The fncknuckles (Musk and Ramaswamy) who are going on about slashing and burning the VA, who never served a minute, are going to have a hot fight on their hands.
After 10 days of reflection, I've decided that, as a veteran, this is my new mission. It's something I can compartmentalize, wrap my hands around, and truly make a difference. From A. Lincoln, at the establishment of the VA:
Think about this for a second. Withdrawing his name from consideration for AG is the only leverage Matt Gates had to squash the ethics probe report. He's made enough enemies on the R side of the aisle such that if a full House vote was taken, releasing the report would likely be approved. Now it will be tabled.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/21/trump-ag-pick-matt-gaetz-says-hes-withdrawing.html
I have a close acquaintance who works for the US federal government. They had a 1-on-1 with their supervisor today. The supervisor did not know there was a government continuing resolution expiring on 12/20.
The supervisor, a GS-15 pulling in ~~ $130K salary / yr, also said, "Hey, all branches of government are now run by the GOP. They'll fix this. No worries"
Not until 2025, idiot.
I just want to dope slap my forehead at this point. Doing so would be more productive.
"We wish that a merciful God could wipe away our own memories of that service as easily as this administration has wiped their memories of us."
The Winter Soldier Investigation
JOHN F. KERRY, “VIETNAM VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR, SPEECH BEFORE THE U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS” (22 APRIL 1971)
https://voicesofdemocracy.umd.edu/kerry-statement-before-the-senate-committee-speech-text/
The fncknuckles (Musk and Ramaswamy) who are going on about slashing and burning the VA, who never served a minute, are going to have a hot fight on their hands.
After 10 days of reflection, I've decided that, as a veteran, this is my new mission. It's something I can compartmentalize, wrap my hands around, and truly make a difference. From A. Lincoln, at the establishment of the VA:
@DavidSalo @SSNBubblehead any suggestions if you've been locked out for 2 years? They want more personal info & I have long deleted the email account it was attached to. No personal info ever used there but still, I'd prefer it was erased.
If you are leaving xwitter, wind down your account properly. It's a multi-day process.
1) Request an archive your tweets, then download to your computer
2) Delete your tweets using a 3rd party tool (see https://www.wikihow.com/Delete-All-Tweets)
3) Delete account
USN SubVet who rode boats when they had fairwater planes. ⛳ enthusiast. Varsity-level liberal politics. Philly sports fan. Twitter refugee. #Floridaman