The last of the U.S. troops are out of Syria. There are no U.S. bases there after more than a decade of war hawks in official positions demanding we stay for constantly shifting reasons. The U.S. military may provide some advice and support to the Syrian army, but without permanent outposts, The New York Times reports. U.S. troops first entered Syria in 2015 to support Kurdish rebels against the Islamic State group, which lost its last Syrian territory in 2019. President Donald Trump flip-flopped several times in his first term about whether U.S. troops would stay. He declared a U.S. withdrawal in December 2018, backtracked on it, declared another withdrawal in October 2019, and backtracked again after neighboring Turkey invaded Kurdish-held areas of Syria. U.S. officials pushed to keep the military in Syria. The Syrian civil war (and the major Russian-Iranian presence) ended with the December 2024 revolution, led by Ahmad al-Sharaa, a former commander in Al Qaeda who became a U.S.-friendly reformer. The former terrorist is doing okay so far after some rough patches. The new president shed Arab clothing for state affairs and wears $400 suits. He appears interested in protecting minority sects and Christians. However, under pressure, the Trump administration considered keeping U.S. forces in Syria for good. Events in Syria seem to have made that option completely unpalatable. In December 2025, a Syrian police officer shot up a meeting between Syrian and U.S. troops in Palmyra, killing three Americans. It was a reminder that despite the new Syrian government’s eagerness to please Washington, many of its rank-and-file supporters still resented the foreign army on their soil. Then, in January 2026, negotiations between the Kurdish rebels and the new Syrian government broke down. The Syrian army launched a lightning offensive that forced Kurds to submit to central government rule. The U.S. brought the ISIS prisoners to Iraq over fears of a prison break. That is what brought us there in the first place. The Iran war proved our soldiers are too vulnerable to missiles and drones. U.S. posts in Syria were ramshackle. We lost three U.S. troops, and there would be no more. We left with a U.S.-friendly government in power and almost no violence. All’s well. The post President Trump Pulls U.S. Military Out of Syria for Good appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Dr. Oz stopped payments to 450 hospices in California, and not one has called and asked to be reinstated. He is rooting out the fraud. Katie Pavlich interviewed Dr. Oz and told him the complaint is that rooting out fraud “is cutting Medicaid services.” What is your response to that? Dr. Oz said, “Not at all. They know it’s manufactured.” Oz said that they sheepishly argue that we, once in a while, hurt children who are innocent and need the services. However, he said we are providing a great service for those children. He said that in Minnesota, the officials took a budget from $3 million to $400 million. They did it by creating programs and manufacturing services that aren’t supposed to be used. They are hurting the child who really has autism because they can’t get access to services, and you’re corrupting the entire system. “We’re seeing the same thing in California with hospice, where you have one-third of all the hospices, Katie, in the entire country are in Los Angeles, not California, just LA. I mean, how many people are dying there? … I’ll make this announcement in your show. We have stopped payments to 450 hospices in California. Guess what? Not one has called us asking to reinstitute them. … in 10 weeks, we’ve shut down 450 payment systems to these guys, that’s representing at least $600, $700 million just this year, and no one’s complaining.” The attorney general, Rob Bonta, claims he has been addressing the fraud with his handful of prosecutions. However, how does he explain that, after a probe by citizen journalist Nick Shirley and an investigation by the Trump administration, they closed 450 seemingly fake hospices in record time? Dr Oz confirms that after stopping payments to 450 hospices in California, still NOT ONE has called and asked to have their payments reinstated 450 hospices out of 450 hospices in California were fraud He says collectively they stole $750 million in just on year pic.twitter.com/t6iBl2flQL — Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) April 18, 2026 The post Proof of Medicaid Fraud in California appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Rep. Greg Casar thought he had a great gotcha question for Secretary Kennedy. It didn’t work out well. Casar: Have you met with, again, have you met with any of the 1.4 million people who have lost their health insurance just this last year from dropping off of Obamacare. Have you sat down and talked to those folks about the fact they won’t have their health insurance? Kennedy: They’re almost all illegal immigrants. I wonder if Democrats have met with any of the 14 million Americans who lost their private health insurance policies thanks to Obamacare? Democrat Rep. Greg Casar: “Have you met with any of the 1.4 million people who have lost their health insurance just this last year?” RFK Jr.: “They’re almost all illegal immigrants.” BOOMpic.twitter.com/Y8RqjqJmaB — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 17, 2026 The post Almost All the 1.4M People Who Lost Health Insurance Were Here Illegally appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Incredibly biased left-wing, very left-wing ‘journalist’ Christiane Amanpour claims she was a major in the army without ever being in the army. She thinks a press pass is a dog tag, and somehow she became a major. That’s not a joke. Amanpour wrote in a post, “I recall my dog tag in the first Gulf War had the rank of major… the very same rank [as Secretary Hegseth]. Just sayin’.” It’s all in her mind, but don’t worry, Christiane, we will make you the first fake major in the Clown World Army. She is our first fake major in our fake army. Who made her a major? here we have Christiane Amanpour randomly claiming to have been a major in the U.S. military https://t.co/nOOlXQDslD pic.twitter.com/SiRD0wspOq — Jerry Dunleavy IV (@JerryDunleavy) April 17, 2026 Grok said she was not in the army and was not a major. She is a nothing. This is a case of Stolen Valor. Christiane is the golden hack of the left. I don’t really know why Amanpour said it other than that she was dehumanizing Secretary Hegseth. Jerry Dunleavy wrote: I am told Amanpour may have been referencing a press ID she was given during the Gulf War, which listed the fake administrative rank of “major” for access purposes, which is actually more insane, becuz she is comparing that to U.S. troops who actually achieve the rank of major… Amanpour is just being her usual nasty self. On second thought, we don’t want her in Clown World. The post Christiane Amanpour Thinks She Was a Major in the Army, We’re Worried About Her Mental State appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Ruben Gallego was a close friend of Eric Swalwell’s. They hung around together, and his claim that he knew nothing of Swalwell’s abuse of women comes into question. That brings us to Rep. Luna. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna has referred Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) to the Senate Ethics Committee due to troubling allegations. And there is purportedly a woman coming forward about Gallego. Reportedly, the Senate is investigating. Rep. Luna on CBS News: “There is a woman that allegedly is coming forward with attorneys, wants to go on record about an incident that occurred between the two of them at the same time, and the event with sexual nature, allegedly.” “I have confirmed with Senator John Thune’s chief of staff, as well as they’re linking us to their ethics that they are investigating, and we are sending all appropriate information directly to them now.” “That’s not just that. There’s also two apparently issues of campaign finance violations.” “Again, look, I am one member of Congress, but I’m not going to be like some of my colleagues that waited forever in a day to bring this information forward. I think that if this is happening, that it needs to be dealt with!” MUST WATCH VIDEO: A nervous looking Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Arizona) DENIES any involvement or presence in the now infamous video of Eric Swalwell on a bed. Gallego says the second man is not him and blames Chris LaCivita and right wing Republicans… America’s Mayor Live https://t.co/ykvQ2We3yj pic.twitter.com/hEZ0fbsrBS — Rudy W. Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) April 16, 2026 Trafficked Sex? Rep. Luna told Major Garrett that the Senate “has its own trash to take out,” meaning Ruben Gallego. She noted that there was a sexual incident with the two of them and Swalwell. There is a possibility that it could involve people who were trafficked. It is information that must be investigated. Mr. Gallego could be completely innocent or not. Also, there are questions about campaign finance violations. Allegedly, they used campaign cash for Ruben’s wedding. I don’t know what evidence they think they have of any of this. It will have to be investigated, but let’s clean house if it’s true. Let’s also investigate the slush fund congressmen use to pay off women, or whoever, for NDAs, with tax dollars. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) is accusing Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) of misconduct, telling CBS News’ Major Garrett on Thursday that her office has provided Senate Majority Leader Thune’s staff with allegations related to Gallego that are “sexual in nature.” A Gallego spokesperson… pic.twitter.com/bv0XgrANEi — CBS News (@CBSNews) April 17, 2026 Gallego said that he heard Swalwell was “flirty.” Sen. Ruben Gallego says he heard rumors of Eric Swalwell being “flirty” for years. pic.twitter.com/efW2mr0nBM — JOSH DUNLAP (@JDunlap1974) April 14, 2026 The post Report: Woman Is Coming Forward on Sen. Gallego, Criminal If Trafficked Sex appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.