Trump hates Veterans

Exclusive: John Kelly goes on the record to confirm several disturbing stories about Trump

Key word here is GOP:

Proposed GOP cuts would slash $30 billion from veterans spending

Budget Cut Proposals Would Hurt Veterans

VA warns 81K health care employees’ jobs at risk under House GOP debt ceiling plan

“The VA estimates such a major reduction of its health care workforce would mean 30 million fewer patient visits per year, and would limit veterans’ access to cancer screenings, mental health services and substance addiction treatment.”

VA Hospital Investigation

“Lies, cover-ups … and death”

This is wrong:

Military suicide prevention act has yet to be implemented

“CNN’s Oren Liebermann looks at the Brandon Act, a law passed by Congress to prevent suicides among military service members, but has not yet been implemented by the military.”

VA Record Keeping is a terrible problem. Has been for years.

Veterans wait months for records needed for benefits. What’s the holdup at National Archives?

This has to stop happening:

After Yes, then A No, then a YES

Veterans toxic exposure bill clears Senate after tortuous path

Here are the 11 Republicans who voted against the PACT Act, which boosts healthcare for veterans exposed to toxins during war

• “The Senate voted 86-11 on Tuesday to approve the PACT Act.
• The bill increases healthcare funding and access for military veterans.
• All 11 votes against the measure came from Republicans.

Eleven Republican senators voted Tuesday against a bipartisan measure, the PACT Act, that is designed to help veterans who were exposed to toxic chemicals while deployed abroad.

The bill was approved in the Senate by a vote of 86-11 a week after 41 Republicans elected to stall the final passage of the measure, citing concerns over its cost. Twenty-five Republicans who voted against the bill last week voted for a nearly identical version of the legislation in June.

The effort to block the legislation caused an uproar among veterans groups, with critics arguing that aid for veterans was being held hostage over GOP opposition to another measure, the Inflation Reduction Act, which includes significant amount of money to combat climate change and lower health care costs.

• Mitt Romney of Utah
• Rand Paul of Kentucky
• Mike Crapo of Idaho
• James Lankford of Oklahoma
• Mike Lee of Utah
• Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming
• James Risch of Idaho
• Richard Shelby of Alabama
• Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania
• Mike Tuberville of Alabama
• Thom Tillis of North Carolina

All 11 senators also voted against the bill in June.”

Please watch this, we will cover all of the lies….

My twitter thread on the lies:

Updated:

New benefits for burn pit victims in limbo after Senate Republicans block plan

“A surprise deal on health care and environmental policies announced by Senate Democratic leaders Wednesday afternoon produced an unexpected casualty: the comprehensive toxic exposure legislation veterans advocates expected to pass this week.

The Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act — better known as the PACT Act — had been up for a procedural vote in the chamber with an expectation of final passage before the end of the week.

The measure is the culmination of years of work by advocates to improve health care and benefits for veterans suffering injuries from burn pit smoke, Agent Orange spraying and other military contaminant exposure. It has been widely celebrated as a potential landmark legislative victory in veterans policy.

Here are the veterans who will benefit from Congress’ sweeping toxic exposure bill

But on Wednesday, after technical corrections sent the measure back to the Senate for another procedural vote, 41 Senate Republicans blocked the measure, leaving its future uncertain.”

Jon Stewart has been covering the VA’s Problems for YEARS

March 7, 2009: THAT CAN’T BE RIGHT – VETERANS’ HEALTH INSURANCE

October 4, 2012: ECONOMIC REINTEGRATION FOR VETERANS

March 27, 2013: THE RED TAPE DIARIES – VETERAN BENEFITS

April 4, 2013: THE RED TAPE DIARIES – A MODERNIZED DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

January 21, 2104: PTSD & VIETNAM

April 30, 2014: A BUREAUCRACY OF DUNCES – VETERANS AFFAIRS F**K-UPS

May 19, 2014: BIG BOOK OF ASSHOLES – DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS and

THE INEXCUSABLES

FEBRUARY 27, 2014: U.S. Senate Republicans block veterans’ health bill on budget worry

May 22, 2014: WORLD OF WARRIORSHAFT

June 10, 2014: V.A.-MEN: DELAYS OF FUTURE PAST

March 23, 2015: DOCTOR WHEN

Jon Stewart Runs a Program That Helps Veterans Break Into the TV Industry

‘At What Point Does VA Become Adequately Funded?’ Republicans Question Record Budget Request

All About The Money,

This IS a Terrible story but I am guessing Breitbart forgot who was president and in charge of the VA in 2020,

Massachusetts Veteran Found Dead in VA Staircase After Month-Long Search

“The decayed body of a veteran was located just 60 feet from his bedroom in an emergency stairwell of a Massachusetts VA after he had been missing for a month.

Veteran Timothy White, 62, entered the Bedford Veterans Quarters in Bedford, Massachusetts, in January of 2020 after being homeless. On May 13 of 2020, White went missing from his single-tenant bedroom and was not discovered until June 12 when another resident found White on a rarely used stairwell.”

VA Gets Another Massive Funding Increase in Biden’s First Budget

A new VA wait-time scandal is brewing and we have no way to know how big it is

Spin, hyperbole and deception: How Trump claimed credit for an Obama veterans achievement

https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/help-yourself/veterans/

https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/get-help/hotline

https://www.dvnf.org/suicide-prevention/

Trump’s War on Disabled Veteran Vendors

Trump’s insulting the troops is just the latest episode of the ‘nothing matters’ presidency

Jennifer Griffin defended by Fox News colleagues after Trump Twitter attack over confirmation of Atlantic reporting

Trump has repeatedly questioned why Americans who served in Vietnam went to war

Trump’s popularity slips in latest Military Times poll — and more troops say they’ll vote for Biden

The Pentagon has ordered Stars and Stripes to shut down for no good reason

Russian bounties on American troops further strain Trump’s bond with veterans

The Commander in Chief’s Following Wanes

Coronovirus?

44 veterans have died at Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, 100 test positive for COVID-19

Internal Emails Show VA Hospitals Are Rationing Protective Gear

VA’s mission to see civilian patients in times of crisis vanished from its website

Bills Pending US Congress Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee

This type of story may be the reason Trump told Esper to cut the funding to Stars and Stripes:

Esper defends stripping Stars and Stripes of all funding, says news organization is not a priority

Democrats accuse Trump of ‘stonewalling’ benefits tied to Agent Orange for Vietnam vets

Suicide prevention bill would make any service member entitled to emergency treatment

Veterans group demands apology after Trump said traumatic brain injuries from Iranian attack are ‘not very serious’

https://twitter.com/barbarastarrcnn/status/1219967883024969734?s=19

Treatment of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in the Military Health System

Traumatic Brain Injury

INSIDE TRUMP’S VA

A vet’s prosthetic legs were repossessed two days before Christmas. He got them back, but broken

Veteran forced to wait weeks with infection despite new VA program promising faster outside care

The Trump Administration Is Sabotaging Veterans’ Access to Health Care

New veteran suicide numbers raise concerns among experts hoping for positive new

Vietnam War – My best friend’s older brother was in Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry

Spiritual Journey: George D. Burks

George is in two books:

Blackhorse Riders: A Desperate Last Stand, an Extraordinary Rescue Mission, and the Vietnam Battle America Forgot

Fire Base Illingworth: An Epic True Story of Remarkable Courage Against Staggering Odds

Why We Served: Part Two

Almost 40 years late, unit honored for bloody Vietnam battle

President cites heroism of 11th ACR troopers in Vietnam

TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO FOUGHT IN THE VIETNAM WAR

Women Served as Well!

Hall of Fame inducts women Vietnam vets

Facts About Vietnam Women Veterans you May not Know

We have now been at war for almost two decades

We have done a criminally terrible job of caring for our Veterans for YEARS!

Trump promised to fix veterans’ problems. Now they call his hotline desperate for help.

“I Found Election Interference And No One Cared”: One US Veteran’s Fight To Protect His Compatriots Online

Trump’s pardon of Gallagher just got even more appalling

New York Times: Leaked videos show SEALs describing Gallagher’s conduct

Episode 23: ‘The Gallagher Effect’

Anguish and Anger From the Navy SEALs Who Turned In Edward Gallagher

The worst commander in chief ever

The War-Crimes President

Half of active-duty service members are unhappy with Trump, new Military Times poll shows

AP FACT CHECK: Trump takes credit for Obama’s gains for vets

President Trump’s Budget Hurts Veterans Through Extreme Cuts to Crucial Programs

The Impact of the AHCA on Veterans: State-by-State Breakdown

Trump’s Approval Rating Plummets Among US Military, New Poll Reveals

Court Fines Trump $2 Million for Diverting Money From Veterans Fundraiser to His Campaign

Trump is the most anti-military president we’ve had — and he doesn’t even know it

Richard Spencer: I was fired as Navy secretary. Here’s what I’ve learned because of it.

Worry rises in military over Trump’s decision-making

Trump’s Intervention in SEALs Case Tests Pentagon’s Tolerance

How SEALs and Veterans View the Trump-Navy Tussle Over Gallagher

Trump undercuts his military leadership — and dishonors troops who uphold our values

WOW!

AFTER NAVY SECRETARY OUSTED OVER TRUMP FALLOUT, VETERANS ADVOCATE REBUKES ‘PRESIDENT CHAOS’ FOR ‘THROWING GRENADE’ AT MILITARY ORDER

Navy secretary fired over handling of Eddie Gallagher case

Trump Tells Allies He Wants Absolved War Criminals to Campaign for Him

Trump just issued multiple war crime pardons. Experts think it’s a bad idea.

War Crimes Are Not Difficult to Discern

When You’re in Command, Your Job Is to Know Better

There Will Be No Victory in Dishonor

Trump just overruled his top military officials in controversial war crimes pardons

U.S. service members can’t sue military doctors. A terminally ill Green Beret is fighting to change that.

The GOP wants to PROFIT using Veterans with no intention of HELPING them

DUCKWORTH SPENDS VETERANS DAY WITH DEPORTED VETERANS IN MEXICO

Trump ordered to pay $2 million after his charity moved money raised for veterans to his political campaign

New veteran suicide numbers raise concerns among experts hoping for positive news

Veterans Suicide Prevention Lifeline

HIVES FOR HEROES

Khizr Khan: Trump family ‘has no idea what service and sacrifice is’

Alexander Vindman and a Brief History of the GOP Smearing Veterans

Former VA Secretary David Shulkin speaks out about ‘shadow government’ under Trump

White House responsible for delayed decision on new Agent Orange diseases, documents show

Trump administration breaks campaign promise, purges 200,000 VA healthcare applications

Suspicious insulin injections, nearly a dozen deaths: Inside an unfolding investigation at a VA hospital in West Virginia

‘I’m going to kill myself:’ A veteran tells Sanders he’s drowning in medical debt

Woman: Ants bit dying father, covered the walls at Georgia VA home

Court rules VA must pay for veterans’ emergency room care, a decision that may be worth billions

Dover VA clinic to close indefinitely

Emails show Veterans Affairs officials’ scorn for ‘Mar-a-Lago 3’

CREW OBTAINS NEW DOCS ON MAR-A-LAGO MEMBER’S VA INFLUENCE

The Shadow Rulers of the VA

‘Just Ridiculous’: Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Cronies Meddled in Veterans Affairs as Employees Seethed

Veteran’s widow speaks out after former VA doctor charged in 3 deaths

Lawmakers demand VA fix emergency claims after report shows vets wrongly paid $53 million

We HAVE TO FIX THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION! NOW!

https://www.apnews.com/Veteransaffairs

2019:

Deported Marine veteran hoping to find a way back to family

CBO Suggests Raising Tricare Fees, Cutting Veteran Benefits to Slash Deficit

Death rates, bedsores, ER wait times: Where every VA hospital lags or leads other medical care

Problems with VA health care persist, veterans tell Sen. Cory Gardner

System to reduce veterans’ wait times for health care bogging down

2018:

The VA’s private care program gave companies billions and vets longer waits

Report: Vets still face long waits with VA Choice program

Watchdog report: Failed VA leadership put patients at risk

Last-ditch effort to pass Blue Water Navy bill fails in Senate

2017:

June 4, 2017: They served in the U.S. military and hoped for citizenship. They got deported.

July 14, 2017: Feds Axe Homeless Veterans Program In Union Grove, King

July 17, 2017: Foreign-born recruits, promised citizenship by the Pentagon, flee the country to avoid deportation

October 13, 2017: VA conceals shoddy care and health workers’ mistakes

October 25, 2017: New VA hospital rankings: The worst still the worst

November 2, 2017: VA Delays Key Agent Orange Decisions

September 27, 2016: Too little, too late for veterans under Obama