The recent changes instituted by the Navy signal a significant shift toward a more equitable treatment of religious accommodation requests, particularly in light of stark disparities previously highlighted.

An article published by The Gateway Pundit on May 27 brought attention to the case of 1st Lt Schuyler Skipper, who was reportedly being forced out of the Marine Corps due to his religious objections to vaccination. The report underscored a disparity in how the Navy and Marine Corps handle requests for religious accommodations, indicating that the Navy adhered to federal law while the Marine Corps fell short.

In a significant policy shift, just over a month later, on June 30, Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao formally enacted SECNAVINST 1730.13, which explicitly revoked the prior instruction, 1730.8B CH-1, referenced in the earlier report.

An unnamed service member remarked that “the article served as the direct catalyst for the sweeping changes in SECNAVINST 1730.1, [since] the timeline and the mechanics match up too cleanly to be a coincidence.”

​Another individual noted that it is quite uncommon for a piece of investigative journalism or a public legal dispute to prompt “such a swift, precise bureaucratic course-correction.”

According to him, “SECNAVINST 1730.13 reads less like a standard policy update and more like a direct order from the Secretariat to Headquarters Marine Corps to stop the exact practices exposed in this article.”

When the specific grievances highlighted by 1stLt Skipper’s defense attorney, Davis Younts, are compared to the text of the instruction, it nearly reveals a clear, clause-by-clause dismantling of the Marine Corps’ playbook.

The “Two Standards” Disparity

The article by J.M. Phelps revealed that the Navy has consistently approved hundreds of vaccine accommodation requests, in stark contrast to the Marine Corps, which maintained an unyielding, blanket denial policy.

In response to this disparity, the Secretary of the Navy has enacted the new directive that removes the authority of the Service Chiefs—specifically, the Chief of Naval Operations and the Commandant of the Marine Corps—over vaccine appeals. This centralization of decision-making now rests solely with the Secretariat, specifically the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs), effectively imposing a single, uniform standard across both branches of the military.

​Younts brought to light the inconsistencies within the 1st Marine Logistics Group, which has granted more than 50 medical exemptions for vaccinations while claiming a single religious objection was an “impermissible threat” to unit readiness. He characterized this disparity as a clear act of religious discrimination.

​According to Enclosure (3), paragraph 8.c.(4), the new instruction explicitly mandates that if a commander denies a religious request, they must provide a written explanation of how the decision is no less restrictive than exemptions based on non-religious reasons (e.g., medical). This development means that the Marine Corps can no longer assert that a religious exemption undermines unit readiness if it continues to dispense medical exemptions for the same vaccine.

​Weaponizing Performance Evaluations, Denying Promotions, and Boilerplate Language

In a previous article, the Marine Corps was accused of weaponizing the administrative machinery, marring impeccable fitness reports with adverse marks, and denying selection boards for promotion.

​Policy paragraph 5.j. has now prohibited such practices. The instruction states, “A Service Member’s expression of sincerely held religious beliefs may not, insofar as practicable, be used as the basis of any adverse personnel action, discrimination, or denial of promotion, schooling, training, or assignment.”

The courts also determined that the military routinely relied on “pre-written, boilerplate language” instead of performing the individual assessments required by the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).

The instruction now forces commanders to provide a rigorous, evidence-based, individualized written analysis. If they deny a request, they must cite specific scientific studies or standards and detail an analysis of alternatives. Furthermore, paragraph 5.c. explicitly shifts the burden of proof from the service member to the adjudication authority to prove their case.

Through their outreach to J.M. Phelps, many service members convey their appreciation to Navy Secretary Cao for his unwavering commitment to safeguarding the rights of military personnel. His leadership has fostered policies that embody a commitment to fairness and the preservation of religious freedom within the ranks.

@SECNAV, I have received emails, text messages, and phone calls from multiple service members expressing their gratitude for your efforts to address the disparities in vaccine accommodations within the Navy and Marine Corps as outlined in SECNAV INSTRUCTION 1730.13. So many of… pic.twitter.com/hIVCydprGl

— J.M. Phelps (@JMPhelpsLC) July 28, 2026

The post Navy Policy Shift: New Instruction Aims to End Disparities in Vaccine Accommodations for Service Members appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

First Lady Melania Trump and her son Barron have been targeted in a disturbing propaganda video produced by Iranian state media.

The video from Tasnim News Agency encourages supporters of the regime to assassinate members of President Donald Trump’s family.

Entitled “How to Kill Melania Trump,” the video features footage of the First Lady traveling in her motorcade and visiting locations in New York City, including luxury retailers she is known to frequent.

According to the video, Melania’s shopping trips could provide opportunities for “global freedom fighters” to carry out an attack.

It also suggests contaminating clothing purchased by the First Lady with a nerve agent.

The video concludes by threatening Barron Trump, declaring: “This is just the beginning. Barron Trump, wait for us.”

Both Melania and Barron are protected by full-time U.S. Secret Service details, although security threats are always a concern.

The latest threats come after anti-Trump billboards appeared across Tehran last week calling for the deaths of President Trump and members of his family.

One billboard carried the slogan: “Blood for blood.”

Tasnim News Agency, affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, published a video identifying locations frequented by US First Lady Melania Trump and encouraging “freedom fighters” and supporters of the Islamic Republic to kill her. The video highlighted places she visits,… pic.twitter.com/ExzvGOw3gs

— Wladimir van Wilgenburg (@vvanwilgenburg) July 27, 2026

President Trump has repeatedly acknowledged he remains an assassination target for the Iranian regime amid ongoing U.S. and Israeli military operations against Iran.

Earlier this month, The New York Times reported that Trump switched aircraft while returning from the NATO summit in Turkey because of concerns over Iranian threats.

Trump recently confirmed he had already issued instructions in the event Iran succeeds in assassinating him.

“I’ve been on their list for a long time,” Trump said earlier this month.

“The only thing is, I’ve left instructions, if anything happens, to just literally bomb them at levels that they’ve never seen before.”

President Trump Reveals the Instructions He Has Left Should Iran Succeed in Assassinating Him

The post Iranian State Media Releases Sick Assassination Video Targeting Melania and Barron Trump (VIDEO) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

A convicted transgender baby killer who strangled an innocent 11-month-old girl to death has been hauled back to prison for a parole violation just months after the Indiana Department of Correction quietly released him decades early.

Jonathan Richardson, who now calls himself Autumn Cordellioné and identifies as a transgender woman, was booked into the Vanderburgh County Jail on July 15 for an undisclosed parole violation.

Richardson has since been returned to the custody of the Indiana Department of Correction. State records now list August 15, 2041, as the earliest possible release date, according to WFIE.

Authorities have not publicly disclosed exactly how Richardson violated parole.

Read that again. This man strangled a baby. He was handed a 55-year sentence. He served roughly 23 years. Then the system cut him loose and sent him right back to Evansville, the same community where he murdered that child.

The baby’s name was Faith Lee. She was 11 months old.

On September 12, 2001, Faith’s mother went to work and left her infant daughter in the care of her partner, then-19-year-old Jonathan Richardson. Richardson strangled the helpless baby to death.

When friends came by later that day, he turned them away at the door. The child was already gone. A jury convicted him. A judge sentenced him to 55 years.

As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, this same sicko was quietly paroled in late 2025 after serving less than half his sentence. Local prosecutors and law enforcement were never notified. The only reason anyone found out was because a citizen recognized him from the original 2002 trial and tipped off authorities.

While behind bars, Richardson was diagnosed with gender dysphoria in 2020, changed his name, and began identifying as a woman. He spent years demanding taxpayer-funded “gender-affirming” surgery.

A Clinton-appointed federal judge ordered the state to provide it. He later sued President Trump for $3.5 million over alleged “transphobic hate speech.” After his early release, he launched an OnlyFans account.

Faith Lee’s mother had warned the courts. She lived in fear that this man would change his appearance, hide his identity, and walk free one day. That day came. The system handed him early release anyway.

Now, after only a few months back on the street, he has already violated parole and is locked up again.

How does a 55-year sentence for strangling a baby become roughly 23 years served? How does a man who murdered an 11-month-old infant get quietly dumped back into the same town without authorities even being told?

The post Convicted Transgender Baby Killer Who Strangled 11-Month-Old Baby to Death Is Thrown BACK in Prison for Parole Violation After Being RELEASED 30 Years Early appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

Hollywood’s latest Trump-hating tough guy is escalating his rhetoric from vulgar political attacks to graphic fantasies about bloody retribution.

“Reacher” star Alan Ritchson appeared Monday on Dax Shepard’s “Armchair Expert” podcast, where he launched a profanity-laced rant arguing that people should cling to their anger at abusive Catholic priests, Republicans, and President Donald Trump hard enough that someone ends up waking up in a pool of their own teeth and blood.

Ritchson recalled working with director Guy Ritchie on The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. According to the actor, Ritchie once said the world would be better if “everybody should wake up in a pool of their own teeth and blood.” Ritchson initially pushed back. Now he’s on board.

When Shepard asked if he could let go of resentment, Ritchson refused. He turned the conversation straight to politics and the Catholic Church:

Alan Ritchson:
“Look at the politics that we deal with right now. Like, the White House is in ruins—a f*cking UFC cage on the lawn—and, like, you just do it. You just f*cking do it, and nobody says anything. No consequences. Nobody asked. It wasn’t done legally.

There’s no plan in place. Now you’re asking for money to create. So, it’s like, what are we doing and there are no consequences.

I’m just supposed to let go of my resentment that this f*cking guy is just raping the world that he lives in for whatever gain he personally can have, and I’m supposed to let that go. And then what? It f*cking still exists… I f*cking hate it.

So, no, I’m not going to let him go. I f*cking hate it. I hate that that sh*t still lives in the world… unabated, unchecked, unresolved, uncleansed.

Look at the Catholic Church and, like, the predatory behavior that is just going completely unmet—with those victims who are still, like, unheard, unseen. No forgiveness, no resolution, no cure. And what is releasing the f*cking resentment going to do for the world?

I think we should hold on to some of that anger so somebody gets Guy Ritchie’d and wakes up in a pool of their own teeth and blood.”

WATCH:

Ritchson’s latest outburst comes just days after another profanity-laced podcast meltdown targeting President Trump.

As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Ritchson appeared on Josh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused podcast and recklessly called Trump a “f**king rapist” while making an unsupported allegation involving 13-year-old girls.

No criminal charge has been filed against President Trump in connection with Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes. Trump has repeatedly denied wrongdoing.

Ritchson also insisted that he could personally force the release of the Epstein files within seconds, portraying himself as some sort of real-life Jack Reacher who could bulldoze his way through the federal government and deliver justice.

This is not the first time Ritchson has attacked Trump, Christians, and the Catholic Church.

In 2024, The Gateway Pundit reported that the actor branded Trump a “rapist and a con man” and condemned Christians who support him as “the most vitriolic tribe.”

The same actor who lectures Christians about love and morality is now publicly entertaining imagery of his political enemies waking up bloody and toothless.

You cannot make this up.

There is another layer of hypocrisy here.

The Gateway Pundit reported in March that Ritchson was filmed striking his Tennessee neighbor during a physical confrontation in front of children. Police later concluded that Ritchson acted in self-defense and closed the investigation without filing charges.

Now the Hollywood action star is using his massive platform to argue that resentment should be preserved until alleged wrongdoers receive a bloody physical reckoning.

Imagine the media outrage if a conservative actor spoke this way about Democrats, liberal activists, or another religious institution.

There would be wall-to-wall coverage, demands for cancellation, and breathless warnings about “dangerous political rhetoric.”

But when a Trump-hating Hollywood celebrity invokes bloody violence against the Left’s preferred targets, it is packaged as a thoughtful conversation about trauma, resentment, and “carrying the fight.”

The post Unhinged Actor Alan Ritchson Goes Full TDS: Tells Americans to Hold Onto Rage Against Trump, Republicans, and Catholic Priests Until Someone Gets Beaten Into ‘a Pool of Their Own Teeth and Blood’ appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

(Note: The information provided here or in any related communications is for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial advice. We do not provide personalized investment, financial, or legal advice. Gateway Pundit benefits from purchases made through our sponsors. We appreciate your support!)

This January, President Trump posted a threat on Truth Social — in all capital letters:

“I will institute the INSURRECTION ACT.”

While most people laughed it off… or scrolled to the next post…

One former White House advisor took immediate steps to prepare.

Jim Rickards is no stranger to Washington DC. He’s spent 40 years advising four U.S. Presidents, the CIA, and the Pentagon — and he believes Trump’s post was a “warning shot” far too many people ignored.

In a recent presentation, he laid out his entire theory… which now appears to be coming true.

He told us, “Trump is preparing to invoke a power used a handful of times since 1807.”

When it happens, Rickards says, the panic won’t stop in DC. Within hours, it could spread to the rest of the country… and the financial markets.

For the full story, be sure to watch his briefing, free of charge.

The post Fmr. White House Advisor: Trump’s ALL-CAPS Warning Wasn’t a Bluff appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.