{"id":457,"date":"2023-10-25T08:05:46","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T12:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theamericanretirement.com\/?page_id=457"},"modified":"2024-02-19T14:47:04","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T19:47:04","slug":"patriotsnewsstand","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theamericanretirement.com\/patriotsnewsstand\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriots News Stand"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"tdi_1\" class=\"tdc-zone\"><div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_2  wpb_row td-pb-row\"  >\n<style scoped>\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n.tdi_2{\r\n                    min-height: 0;\r\n                }\n<\/style><div id=\"tdi_3\" class=\"tdc-row\"><div class=\"vc_row tdi_4  wpb_row td-pb-row\" >\n<style scoped>\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n.tdi_4,\r\n                .tdi_4 .tdc-columns{\r\n                    min-height: 0;\r\n                }.tdi_4,\r\n\t\t\t\t.tdi_4 .tdc-columns{\r\n\t\t\t\t    display: block;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_4 .tdc-columns{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_4:before,\r\n\t\t\t\t.tdi_4:after{\r\n\t\t\t\t    display: table;\r\n\t\t\t\t}\n<\/style><div class=\"vc_column tdi_6  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<style scoped>\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n.tdi_6{\r\n                    vertical-align: baseline;\r\n                }.tdi_6 > .wpb_wrapper,\r\n\t\t\t\t.tdi_6 > .wpb_wrapper > .tdc-elements{\r\n\t\t\t\t    display: block;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_6 > .wpb_wrapper > .tdc-elements{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_6 > .wpb_wrapper > .vc_row_inner{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_6 > .wpb_wrapper{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t    height: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t}\n<\/style><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper wpb_text_column td_block_wrap td_block_wrap vc_column_text tdi_7  tagdiv-type td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdc-no-posts\"  data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_7\" >\n<style>\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n.vc_column_text > .td-element-style{\r\n\t\t\t\t\tz-index: -1;\r\n\t\t\t\t}\n<\/style><div class=\"td-fix-index\"><div class=\"feedspress_items\">\n<div class=\"feedspress_item list\">\r\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/theamericanretirement.com\/patriotsnewsstand\/obama-calls-for-sacrifice-to-resist-trump-hints-at-deep-state-panic\/?utm_placement=patriotsnewsstand\" >Obama Calls for \u201cSacrifice\u201d to Resist Trump \u2014 Hints at Deep-State Panic<\/a><\/h2>\r\n<div>\n\n\n<div class=\"feedspress_item_image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theamericanretirement.com\/patriotsnewsstand\/obama-calls-for-sacrifice-to-resist-trump-hints-at-deep-state-panic\/?utm_placement=patriotsnewsstand\"><img width=\"1021\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/patriotsnewsstand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/shutterstock_2507620035.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"Peter Serocki\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"feedspress_item_text\">Former President Barack Obama reemerged Thursday night with a sharp rebuke of President Donald Trump&rsquo;s policies, calling on Americans &mdash; especially young progressives &mdash; to be ready to &ldquo;possibly sacrifice&rdquo; in resisting what he sees as a dangerous unraveling of the post-World War II international order. Speaking at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, Obama&rsquo;s [&hellip;]\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"feedspress_item list\">\r\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/theamericanretirement.com\/patriotsnewsstand\/senate-rebels-against-trump-tariffs-4-gop-senators-join-dems\/?utm_placement=patriotsnewsstand\" >Senate Rebels Against Trump Tariffs\u20144 GOP Senators Join Dems<\/a><\/h2>\r\n<div>\n\n\n<div class=\"feedspress_item_image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theamericanretirement.com\/patriotsnewsstand\/senate-rebels-against-trump-tariffs-4-gop-senators-join-dems\/?utm_placement=patriotsnewsstand\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1021\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/patriotsnewsstand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/shutterstock_1186368262-1.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"mark reinstein\" decoding=\"async\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"feedspress_item_text\">In a stunning rebuke to President Trump&rsquo;s trade policy, the Senate voted 51-48 on Wednesday to terminate his emergency declaration that imposed 25 percent tariffs on Canadian goods &mdash; a move the president had framed as essential to combatting fentanyl and defending American manufacturing. Four Republicans broke ranks and joined Democrats to pass the resolution: [&hellip;]\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"feedspress_item list\">\r\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/theamericanretirement.com\/patriotsnewsstand\/desantis-unloads-on-gop-supermajority-embarrassing-petty-and-useless\/?utm_placement=patriotsnewsstand\" >DeSantis Unloads on GOP Supermajority: \u201cEmbarrassing,\u201d \u201cPetty,\u201d and \u201cUseless\u201d<\/a><\/h2>\r\n<div>\n\n\n<div class=\"feedspress_item_image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theamericanretirement.com\/patriotsnewsstand\/desantis-unloads-on-gop-supermajority-embarrassing-petty-and-useless\/?utm_placement=patriotsnewsstand\"><img width=\"1021\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/patriotsnewsstand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/shutterstock_2524663391.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"Maxim Elramsisy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"feedspress_item_text\">In a fiery double-barreled attack on his own party, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis let loose on state House Republicans this week for failing to deliver on key conservative priorities&mdash;even with a massive GOP supermajority. And he didn&rsquo;t hold back. The governor ripped into House leadership for what he described as &ldquo;petty&rdquo; and &ldquo;embarrassing&rdquo; behavior, accusing [&hellip;]\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"feedspress_item list\">\r\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/theamericanretirement.com\/patriotsnewsstand\/wisconsin-voters-just-locked-in-voter-id-and-trump-is-celebrating\/?utm_placement=patriotsnewsstand\" >Wisconsin Voters Just Locked in Voter ID \u2014 and Trump Is Celebrating<\/a><\/h2>\r\n<div>\n\n\n<div class=\"feedspress_item_image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theamericanretirement.com\/patriotsnewsstand\/wisconsin-voters-just-locked-in-voter-id-and-trump-is-celebrating\/?utm_placement=patriotsnewsstand\"><img width=\"1021\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/patriotsnewsstand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/shutterstock_2501864495.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"Studio Romantic\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"feedspress_item_text\">President Donald Trump is celebrating a major victory in the battle for election integrity after Wisconsin voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment to require voter ID at the ballot box. The measure, known as Question 1, cruised to passage on Tuesday night with nearly 63% of the vote &mdash; a result Trump immediately called a [&hellip;]\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"feedspress_item list\">\r\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/theamericanretirement.com\/patriotsnewsstand\/rfk-jr-unveils-bold-hhs-overhaul-to-slash-waste\/?utm_placement=patriotsnewsstand\" >RFK Jr. Unveils Bold HHS Overhaul to Slash Waste<\/a><\/h2>\r\n<div>\n\n\n<div class=\"feedspress_item_image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theamericanretirement.com\/patriotsnewsstand\/rfk-jr-unveils-bold-hhs-overhaul-to-slash-waste\/?utm_placement=patriotsnewsstand\"><img width=\"1021\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/patriotsnewsstand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/shutterstock_2596183015-1.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"Jimwatson\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"feedspress_item_text\">Trump&rsquo;s Health and Human Services Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., sat down with BlazeTV&rsquo;s Sara Gonzales to dish on his massive restructuring of the agency&mdash;a move that&rsquo;s got the GOP cheering as a strike against decades of government sprawl. Gonzales kicked things off by asking about the overhaul she&rsquo;d spotted just that morning, and RFK [&hellip;]\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"feedspress_item list\">\r\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/theamericanretirement.com\/patriotsnewsstand\/trumps-genius-shakes-up-allies-goldbergs-cnn-meltdown-cant-stop-him\/?utm_placement=patriotsnewsstand\" >Trump\u2019s Genius Shakes Up Allies \u2013 Goldberg\u2019s CNN Meltdown Can\u2019t Stop Him!<\/a><\/h2>\r\n<div>\n\n\n<div class=\"feedspress_item_image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theamericanretirement.com\/patriotsnewsstand\/trumps-genius-shakes-up-allies-goldbergs-cnn-meltdown-cant-stop-him\/?utm_placement=patriotsnewsstand\"><img width=\"1021\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/patriotsnewsstand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/shutterstock_2566520813-2.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"Chip Somodevilla\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"feedspress_item_text\">Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, claimed Monday on CNN that U.S. allies may start withholding valuable intelligence from the Trump administration over what he called &ldquo;reckless&rdquo; behavior, including the use of unsecured messaging apps and foreign policy threats aimed at NATO partners. Appearing on The Lead with Jake Tapper, Goldberg blasted reports that senior [&hellip;]\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"feedspress_item list\">\r\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/theamericanretirement.com\/patriotsnewsstand\/stranded-astronauts-thank-trump-and-musk-after-9-month-space-rescue\/?utm_placement=patriotsnewsstand\" >Stranded Astronauts Thank Trump and Musk After 9-Month Space Rescue<\/a><\/h2>\r\n<div>\n\n\n<div class=\"feedspress_item_image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theamericanretirement.com\/patriotsnewsstand\/stranded-astronauts-thank-trump-and-musk-after-9-month-space-rescue\/?utm_placement=patriotsnewsstand\"><img width=\"1021\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/patriotsnewsstand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/shutterstock_2470429795.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"Vladi333\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"feedspress_item_text\">Two NASA astronauts stranded aboard the International Space Station for more than nine months returned to Earth with powerful words of gratitude for Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Originally scheduled for an eight-day mission, the astronauts were left floating in orbit after Boeing&rsquo;s Starliner capsule failed. It was SpaceX&mdash;and the Trump administration&mdash;that ultimately got them [&hellip;]\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"feedspress_item list\">\r\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/theamericanretirement.com\/patriotsnewsstand\/trump-orders-federal-cleanup-of-crime-ridden-d-c\/?utm_placement=patriotsnewsstand\" >Trump Orders Federal Cleanup of Crime-Ridden D.C.<\/a><\/h2>\r\n<div>\n\n\n<div class=\"feedspress_item_image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theamericanretirement.com\/patriotsnewsstand\/trump-orders-federal-cleanup-of-crime-ridden-d-c\/?utm_placement=patriotsnewsstand\"><img width=\"1021\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/patriotsnewsstand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/shutterstock_1421510627.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"santoelia\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"feedspress_item_text\">Determined to restore law and order to the nation&rsquo;s capital, President Trump signed a sweeping executive order Thursday that creates a federal task force to clean up Washington, D.C., combat violent crime, and erase the physical decay that&rsquo;s plagued the city in recent years. &ldquo;It is the policy of the United States to make the [&hellip;]\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"feedspress_item list\">\r\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/theamericanretirement.com\/patriotsnewsstand\/trump-teams-blunt-nato-messages-just-got-backed-by-the-uk\/?utm_placement=patriotsnewsstand\" >Trump Team\u2019s Blunt NATO Messages Just Got Backed\u2014By the UK<\/a><\/h2>\r\n<div>\n\n\n<div class=\"feedspress_item_image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theamericanretirement.com\/patriotsnewsstand\/trump-teams-blunt-nato-messages-just-got-backed-by-the-uk\/?utm_placement=patriotsnewsstand\"><img width=\"1021\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/patriotsnewsstand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/shutterstock_2594786131.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"Jacek Wojnarowski\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"feedspress_item_text\">&ldquo;The Americans have absolutely got a case.&rdquo; That&rsquo;s how British Defence Minister John Healey responded this week when asked about leaked Trump administration messages slamming Europe&rsquo;s lackluster defense contributions. While European leaders continue to clutch their pearls over alleged Signal app comments from Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth&mdash;calling European allies &ldquo;pathetic [&hellip;]\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"feedspress_item list\">\r\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/theamericanretirement.com\/patriotsnewsstand\/supreme-court-sides-with-biden-era-gun-crackdown\/?utm_placement=patriotsnewsstand\" >Supreme Court Sides With Biden-Era Gun Crackdown<\/a><\/h2>\r\n<div>\n\n\n<div class=\"feedspress_item_image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theamericanretirement.com\/patriotsnewsstand\/supreme-court-sides-with-biden-era-gun-crackdown\/?utm_placement=patriotsnewsstand\"><img width=\"1021\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/patriotsnewsstand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/shutterstock_2440742215.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"Dennis MacDonald\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"feedspress_item_text\">In a disappointing twist, the Supreme Court has upheld a leftover regulation from the Biden era targeting so-called &ldquo;ghost guns&rdquo;&mdash;those DIY firearm kits that, until recently, were perfectly legal to own and assemble. 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