Turning our backs on those who served our country is disgraceful. The VA needs more employees, not less. In my district, the Minneapolis VA is already facing a staffing shortage. Miss me with your calls for “America First” while blatantly attacking our veterans. apnews.com/article/vete... - ThreadSky

ilhanmn.bsky.social • 4 days ago

Turning our backs on those who served our country is disgraceful.

The VA needs more employees, not less. In my district, the Minneapolis VA is already facing a staffing shortage.

Miss me with your calls for “America First” while blatantly attacking our veterans.

https://apnews.com/article/veterans-affairs-cuts-doge-musk-trump-f587a6bc3db6a460e9c357592e165712

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iwantyoustudio.bsky.social•4 days ago

pthoege.bsky.social•4 days ago

WE NEED A COUNTER COUP OPERATION TO ARREST AND JAIL TRUMP, MUSK AND THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. WE NEED THIS DONE ASAP. I CALL TRUMP A RUSSIAN COUP. IT WORKS FOR PUTIN AND NOT FOR US. WE NEED TO INSTALL A JUNTA GOVT OF OUR OWN TO JAIL TRAITOR TRUMP NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW GODFUCKINGDAMMIT!!!!!!!!!

pthoege.bsky.social•4 days ago

ksgant.bsky.social•4 days ago

So not only turning our backs on veterans, but also putting 80,000 more people on the unemployment line.

magah8.bsky.social•4 days ago

“Russia First”

larkraf.bsky.social•4 days ago

there are over 15 mill vets in the US , and the VA has approx 450k employees ..

cozybearhugs.bsky.social•4 days ago

Why did I just see a report from cbs saying everyone loved that speech? Are all avenues of accountability so compromised?
I feel like veterans and the employees who assist them approving of any of this is so very wrong

indigocat4.bsky.social•4 days ago

im sure they are firing those not loyal to the party. if you get what im saying

hammys-howl.bsky.social•4 days ago

Thanks for your service….. now f’k off you’re a liability. America… not only are you allowing the government to slide into authoritarian rule, you are abandoning the people who fought 4 you. You know, the ones you sent to places like Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan to fight in so called “wars of freedom”

pillsbury37.bsky.social•4 days ago

can I go out on a limb and say single payer for everyone would solve several problems

lighthouses7.bsky.social•4 days ago

Meet force with force

pollywognw.bsky.social•1 day ago

Does anyone else feel like what would really benefit Russia would be to have a Russian asset destabilizing the most powerful country in the world who would typically side with their enemies until it's too late? #Tricked #Krasnov

medic621.bsky.social•4 days ago

When have you cared for AMERICANS terrorist

themizzinator.bsky.social•3 days ago

Remind them the VA has very high satisfaction thanks to those workers. This is a disgrace. It’s an agency that works. We can’t have nice things.

ksuhr.bsky.social•4 days ago

I will never understand how so many vets & current military voted for Trump when he's shown such contempt for them so many times.

kcbrennan.bsky.social•4 days ago

Well, by "America First" they mean the billionaire oligarchy - not actual Americans. (And certainly not the Proletariat)

redmist27.bsky.social•4 days ago

And they’re having recruitment issues…oh nothing…

garden6877.bsky.social•4 days ago

I think it's time for hackers to reveal where the DOG-e 💩 members live so we can start protesting in front of their homes. They're disrupting millions of lives, so let's disrupt theirs.

resistance-toolkit.com•4 days ago

This is going to truly hurt. Our team has worked on VA healthcare software projects in the past. The staff and clinicians are some of the best in the world. They are there because they sincerely love their mission to provide the best healthcare possible to Vets and families.

briantheelder.bsky.social•4 days ago

We all know the GOP is "Russia First".

schmarm.bsky.social•3 days ago

Your party sat quietly and respectfully while Trump spoke, holding up little signs. That should fix it. Our veterans will be suffering and dying but at least we still have decorum

wildlystrollingben.bsky.social•3 days ago

What would you prefer them do?

julzbee47.bsky.social•3 days ago

Pass this to 15 Vets you know. i have 15 in my family alone and two enlisted. This is a shame on our nation!!

hildana0.bsky.social•4 days ago

This is insane! I retired from the VA/Loan Guaranty this past December. When I was hired in 2021 from DFAS, we were understaffed. Other departments in other states were as well.

flamesting.bsky.social•4 days ago

It's terrible for the ones that didn't vote for this. But for the rest, fuck em.

reneedodson.bsky.social•4 days ago

Beyond disgusting. Trump hates America, coincidentally so does Putin.

alemancreates.bsky.social•4 days ago

#CadetBoneSpurs #TrumpHatesVeterans

n-l.bsky.social•4 days ago

These guys are begging for IT.

By the way, you can use "tags" to boost your audience. For example, #Veterans #VeteranAffairs #VA #ActiveDuty #Navy #Army #MarineCorps #CoastGuard #AirForce #SpaceForce #NationalGuard #SpecialForces #SpecOps #Sacrifice

mudmanbloodman.bsky.social•4 days ago

Fuck veterans.

danylwms.bsky.social•4 days ago

Trump hates vets.
On John McCain
“He's a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren't captured, okay? I hate to tell you." 7/18/15

On lowering flags to half-mast after McCain's death

"What the fuck are we doing that for? Guy was a fucking loser." 8/18

https://theweek.com/politics/things-donald-trump-has-said-about-the-military

shadowartist.bsky.social•4 days ago

I don’t know how many ways he has to show he does not care for the veterans to be for the veterans to get it.

svartmetall.bsky.social•4 days ago

Once you understand that Traitor Trump is working directly for - and on the orders of - Vladimir Putin, everything he does makes sense.

shadowartist.bsky.social•4 days ago

I do, but do the trump supporters understand that?

leephillips.bsky.social•2 days ago

As Musk slashes 70,000+ workers from the VA, including suicide hotline workers, we can always fix it later if we see people are dying.

Musk wouldn't know this (nor would he care):
❗ >125,000 veterans have died by suicide since 2001
❗about 6,000 veterans take their own lives each year

STOP THIS

leephillips.bsky.social•2 days ago

flowingneurons.bsky.social•4 days ago

Don't hurt innocent people. Can do cost cutting without hurting veteran and elderly service if you know where to look!!

https://open.substack.com/pub/onspectrumlens/p/pain-free-cost-cutting?r=2odvxx&utm_medium=ios

soberchinaski.bsky.social•4 days ago

When they speak of support for the military, they clearly mean the industry. Because for a party that constantly cries "support the troops", their actions reveal nothing but disrespect and even contempt for soldiers and veterans.

Disgraceful and despicable

harden91.bsky.social•4 days ago

Draft Dodger Felon President

amy0227.bsky.social•4 days ago

I'm one of those parasites Musk was talking about that receives VA disability. It took 7 months just to get my son added back on as a dependent for my benefits. They already had all his information. I was constantly told it was because they didn't have staffing in the area that handled dependents.

evgoo.bsky.social•4 days ago

That has nothing do to with Musk. That is how the VA works. Everything takes a year to do. It took me 3 years to get the needed heart surgery.

doctorsynth.bsky.social•4 days ago

Retired veterans should march on Washington

evgoo.bsky.social•4 days ago

10 years ago, the VA hired many. The problem was that they did not hire doctors or nurses. They hired lawyers.

forestray.bsky.social•4 days ago

I imagine that this will hit vets in rural areas and who rely more heavily on community care the hardest. While some vets are from those areas, many others move to rural areas for the lower cost of living, particularly if VA disability forms a big part of one’s income. 1/6

forestray.bsky.social•4 days ago

Punching down to hurt those most vulnerable is a pretty cowardly move. I also fail to see how this will further the admin’s/DOGE’s supposed cost-saving objective. 2/6

forestray.bsky.social•4 days ago

Fewer staff at the VA will make it harder for vets to get care and there are no IT/computer frameworks in place to facilitate our needs without human support. 3/6

forestray.bsky.social•4 days ago

I receive great care through the VA but if you haven’t had to navigate the VA’s IT systems, I can guarantee you that they are not user friendly. What I can see happening is a bunch of vets who would otherwise get care through the VA being pushed to seek care through the private $$$ector. 4/6

forestray.bsky.social•4 days ago

And since so much is getting framed as Left-vs-Right politics right now, let me just say that forcing vets into a for-cost medical system doesn’t strike me as beneficial to either side of the political aisle. 5/6

forestray.bsky.social•4 days ago

Especially in the case of vets, who have spent years of our lives working together regardless of background in service of a greater common good.
Don't fall for the Right-vs-Left crap. We're all being had by the billionaires #ClassWarfare #EatTheRich /6

grcook1948.bsky.social•4 days ago

And yet the Trump administration plans to cut over 80,000 jobs from VA
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4TJHP7zHwZg.

marymiles38.bsky.social•4 days ago

Americans need to go on a full out economic boycott. Forget one day or one week if boycotting certain retailers, I mean full blackout for a few months...except for gas, groceries, medical needs or repairs of course

lucyinthesky56.bsky.social•4 days ago

just a reminder for all you hypocrites!

moebu61.bsky.social•4 days ago

What a joke this T-rump administration is, they praised veterans with the camera and mic in their faces, while in the background cutting their benefits.

linareed72.bsky.social•4 days ago

How can they be so cruel?

fooddea.bsky.social•4 days ago

What are the legislature going to do about executive in funding and personnel at Congress-created entities? We need to know you're doing something besides posting to social media and sitting silently in the chamber while the destruction happens. Town Halls? Speak at the St Paul rally on Saturday?

gwaz.bsky.social•4 days ago

I was a the VA yesterday and overheard 3 people in suits openly trying to figure out 31 million in appropriated funds have gone that they no longer have. Where is the money going? If it’s appropriated it must be spent as directed by congress. Anything else is another crime by Trump.

mrpullen.bsky.social•3 days ago

What we need is Medicare for all. Get specialists into the VA system to focus on the specific challenges veterans face whole providing high-quality care for everyone. Best part no nonsense - goto the doctor get the care you need - however it works for you and ensure Let's have what they need.

macatguy.bsky.social•4 days ago

Disables Vietnam Vet here preparing to get screwed again, this time by someone who didn't have the cojones to serve...I hope democracy lives longer than I do. And thank you to ALL members of the VA who have been nothing but wonderful to me.

jimmyfrwinni.bsky.social•4 days ago

well he had bone spurs so …. 🤮

bevgray.bsky.social•4 days ago

So do something about it. Aren’t you in Congress????

nowcait.bsky.social•4 days ago

The great thing about Ilhan is she does do stuff. Are you in her district? Signing up for her newsletter is a good idea. She talks about what she’s done - legislation she coauthors, her votes, her speaking up, her townhalls, and the affected people she listens to.

omerta.bsky.social•4 days ago

so many programs need more staff

bonearama.bsky.social•2 days ago

Trump just canceled $400 million in grants to Columbia University thanks to your Hamas loving pals. 😂
Keep it up! 🤪

svartmetall.bsky.social•4 days ago

Once you understand that Traitor Trump is working directly for - and on the orders of - Vladimir Putin, everything he does makes sense.

linareed72.bsky.social•4 days ago

None of this will ever make sense to me. Destroying our country is so cruel to all.

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