I would like to personally thank the veterans (I hope they all now subscribe to your substack). Veterans know when our country is undermined and our future sabotaged. People often right about what veterans fought for. Veterans have the megaphones to shout about Trump/Musk destroying democratic safeguards.
I am not a vet---my dad and 4 uncles were all in WWII. As a lawyer, I represented veterans in trying to obtain VA benefits. I was always proud of this use of my bar license.
Re - "Veterans Against the Coup" with focus upon Iowans:
1st reaction:
How could voters be so disappointed in the outcome since the Presidential election winner said that he would "cut the Federal waste"?
2nd reaction:
In light of recent Federal Court rulings about Federal job lay-offs and Administration denials, do Veterans who you met think that it is alright for high Federal officials to ignore a Federal court order?
3rd reaction:
A phrase comes to mind (A query to Chatbot was unsuccessful to locate a source from book or speech): "Here you stand with your lawbooks. Here I stand with my troops. We shall see who prevails."
Thanks for writing about veterans. I know several from the Vietnam War who still protest. My late husband was a 5 year veteran having served in both WWII and the Korean conflict. He was not conflicted by today's news which the average person doesn't understand and therefore just stands by and opts for whatever suits his or her mind at the moment.
Many of us who are Veterans, are gone, not from bullets and bombs, but from Corporate poisoning by Agent Orange, something that was denied for years as our fellow vets died in a thousand different ways, while disability was simply denied. Others died as a directly from lack of counciling for PTSD by committing suicide. Those who remain are survivors of untold disgraces by the public who simply didn't care, it was easier to blame us for what was policy coming down from Washington, while as warriors and support people, we had one job, to make it to the other end of our time in Vietnam and save each other! So, here we are, in the midst of an insurection, and no one seems to know what to do? Well, when the chance to do something was right in front of the Congress they chose not to. It wasn't about Democrat or Republican, it was about the rule of law, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights! They had the guts to impeach Nixon, and he was gone! They could have impeached Reagan over his carrying on war in Central America, but by the time they got to their findings Reagan's mind was toast, but they should have laid it all out and shown what kind of a despot he really was, it might have slowed down the deteriation we see today. These Congressmen and even the President, swear an oath to defend the Constitution against all others foreign and domestic, it is the same oath we as veterans swore to. Obviously, they are all abandoning that oath! We, however, still abide by it! They are OUR REPRESENTATIVES, and if money is being represented and not us, they need to be gone! If they can't find a way to remove this traitor and his lackies, they all should be gone! I'm sure some would call that insurection, I, however, call it a "correction" for the failure of people to understand the truth that they are violating the rule of law by not acting and supporting the Constitution of these Unoted States of America!
Thanks for covering this event. A lot of positive energy!
I would like to personally thank the veterans (I hope they all now subscribe to your substack). Veterans know when our country is undermined and our future sabotaged. People often right about what veterans fought for. Veterans have the megaphones to shout about Trump/Musk destroying democratic safeguards.
I am not a vet---my dad and 4 uncles were all in WWII. As a lawyer, I represented veterans in trying to obtain VA benefits. I was always proud of this use of my bar license.
Another organization that I follow and have donated to is Vote
vets. They were protesting Trump before the last election.
I always look forward to reading your work here on substack! Thanks for sharing and thanks for showing up to so many protests.
Re - "Veterans Against the Coup" with focus upon Iowans:
1st reaction:
How could voters be so disappointed in the outcome since the Presidential election winner said that he would "cut the Federal waste"?
2nd reaction:
In light of recent Federal Court rulings about Federal job lay-offs and Administration denials, do Veterans who you met think that it is alright for high Federal officials to ignore a Federal court order?
3rd reaction:
A phrase comes to mind (A query to Chatbot was unsuccessful to locate a source from book or speech): "Here you stand with your lawbooks. Here I stand with my troops. We shall see who prevails."
(18 MAR, 2025)
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Thanks for writing about veterans. I know several from the Vietnam War who still protest. My late husband was a 5 year veteran having served in both WWII and the Korean conflict. He was not conflicted by today's news which the average person doesn't understand and therefore just stands by and opts for whatever suits his or her mind at the moment.
Many of us who are Veterans, are gone, not from bullets and bombs, but from Corporate poisoning by Agent Orange, something that was denied for years as our fellow vets died in a thousand different ways, while disability was simply denied. Others died as a directly from lack of counciling for PTSD by committing suicide. Those who remain are survivors of untold disgraces by the public who simply didn't care, it was easier to blame us for what was policy coming down from Washington, while as warriors and support people, we had one job, to make it to the other end of our time in Vietnam and save each other! So, here we are, in the midst of an insurection, and no one seems to know what to do? Well, when the chance to do something was right in front of the Congress they chose not to. It wasn't about Democrat or Republican, it was about the rule of law, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights! They had the guts to impeach Nixon, and he was gone! They could have impeached Reagan over his carrying on war in Central America, but by the time they got to their findings Reagan's mind was toast, but they should have laid it all out and shown what kind of a despot he really was, it might have slowed down the deteriation we see today. These Congressmen and even the President, swear an oath to defend the Constitution against all others foreign and domestic, it is the same oath we as veterans swore to. Obviously, they are all abandoning that oath! We, however, still abide by it! They are OUR REPRESENTATIVES, and if money is being represented and not us, they need to be gone! If they can't find a way to remove this traitor and his lackies, they all should be gone! I'm sure some would call that insurection, I, however, call it a "correction" for the failure of people to understand the truth that they are violating the rule of law by not acting and supporting the Constitution of these Unoted States of America!
As always, thanks so much for sharing your thoughts. Always valuable.