A socialist, anti-war military podcast hosted by veterans. Kind of on hiatus, supporting the work of @CCW4COs
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Eyes Left retweeted
Any Democrat that doesn't condition their vote on defunding the Iran War is unequivocally pro-war.
Democratic leaders are fine with symbolic war powers votes (they know it's politically wise to appear anti-war) but get real squeamish when actual money/consequences are at play.
Eyes Left retweeted
This is wild because it *totally eliminates* disability compensation for the single most common claim: “Severe, constant tinnitus” … what i imagine most Epic Fury veterans are coming home with
Democrats fail to call for a recorded vote and GOP passes its bill that cuts veteran disability benefits and forces veterans to pay more to use VA home loan benefits … on Veterans Day
This is the type of thing that would ideally be paid attention to and handled by party leadership. In this case, that would be Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Whip Katherine Clark.
This is less than 24 hours after they failed to whip members on a vote to impeach Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, which failed by a 210-204 vote margin with 11 absent Dem members.
Eyes Left retweeted
Did you know our full-time staff are all veterans? Each had their own crisis of conscience, and now dedicate themselves to helping other service members refuse participation on war.
Meet them here for Veterans Day: centeronconscience.org/staff…
Ok but how did no Republicans get caught in this traffic jam tho
Per several members: Some of the House Democrats who missed the Hegseth impeachment vote were on their way back from an Elect Democratic Women event at a venue about 1.5 miles down Pennsylvania Ave but got caught in a bumper-to-bumper traffic jam on Independence Ave. (the road on the House side of the Capitol complex).
Some members found other ways to get back to the Capitol because their cars were effectively stopped on the road. One got out and walked. Another got dropped off on the Senate side to avoid the traffic.
NEW EPISODE for Veterans Day: We’re joined by @Jasper_Craven, who reads us the illuminating introduction to his new book on how the military shapes “manhood” (and the soldiers who break the spell) open.spotify.com/episode/5Eu…
Eyes Left retweeted
Eyes Left on Veterans Day: @Jasper_Craven does a special reading of the introduction to his book GOD FORGIVES, BROTHERS DON’T open.spotify.com/episode/5Eu…
He did not fail to get the votes! He just didn’t try.
I asked Hakeem Jeffries about attendance appearing decisive in the Pete Hegseth vote. (11 House Dems did not vote tonight.)
He told me and reporters: "I haven't had a conversation with anyone on the floor team about what may or may not have happened in terms of the Hegseth resolution, but this is not the end of it. It's just the beginning."
The giant beam fell on Trump and he died
WATCH LIVE: President Trump speaks in front of White House ballroom construction. nitter.gq/i/broadcasts/2YRnvNVKY…
Eyes Left retweeted
Historic Dem victory in ‘08 over Iraq War. 8yrs of more death let Trump’s “anti-war” rhetoric propel him through the primary & general; a promise he abandoned then lost to Biden. The Gaza War proved consequential in Harris’ loss. Now, another historic swing on anti-war sentiments
Eyes Left retweeted
TOMORROW, 29OCT, 1700PST: Past, present and prospective Conscientious Objectors are welcome to join us for our monthly peer-to-peer support meeting.
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Vance said “let’s talk about this offline” because he was scared of what else he was gonna say publicly
Vance is confronted by the emotional husband of a soldier killed in Iran War and acts like he had no idea anyone ever died:
Q: It's a hard price to pay. There's a failure in the leadership. How will the leadership be held accountable?
Vance: If there were failures... This is the first time I've heard of this.
You think she’s cooked, but it’s gonna a 2020 primary rerun where she’s the Joe Biden
Kamala Harris says her and Biden’s administration should have acted “sooner and more forcefully” regarding Israel’s attack on Gaza — and that the Trump administration “offers Netanyahu a blank check”:
“America has at times fallen short on [moral obligation to human rights and international law]. Most recently, the failure to use our leverage to curtail the Israeli government's horrific conduct in the war in Gaza, both under the current administration, which offers Netanyahu a blank check, and our administration before, where we should have acted sooner and more forcefully.”
The last use of the firing squad was to execute a soldier who was too terrified to go into heavy combat after surviving German shelling
UPDATE | Dec. 3 will be the date for the execution by firing squad of a former Army officer who killed 13 people in a 2009 shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, according to the acting secretary of the Army.
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