Sunday, June 2

Johnny Joey Jones writes of the ‘Unbroken Bonds of Battle’

Fox News Books will launch its seventh title of observe on Tuesday — and it certainly has a telling title: “Unbroken Bonds of Battle: A Modern Warriors Book of Heroism, Patriotism and Friendship.”

The creator is Marine Corps fight veteran Johnny Joey Jones, a former explosive ordnance disposal technician who misplaced each legs above the knee in Afghanistan in 2010.

He has been a Fox News contributor since 2019, primarily providing navy evaluation.



“For years people have asked me to write a book about my story. However, I’ve always known all along that the most important part of my story is the amazing collection of people and warriors who have become a part of my life — each of them with inspiring and heroic stories of their own,” Mr. Jones stated in a written assertion shared with Inside the Beltway.

“It’s fitting that my first book is a telling of their stories, how they’ve affected my life and how their experience in serving this country shows the need for bonds on and beyond the battlefield. Unbroken Bonds is a book for, by and of patriotic Americans and what it truly means to be your brothers’ keeper,” he stated.

The e book — deemed a “gorgeous patriotic keepsake” by the writer — was ranked No. 1 on Amazon’s “Military Veterans History” class earlier than it was even launched.

Since its debut in 2020, Fox News Books has revealed works from a few of the community’s most acquainted hosts and anchors, together with Shannon Bream, Pete Hegseth and Rachel Campos-Duffy.

“Unbroken Bonds of Battle” is the writer’s second e book centered round an rising central theme — “Modern Warriors” — which spotlights “those who have dedicated their lives to “protecting the freedoms and the people of the United States of America,” in response to a mission assertion from the community.

FOR THE LEXICON

“Biden’s Bankrupting America Tour.”

This descriptive little time period comes from Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, who’s reacting to President Biden’s announcement on Monday that he — together with Vice President Kamala Harris, first woman Jill Biden and different high-profile Democrats — will “barnstorm across the country” till July 15 to attract consideration to Mr. Biden’s newly revealed “Investing in America” agenda.

That agenda includes making a “boom” in manufacturing and clear vitality and creating jobs, amongst different issues.

“Joe Biden has created crisis after crisis, and every stop on this tour will remind voters of the suffering his failed agenda has caused,” Mrs. McDaniel stated in a written assertion shared with Inside the Beltway.

“With sky-high inflation, soaring violent crime, a humanitarian and drug crisis at the border, and weakness on the world stage, Americans do not want another four years under Biden. Republicans are united to beat Biden and Americans are counting down the days until they can send him packing,” she suggested.

WHAT’S REALLY HAPPENING

All this aforementioned fuss about barnstorming and positivity from the White House is centered on a ultimate aim in thoughts, in fact. That aim has to do with President Biden’s reelection, some say.

“It’s Bidenomics week: The White House and its allies are launching a full-court press to celebrate economic gains and set up core themes for his re-election campaign next year,” advises an evaluation from Axios launched Monday.

“Beneath the rhetoric, there is a basic observation on which the Democratic pitch rests: The current mix of U.S. unemployment and inflation is entirely consistent with rates that have historically tended to get presidents re-elected,” the evaluation stated.

It additionally supplied a actuality test.

“There are 16 months between now and Election Day, and much could change,” the evaluation famous.

WHAT EMERGENCY?

The concept that Earth is present process a “climate emergency” was significantly essential to former Vice President Al Gore, who acquired a Nobel Prize in 2007 for his efforts to warn the world of this explicit hazard.

“We face a true planetary emergency. The climate crisis is not a political issue, it is a moral and spiritual challenge to all of humanity,” he stated, upon receiving the award.

Things change, maybe.

Sen. Kevin Cramer, North Dakota Republican, has joined with 9 of his Senate colleagues to reintroduce the “Real Emergencies Act.”

This laws — first launched in 2021 — basically clarifies that the president doesn’t have the authority to declare a nationwide emergency on the premise of local weather change.

“The Biden administration has frequently used executive overreach to bypass congressional authority and advance their agenda of climate hysteria,” Mr. Cramer stated in a written assertion.

“Progressives continue to call for a national emergency on the basis of climate change. This is a not-so-veiled power grab, and it is essential we double down to make clear the president does not have the authority to declare a National Emergency because of climate change,” he stated.

Joining Mr. Cramer are fellow Republican Sens. John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming, John Boozman of Arkansas, Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, John Hoeven of North Dakota, Roger Marshall of Kansas, Pete Ricketts of Nebraska, Dan Sullivan of Alaska and Roger Wicker of Mississippi.

Rep. August Pfluger, Texas Republican, has launched the companion invoice within the House of Representatives.

POLL DU JOUR

• 2% of U.S. adults say they’ve accomplished some highschool.

• 26% say they’ve a highschool diploma.

• 2% say they’ve accomplished coaching at a vocational faculty.

• 18% say they attended some school however don’t have any diploma.

• 14% say they’ve a two-year school diploma.

• 21% say they’ve a bachelor’s diploma from a four-year school.

• 2% have accomplished some graduate work with no superior diploma.

• 12% have accomplished 2 to three years of postgraduate work and have a grasp’s diploma.

• 3% have a doctorate or different superior diploma.

SOURCE: An NBC News/Hart Research ballot of 1,000 registered U.S. voters carried out June 16-20.

• Contact Jennifer Harper at jharper@washingtontimes.com.

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