Over twenty-five years in the U.S. Navy, thirty-nine combat missions, and four missions to space, I risked my life for this country and to defend our Constitution – including the First Amendment rights of every American to speak out. I never expected that the President of the United States and the Secretary of Defense would attack me for doing exactly that.
My rank and retirement are things that I earned through my service and sacrifice for this country. I got shot at. I missed holidays and birthdays. I commanded a space shuttle mission while my wife Gabby recovered from a gunshot wound to the head– all while proudly wearing the American flag on my shoulder. Generations of servicemembers have made these same patriotic sacrifices for this country, earning the respect, appreciation, and rank they deserve.
Pete Hegseth wants to send the message to every single retired servicemember that if they say something he or Donald Trump doesn’t like, they will come after them the same way. It’s outrageous and it is wrong. There is nothing more un-American than that.
If Pete Hegseth, the most unqualified Secretary of Defense in our country’s history, thinks he can intimidate me with a censure or threats to demote me or prosecute me, he still doesn’t get it. I will fight this with everything I’ve got — not for myself, but to send a message back that Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump don’t get to decide what Americans in this country get to say about their government.
Hey Karoline: fact check!
US soybeans were sold to China under Biden.
They declined after Trump won the election, and halted when he introduced his “judgement day” tariffs.
That’s why your ‘Dear Leader🫡’ has to now do farmer bailouts!
Those of you who don't know what authoritarianism looks like...this is it. All the gaslighting about previous presidents "what about...!!! Is bullshit. I've been talking about the slide towards NOW for 30+ years. Those earlier concerns were nothing. Now we are HERE.
Dude, you’re so corrupt you were put on trial for impeachment, were under indictment, faced a federal investigation for bribery, were forced to do community service, and had to pay restitution. Would sit this one out.
I think they asked ChatGPT to calculate the tariffs from other countries, which is why the tariffs make absolutely no fucking sense.
They're simply dividing the trade deficit we have with a country with our imports from that country, or using 10%, whichever is greater.
I tried finding some evidence for the idea that immigrants are prone to crime, and there is only a mountain of data suggesting the opposite. The right lives in fear of a fantasy world it created based on prejudice. https://t.co/hnnsKkJrHj
Traitor?
Elon, if you don’t understand that defending freedom is a basic tenet of what makes America great and keeps us safe, maybe you should leave it to those of us who do.
Watching an unfettered Donald Trump these last six weeks running our country like his family business makes it very easy to understand why he bankrupted six companies.