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Some thoughts about the military parade in my hometown of Washington DC today -- specifically, the route. Military parades in DC are quite rare. But when they happen, they have always begun, symbolically and geographically, at the Capitol and moved outward. 1/

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Trump declines parade march, citing sudden bone spur flare-up open.substack.com/pub/duffelbl...

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Happy 250th birthday, Army. I’m proud to have served in your apolitical ranks in defense of our nation after swearing an oath to our Constitution.

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DOGE affiliates Kenneth Jackson and Nate Cavanaugh “disabled and restricted access to the Institute's FOIA system, terminated the employees responsible for processing FOIA requests, and restricted the use of Institute financial resources.”

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🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸It is the AMERICAN flag, not the Republican flag 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

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The footage is disturbing. They threw a US Senator to the ground and handcuffed him for asking a question at a press conference. Fascism. Don’t look away.

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The Department of Veterans Affairs Is Not O.K. - and MAGA/DOGE may be doing permanent damage to the agency

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VA's HR dept "has NEVER undertaken such a large restructuring, and does not have the capabilities, expertise or the internal resources to fulfill the requirement" but SECVA Collins pinky promises the UNPRECEDENTED mass layoff won't hurt veteran care, so don't worry your pretty head buff.ly/3IhOJIC

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Sources said that even at the start of his second term, Trump was discussing with multiple advisers where & when it would make sense to send in federal troops, either for supposed crime control or in response to larger-scale public activism against his agenda. 🔗 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Excessive drinking is a leading factor in preventable deaths among U.S. veterans and is associated with higher health care usage.

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Register now for the June 18 RAND webinar on Policies to Support Veterans’ Needs at the State and Local Level

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🚨 MUST-READ PIECE 🚨 My community MH provider literally asked me "What is MST?" Most do NOT have the cultural competence or expertise to treat veterans. Do NOT let them destroy OUR VA.

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JUST IN: A federal judge in New York has ruled that the Trump administraiton's rush to send federal employee data to DOGE was a "breach of law and trust" that violated the Privacy Act and cybersecurity protections. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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The Overton Window has shifted all the way to ban all non-white people from coming to America. It was never about illegal immigration.

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Veterans receive better care at lower cost from the public system; private providers operate with little oversight & are not required to demonstrate competency in diagnosing / treating the complex care needs of veterans or understanding military culture tinyurl.com/2w6j5wn8

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Trump gets a multi-million dollar parade for his birthday, but the Army can no longer do routine barracks maintenance. Cool cool cool.

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ICYMI - you can see all the speeches & the Dropkick Murphys performance from Friday here (my remarks start at 3:06)

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“It’s important for every person to keep their job, from the engineering staff to the housekeeper to the dietary staff. When cuts are made, the nursing and medical staff will have to pick up all their work that needs to be done.” buff.ly/TObYIMO

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This is the kind of cancer that killed my sister. MAGA/DOGE don’t care if we die.

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No one supports my dream of having a pet raccoon 😭

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The #Unite4Veterans rally on the National Mall officially kicks off at the top of the hour — crowd is starting to gather now, with signs and shirts protesting the administration’s proposed cuts to VA.

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More vets rallies today — women vets holding a presser outside the Capitol now to highlight “a harmful rollback of women’s roles and recognition” in the military and at VA. With @houlahan.house.gov @repgoodlander.bsky.social

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#Unite4Veterans

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DOGE Developed Error-Prone AI Tool to “Munch” Veterans Affairs Contracts www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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Watch the livestream of the Unite 4 Veterans rally NOW! www.unite4veterans.org

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T-minus 30. Are you here on the Mall? Or watching the live stream? www.unite4veterans.org/watch-live Comment or quote with how you are participating in today's rally! Show your support, make your voice heard, we want to hear from you!

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We want to want to protect federal employment for veterans and military families, hold politicians accountable for cuts that harm service members and families, and stop this administration from damaging VA

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The severe staffing cuts SECVA promised will both reduce care and cost many vets their jobs, since nearly a third of all VA employees are veterans

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Advocates & members of Congress vow to resist any Pentagon policies targeting women’s military service

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Rally With America’s Veterans -- unite4veterans.org -- Friday, June 6th, 2025, starting at 2:00 PM on the National Mall. Join thousands of veterans, military families, and their allies on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., for the Unite for Veterans, Unite for America Rally.

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Elon Musk awarded Bronze Star for accomplishing nothing 🔥 open.substack.com/pub/duffelbl...

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Jesus Christ Democrats, all you have to say is “These men are idiots and giant babies and suck! Look at how much they suck!”

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Veterans visited congressional offices this week to deliver messages of concern over recent Pentagon moves targeting the roles of women in the military.

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It's time.

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Fired up and ready to go!

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My statement with @markwarner.bsky.social on a new analysis revealing 16 million Americans would lose their health insurance under the Republican tax plan:

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Senator Mike Lee is going to try to put Federal Public Lands up for sale in the Senate version of the budget. 500,000 acres of your lands, sold without your input. Please take action at the link. We stopped land sales in the House. We can do it again. www.backcountryhunters.org/take_action?...

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Budget request shows big increase in non-VA medical care & decrease in VA medical services. THEY ARE TRYING TO KILL VA, WHICH WILL KILL VETERANS.

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"It's clearly a call to improve care coordination across the board so that veterans can get the medical care they need"

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🚨 Tell your Representative to OPPOSE H.R. 3132, CHOICE for Veterans Act of 2025 - Claim Sharks are out to get rich off needy veterans even at the expense of veterans - don't let this happen! 🚨

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Do not believe the lies that this admin cares one single iota about actual antisemitism

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NEW POLL: EVEN OLDER, REPUBLICAN-LEANING VETERANS REJECT VA LAYOFFS, TRUMP’S MILITARY PARADE, AND MORE DEPLOYMENTS TO THE MIDDLE EAST — Common Defense

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Huge congrats, Ky! Thrilled to see you take the helm and confident you will represent our generation of veterans with integrity and passion. 💕

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Happy Pride, I guess, from an administration fueled entirely by grievance and animus www.military.com/daily-news/2...

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Government is serious business for serious people

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Today's newsletter is about the study Republicans in Utah ordered about trans youth... that they're now ignoring. www.readtpa.com/p/the-study-...

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"Until women are no longer seen as exceptions to a male norm, this debate will keep resurfacing. But history also tells us that, in time, today’s controversies will become tomorrow’s common sense." 1/ ino.to/Sr82vxc

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