We launched a Substack this morning (!!) to connect the dots on how government is being weaponized against everyday Americans, organizations, and free & fair elections.
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NEW from @NavigatorSurvey:
🚨A majority of Americans think the government is spending TOO MUCH on foreign wars, ICE, and renovating the White House
🚨And TOO LITTLE on programs cut by Trump and Republicans including retirement programs, health care, public education, and SNAP
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.
I think the reaction to Trump's Rob Reiner tweet shows that most normal voters are getting tired of his petty, bitchy bullshit. They want Trump to focus on the economy and inflation, but instead he's just narcissistic troll and an asshole.
🚨🚨 This is INSANE. I took this screenshot of the @FCC website at 11:52 a.m. ET where it explicitly states the FCC is an independent agency. 25 minutes later, it has been removed following Carr's comments during this hearing! See before and after screenshots below
When I was 22 years old, I commissioned as an Ensign in the United States Navy and swore an oath to the Constitution. I upheld that oath through flight school, multiple deployments on the USS Midway, 39 combat missions in Operation Desert Storm, test pilot school, four space shuttle flights at NASA, and every day since I retired – which I did after my wife Gabby was shot in the head while serving her constituents.
In combat, I had a missile blow up next to my jet and flew through anti-aircraft fire to drop bombs on enemy targets. At NASA, I launched on a rocket, commanded the space shuttle, and was part of the recovery mission that brought home the bodies of my astronaut classmates who died on Columbia. I did all of this in service to this country that I love and has given me so much.
Secretary Hegseth’s tweet is the first I heard of this. I also saw the President’s posts saying I should be arrested, hanged, and put to death.
If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies who care more about their own power than protecting the Constitution.
I got shot at serving our country in combat, and I was there when your boss sent a violent mob to attack the Capitol. I know the difference between defending our Constitution and an insurrection, even if you don’t.
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
New Jersey, it is the honor of my life to earn your trust to become this great state’s 57th Governor.
I promise to listen, lead with courage, and never forget who I serve.
Wow - Spanberger up 29 points (!) over Sears in LOUDOUN County (with >95% reporting, per AP)
In 2024 Harris beat Trump in Loudoun by 16 points
In 2021 McAuliffe beat Youngkin in Loudoun by 11 points
In 2017 Northam beat Gillespie in Loudoun by 20 points
Since the start of “Midway Blitz,” ICE/CBP agents have:
Shot and killed an unarmed father in Franklin Park and lied about the circumstances of his death;
Zip-tied small children and elderly women in the middle of the night on the South Side;
Allegedly told a woman to “Do something, bitch” and then shot her five times;
Tear-gassed protestors, reporters, and Chicago Police officers;
Shot a Minister in the face with pepper balls;
Caused a car accident and put a resident in a chokehold on the side of the street on the West Side;
Deployed chemical agents on a busy residential street near an elementary school and grocery store, forcing parents to run for cover with their two-year-old;
Marched through downtown displaying high-grade automatic weapons while arresting families “based on how they look”;
Arrested a City Council member for asking to see a warrant authorizing detentions being carried out at a hospital.