Chilling warning as Trump admin quietly hands itself new weapon to lock up homeless vets

Photo: Marine Wing Support Squadron 373 Marines transformed an athletic field at San Diego High School to house nearly 1,000 homeless veterans July 15, 2011. The squadron spent a week constructing tents for sleeping, dining, showering and various legal and counseling services to support the 2011 San Diego Stand Down. Photo credit: Cpl. Lisa Tourtelot / Marine Corps via DVIDS / Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain. Article by Daniel Hampton. Raw Story – March 12, 2026.

The Department of Justice and Department of Veterans Affairs just quietly handed themselves a troubling new weapon, analyst Steve Kennedy wrote Thursday in Slate. They announced a partnership allowing VA attorneys to become federal prosecutors with the power to petition state courts for guardianship and conservatorship over veterans deemed unable to make medical decisions. […]

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