James Powers
@Justavet11
#Army #OIF #veteran Patriot • Father •Husband• Advocate RT/Like doesn't mean anything or something like that 🤷♂️ oh my opinions are mine
Someone correct me if i'm wrong. Isn't this how it goes every year. The major richard star act doesn't get passed as a standalone bill. Gets added as an amendment to the ndaa, only to later, get dropped off. Just making sure we are keeping to the pattern.
Big news! Today @SenBlumenthal, @MikeCrapo, and @SenWarren announced they are filing the Major Richard Star Act as an amendment to the NDAA — a major step toward ensuring veterans receive the benefits they’ve earned. Many thanks to these leaders for their support of this…
Gaza doesn’t have enough food for the children. It’s not famine. It’s forced starvation. Forced starvation is an act of genocide. Keep speaking about Gaza, even if you're alone.
This is the reality if we send back our Afghan Allies back to the #sameeviltaliban
Big news! Today @SenBlumenthal, @MikeCrapo, and @SenWarren announced they are filing the Major Richard Star Act as an amendment to the NDAA — a major step toward ensuring veterans receive the benefits they’ve earned. Many thanks to these leaders for their support of this…
As the only non-partisan, policy focused Afghan-American organization in America, we’ve worked hard for years to secure a commitment from Republicans, Democrats, and Independents that Afghan allies would be protected. We are on the verge of seeing that commitment shattered.
Both of these military bases were used to house Afghan evacuees after the Fall of Kabul. With ~12,000 Afghans slated to be stripped of legal status on Tuesday, the facilities could now be used to detain these same allies before they’re deported back to the Taliban regime.
1036 days since I stated talking to Ahmad 1430 days since I was pulled into the withdrawal Today, I learned that Ahmad is among that list of #AfghansAllies who worked with the British.
افشای فاجعهبار؛ جان صدها همکار افغان در خطر طالبان با دسترسی به فهرست ۱۹ هزار همکار پیشین بریتانیا، عملیات شناسایی و حذف را آغاز کرده است. گفتوگو با محمد رادمنش، کارشناس امور نظامی
Where is George Retes? The disabled Veteran and US Citizen you Unlawfully arrested that was simply trying to leave the chaos @DHSgov and @ICEgov caused with their military-like raid.
I was just given an update on Thursday’s operation at the marijuana facility in California. @DHSgov law enforcement rescued 14 children from potential forced labor, exploitation, and trafficking. They arrested 319 illegal aliens. They faced assaults, violence, and even…
Just wait until #veterans start getting arrested by @ICEgov for trying to prevent the removal of #AfghanAllies 3 days till TPS ends. CARES just got their termination papers. @iava and @afghanevac is trying to send veterans to hearings. This shit will only get worse.
Concerned family members are desperate for answers after they say a disabled U.S. veteran and citizen was taken during a federal immigration raid at a cannabis farm in Camarillo. abc7.la/4lSP44M
Moral injury continues to be such a huge problem for HKIA veterans, Afghanistan veterans, and the volunteers who are trying to honor our promises to Afghans. Every week, it comes up in discussions I'm having with my fellow Americans about our Afghan allies.
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Rep. @ronfergusonohio absolutely blasts Republican colleagues for acquiescing to a plan to loot the Unclaimed Property Fund for $1.7 billion, with $600 million going to the semi-professional football team the Cleveland Browns, allegedly of the NFL, for a new suburban stadium.
And just like that. Another story mjbizdaily.com/ohio-lawmakers…
Already, the media is flocking to highlight the inefficiency and political malpractice occurring in Ohio surrounding cannabis and the legislature wanting to ignore the will of voters. dispatch.com/story/news/pol…
This budget is bad in many ways - but here are 3: 1 Another tax cut for those who least need it. 2 Not funding public schools. 3 A $600 million giveaway for a project that wont get built. => Smith Votes Against Republican State Budget ohiosenate.gov/members/kent-s… via @OhioSenateDems