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🌅 Personal Share: #Sobriety—The Unmerited #Gift
For a long time, I couldn’t make it 24 hours.
My 11 years of #recovery haven’t been a straight line. I’ve relapsed after 3 years, after 1 year… I’ve had stretches where I felt completely hopeless—fighting both #addiction and clinical #depression.
➡️If you’re struggling this #holiday season, please don’t wait.
You are not alone.
📞 988 is the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline ( #Veterans, press 1)
🏳️🌈 #LGBTQ+ youth: Call The Trevor Project at 1-866-488-7386
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He served his country; now it's 'turning its back': Georgia veteran stuck in ICE detention after policy shift
Godfrey Wade is a wartime U.S. Army veteran who served overseas and received commendations upon his honorable discharge. Now he's set for deportation.
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Shortly after he arrived in the United States, Wade enlisted in the United States Army, 7th Infantry Division, beginning in Aschaffenburg, Germany. He earned commendations for good conduct and wartime service.
After his honorable discharge, he built a wide-ranging career and earned multiple college degrees. He's worked as a master tailor, fashion designer, tennis coach, and chef. He was working at the Georgia Capitol Café before he was detained.
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On the 3rd night of Hanukkah, we share this 1950s photo of Jewish American war veterans gathered around a menorah. 🕎
The preservation of images like this links the past to our present & shows how traditions endure across generations.
Add #veterans to the list of people #Trump will sacrifice to enrich his billionaire friends. https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-cutting-va-jobs
He served his country; now it's 'turning its back': Georgia veteran stuck in ICE detention after policy shift
Godfrey Wade is a wartime U.S. Army veteran who served overseas and received commendations upon his honorable discharge. Now he's set for deportation.
"...
Shortly after he arrived in the United States, Wade enlisted in the United States Army, 7th Infantry Division, beginning in Aschaffenburg, Germany. He earned commendations for good conduct and wartime service.
After his honorable discharge, he built a wide-ranging career and earned multiple college degrees. He's worked as a master tailor, fashion designer, tennis coach, and chef. He was working at the Georgia Capitol Café before he was detained.
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1/2 💟 Holidays and #MentalHealth: Reaching Out
The #holidays can be joyful—and they can be incredibly hard.
For many, this season brings grief, loneliness, or the unexpected weight of memory. These struggles can affect anyone: your friends, your co-workers, your neighbors. Your family.
I live with clinical #depression, and I've lost a family member to suicide. I know how real—and how silent—that pain can be.
But I also know this truth: Help is out there, and you are not alone.
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🚨 Crisis Lifelines to Bookmark & Share
If you are struggling in any way, please bookmark or share these lifelines immediately. You never know who might need them right now.
• 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
• Call or Text 988
• Press 1 for Veterans
• Press 2 for Spanish Speakers
• 🏳️🌈 LGBTQ+ Support: The Trevor Project
• Call: 1-866-488-7386
• Text: “START” to 678-678
You are worth it.
You are not alone.
#MentalHealth #depression #holidays #SuicidePrevention #LGBTQ #Veterans
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@mekkaokereke Here's an update you'll like: the satirical Dutch newsprograms 'Even tot hier' ('Up until here') has placed duplicate panels just outside the US controlled grounds, including panels about Trumps discriminatory executive orders, and spelled out the name William F. James Junior in hay bales in an adjacent field. Unfortunately, all panels were soon removed by the police; they are now looking for a permanent location. #BlackLivesMatter #BlackLiberators #Margraten #Veterans #BlackFedi
Aerial photo of the field in which hay bales spell out the name 'Willy F. James JR. next to the Margraten War Cemetary.
Part of a panel, describing how 'the Pentagon is removing articles about black, indigenous, LGBTQ+ and female veterans from its website.
A panel describing the removal of the Black Lives Matter Street painting: The text reads: "Black Lives Matter. March 2025. In Washington, D.C., under heavy Republican pressure, the Black Lives Matter street painting which has been there since the violent death of George Floyd in 2020 is being removed. The removal was ordered by Mayor Bowser after the Republican Party threatened to withhold millions of dollars in federal support. The panels show a photo of the street painting, as well as a photo of Trump holding up a signed document (an executive order, I assume). Behind the panel, out of focus, you see the 8288 white crosses of the Margraten War Cemetary - officially called the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, and the trees surrounding them.
Copies of the two panels honouring the black liberators in Margraten, which were removed by the Trump administration, can be seen just after being revealed. They are placed to the sides of a gravel path with a field (part of the Margraten war cemetary) to the left and some barren trees to the right. A military trumpetist playing 'Taptoe' (similar to Taps) stands between the two panels.
So the US recently forced the Dutch to remove a memorial to America's own Black soldiers that died liberating the Netherlands from the nazis? On brand. [Edit: the cemetery is US government controlled, and the US forced its own employees to remove the memorial plaques. The Dutch government had no opportunity to oppose the decision.]
Towards the end of WW2, the French were shocked when the US refused to let its own Black soldiers join the celebration of the liberation of Paris.
The 761st Tank Battalion was an all Black tank unit that served with distinction as part of Pattons 3rd army. They killed a lot of nazis, and liberated over 30 French towns, and much of the Netherlands.
If you saw their Black Panther logo? It was all over for you. Black Panther beats German Panzer.
These elite Black soldiers racked up victories.
But they weren't immortal, and they didn't have superior weapons to either the Germans or white American soldiers. They were just brave. Many Black soldiers died freeing Europe from the nazis.
Europeans were grateful.
Racist Americans? Not so much.
Soldiers from the 761 Tank Battalion. They're all Black.
A Black soldier from the 761 Tank Battalion looks up from his tank.
Soldiers from the 671 Tank Battalion sit on their tank during world war 2. All soldiers are Black.
Logo of the 761st Tank Battalion: a Black Panther head with the banner "Come out fighting" below it.
@mekkaokereke Here's an update you'll like: the satirical Dutch newsprograms 'Even tot hier' ('Up until here') has placed duplicate panels just outside the US controlled grounds, including panels about Trumps discriminatory executive orders, and spelled out the name William F. James Junior in hay bales in an adjacent field. Unfortunately, all panels were soon removed by the police; they are now looking for a permanent location. #BlackLivesMatter #BlackLiberators #Margraten #Veterans #BlackFedi
Aerial photo of the field in which hay bales spell out the name 'Willy F. James JR. next to the Margraten War Cemetary.
Part of a panel, describing how 'the Pentagon is removing articles about black, indigenous, LGBTQ+ and female veterans from its website.
A panel describing the removal of the Black Lives Matter Street painting: The text reads: "Black Lives Matter. March 2025. In Washington, D.C., under heavy Republican pressure, the Black Lives Matter street painting which has been there since the violent death of George Floyd in 2020 is being removed. The removal was ordered by Mayor Bowser after the Republican Party threatened to withhold millions of dollars in federal support. The panels show a photo of the street painting, as well as a photo of Trump holding up a signed document (an executive order, I assume). Behind the panel, out of focus, you see the 8288 white crosses of the Margraten War Cemetary - officially called the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, and the trees surrounding them.
Copies of the two panels honouring the black liberators in Margraten, which were removed by the Trump administration, can be seen just after being revealed. They are placed to the sides of a gravel path with a field (part of the Margraten war cemetary) to the left and some barren trees to the right. A military trumpetist playing 'Taptoe' (similar to Taps) stands between the two panels.
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Yikes! Apparently, #Trump is accusing these #Veterans of #sedition!
#Goodlander is among Democratic lawmakers urging military to reject ' #IllegalOrders'
New Hampshire Public Radio | By Josh Rogers
Published November 19, 2025
Excerpt: "New Hampshire Rep. #MaggieGoodlander joined five other Democratic lawmakers with military or intelligence backgrounds in an online video Tuesday to advise members of the U.S. armed forces that they should refuse to carry out 'illegal orders.'
"The video didn’t identify any specific order or U.S military action as 'illegal,' but the message comes at a time of flaring tension between Democrats and the #Trump administration over the administration’s deployment of the #NationalGuard to patrol American cities and military strikes against #Venezuelan drug cartels that are believed to have killed more than 80 people.
" 'Right now, the threats to our #Constitution aren’t just coming from abroad, but from right here at home,' the Democrats said as they took turns reading a single statement. 'Our laws are clear: You can refuse illegal orders.'
" 'Don’t give up the ship,' the message ended.
"Sen. #ElissaSlotkin of Michigan, a former CIA analyst who served in Iraq, led the messaging effort. It comes on the heels of Sloktin introducing legislation aimed at limiting the president's power to deploy National Guard troops in American cities.
" 'I’ve joined my colleagues in sending a clear message to our brave women and men in uniform,' Goodlander said in a statement. 'We stand with you at a moment when you have been put in a terrible position by a president and a secretary of defense who are testing the boundaries of the law here at home.”
"In addition to Goodlander — a former U.S. Naval Reserve intelligence officer — the video features Navy veteran and former astronaut Sen. #MarkKelly of Arizona; Rep. #ChrisDeluzio of Pennsylvania, who also served in the Navy; Rep. #JasonCrow of Colorado, a former Army Ranger; and Rep. #ChrissyHoulahan of Pennsylvania, an Air Force veteran."
https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025-11-19/goodlander-democrats-military-illegal-orders
Trump Suggests Death Penalty for ‘ #Seditious’ Democratic Lawmakers Who Condemned ‘Illegal’ Military Orders
“Each one of these traitors to our Country should be ARRESTED AND PUT ON TRIAL," the president adds
by Corbin Bolies
Thu, November 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM EST
"President Donald Trump said on Thursday that a half-dozen Democratic lawmakers who issued a video urging military officials to 'refuse illegal orders' should be tried for seditious behavior, a crime he said was 'punishable by death!' "
#Resistance #USPol #PresidentBoneSpurs #USCivilWar #ResistAuthoritarianism #ResistFascism
There is no bottom when it comes to Donald #Trump.
We have been in contact with the House Sergeant at Arms & the United States Capitol Police to ensure the safety of these Members & their families. Donald Trump must immediately delete these unhinged social media posts & recant his violent rhetoric before he gets someone killed.
Donald J. Trump ReTruthed P78 @P78 • 15h- Replying to @WashingtonExaminer HANG THEM GEORGE WASHINGTON WOULD !!
Donald J. Trump @realDonald Trump SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump • 5h This is really bad, and Dangerous to our Country. Their words cannot be allowed to stand. SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR FROM TRAITORS!!! LOCK THEM UP??? President DJT
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump truthsocial.com/@WashingtonExa.... It's called SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. Each one of these traitors to our Country should be ARRESTED AND PUT ON TRIAL. Their words cannot be allowed to stand - We won't have a Country anymore!!! An example MUST BE SET. President DJT
#Trump calls Dems’ video to service members “seditious behavior, punishable by death”. Trump called several Democratic #military #veterans & #NationalSecurity specialists "traitors" for releasing a video where they said that US service members could refuse illegal orders.
Here’s the video Trump thinks should get these veterans & elected government officials executed.
Yikes! Apparently, #Trump is accusing these #Veterans of #sedition!
#Goodlander is among Democratic lawmakers urging military to reject ' #IllegalOrders'
New Hampshire Public Radio | By Josh Rogers
Published November 19, 2025
Excerpt: "New Hampshire Rep. #MaggieGoodlander joined five other Democratic lawmakers with military or intelligence backgrounds in an online video Tuesday to advise members of the U.S. armed forces that they should refuse to carry out 'illegal orders.'
"The video didn’t identify any specific order or U.S military action as 'illegal,' but the message comes at a time of flaring tension between Democrats and the #Trump administration over the administration’s deployment of the #NationalGuard to patrol American cities and military strikes against #Venezuelan drug cartels that are believed to have killed more than 80 people.
" 'Right now, the threats to our #Constitution aren’t just coming from abroad, but from right here at home,' the Democrats said as they took turns reading a single statement. 'Our laws are clear: You can refuse illegal orders.'
" 'Don’t give up the ship,' the message ended.
"Sen. #ElissaSlotkin of Michigan, a former CIA analyst who served in Iraq, led the messaging effort. It comes on the heels of Sloktin introducing legislation aimed at limiting the president's power to deploy National Guard troops in American cities.
" 'I’ve joined my colleagues in sending a clear message to our brave women and men in uniform,' Goodlander said in a statement. 'We stand with you at a moment when you have been put in a terrible position by a president and a secretary of defense who are testing the boundaries of the law here at home.”
"In addition to Goodlander — a former U.S. Naval Reserve intelligence officer — the video features Navy veteran and former astronaut Sen. #MarkKelly of Arizona; Rep. #ChrisDeluzio of Pennsylvania, who also served in the Navy; Rep. #JasonCrow of Colorado, a former Army Ranger; and Rep. #ChrissyHoulahan of Pennsylvania, an Air Force veteran."
https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025-11-19/goodlander-democrats-military-illegal-orders
Trump Suggests Death Penalty for ‘ #Seditious’ Democratic Lawmakers Who Condemned ‘Illegal’ Military Orders
“Each one of these traitors to our Country should be ARRESTED AND PUT ON TRIAL," the president adds
by Corbin Bolies
Thu, November 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM EST
"President Donald Trump said on Thursday that a half-dozen Democratic lawmakers who issued a video urging military officials to 'refuse illegal orders' should be tried for seditious behavior, a crime he said was 'punishable by death!' "
#Resistance #USPol #PresidentBoneSpurs #USCivilWar #ResistAuthoritarianism #ResistFascism
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Well, this of course didn't get any coverage but #veterans protested yesterday in cities across the US against the abuse of the military for occupation of peaceful communities.
Well, this of course didn't get any coverage but #veterans protested yesterday in cities across the US against the abuse of the military for occupation of peaceful communities.
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Neofeud 1 & 2 features #Veterans sent abroad to k!ll for gajillionaires through brainwashing or yanked by the debt-chain into a high tech military dronestriker. (NF 2 pictured) Neofeud 1: https://store.steampowered.com/app/673850/Neofeud/
https://ko-fi.com/silverspook
#IndieGameDev #indiegaming #scifi #SteamDeck #retrogame
While Trump is holding back food stamps and denying the affordability crisis, Obama is spending his time honoring old military veterans and giving them a wonderful day.
The contrast between these two presidents is like black and white.
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The 761st Tank Battalion was an all Black tank unit that served with distinction as part of Pattons 3rd army
Speaking of "served with distinction"
#BarackObama greets #HonorFlight #veterans in surprise visit during their DC trip, ‘Tears in my eyes’
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#Obama honoring....
https://mastodon.social/@six_grandfathers_mountain/115533555999685692
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The 761st Tank Battalion was an all Black tank unit that served with distinction as part of Pattons 3rd army
Speaking of "served with distinction"
#BarackObama greets #HonorFlight #veterans in surprise visit during their DC trip, ‘Tears in my eyes’