Vietnam Vets Crashed Trump’s Coast Guard Speech, Marine Calls Out His Slush Fund, and Republicans Ran From The Ira…

 

    MASSACHUSETTS HAS A GAGGLE OF WEALTHY REPUBLICANS RUNNING FOR 

    GOVERNOR and the MASS GOP BABBLING ABOUT SUPPORTING LAW 

    ENFORCEMENT... IGNORING ICE GESTAPO KILLINGS, INJURIES, ASSAULTS, 

    ABUSE,     

    UNCONSTITUTIONAL ACTIONS LIKE BREAKING INTO HOMES, KIDNAPPING 

    AMERICAN CITIZENS....NAZI STEPHEN MILLER WITH NO LEGAL EDUCATION 

    FALSELY TOLD THE ICE GESTAPO THUGS THEY HAD LEGAL IMMUNITY: 

    NOT SO! 

    STATES ARE GRADUALLY BRINGING CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST THESE 

    ICE GESTAPO THUGS THAT MASS GOP AND WEALTHY MASSACHUSETTS 

    REPUBLICANS SUPPORT! 

    WEALTHY TRUMPERS and MASS GOP REFUSE TO SPEAK OUT! 

    THEY WILL NOT PROTECT ANY OF US FROM ICE GESTAPO ABUSE! 

    THEY REMAIN SILENT ABOUT THE $1.8 BILLION SLUSH FUND, THE 

    WHITE HOUSE BOONDOGGLE, THE REFUSAL TO VOTE ON THE IRAN 

    WAR POWERS ACT!   

Thank you for all you do. You built this. If you want to bring someone else into the Watchdog Coalition Against Trump's Corruption—gift a subscription! Or upgrade to a Founding Member for behind-the-scenes access, Q&As, and midterm strategy briefings. Vietnam Vets Crashed Trump’s Coast Guard Speech, Marine Calls Out His Slush Fund, and Republicans Ran From The Iran War Powers Vote Plus, a Purple Heart Senator slams Trump Scott Dworkin May 25 Today we honor the Americans who gave their lives so we could keep ours. Vietnam Vets, a Marine combat officer, and an Army officer with two Bronze Stars showed Trump exactly who Memorial Day belongs to. Hit the ❤️ like button and re-stack this edition. Let’s make sure these Veterans’ voices are louder than Trump today. CALLING OUT REPUBLICAN COWARDS Rep. Pat Ryan The Constitution says Congress—not the president—decides whether America stays at war. Last week, Democrats finally had enough votes to force a debate on ending Trump’s Iran war. Three Republicans had already broken ranks. GOP support for the war was collapsing. Speaker Mike Johnson saw the math and canceled the vote. Rather than lose it, he sent everyone home for Memorial Day instead. Thirteen American troops have died in this war. Republicans refused to vote on whether to bring the rest of our troops home. Rep. Pat Ryan—a West Point graduate and former Army intelligence officer who served two combat tours in Iraq—was awarded two Bronze Stars. He did not hold back: “These chickenhawk motherf**kers are gonna send us home for Memorial Day weekend, where I’m gonna honor my fellow Veterans that I served 27 months in combat with.” He added: “And they are gonna not even give an up or down vote on continuing this war.” Sen. Tammy Duckworth Sen. Tammy Duckworth—a Purple Heart recipient who lost both her legs and nearly her right arm when an RPG hit the Black Hawk she was piloting in Iraq—was crystal clear: “From the moment this conflict began, the president has tried to shroud his incompetence behind the valor of our servicemembers.” Two Bronze Stars. A Purple Heart. Thirteen dead Americans. Republican cowards ran from all of it. THE MARINE CALLED IT OUT Rep. Jake Auchincloss Rep. Jake Auchincloss commanded infantry through Taliban-contested villages in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province in 2012. On Monday, the Marine Veteran sounded off to call out what the regime had built: “These are taxpayer dollars being used to enrich friends, family and felons in service of Donald Trump.” He’s talking about a $1.776 billion slush fund—your tax dollars—that could go to Jan 6 rioters who assaulted cops. Trump’s own Treasury general counsel, Brian Morrissey, resigned the same day the fund was announced. Just a coincidence, I’m sure. Imagine what that money could have done instead. Funding for active-duty troops. Housing for homeless Veterans. Actually fully funding the VA. Instead, the regime built a slush fund for the people who beat cops on the Capitol steps. Auchincloss called the fund “a brazen act of corruption” and demanded Morrissey be hauled in front of Congress to testify under oath about “all the gnarly details”—before a single dollar moves. A Marine who fought in Helmand is doing today what so many Veterans did before him—standing between this country and the people who would sell it for parts. “PLEASE REFUSE UNLAWFUL ORDERS” Dave Grainger served 13 months in Vietnam. The 80-year-old held a giant sign reading “Please Refuse Unlawful Orders”—a direct message to the graduating cadets. Grainger called Trump’s war in Iran “an unending war in the Middle East that seems to be stalled, and the killing goes on.” Nearby stood Steven Schimmel, another 80-year-old Vietnam-era Vet who called Trump’s draft-dodging “reprehensible.” Hundreds of protesters joined Grainger and Schimmel to stand in 90-degree heat to protect this country from its own president. That’s what showing up looks like. MOVING FORWARD Memorial Day belongs to those who gave their lives so we could keep our freedom. It belongs to the soldiers buried in Arlington and other national cemeteries, and those who never came home. We owe them the same thing every generation has owed the last—the willingness to fight for a country worthy of their sacrifice. Our fight is winnable—and this Memorial Day proves that momentum is on our side. The dam is cracking on Trump’s Iran war. Combat Veterans are ripping the regime’s lies apart. GOP leaders were forced to cancel their vote rather than lose it. Our coalition has already organized 729,000 letters and calls to Congress since November 2024. Now we’re closing in on the midterms—where flipping the House and Senate is the ultimate way to end this war and stop the next one. All of our work is reader-funded, billionaire-free, and getting louder every week. Every paid subscriber is another voice in the Watchdog Coalition Against Trump’s Corruption—and another brick in the wall we’ve built that the regime can’t get past. Join us as one today: Hit the ❤️ like button and re-stack this edition to help lift the voices of these Veterans. Onward! Scott 🚨 NEW 🚨 Tell Congress: Block Trump's heist of taxpayer money for his felon-to-felon slush fund https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-congress-block-trumps-theft-of-taxpayer-money-for-his-felon-to-felon-slush-fund/ 🚨 Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have announced the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Data Center Moratorium Act, legislation that would enact a reasonable pause to the development of AI to ensure the safety of humanity. Learn more & support this bill in Congress here: https://bit.ly/4twnWMU 🚨 SIX OTHER URGENT ACTIONS TODAY Pass Bill to Create 25th Amendment Commission https://tinyurl.com/44afaxvd Stop Trump’s Illegal Plan to Destroy the US Forest Service: https://tinyurl.com/mrx8cvv7 Demand Acting AG Blanche release ALL of the Epstein files: https://tinyurl.com/2uc9vca9 Defend voting rights! https://tinyurl.com/3f3m728j Stop Trump from deporting people with Temporary Protected Status https://tinyurl.com/yc8rfa7j Vote NO on SAVE Act: https://tinyurl.com/ms977ec6 For all contact Congress links, or to volunteer, you can go here: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-up-for-the-watchdog-coalition Are you honoring someone this Memorial Day? Tell us their name and their story in the comments to let us honor them with you. JUST A FEW OF MANY COMMENTS:  Reading this with tears in my eyes and fire in my chest. Real veterans — the ones who actually served — showing up and speaking truth while the draft-dodger hides. From the Marine calling out the corruption to the 80-year-old Vietnam vets standing in 90-degree heat… this is what resistance looks like. Thank you Scott for making sure the rest of the country sees it. We’re all in. My only deceased veteran is my father who fought in WWII so I honor him today but also honor all the brave men and women who have fought for this country. DJT hugs the flag but we should never forget his lame “bone spur” deferments and the horrible things he has said about veterans who were captured or maimed. They should be honored, not made fun of. It is reprehensible, just like him. Honoring my dad, a tech five in World War II, just a grunt from Wisconsin. But he earned a bronze star! My hero! 💪🏻 I love your remembrances. This is what is important today. My FIL, USAF Col. William Bruce Arnold, 1918-1992. 🙌 yes. This is exactly what Memorial Day should look like. The 5-time draft-dodger got reminded — loud and clear — who this day actually belongs to. Momentum is real. The coalition is growing. Midterms are coming. Proud to be a brick in that wall. Onward! Yes, Sam! A salute to democracy and honor to our brave military, past and present. At least for today: Let's keep the focus on THAT, and not be distracted by the words or actions of the maniac-in-chief. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57372990/david-andrew-bryan#share_email I remember when you came to the door & we said our awkward good-byes. RIP dear friend,"Spanky", the BEST dance partner EVER. Miss you so very much. All three of my brothers served in the Korean war and one of them made a career of 27 years and served in the Viet Nam. Thank God they all three came home. They are all deceased now. My oldest brother was in the Navy, on a destroyer, during WW2 Our father served in the Navy after WW1 was over. He was too old when WW2 began, plus he had five children at the time. BC I watched PBS Memorial Day Program. I cried. Dedicated Americans who love & serve their country. Juxtaposition against unqualified Hegseth & Trump & all the others in this regime who only view wars as a way to serve themselves financially & emotionally while none of them give a damn about our country. We also have them destroying our country’s strength, world reputation & its financial strength while they take & take & take. These ruthless, corrupt people need to get out of OUR WHITE HOUSE My father-in-law (not with us anymore) fought in the Battle of Normandy as a 19-year-old. He survived and was a Purple Heart recipient. I want to remind everyone that the majority of our troops are young. My son is on a NATO base, he’s 24. These young people are fodder for this regime, and the families who offer up their sons and daughters to fight for freedoms are also to be commended. This is a tough space to be in. It would be nice if human beings didn’t feel the need to kill each other. As taps is played to honor our brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice, I pray their memories will live on in the hearts of all Americans. My dad and his younger brother. Dad from WW II and a paraplegic from war. Purple Heart recipient and his brother West Point grad and then instructor at West Point, 3 tours of Nam, and position at the Pentagon with gate named for him at Ft Belvoir. True hero’s who gave their all. We must keep fighting for our democracy and country. It is worth it. These gaudy tings that drumpf is trying to do to our capital must be torn down when he goes to bring back the dignity to our White House and Arlington National Cemetery. He treats our tax dollars like his personal bank accounts. It is truly evil!!!! I am thinking about all veterans and current military. I am thinking of presidentBoneSpurs too chickenshit to serve and how he sows hate and division among us and especially our men and women of honorable service who deserve clarity and focus from leadership on any mission. I am thinking that presidentBoneSpurs needs to become voiceless and overwhelmed by the very Vietnam vets who were dragged into war by elite perpetuating fear on false pretenses- taking our young away from freedom. I am grateful and saddened by memories of those who never returned and of those who did only to be spat on upon their return and had to fight enormous pain, mental illness and PTSD …. Ongoing…. Who fought at home through a public outcry of that illegal war … and who are still here speaking out warning of the same playbook pulling us into forever wars.