs bill, into law on Nov. 12. The bill designates more than $115 billion for veteran healthcare. Of that, about $698 million was earmarked for VA\u2019s suicide prevention program.<\/p>\n
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The House Appropriations Committee noted in a recent report while it finds VA\u2019s present suicide prevention programs to be effective, it supports exploring modern technology to prevent more veterans from taking their own lives. \u00a0Military.com<\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Hasn’t been that long since we had a column about how an AI gun-spotting school program got a kid arrested for eating Doritos from a foil bag. Oh, and for what it’s worth, that note about VA’s suicide prevention programs being “effective” – back in 2008 the VA was spending about $4,400,000 on suicide prevention and the rate was 6,000+\/- annually. The current rate is about 6,500 per year and the budget is 158 times higher.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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