AP: Army veteran who burned U.S. flag near White House pleads not guilty to federal charges

"...Carey, 54, of Arden, North Carolina, was arrested on Aug. 25 after he set fire to a flag in Lafayette Park, which the National Park Service oversees. Earlier that day, Trump signed an executive order requiring the Justice Department to investigate and prosecute people for burning the American flag..... The Supreme Court has ruled that flag burning is a legitimate political expression protected by the Constitution...

.Carey said he served in the Army from 1989 to 2012 and was deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan.

“I served this country for over 20 years, having taken an oath to upheld our Constitution. I did not take an oath to serve a dictator, a tyrant or a wannabe king,” he told reporters after the hearing."

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/army-veteran-who-burned-u-s-flag-near-white-house-pleads-not-guilty-to-federal-charges

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AP: Army veteran who burned U.S. flag near White House pleads not guilty to federal charges

"...Carey, 54, of Arden, North Carolina, was arrested on Aug. 25 after he set fire to a flag in Lafayette Park, which the National Park Service oversees. Earlier that day, Trump signed an executive order requiring the Justice Department to investigate and prosecute people for burning the American flag..... The Supreme Court has ruled that flag burning is a legitimate political expression protected by the Constitution...

.Carey said he served in the Army from 1989 to 2012 and was deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan.

“I served this country for over 20 years, having taken an oath to upheld our Constitution. I did not take an oath to serve a dictator, a tyrant or a wannabe king,” he told reporters after the hearing."

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/army-veteran-who-burned-u-s-flag-near-white-house-pleads-not-guilty-to-federal-charges

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Here's the video (hope it works)
Can't do full alt text but here are some quotes:

"We started our veteran sit-in yesterday" [Union Station]

"We educated, informed, and encouraged the national guard. Because our protest is with the military presence in DC, not with the national guard troops"

"Today we showed up for day two of our sit-in and they're gone"

Phone number and website shown in video: 1-877-477-4487
https://rememberyouroath.org/

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A bunch of veterans ran off #ICE at Union Station, and then educated the #NationalGuard about their right and duty to refuse illegal orders. Now there is also no National Guard presence at the station. These #veterans say they will continue their sit ins across the city until all federal forces are out of #WashingtonDC.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DN1mL6n3JlP/

#FreeDC #protests #50501movement

Here's the video (hope it works)
Can't do full alt text but here are some quotes:

"We started our veteran sit-in yesterday" [Union Station]

"We educated, informed, and encouraged the national guard. Because our protest is with the military presence in DC, not with the national guard troops"

"Today we showed up for day two of our sit-in and they're gone"

Phone number and website shown in video: 1-877-477-4487
https://rememberyouroath.org/

#USPol#FreeDC#Veterans#Resist#Protest

A bunch of veterans ran off #ICE at Union Station, and then educated the #NationalGuard about their right and duty to refuse illegal orders. Now there is also no National Guard presence at the station. These #veterans say they will continue their sit ins across the city until all federal forces are out of #WashingtonDC.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DN1mL6n3JlP/

#FreeDC #protests #50501movement

Amid concerns about the stability of the agency, records show nearly 40% of the doctors offered jobs at the VA from January through March of this year turned them down — quadruple the rate of rejections for the same period a year earlier.

https://www.propublica.org/article/veterans-affairs-hospital-shortages-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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Amid concerns about the stability of the agency, records show nearly 40% of the doctors offered jobs at the VA from January through March of this year turned them down — quadruple the rate of rejections for the same period a year earlier.

https://www.propublica.org/article/veterans-affairs-hospital-shortages-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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“ProPublica’s reporting revealed these cancelled contracts were delivering essential services … and exposed the cruel and dumb AI formulas DOGE bros used to cancel contracts,” Sen. Blumenthal said. “Veterans and all Americans deserve transparency.”

https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-veterans-affairs-ai-senator-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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“ProPublica’s reporting revealed these cancelled contracts were delivering essential services … and exposed the cruel and dumb AI formulas DOGE bros used to cancel contracts,” Sen. Blumenthal said. “Veterans and all Americans deserve transparency.”

https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-veterans-affairs-ai-senator-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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Senators Demand Investigation Into Canceled VA Contracts, Citing “Damning Reporting From ProPublica”
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The senators are calling for a federal watchdog to investigate the Trump administration’s killing of hundreds of VA contracts. Among their concerns: ProPublica revealed DOGE used artificial intelligence to mark contracts as “munchable.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-veterans-affairs-ai-senator-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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