Public servants have made my life better in so many ways, from when I was a kid needing SNAP to enjoying public lands today to using VA benefits to thrive. This Public Service Recognition Week, join me in championing the people who continue to show up and move our nation forward. #PSRW2026

🚨 OUT NOW: my new report on VA wait times for the Vet Voice Foundation - check it out here: 🚨 1/ buff.ly/mWTZL2D

New RAND report: "expanding Community Care eligibility may modestly improve geographic access but has uncertain effects on timeliness and mixed implications for care quality for veterans"

Hey you guys I heard there may be a way to avoid this kind of problem... seems like every single other rich nation has figured it out? I dunno though.

I just fact checked this and that's eleven significant attempts

mineral buildup on the shower head are actually stalactites trying to grow, aren’t they?

Reading the last two paragraphs like "wait the Army has divers?" ... "wait how are these tasks relevant for them?"

Hey guys it's totally fine that top military & health leaders are anti-vaxx, right? No historically examples we should pay attention to or anything? Cool cool cool

The committee passed the bill unanimously.

“Leadership will have to take this test as well” Well. This will be interesting. How many senior officers is Hegseth willing to get rid of in the effort to push out some women?

FUN FACT www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/co... For um no reason

I’m shocked. www.texastribune.org/2026/04/21/t...

The betrayal is horrific Why would anyone ever trust us again

“It was never about me. It’s that a woman was doing it, and if she can dream big, anyone can dream big. Why not blaze your own trail?”

She's been married to a U.S. soldier for 4 years. She followed the rules. She had a work permit. She showed up at an immigration appointment. Trump's ICE is deporting her anyway - to a country she's never been to.

Research is good.

Applications for the 2026 Out in National Security Leadership & New Voices Fellowship is NOW OPEN!

"there are organizations out there who will help [women veterans] get the health care they need, even though the VA has abandoned its obligation to take care of them in this regard”

I am continually astonished that Nazi apologists are thriving in the US today. Be like Ben Ferencz & fight evil. www.militarytimes.com/veterans/mil...

"More than a dozen generals and admirals have been fired, and others have retired early since Hegseth became defense secretary in January 2025, but George’s ouster has spurred considerably more bipartisan criticism from Congress than the past dismissals"

Some you've heard of (ALS), others are more rare

Watch this space:

Bill from vets in Congress would keep military roles open to women buff.ly/C6TaW3T

Perhaps he would like to personally demonstrate for us how well HUMANS can survive in that “natural habitat”?

Bad-faith effort modified to new bad-faith effort 🫠

NEW—I got an exclusive excerpt from a USAID whistleblower's new book that made me gasp multiple times. It details Trump's dismantling of the humanitarian aid agency & his team/DOGE's shocking ignorance to public health. 'Into the Wood Chipper' by Nicholas Enrich is out tomorrow. Read excerpt here:

Australia gets its first female army chief, Susan Coyle Meanwhile, here in the U.S. … never mind. buff.ly/04Ll74r

Lit nerds! ICYMI:

Great piece; don't miss it.

There’s growing disquiet in the military. The Iran war made it worse : NPR buff.ly/URNXus4

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!

As the Pentagon purges some minorities and women from high-ranking positions, the message being sent to lower-ranking officers is that “they will be assessed on the basis of their gender, race, or politics, rather than their abilities,” Adam Serwer writes:

"The department has seen a net loss of medical officers since Trump took office last January, according to data maintained by the Office of Personnel Management."

"call out chauvinism when we see it, insist offenders answer for it, and contact our reps, demanding investigations, impeachments, and increased transparency and accountability from the Pentagon"

This is a great panel discussion - worth an hour of your time to watch - Digital Coup: The Attack on Democracy You Didn’t See

Interesting details.

Front page of the newspaper in Ireland today Thanks Trump

Worth a read. Depressing, though. (Aside: I think all women VETERANS know of WASPs, so was surprised the author said they’re so unknown 😭 ) buff.ly/JtTQnIR

Disgusting move by ICE.

“Anti-DEI” means pro-discrimination. It was never about merit, always about racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, etc

"More than 10,000 veterans lost their homes to foreclosure since May of last year, when the Trump administration shut down a key safety net in the VA home loan program . . . Another 90,000 vets are heading toward foreclosure." The White House is *creating* more homeless vets than they're housing.

Pete Hegseth Is Vice Signaling www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

This 50 yr old woman spent 5 months in jail accused of a crime in a state she's never even been to, because Clearview AI misidentified her as the suspect. A judge signed off on it, cops went along with it, no process in place to even question the AI. www.cnn.com/2026/03/29/u...

Homeless Jesus sculpture, Dublin

Immigrants (get the job done)

"Mr. Buria [Hegseth's chief of staff] told Mr. Driscoll [Secretary of the Army] that President Trump would not want to stand next to a Black female officer at military events, the officials said." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/u...

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In the constant flood of horrible news, I missed that Trump admin has "transformed more than 40% of the border from public land into no-trespassing military zones"

Republicans voted to support a FEDERAL BAN on abortion with NO EXCEPTIONS for rape, incest, or women's health. If they're willing to let this happen to women veterans, they're coming for the rest of you next. Vote in November: our lives depend on it.

The Senate could take up the vote to reverse this cruel ban as early as tomorrow. Veterans deserve full reproductive freedom. Call your Senator and tell them to vote yes. https://action.reproductivefreedomforall.org/a/senate-vote-yes-va-cra?ms=bsk_advo_fdlg_20260324