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While Conservatives Sob About Cups, Starbucks Announces Amazing New Benefits For Veterans

By Samuel Warde on Human Interest, Starbucks, Starbucks Offers All Veteran Employees Free College For Their Spouse Or Child, Starbucks Offers Benefits to Veterans and families, veterans, Veterans Affairs Activism, Human Interest, Veterans Affairs

Conservative Christians are whimpering about Starbucks cups as the company announces an unprecedented benefit to veterans and their families. I am sure you have all heard about the faux controversy circulating about Starbucks’ minimalist design for their holiday cups this year. The Atlantic reports that the right-wing rage began with Joshua Feuerstein, a self-proclaimed “American […]

Tammy Duckworth Eviscerates Contractor Who Claimed Veterans Disability – VIDEO

By Samuel Warde on politics, Smack Downs, Smackdowns, veterans, Veterans Affairs, Videos Politics, Smackdowns, Veterans Affairs, Videos

On Wednesday, Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), a veteran of the Iraq War, dramatically chastised a federal contractor who claimed that a high school sports injury had rendered him a service-disabled veteran. Speaking during a hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Duckworth vividly described to a committee witness, Braulio Castillo, how she lives […]