VA makes ‘full court press’ on recruiting, retaining staff with new workforce incentives

The Department of Veterans Affairs, facing an increased workload as more veterans seek VA health care and benefits,  is prepared to significantly staff up under the Biden administration’s fiscal 2024 budget request. The VA in its fiscal 2024 budget request is looking to grow its workforce to 453,834 employees — a more than 4.5% increase from current staffing levels. Since 2019, the VA has added the equivalent of more than 78,000 full-time employees. The Biden administration is proposing a $ 351.1 billion total budget for VA in 2024 —  more…

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The Topic Biden Keeps Dodging

President Joe Biden is following a strategy of asymmetrical warfare as the 2024 presidential race takes shape. Through the early maneuvering, the leading Republican candidates, particularly former President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis are trying to ignite a procession of culture-war firefights against what DeSantis calls “the woke mind virus.” With the exception of abortion rights, Biden, by contrast, is working to downplay or defuse almost all cultural issues. Instead Biden is targeting his communication with the public almost exclusively on delivering tangible economic benefits to working-class families,…

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Democrats Upset as Fox’s Carlson Debunks Their Jan. 6 Lies With Capitol Video

After reviewing some 41,000 hours of security camera videos, Tucker Carlson and his Fox News team this week refuted numerous lies that Democrats have trafficked since Jan. 6, 2021. The following are the five biggest: Democrats consider Jan. 6 a “deadly insurrection.” They call this Storming of the Bastille 2.0 a bloody attempted overthrow of the U.S. government. Footage from outside the Capitol shows an initial cadre of violent extremists breaking windows and kicking down doors. “It was awful,” Carlson said. “We hate vandalism. We hate assault.” But new video shows hundreds, perhaps…

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MoveOn Members Endorse Judge Janet Protasiewicz

Madison, WI – Today, MoveOn Political Action announced its members are backing Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Janet Protasiewicz for the open Wisconsin Supreme Court seat, with 98% of participating members casting a vote in Wisconsin in favor of endorsing. Alongside community partners, MoveOn is launching an aggressive grassroots GOTV campaign to mobilize over 100,000 Wisconsin voters for Protasiewicz through phone banks, SMS, tabling at college campuses, and relational organizing.  “MoveOn is proud to throw our support behind a real people-first advocate, Judge Janet Protasiewicz. With more than 25 years…

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Revived bills would alter feds’ payment obligations during shutdowns, federal first responders’ pensions

Lawmakers revived a host of bills this week that would impact the federal workforce, through changes to payments, retirement benefits and more. The Federal Employee Civil Relief Act, for one, would let federal employees and contractors postpone certain types of payments during government shutdowns, or if the government defaults on its debt. Specifically, feds would get a 30-day cushion, after a government shutdown ends, before they would have to make payments on loans and other types of financial obligations. Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.), who reintroduced the…

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