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Service Members to Get 5.2 Percent Raise in Bill
Friday, 08 December 2023 01:30 PM EST
Service members will get a significant pay increase in January under the annual defense bill unveiled Wednesday by the Senate and House of Representatives Armed Services Committees.
The National Defense Authorization Act bill authorizes a record $886 billion in spending, a 3% increase over last year, and a 5.2% increase for service members. It leaves out most of the divisive social issues, such as abortion rights and treatment of transgender service members that had threatened to derail the must-pass legislation.
The pay bump is the biggest in more than two decades.
The compromise NDAA does not overturn the Pentagon's policy of reimbursing servicemembers who travel to obtain abortions, which prompted Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., to block most military promotions for much of the year.
It also drops House language that would have blocked coverage of transition surgeries for transgender troops.
Congress has passed an NDAA annually since 1961, one of the few major pieces of legislation to become law every year. The Senate could take its first votes within days, with the House of Representatives expected to follow suit later this month.
The bill — the result of negotiations between Democrats and Republicans in the Senate and House — is expected to pass both chambers and be signed into law by President Joe Biden, despite expected opposition from the hard-right wing of the House.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/ndaa-bill-raise/2023/12/08/id/1145270/
2024 VA Disability Rates
THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION’S (SSA) 2024 COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT (COLA) INCREASE IS 3.2%.
The 2024 VA disability rates are based on the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) 2024 Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) increase. The increase is based on the rising inflation, increasing prices of consumer goods, and rising gas prices. Rates are effective Dec 1 of each year.
https://vetsguardian.com/2024-va-disability-rates/
https://www.va.gov/disability/compensation-rates/veteran-rates/
Michael Shellenberger - The Demise of California | SRS #87
Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODMb0OTT7rU
Part 2 https://youtu.be/ODMb0OTT7rU?si=9UiTyHtoBRe-mDaP
INTRODUCING IVORY HECKER: The Host of “Gateway: Beyond the Headlines” on Vigilant News Network – Weeknights at 6 PM Eastern on VNN
Dec. 8, 2023 8:00 am
As The Gateway Pundit earlier – Vigilant News Network (VNN) is a soon-to-be-launched news media outlet that will eventually offer 17 hours per day of – mostly live – news programming, seven days a week.
VNN is being built out from the Vigilant News digital site, which has seen rapid growth since its launch less than three months ago.
VNN has invested significant resources into building out a world-class app that will allow viewers to stream VNN on AppleTV, Firestick, Roku, our website or wherever you stream your favorite programming.
VNN’s flagship show is Gateway: Beyond the Headlines.
Gateway: Beyond the Headlines is produced in coordination with The Gateway Pundit, one of the largest and most influential conservative news sites in America today. The Gateway Pundit will be distributing Gateway: Beyond the Headlines on its popular news site and the show will also be distributed among our growing network of digital partners.
Today, we are announcing the host of Gateway: Beyond the Headlines.
Ivory Hecker.
Project Veritas released the recording of a Fox News Corp supervisor telling Hecker to “cease and desist” posting on Hydroxychloroquine, the life-saving drug touted by President Trump.
The entire episode made national news.
Ivory Hecker is a fighter. She’s fearless. And she’s intelligent and beautiful. She is a perfect pick for Gateway: Beyond the Headlines.
In an era of AI, spin, distortion, and straight-up fake news, it is difficult for the discerning consumer of media to know what they can or can’t trust. We at VNN vow to change that. We vow to do better.
We know the American people have lost faith in the media, and rightfully so. We know the average American treats the media with scorn, and that scorn is duly earned. But the truth is why we need the media. We need a functioning media – committed to delivering facts – to inform American voters, American citizens, and American consumers. We trust the American people to decide what is right – it is not the job of the media to tell people what they should believe, it is the job of the media to inform.
“We are absolutely thrilled at the opportunity to partner with one of the most trusted voices in media in Gateway Pundit,” said Chris Barron, CEO of VNN. “Gateway’s Beyond the Headlines will be must-watch TV for anyone looking for the truth unshackled from the corrupting force of woke corporate advertisers.”
Weeknights at 6 PM Eastern on VNN.
You won’t want to miss it.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/here-she-is-announcing-host-gateway-beyond-headlines/