Nonilex<p>“Make no mistake,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (Connecticut), the ranking <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrat</span></a> on the Senate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VeteransAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VeteransAffairs</span></a> Cmte, said in a statement Tues responding to Collins’s announcement. “This is just another reckless cost-cutting decision that will harm <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>veterans</span></a> & tax payers for years to come.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disrespect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disrespect</span></a></p>
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Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VeteransAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VeteransAffairs</span></a> Secy Douglas A. Collins took to social media on Tues to tout sweeping <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cuts</span></a> to contracts that he said would save the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VA</span></a> nearly $2B w/o touching core services.
<br>But the 875 contracts on the chopping block help cover <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medical</span></a> services, fund <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a> programs, recruit <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/doctors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctors</span></a> & provide burial services to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>veterans</span></a>, acc/to internal VA documents.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disrespect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disrespect</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> to cancel government contracts that help <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>veterans</span></a>, records show<br>
Records show the 875 contracts included support for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medical</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funeral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funeral</span></a> services, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a> programs & efforts to recruit <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/doctors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctors</span></a> for critical vacancies</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VeteransAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VeteransAffairs</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disrespect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disrespect</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/25/veterans-affairs-contracts-canceled/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">25/02/25/veterans-affairs-contracts-canceled/</span></a></p>
Axomamma<p>I've read a number of opinion pieces claiming that Americans don't care that Trump is destroying the federal government - proof of which is that we're not out on the streets protesting. That is an insult. Most Americans don't know about the destruction that Trump is wreaking because the fucking news media isn't telling them.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Disrespect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disrespect</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Journalism</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-1-2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">heathercoxrichardson.substack.</span><span class="invisible">com/p/february-1-2025</span></a></p>
StanceOfMind<p>Disrespectful Trump flies US flag at full height before end of 30-day mourning period following Carter’s death. Just wait and see what happens when Trump dies. Karma.</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-carter-flag-half-staff-mar-a-lago-c90e341b89615aef8817c6fc021a93b7" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-carte</span><span class="invisible">r-flag-half-staff-mar-a-lago-c90e341b89615aef8817c6fc021a93b7</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Carter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Carter</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Disrespect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disrespect</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Deplorables" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deplorables</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Occupy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Occupy</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a></p>
Likely Jan Lukas<p>We live in a society of many different faiths and I consider myself respectful of beliefs wildly divergent from my own, but this behaviour felt far beyond the pale. </p><p>His behaviour warranted far less respect than I gave, even though it felt uncomfortable to me to speak in a way that *felt* disrespectful in and of itself. 😢</p><p>7/x</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/antimasker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antimasker</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/covid19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>covid19</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/disrespect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disrespect</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/confrontation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>confrontation</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/faith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faith</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/belief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>belief</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/PluralSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PluralSociety</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/respect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>respect</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s campaign against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Harris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harris</span></a>, the sitting VP, featured a torrent of attacks steeped in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sexism</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SexualViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SexualViolence</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/vulgarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vulgarity</span></a>.</p><p>Harris’s loss is disheartening enough, but for the country to elect someone who has made his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disrespect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disrespect</span></a> for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a> clear is basically kicking you when you’re already down.</p><p>Surveys conducted before the election pointed to a wide — & perhaps historic — gender gap in the support for the two candidates, w/most women supporting Harris & most men supporting Trump.</p>
Nonilex<p>In her resignation letter, Strand wrote of a peaceful town disrupted because “some individuals believe that it is OK to treat <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CommunityService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityService</span></a> members with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disrespect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disrespect</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/slander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slander</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/libel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libel</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/stalking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stalking</span></a> & many other forms of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/harassment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harassment</span></a> towards people who are just trying to make a difference for the good of the community we live in.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionLaw</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vote</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoteBlue</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisWalz2024</span></a></p>
Rich Stein (he/him)<p>This story sucks the wind out of your sails. It is so demoralizing and dispiriting — and absolutely necessary. It is difficult to feel like there is any common ground with anyone who has heard a fraction of the stories told to Jeffrey Goldberg that he shares here. How anyone could vote for trump knowing any of this... Sad and nauseating.<br>"... ‘I Need the Kind of Generals That Hitler Had’"<br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/10/trump-military-generals-hitler/680327/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/politics/archi</span><span class="invisible">ve/2024/10/trump-military-generals-hitler/680327/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USelections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USelections</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elections</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dishonor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dishonor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disrespect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disrespect</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…no money was ever received by the family from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>. Some of the costs…were covered by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Army" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Army</span></a> (which offered…to allow Guillén to be buried at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ArlingtonNationalCemetery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArlingtonNationalCemetery</span></a>) & some were covered by donations. Ultimately, Guillén was buried in Houston.</p><p>…The personal qualities displayed by Trump in his reaction to the cost of the Guillén funeral—<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/contempt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contempt</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/rage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rage</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/parsimony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parsimony</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a>—hardly surprised his inner circle.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misogyny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Unfit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unfit</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disrespect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disrespect</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disgrace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disgrace</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vote</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisWalz2024</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChrisMiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChrisMiller</span></a>, the acting secretary of defense (Trump had fired his predecessor, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarkEsper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarkEsper</span></a>, 3 weeks earlier, writing in a tweet, “Mark Esper has been terminated”), was in attendance, along w/Miller’s chief of staff, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KashPatel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KashPatel</span></a>. At a certain point, acc/to 2 people present at the meeting, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> asked, “Did they bill us for the funeral? What did it cost?”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MaleSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaleSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misogyny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ServiceMember" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ServiceMember</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Unfit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unfit</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disrespect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disrespect</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disgrace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disgrace</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vote</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisWalz2024</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Acc/to a person close to then president <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> was agitated by McCarthy’s comments & raised questions about the severity of the punishments dispensed to snr officers & NCOs.</p><p>In an Oval Office meeting on Dec 4, 2020, ofcls gathered to discuss a separate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> issue. Toward the end of the discussion, Trump asked for an update on the McCarthy investigation.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MaleSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaleSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misogyny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ServiceMember" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ServiceMember</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Unfit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unfit</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disrespect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disrespect</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disgrace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disgrace</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vote</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisWalz2024</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…5 months later, the secretary of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Army" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Army</span></a>, Ryan McCarthy, announced the results of an investigation. McCarthy cited numerous “leadership failures” at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FortHood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FortHood</span></a> & relieved or suspended several officers, including the base’s commanding general. In a press conference, McCarthy said that the murder “shocked our conscience” & “forced us to take a critical look at our systems, our policies, & ourselves.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misogyny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Unfit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unfit</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disrespect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disrespect</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disgrace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disgrace</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vote</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisWalz2024</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The reporter then asked: “So you’ve written checks to help for other families before this?” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> turned to the family, still present, & said, “I have, I have, because some families need help … Maybe you don’t need help, from a financial standpoint. I have no idea what—I just think it’s a horrific thing that happened. And if you did need help, I’m going to—I’ll be there to help you.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misogyny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ServiceMember" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ServiceMember</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Unfit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unfit</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disrespect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disrespect</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disgrace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disgrace</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vote</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisWalz2024</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Natalie Khawam, the family’s attorney, responded, “I think the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> will be paying—taking care of it.” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> replied, “Good. They’ll do a military. That’s good. If you need help, I’ll help you out.” Later, a reporter covering the meeting asked Trump, “Have you offered to do that for other families before?” Trump responded, “I have. I have. Personally. I have to do it personally. I can’t do it through government.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misogyny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Unfit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unfit</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disrespect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disrespect</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disgrace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disgrace</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vote</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisWalz2024</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In the meeting, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> maintained a *dignified* posture & expressed sympathy to Guillén’s mother. “I saw what happened to your daughter Vanessa, who was a spectacular person, & respected & loved by everybody, including in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a>,” Trump said. Later in the conversation, he made a promise: “If I can help you out w/the funeral, I’ll help—I’ll help you w/that,” he said. “I’ll help you out. Financially, I’ll help you.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misogyny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Unfit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unfit</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disrespect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disrespect</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disgrace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disgrace</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vote</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisWalz2024</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FortHood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FortHood</span></a> had become known as a particularly perilous assignment for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FemaleSoldiers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FemaleSoldiers</span></a>, & members of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> took up the cause of reform. Shortly after her remains were discovered, then-President <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> himself invited <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VanessaGuill%C3%A9n" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VanessaGuillén</span></a>’s family to the WH. With Guillén’s mother seated beside him, Trump spent 25 mins w/the family as TV cameras recorded the scene. [note this was prior to the 2020 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a>]</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MaleSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaleSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disrespect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disrespect</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disgrace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disgrace</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vote</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisWalz2024</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In april 2020, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VanessaGuill%C3%A9n" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VanessaGuillén</span></a>, a 20-year-old <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Army" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Army</span></a> private, was bludgeoned to death by a fellow <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/soldier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soldier</span></a> at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FortHood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FortHood</span></a>, in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a>. The killer, aided by his girlfriend, burned Guillén’s body. Guillén’s remains were discovered 2 months later, buried in a riverbank near the base, after a massive search.</p><p>Guillén, the daughter of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mexican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mexican</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a>, grew up in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Houston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Houston</span></a>, & her murder sparked outrage across TX & beyond.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misogyny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disrespect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disrespect</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisWalz2024</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a></p><p>Must read.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> became angry. “It doesn’t cost 60,000 bucks to bury a fucking Mexican!” He turned to his chief of staff, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarkMeadows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarkMeadows</span></a>, & issued an order: “Don’t pay it!” Later that day, he was still agitated. “Can you believe it?” he said, according to a witness. “Fucking people, trying to rip me off.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MaleSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaleSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misogyny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ServiceMember" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ServiceMember</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Unfit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unfit</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disrespect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disrespect</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disgrace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disgrace</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vote</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisWalz2024</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/10/trump-military-generals-hitler/680327/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxeXgG6TzRGw9UxuZ0SJ0TQw&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/politics/archi</span><span class="invisible">ve/2024/10/trump-military-generals-hitler/680327/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxeXgG6TzRGw9UxuZ0SJ0TQw&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>& <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> recently stoked controversy for saying civilian Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients are much better than those who received the Medal of Honor — the highest <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> award in the country, often given posthumously.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ArlingtonNationalCemetery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArlingtonNationalCemetery</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disrespect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disrespect</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ServiceMembers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ServiceMembers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>veterans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a>
<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisWalz2024</span></a></p>
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