Up next for my weekly segment on @NewsNation w @MarniHughesTV to breakdown the latest on Ukraine, the Air India flight landing in Siberia, & why 9/11 first responders like me are calling to #BoycottPGA. From my kitchen, just blocks away from a smoky Ground Zero & @Sept11Memorial.
Just as I finished my interview, I saw this text message to me as a 9/11 First Responder from the World Trade Center Health Registry—established thanks to Zadroga. This smoke hits us hard. PGA should take notice. More w @SerraRob in a new @indy_americans: IndependentAmericans.us.
The sick children of 9/11 are often forgotten. Many were in grade and high school and exposed. @lilainchelsea was one of them. And she is voice for all of them.
If you’re an American, and your not tracking on #Ukraine, now is the time to start. This is just not another foreign policy blip. This is potentially bigger & more deadly than anything we’ve seen since WW2. This could have generational consequences globally. This will impact you.
As someone who’s seen my share of war, there are two things that keep me up most about #Ukraine: nukes & kids. They’re the 2 elements that are most devastating & devastated. And most often forgotten about. When bombs start dropping, think about the nukes. Think about the kids.🇺🇦
“He made his first combat jump into Normandy on D-Day as part of Operation Overlord. He volunteered for Operation Pegasus and then fought with Easy Company in Operation Market Garden and the Battle of the Bulge in Bastogne,” according to the obituary.
“Shames was the first member of the 101st to enter Dachau concentration camp, just days after its liberation.”
GRRRRRRREAT. Especially given the current domestic terrorism threat level. This has the domestic insurgency licking it’s chops. Or counting it’s grenades. Watch this space, people. #OurEnemiesAreCelebrating#StayVigilant
“The Marine Corps demolition specialist was worried — about America, and about the civil war he feared would follow the presidential election. And so, block by block, he stole 13 pounds (6 kilograms) of C4 plastic explosives...” apnews.com/article/US-mil…
“The Air Force provided a chart that reported about 50 pounds (23 kilograms) of C4, more than 800 feet (244 meters) of detonating cord and several dozen 40 mm armor-piercing grenades had vanished without being recovered.”
This is typical Bernie Sanders. It’s what he did year after year as Chairman of the Senate Vets Committee. He’s an ideologue that constantly overreaches. He ends up blowing up the whole deal, rather than recognizing the political reality needed to compromise and get things done…
Sanders is the master of “omnibus” bills that never pass. It was a chronic problem when he was Chair of the Senate Vets Committee. It’s why McCain was able to break him in 2014. And it’s why his record of passing things as SVAC Chair was so poor: nytimes.com/2016/02/07/us/…
Sanders sometimes presented good and noble ideas. But they were often totally unrealistic in an environment where Republicans get a vote. Too often, held out on ideology, and veterans paid the price for the legislative logjams. The examples are many: militarytimes.com/news/2016/02/1…
That speech by Marsha Blackburn was one of the most manipulative & dangerous I’ve ever heard. Definitely of this week so far. Our police & military don’t belong to ANY party. They serve (and represent) all Americans. Any other message is total politicization of the highest level.
“When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross.” Tonight’s #RNC2020 theme is "Land of Heroes." Tonight is likely to be the most dishonest, manipulative and dangerous night. Don’t buy it. Don’t let them do it. They don’t own the flag...
Our military, police and vets don’t belong to Trump. Or Pence. Or the Republicans. Or the Democrats. Our men and women in uniform serve (and represent) all of us. They are Republicans, Democrats, independents and everything else. And they’re not props...