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⏩︎VOTE⏪︎ ᶜʸⁿⁱᶜⁱˢᵐ⁼ᵃᶜᶜᵉᵖᵗᵃⁿᶜᵉ (Ben Royce) @benroyce@mastodon.social
· 1d ago
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This is powerful #PeteHegseth #Hegseth, a #warhawk #FoxNews television personality, a person of no #integrity, who has no business leading the #US #USA #ArmedForces, does what plastic fakers with zero awareness do: he and his entourage of posers laugh disrespectfully at the #TombOfTheUnknownSoldier He receives a harsh rebuke from The Sentinel. The guardian of the tomb who maintains solemn silent decorum at the site Sometimes in life a deeply symbolic moment capture it all #VeteransDay
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Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai
· 1d ago
These are not good people, & they have no business “leading” the service members they are sending into war. Video shows #soldier reprimanding #Hegseth & advisers at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier A #US #Army sentinel guarding the #TombOfTheUnknownSoldier reprimanded #Defense Secy Pete Hegseth & a group of his senior advisers Wednesday after some in the group laughed & talked near the solemn #memorial following a #VeteransDay ceremony. #Trump #military #honor #respect
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Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai
· 1d ago
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“All visitors will maintain an atmosphere of silence & #respect at all times.” the sentinel called out, stopping his patrol to face the group. #Hegseth was taking photos in front of the tomb with his wife, chief of staff Ricky Buria, dpy CoS Patrick Weaver & snr adviser & dpy asst Tami Radabaugh after the ceremony held at #ArlingtonNationalCemetery for #VeteransDay. The group was laughing & chatting, prompting the soldier patrolling in front of the Tomb to yell out & correct them. #military
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your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 @blogdiva@mastodon.social
· 1d ago
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/117100404790375036 on this #VeteransDay #ArmisticeDay i share with you my baby brother’s last dying wish: ❝ DON'T LET OUR KIDS JOIN ❞ and by join, he meant the US military. he wasn't even in combat. he was part of the munitions and cleanup crews, exposed to deadly toxins AFTER the war. he died of what his oncologists called OPERATION DESERT STORM CANCERS. not one, not two but different systemic cancers that are still, slowly killing those veterans. Frank was my Puerto Rican twin. may he rest in power.
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RE: https://mstdn.social/@MaryAustinBooks/117099959603583700 USMIL veterans who were never radicalized against the USMIL are examples of survivor bias ―and they are in the minority. if you have a veteran who never talks about their service, they most likely regret it, but are afraid to talk & lose their VA benefits TALK TO THEM my brother died of the mutiple cancers of “Operation Desert Storm”. before he died, he spent years in Puerto Rico, as part of Veterans for Peace, talking kids OUT of joining. USMIL isn't a pathway out of poverty.
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Merry Austin @MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social
· 1d ago
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As horrifying as this is-- and we may see more dead kids in Iran, more flag-draped coffins here because of it-- the silver lining is it's changed the minds of people who were wavering on Jeffries. This was either an epic faceplant or a deliberate sabotage of accountability that amounts to a giant fuck you to our armed services and veterans right on time for #VeteransDay. Among others, the veterans have most certainly taken note!
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ProPublica @ProPublica@newsie.social
· 1d ago
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NEW: A veteran who couldn’t get cancer treatment. Another unable to get surgery for a burst appendix. Trump officials claim their VA overhaul hasn’t harmed veterans, but our reporting in New Jersey reveals a healthcare system stretched thin and falling short. https://www.propublica.org/article/east-orange-va-hospital-veterans-decline-new-jersey?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post#News #Veterans #Hospital #NewJersey #VeteransDay #Health #Medicine #Trump
Trump Promised to Care for America’s Veterans. The VA Is Now “Collapsing From the Inside.”
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Trump Promised to Care for America’s Veterans. The VA Is Now “Collapsing From the Inside.”

A vet who couldn’t get cancer treatment. Another unable to get surgery for a burst appendix. Trump officials claim their VA overhaul hasn’t harmed veterans, but our reporting in New Jersey reveals a healthcare system stretched thin and falling short.

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The Conversation U.S. @TheConversationUS@newsie.social
· 2d ago
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In 1946, a Black Army veteran was beaten by police in South Carolina simply for asking to use the bathroom. He emerged from the jail permanently blind. His name was Isaac Woodard. His fight for justice reached the White House, inspired artists like Billie Holiday and Woody Guthrie to speak out, and helped set the stage for landmark civil rights victories. Yet his story is largely forgotten. https://theconversation.com/the-police-beating-that-opened-americas-eyes-to-jim-crows-brutality-53932 #VeteransDay
The police beating that opened America’s eyes to Jim Crow’s brutality
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The police beating that opened America’s eyes to Jim Crow’s brutality

In 1946, a horrific beating left a Black World War II vet blind. His determined fight for justice would earn the support of Orson Welles, Woody Guthrie – and even the president.

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