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  • Canada’s Failed Gun Buy-Away Program: A Costly Failure Built on Non-Compliance May 1, 2026
    Canada’s federal gun “buyback” program, once touted as a cornerstone of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s gun control agenda, has increasingly come to resemble a policy failure in slow motion. Years after its announcement, the program is plagued by delays, ballooning costs, and most critically, a startling lack of participation from the very population it was […]
    Charles Faint
  • Puerto Rico’s Uneasy V-E Day May 1, 2026
    By Cristóbal Berry-Cabán “Today is V Day,” read the headline of El Mundo, one of Puerto Rico’s most widely read newspapers. The date was Tuesday, May 8, 1945, V-E Day. Nazi Germany had unconditionally surrendered, ending World War II in the European theater. Below its headline, the newspaper ran photographs of the “Big Three” military […]
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  • One Thing I Know May 1, 2026
    By Ryan Mimna Poetry comes for the soulAlways spoken, sometimes silentLike the rain, it speaks of painIt comes like the rain when it speaks painDrips on the tongueSweetened by sunshineSoured by experienceHides in the cracks of crevices unknownSilenced by what made it bornSuffering silence, forgotten truthsSuffer in silence, live the lie Poetry comes from the […]
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  • California’s Compassion Slot Machine Keeps Paying the House April 30, 2026
    California has achieved something almost spiritual in its public policy: it can spend historic sums of money, produce visible collapse, and still scold you for noticing the smell. That’s the racket Nick Shirley is kicking at with a crowbar. Not one cute little scandal. Not a missing office printer. He’s pointing at the whole California […]
    Tammy Pondsmith
  • Basement Dwellers April 30, 2026
    Have you ever looked at something and thought, if I adjusted it marginally, it could be awesome? Then, the next thing you know, you’re pulling at threads on a metaphorical sweater and realizing you’re nearly naked, but you’re in too deep to stop. That’s where I’m at. I had an idea, it consumed my mind, […]
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  • Congress restores Coast Guard funding after 76-day partial shutdown April 30, 2026
    “I know we would never get an apology but one could hope for one,” said a Coast Guard spouse. The post Congress restores Coast Guard funding after 76-day partial shutdown appeared first on Task & Purpose.
    Jeff Schogol
  • Soldier told Discord chat he planned to target Jewish worshipers, feds say April 30, 2026
    A Fort Polk soldier allegedly said, "You'll see me in the news. I promise," and cited white nationalist slogans in a Discord chat. The post Soldier told Discord chat he planned to target Jewish worshipers, feds say appeared first on Task & Purpose.
    Kyle Rempfer
  • Marines in hot barracks getting portable air conditioners April 29, 2026
    Officials said 128 barracks across the force, housing almost 20,000 Marines, do not have permanent air conditioning. Many have portable air conditioners. The post Marines in hot barracks getting portable air conditioners appeared first on Task & Purpose.
    Jeff Schogol
  • The Marines may need 40 amphibious warfare ships, general says April 29, 2026
    The discussion on amphibious warfare ships comes as the Corps plans to continuously deploy three Marine Expeditionary Units. The post The Marines may need 40 amphibious warfare ships, general says appeared first on Task & Purpose.
    Jeff Schogol
  • Scrawled in bunkers, the ‘first military art’ of the Iran War emerges April 29, 2026
    Bunker artwork drawn by troops in the Iran War often includes tallies of drone attacks and counts of hours spent in the confines of concrete shelters. The post Scrawled in bunkers, the ‘first military art’ of the Iran War emerges appeared first on Task & Purpose.
    Kyle Rempfer