This Memorial Day weekend, the best way to honor the soldiers who gave the ultimate sacrifice is to honor and protect the freedoms and the democracy they died for.
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Exactly George and not only that arm up yourselves because we're going to have to defend that here because our corrupt government crawled in bed with it and they're all f****** Republicans in the majority it's time to get rid of the Republican majority for good and the Republican party
Thank you Mr. Takei for this reminder of who we honor=US military who fought/ DIED for our CONSTITUIONAL RIGHTS, incl the right to Criticize the WH/Congress. I'll never forget or forgive the GOP for propping up a man w/NO understanding of our US Constitution/no respect for US Laws & no compassion.
no, it is to call for huge cuts to the military and for congress to reassume it's responsibility to declare war and do away with the AUMF which has let imperial presidents send troops off to die for profit.
We can win by being our best. We will lose by being them—lose everything truly human. Integrity. Compassion. We can’t be them and win anything worth spit.
TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THEM.
They win nothing by being their worst. It costs them everything—minds and hearts and souls—winning at all cost.
It's clear this MAGA mob are FASCISTS - of NAZI ilk.
They demonstrate, daily, they have NO respect for human life. They're capable - even willing, of acts of atrocity in the name of their FUHRER: Donald J Trump.
We see in their answers in Hearings that their OATHS are to HIM, not the Constitution.
Sorry George. Nice thoughts but this will fall on deaf ears with Republicans and the one good ear of Donald Trump. He can always say it is hard the hear with one ear.
TAKING CHANCE is a great Memorial Day movie, the true story of escorting a fallen Marine home. Quiet, respectful, deeply moving, it stars Kevin Bacon. He says it's his most loved film. #HBO
It's a shame that some of us voted to have those freedoms taken away by a party of MAGA Trump worshippers isn't it. How do you think those patriots would feel about the direction our country is taking?
MANY good people respond to my post about the 4 soldiers who died in Lithuania. After this news any vet who supports Trump I would never want in my foxhole,From Google;No news outlets or official sources have reported that Trump personally contacted the families of the soldiers killed in Lithuania.
The best of the best ways to honor soldiers is to not send them into wars only to protect private financial interests, leaving the rest of us to grieve.
And that’s what Democrats are doing throughout the United States of America, trying to prevent a takeover of a fascist dictator, fat ugly Donald Trump the biggest criminal in the United States history, the biggest fraud in United States history, the biggest rapist in the United States history
Amen George. Mr Takei, may I call you George? Big fan. Loved Star Trek. My dad has been gone 30+ years now, but I always remember watching tv with him and this was one of our favorites.
And today, a substantial number of soldiers will make you giving the ultimate sacrifice if you don't forfeit your freedoms their predecessors fought and died for to an orange dicktater, his posse and their handlers.
Maybe stop starting wars for Israel's benefit and to get cheap petrol(gas). Spend money on looking after your people instead of making the weapon's manufactures obscenely rich, and you might not need to have a memorial day!
🇺🇸 🗽 📣 CALLING
#15Million+March to restore America's Constitutional Rule of Law This TIME for ALL!!!
Hell if so called third world countries can free their country what is wrong with Americans
Pretty much every Canadian my age can recite it by heart, because we learn it very early. I'm seeing more people from other countries use the poppy as a symbol of remembrance.
I only honor veterans who were drafted. Volunteering like I foolishly did does not make you a hero, especially since all wars fought after the draft was abolished were bogus 🤷♂️
I don’t agree because those who volunteered should definitely be honored, but since you brought him up,
let’s honor Smedley Butler AMERICAN HERO!
In 1933 American fascist oligarchs organized a coup against Roosevelt, asked Smedley Butler to spearhead it with veterans.
He refused & went public!
FUN FACT:
“No one was prosecuted!”
One of alleged ringleaders (though never proven) was head of huge investment bank Brown Brothers Harriman- controlled by one of Hitler’s main financiers.
Assets seized 1942 at onset WWII under “Trading With Enemy Act”.
10 yrs after that: Senator!!!
PRESCOTT BUSH!
Volunteering to serve make them just as much of a hero-no one makes them do it. How can going after terrorists who killed almost 3,000 people be “bogus”? Yes, some of the politics were BS, but at least we were able to exact some payback. All veterans deserve honor for what they did & offered to do.
All that and while you pissed off people on the highway, Trump is still the President.
When you went home after the protest, did you feel that you changed people’s minds or do you feel that you annoyed them?
Dang. They’re trying really hard to dissuade you from exercising your First Amendment Right to speak out on the horrible crimes this illegitimate administration is perpetrating. Sounds to me like they’re scared. Keep up the good work, Tony.
Telling people to change people’s minds through conversations and dialogue instead of creating traffic jam and annoying them isn’t dissuading people from exercising their 1A rights.
Creating traffic jams and impeding people’s ability to travel doesn’t get people on your side.
Focus doing things that will inspire people to vote for the people that will push the policies that you support.
Remember, people enter the voting booths alone.
Give them a reason to vote your way.
Pissing people off doesn’t get them on your side or to stay on your side.
And take the fight for Democracy upon ourselves
To sound dramatic, Time to fight in every way possible with our voices, our votes, our protests, with our money, ie boycotts, doing w/o extras
Our faced unimaginable battles, we can do with hardship
DO NOT CAPITULATE.
Except that some of my soldier friends and family who talked quite frequently about how they fought for freedom and democracy, turned around and voted for Donald Trump thrice.
Ever since the nightmare of Chump began, I hesitated to put our American flag up. Tomorrow, it will be flying high in respect for all who died that gave us the rights & freedoms that this evil regime is trying to kill. I hope others who feel the same way, will fly their flag as well. 🇺🇸
That democracy is under constant threat by christofascism in the form of Trump using it to become 'king' and also by islamofascism in the shape of salafist Muslim immigrants taking over your country funded by Arab state petrodollars. The latter is happening right now in Europe.
Humanity is in jeopardy when stale old,power hungry war mongers & self serving narcissists,with their minions & backers,are elected by fair means or foul to control what they see as their world & divide it up as they see fit, purely for their own benefit & fuck everyone else
In 1944, yet I didn't see anyone making that connection later. Not for Reagan's reputation rehab in 1980 (he had been considered a dangerous radical in 1976). Not for the following decades when Republicans insisted that the cure for our problems just happened to be their next agenda item.
Elon's son, X, reportedly stated that they (referring to SpaceX or himself and his father) "can quietly just do whatever we want". Then laughed a creepy magical laugh
“Before it’s too late”?
He already won the election.
He can push for the policies that he wants and enforce the laws that are already on the books.
When Biden won, we’d heard from the Democrats how he was able to do what he and the Democrats wanted.
The presidential election is over. Trump won.
Reimagined
Normandy Beach,
on the landing craft,
an announcement:
"'Citizens United' is
American law.
The USA is an
oligarchy, & only
the very rich matter."
The soldiers look
at each other &
point their rifles
at the boatswain,
growling,
"Take us back
to the ship."
It would also be a nice idea to stop glorifying war, in general.
When I was young in History class they taught me that Spartan mothers would hand their soldier sons their shield and say, "With it, or ON it!" Always found it reprehensible to admire mothers who found glory in their own sons' deaths.
The words I was looking for.
Thank you.
You may have only been speaking of today—dunno—but we have sent far too many soldiers to invade and colonize and control and destroy other countries’ right to self determination.
The men and women who've died while in service would be shocked if they were alive today, with the state of our union. Secession from our country is not an option. Neither is Fascism! It is time our Supreme Court stood up and arrested Trump! Either that or impeach and then arrest him.
For 20 years, roughly 300 MILLION dollars a *DAY* was spent on costs related to the Afghanistan war alone, draining funds needed for healthcare, environment, education, infrastructure, agriculture, research, etc. Trillions MORE were spent in Iraq.
> War is COMPLICATED. It's much easier to get in to than out of, and there are always unintended consequences. Collateral damage caused by your forces can CREATE more enemies than you destroy. Power vacuums will attract diverse groups seeking to grab money, land, and influence for themselves.
>>> War should ALWAYS be the LAST RESORT! Perpetual hawkish screams from "armchair" warriors and politicians owned by the military/industrial complex are not helpful. Most of those people have NEVER served in the military, and ALL of them know they won't be doing any of the actual FIGHTING.
Thank you George. NASCAR honors the fallen heroes every year so respectfully. Pete Hegseth is there on the stage with other military members and he's wearing a hat with "47" on it. I can guarantee that is not a military fallen hero. Just pitiful.
This Memorial Day weekend we should honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice by securing the Constitution in their honor, please secure yourself a copy and read it so that you can understand why what they are doing is unconstitutional.
🇺🇸 Memorial Day weekend in the USA , pausing in gratitude and reflecting on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, #LestWeForget their service and sacrifice. Thank you ladies and gentlemen. The costs of defending the U.S. Constitution have been great. #ProtectTheConstitution🇺🇸
Trump claiming that HE rebuilt our military in his deranged address to the West Point graduating class brought a big round of applause from the audience. Of course they’re trained to be respectful to the CIC, or perhaps they have been shielded from the fact that their new boss is a numb nut.
They are brand new and deathly afraid of being slapped with charges for disrespect. Not sure if you're aware, disrespect is a criminal offense in the military. I kept wondering why none of them shouted for him to shut up, I was unaware you have to enlist just to enter the school, not at the end.
Members of my family have been and still are career Army and Navy, including one Vice Admiral and one Brigadier General, so I am aware that disrespect is a criminal offense in the military. These cadets are our future, and they deserve better leadership than what they are being given.
They definitely deserve better leadership. I spent ten years in the army and my biggest disappointment was the prevalence of terrible leaders. Hopefully they will find good leaders in their units, cause they certainly won't find it at the five sided funny farm.
My great uncle, my grandpa's only sibling, died fighting for us in WW2 on the Pacific front. I'm almost glad my grandpa passed in 2023 and doesn't have to see what's happening now, so he doesn't have to think his brother died in vain. He passed believing our democracy would stand forever.
It is too bad that the President of the United States does not recognize the veterans who served this country. As he walks past the soldiers who guard him every day, he should be thanking them every day. But he has no value system, no empathy for his fellow human being. You all know this.
It is also too bad that the president of the United States does not recognize police officers who serve in this country. Everywhere he goes. There is a police officer watching over him, but this is the same president who sent his mob to the capital on that fateful day, january 6 beat police officers
MANY good people respond to my post about the 4 soldiers who died in Lithuania. After this news any vet who supports Trump I would never want in my foxhole,From Google;No news outlets or official sources have reported that Trump personally contacted the families of the soldiers killed in Lithuania.
Any Commander in Chief should be honored to call to thank those who lost their lives to protect the Democracy he seems intent on destroying that he avoided battle to be a TV personality
It surprises me he didn't call in the duty performed as John Barron?
Ok @jaketapper.bsky.social , here is your chance to get it right this time. #Trump is displaying repeated instances of senility while on camera. What say you now? Does he deserve to be in office and take our country further into the abyss ?
Doing my best! My Grandfather was in WWI, my Dad WWII and my husband Vietnam. Thankfully they all came home but freedom fighting is very important to our family.
And if they were all alive today, they'd be facepalming in unison wondering how people of the US could be so stupid to let exactly what they fought against take control of the nation...
Memorial Day has lost a lot of the luster since MAGA has taken over the country. Yes, we beat the fascists in WWII, but that was game three of a seven game series. We are now in game seven and the fascists are winning big and we might lose the series. Hard to celebrate a game three victory
No. they. did. not.
Our soldiers died to protect the status quo for rich old white men who treat them like shit.
You, of all people, George, should know this.
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Korea wasn’t a war, it was a “police action”.
It's a day to honor those who gave all.
rather than selling out to Hitler's legacy, or Russia, Hungary, China and North Korea.
TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THEM.
They win nothing by being their worst. It costs them everything—minds and hearts and souls—winning at all cost.
They demonstrate, daily, they have NO respect for human life. They're capable - even willing, of acts of atrocity in the name of their FUHRER: Donald J Trump.
We see in their answers in Hearings that their OATHS are to HIM, not the Constitution.
We must honor their sacrifice—protect Democracy
Jesus Christ... So ****ed up.
https://aiwillybillhuman.substack.com/p/happy-memorial-day-to-the-scum-a
#15Million+March to restore America's Constitutional Rule of Law This TIME for ALL!!!
Hell if so called third world countries can free their country what is wrong with Americans
the antithesis of all the fighting and dying..
let’s honor Smedley Butler AMERICAN HERO!
In 1933 American fascist oligarchs organized a coup against Roosevelt, asked Smedley Butler to spearhead it with veterans.
He refused & went public!
“No one was prosecuted!”
One of alleged ringleaders (though never proven) was head of huge investment bank Brown Brothers Harriman- controlled by one of Hitler’s main financiers.
Assets seized 1942 at onset WWII under “Trading With Enemy Act”.
10 yrs after that: Senator!!!
PRESCOTT BUSH!
make the same effort our parents,
grandparents and beyond made for us.
Otherwise Hitler wins, 80 years later.
I was only focused
on FREEDOM.
Anyone that takes it away wins.
I left the Church 50+ yrs ago, never
to return.
See you in hell. 🙀
Remember this fact:
Several sources have confirmed the fact that the Mango Mussolini called them “suckers and losers “
This has been fact checked by multiple people
When you went home after the protest, did you feel that you changed people’s minds or do you feel that you annoyed them?
Creating traffic jams and impeding people’s ability to travel doesn’t get people on your side.
Remember, people enter the voting booths alone.
Give them a reason to vote your way.
Pissing people off doesn’t get them on your side or to stay on your side.
How is causing traffic supporting your cause?
#Resist
To sound dramatic, Time to fight in every way possible with our voices, our votes, our protests, with our money, ie boycotts, doing w/o extras
Our faced unimaginable battles, we can do with hardship
DO NOT CAPITULATE.
#memorialdayweekend
Ride Across The River
This Memorial Day Weekend, please take a moment to remember, honor& mourn U.S. soldiers we have lost fighting for our country.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Trump calls them Suckers & Losers. FUCK TRUMP!!!
“I’m a soldier of freedom in the army of man…”
https://youtu.be/rSZzyGXCTQk?...
💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
Billboards with facts are required to combat that lie!!
Facts & evidence will NEVER penetrate the walls of the rw media silos of lies otherwise.
Controlling the message is the glue that makes fascism possible.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/07/politics/video/elon-musk-tucker-carlson-trump-election-results-ebof-digvid
Fascist do not understand the first ethnicity they cleanse is themselves until it is too late for everyone.
He already won the election.
He can push for the policies that he wants and enforce the laws that are already on the books.
When Biden won, we’d heard from the Democrats how he was able to do what he and the Democrats wanted.
The presidential election is over. Trump won.
Normandy Beach,
on the landing craft,
an announcement:
"'Citizens United' is
American law.
The USA is an
oligarchy, & only
the very rich matter."
The soldiers look
at each other &
point their rifles
at the boatswain,
growling,
"Take us back
to the ship."
When I was young in History class they taught me that Spartan mothers would hand their soldier sons their shield and say, "With it, or ON it!" Always found it reprehensible to admire mothers who found glory in their own sons' deaths.
Thank you.
You may have only been speaking of today—dunno—but we have sent far too many soldiers to invade and colonize and control and destroy other countries’ right to self determination.
> War is EXPENSIVE. Not only is there a sickening cost in lives and human suffering, but an enormous cost in dollars.
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https://pll.harvard.edu/course/we-people-civic-engagement-constitutional-democracy
Not just today — every day.
#MemorialDay #HonorThem #DemocracyMatters
Abso-gosh-dang-lutley, George. 🇺🇸
The bastardized plural is a W-ism, referring to a temporary privilege the government hasn't violated yet.
A true hero soldier under Bush Jr, died from his service 20+ yrs younger than most in CONGRESS
Nobody cares about our fallen if they let a criminal run free to destroy us & then blame us for not voting him out
This is offensive. So is posting, but never reply
My late husband lost 38 of his too on a mission, one of many, & died too young for his service
Unclear, you said T contacted the families but not reported? Or the deaths went unreported?
He should've, if he did, it's his job as CIC. If not, I'm 😞
You stay safe as well. Sorry for all your fallen soldier losses 🙏
Remember there are some worse things than death 💔
Any Commander in Chief should be honored to call to thank those who lost their lives to protect the Democracy he seems intent on destroying that he avoided battle to be a TV personality
It surprises me he didn't call in the duty performed as John Barron?
My yard this weekend.
at this point, there's really no excuse for failing to do so.
Our soldiers died to protect the status quo for rich old white men who treat them like shit.
You, of all people, George, should know this.
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