“The rate of homicides among women soldiers from intimate partner violence is at least three times higher than the national average.” Includes “previously unreported” deaths. What??? theintercept.com/2026/06/30/a...

“One line from Army veteran Sue Fulton…stayed with them: ‘Sometimes, you have to plant trees under whose shade you will never sit.’” This is how justice movements win: the selfless sacrifice of the elders, and the determination of those who follow. www.advocate.com/news/people/...

A word! “Proverbs is saying to us that every fool is not your ministry and sometimes the holiest thing you can do is keep on walking. Keep standing in the wind. Keep building. Keep shining. And let the fool hear the sound of your purpose moving past him.” open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...

DC Statehood was a moral and political necessity before Trump II but Trump II has aptly demonstrated that not immediately remedying this over the objections of Republicans is a moral and political failing.

The more we learn, the more blatant his racism and misogyny. Corrupting and dividing our military forces. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/u...

Secretary of War turns out to be bad at, um, WAR

Remember how dignified the White House used to look before flashy new-money white-trash moved in? The British in the War of 1812 treated the building with more respect.

Happy Women Veterans Day! We’re not going back.

Don’t get a lot of rainbows in DC. This feels right tonight. Happy Pride, Donald.

“…the definition of combat had been redefined at least a half dozen times in the latter half of the 20th century in order to specifically say that women weren’t in it when they were.” open.substack.com/pub/andreang...

By the numbers open.substack.com/pub/jessicar...

Sarah McBride AND @cwnewser.bsky.social are my personal Pride Grand Marshals this year!! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤

The legacy of a remarkable woman. May we honor all the women Vietnam veterans whose service was ignored for so long. open.substack.com/pub/nsl4a/p/...

GILES!! 😢 A legend. RIP.

So excited to be part of this amazing panel - and to support my friend and fellow Army veteran Elizabeth Beggs, who will be a great Congressman for Virginians. secure.actblue.com/donate/iwp

@elizabeth4virginia.bsky.social will be part of the "Winfluential Women Panel" (great name, no?) on 23 June, 5pm-8pm, in Ashland. The other panelists are @suefulton.bsky.social, Amanda Nelson, Lisa McLaughlin, and MaKayla Venable. Pop along to hear from these incredible women and get inspired!

Women comprise 18% of the military. Six out of 100 new generals will be women. Hegseth is scrubbing promotion lists to remove them from leadership. That’s not merit, that’s a political crusade. open.substack.com/pub/jessicar...

Mikie Sherrill’s state police destroyed the mutual aid tent for families of the detained that had been in operation at Delaney Hall for more than a year, providing clothes, food, even stuffies for the kids. They just trashed it. I’m pretty speechless at the kind of person you have to be to do this

Today is the Feast of St Joan of Arc - patron Saint of rabble-rousers, truth-tellers, prisoners, soldiers, cross-dressers, deep-believers, and those who hear voices and experience visions. May we all follow her example by pulling on our big boy pants and doing what we must to set the world right.

One of my all-time heroes! lambdalegal.org/blogs/us_202...

“We’re not here for trouble… we’re just here to see our family members.” Outside Delaney Hall ICE prison in Newark on Day 4 of the hunger strike, a 10-year-old whose father is detained inside confronts masked guards, asking why they won’t show their faces. WATCH @jordanchariton.bsky.social LIVE ⬇️

So many zingers in one DB! “Hegseth reportedly lost ‘another prolonged eye-contact battle’ with CJCS Gen. Dan Caine” and “…’you can’t become fishers of men unless you put bodies in the water first.’” 🔥🔥🔥

This Navy promotion list has no Blacks and no women. Hegseth’s crusade continues. But it doesn’t help that the pipeline is still disproportionately white men because of prior decisions: open.substack.com/pub/jessicar...

Military posture decisions are more than moving men and women around a map. They are strategic signals. When commanders are surprised, allies are stunned, and adversaries are encouraged, the signal is backwards. ICYMI @markhertling.bsky.social:

It's the underscore waiting to fill in the date that really does it for me.

One of the VERY FIRST things done after the Constitutional Convention in 1787 was to have the text of the new Constitution translated into Dutch and German, which were at the time the two largest non-English language spoken in the United States. Here's the National Archives making this point:

From “there’s no way anyone at West Point uses the n-word in the 2000s” to “Ranger School lowered standards for women” and “good men had their careers ruined by sexual assault charges,” ignorance & lies continue to plague our military culture. Must-read. open.substack.com/pub/cpw1911/...

The John Lewis VRA must be a priority! And heed the call to reform the Supreme Court for the 21st century: expanded, with strong ethics rules, term limits, nonpartisan integrity, and professional competence.

“…reformed Court will need to be expanded in size, constrained in power, adherent to ethics… with the integrity, courage and sophistication to fairly adjudicate… in the 21st century.” Sherrilyn Ifill ON POINT. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

Excited to speak at this Principles First event in NJ on May 14! If you're in the area, please join. www.eventbrite.com/e/principles...

The guy appointed by the Hurricane Katrina President declaring racism over and done with is really grotesque when you think about it.

Not “cautious” any more - Gov Mikie Sherrill crushes in this ep of “The Best People” @mikiesherrill.bsky.social @nicollewallace.bsky.social youtu.be/PTuvUoBjr3c?...

Funniest line in today’s HASC hearing… REP Hamadeh, R-AZ: “I would love for President Trump‘s Truth Social posts to be leafleted all over Iran“ Me: spit-take

“…women have been at the service academies for generations now. They have served, led, flown, fought, commanded, taught, deployed, sacrificed, and carried the mission…Qualified women are not some optional side project. They are part of the force.” Thanks, Jess! open.substack.com/pub/jessicar...

This piece by @andreangoldstein.bsky.social is essential. Powerful men who experience no real consequences for their crimes is basically the theme of our days. open.substack.com/pub/andreang...

the leader of SECDEF Pete Hegseth's church held a conference announcing their vision (read: plan) of an america that bans non-"christian" religions, allows slavery, banning 'public' expression of LGBT identity, arguing for a "sexual gestapo" (their words), broadly banning women's vote, etc...

I love this photo of astronaut Christina Koch looking back at Earth from Artemis II. She's the first woman to see the full sphere of our beautiful planet. Welcome home to the crew, and thank you for reminding us of all we can discover together.

Proud to partner with @houlahan.house.gov to introduce this bill. Over 5,000 women serve with excellence in combat arms and make us stronger in the fight!

Eyewitness video from the scene of today's ICE shooting in California appears to (you guessed it) contradict officials' claims that the man "weaponized" his vehicle. The car is reversing and the agents appear to be well clear of it.

I just wish I was as out of touch with US politics as JD Vance is

“Everything is policy…” @andreangoldstein.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/andreang...

"You don’t have to remove women from the force.You just have to make it harder for them to remain—and easier for others to question why they were there in the first place." The awesome Jess Ruttenber connecting the dots. jessicaruttenber.substack.com/p/if-i-wante...?

Critical thread here

Hegseth is tearing our military apart, firing leaders who push back on his his racist, misogynist purges, his war crimes, and his stupid war. Impeach Pete.

For a year we’ve been saying that Hegseth is forcing a political ideology on the military: an ideology that presumes women and Blacks are inferior (and LGBTQ+ folks have no rights). He’s promoting a destructive racist, misogynist culture that will tear units apart and leave us weak. Impeach him.

Please tell me this clown “Secretary of WAR” is next in line to be fired. Calling for war crimes (“back to the Stone Age”). Zero understanding of international affairs. And this gross sabotage of good order and discipline. www.ms.now/opinion/kid-...

Fear is the whole strategy. Make people feel alone, make them feel small, make them stay home. It does not work when we show up anyway. Every single time. This country belongs to you. Who else is showing up? #NoWarOnOurStreets #VeteranAdvocacy"

"I don’t know how it’s possible for trans people in this country to be so visible in the national discourse and yet simultaneously unseen. What a paradoxical hell this all is." Read: charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/im-suppose...

Trans people are no threat to you. They’re just trying to survive, like all of us. And FYI, they choose to serve in the military at higher rates than the rest of the population. Love and courage and peace to my trans siblings out there!