While the Left Defunds Police and Empties Prisons, Trump Just Signed an Executive Order Supporting Our Military and Their Families
The contrast on Monday couldn’t have been starker.
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s government-run grocery stores. Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico explaining that Jesus wants socialized medicine. The DSA platform calling for the abolition of the Pentagon. And in the Oval Office, surrounded by military spouses, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, and Joint Chiefs Chairman General Dan Caine, President Donald Trump signed an executive order creating the first-ever Presidential Military Spouse Commission.
Different priorities. Different America.
The numbers behind this commission tell a story that should embarrass every administration that let these issues fester for decades. Labor force participation among active-duty military spouses has risen to 71% — but unemployment among that same group remains at 23%. Seventy-seven percent of military families say they need two incomes to make ends meet. Sixty-four percent of military spouses say the cost and availability of childcare is a barrier to finding work. One million children have at least one parent serving on active duty right now.
These families are not asking for much. They’re asking for what every working American family deserves: affordable childcare, stable housing, portable healthcare, educational continuity when the military moves them every two or three years, and employment opportunities that don’t evaporate every time orders send the family to a new installation in a new state.
Jennifer Hegseth — wife of our defense chief, now chair of the commission — spent the last year traveling to military installations from Kentucky to Singapore listening to spouses describe the same problems everywhere she went. Housing. Healthcare. Employment. Childcare. Education. “Generational issues that are long overdue to address,” she said. She’s right. Every previous administration acknowledged these problems. None created a formal advisory structure to actually fix them.
Trump put it with characteristic directness: “America cannot have the strongest military in the world without the love and devotion of our remarkable military spouses, who make extraordinary sacrifices for our country.”
That’s not a talking point. It’s the operational reality. Retention is directly tied to quality of life for military families. Service members who watch their spouses struggle to find work, navigate childcare deserts, and restart their careers after every PCS move are service members who think hard about whether to reenlist. The readiness of the American military depends on decisions made around kitchen tables in base housing — and those decisions are shaped by exactly the issues this commission will address.
The commission includes the spouses of the service secretaries, the Joint Chiefs, and their senior enlisted leaders. These aren’t political appointees with no skin in the game. These are women who have lived the deployment cycles, the moving boxes, and the childcare scrambles firsthand.
The Democrat left spent four years focused on pronouns in uniform and DEI training. Trump spent Monday signing an executive order for the spouses waiting at home for their loved ones deployed thousands of miles away, often in dangerous environments.
That’s the comparison. Make sure every voter sees it.
BREAKING: Dolly Parton’s Cause Of Death Revealed: ‘Brief Battle’
Dolly Parton’s death came after a brief battle with cancer, her representatives revealed Tuesday.
The country music legend died Aug. 25 at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville. She was 80.
Parton had been admitted to the cancer center Friday, four days before her death. Her representatives confirmed the cancer diagnosis in a statement to PEOPLE but did not disclose what type she had.
“Our beloved Dolly Parton spent her life and career bringing joy, laughter, hope and integrity into everything she touched. Her unmatched generosity reached the lives of countless people whom she would never meet, yet she was always there to offer a helping hand,” the statement read.
“Whether it be the hundreds of millions of books donated through her invaluable Imagination Library or funding research that helped create a lifesaving vaccine used around the world, Dolly’s unconditional love for all people was the guiding force for her lasting impact. After bravely facing a brief battle with cancer, Dolly departed her Earthly life today at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center surrounded by loved ones,” the statement concluded.
The “Jolene” singer had also been dealing with kidney and autoimmune issues before her death, PEOPLE previously reported.
Just days earlier, Dolly Parton opened up about her declining health and acknowledged that she had put off addressing some medical issues while caring for her husband, Carl.
“As I’ve shared in video messages throughout the past year, I am dealing with some health issues that I just didn’t pay attention to when I was watching over [my husband] Carl. You know, this isn’t the first time I’ve had to manage something like this. Back in the early ’80s, I was down for several months with female issues, and I was struggling with my weight at the time too, so it’s not like I haven’t been through hard times with my health,” Parton told PEOPLE.
Her nephew, Bryan Seaver, announced her death in an Instagram video Tuesday on behalf of the Parton and Owens family.
“My name is Bryan Seaver, son of Cassie Parton, and I’m representing the Parton and Owens family today announcing the passing of my aunt, Dolly Rebecca Parton Dean, Sister, Sis and Granny to one generation and Gigi to the next,” he says in the video.
Seaver, who served as Parton’s head of security for more than two decades, said she had asked him years earlier to deliver the announcement.
“This video announcement is something Dolly asked of me years ago, before I fully absorbed it as a future reality,” he continued. “As her head of security for more than two decades, a role my father Larry held before me, I have imagined the heaviness of this moment but haven’t truly felt it until now.”
Seaver said the moment brought immense pride and heartbreak, but he took comfort in his faith that Parton had been reunited with Carl and other loved ones.
Seaver added: “It is an honor, an honor that is mixed with absolute pride and great sadness. But sadness lies with us, not with Dolly. Dolly has lived in the light and is in the arms of Jesus, surely met by Carl, her parents and countless othe
Shocking 'truth' behind Prince Harry's decision to quit major role
Prince Harry should have "resigned in disgrace" from the board of a controversial African wildlife charity, a commentator says. James Walker makes the bombshell remark in Wednesday's episode of this publication's podcast, Daily Expresso.
He and the show's host, JJ Anisiobi, delve into the Duke of Sussex's dramatic decision to step down from African Parks. James, commenting on the controversy, said: "When you hear about this stuff and how long it's been going on for, you should be resigning in disgrace. [Harry] should be saying: 'I'm not touching that with a barge pole. That is a failed entity. We're going nowhere near it'.
"But no. He's still saying he's going to 'support their mission'. And again this Caroline Pearce, executive director of Survival International, goes on to say: 'His departure doesn't undo that record'.
"She alleged that African Parks was aware of the abuses for years, but it was only after Survival complained to Harry that the charity finally commissioned an investigation."
James added: "Well, she's got a point."
It emerged on Monday (August 24) that Harry was no longer a board member of the wildlife charity.
The conservation organisation has admitted that human rights abuses were committed by its rangers against members of the semi-nomadic Baka group in Congo-Brazzaville.
African Parks has said since that it has improved its safeguarding processes both in the Odzala-Kokoua National Park and institutionally.
Its admission followed an independent human rights investigation into allegations guards managed and paid by the charity had beaten, raped and tortured indigenous people in Odzala-Kokoua National Park.
Harry was president of the charity for six years before he became a member of its board of directors in 2023.
A spokesman for the Duke said he remains an active and avid supporter of African Parks. He added: "The Duke is proud of his 10 years with African Parks and fully supports the ongoing strengthening of its board.
"His commitment to conservation in Africa continues and he remains a supporter of African Parks’ mission."
Human rights organisation, Survival International, said it had been calling on Harry to step down from African Parks for years.
The group's director, Caroline Pearce, said in a statement: "It’s outrageous that for 10 years Prince Harry has served African Parks while the organisation has been responsible for abuse and violence against Indigenous people.
"His departure doesn't undo that record — African Parks itself must now be held accountable, and must abandon this model of fortress conservation for good."
Survival International said indigenous peoples know how best to manage their land and the idea outsiders know better is racist and colonial.
