🚨 TONIGHT! 🚨
The Smoke Pit – Special Edition
Veteran Roundtable: IRAN & THE MIDDLE EAST
No political scripts- just vets who served breaking it down.
LIVE 3/4 | 8–10 PM EST
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This is Noah—an Army veteran, father, and Mass 50501 volunteer.
He was arrested in MN while providing medic care to nonviolent protesters with Veterans for Peace.
He was injured, jailed, and denied bail.
Please donate to help cover legal fees: veteransforpeace.org/donate
We stand with Noah.
Please grab a flameless candle and join us tomorrow evening (Jan 28), 5-6 pm, at a candlelight vigil for Alex Pretti, hosted by AFGE Local 217 and NNU.
#JusticeForAlex #JusticeForAllICEVictims #iceout
Call your elected officials and tell them: $0 funding for ICE. No more murders.
#NoMoreMurders #DefundICE #veterans #VeteransAffairs #StandWithMinnesota
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@50501movement.bsky.social @veteransforpeace.bsky.social @commondefense.bsky.social @vetsaboutface.bsky.social
Official statement from 50501 Veterans. #venezuela
@jollygoodginger.bsky.social
@moneyoutofpolitics.bsky.social
@fayresistance.bsky.social
@defenseofdemocracy.bsky.social
Veterans have something to say to Senator Mark Kelly and the Righteous 6: We have your Six. To our brothers and sisters in uniform: Disobey ALL unlawful orders.
@captmarkkelly.bsky.social
@slotkin.senate.gov
@crow.house.gov
@deluzio.house.gov
@goodlander.house.gov
@houlahan.house.gov
@jollygoodginger.bsky.social @moneyoutofpolitics.bsky.social @fayresistance.bsky.social @defenseofdemocracy.bsky.social
Honor Specialist Sarah Beckstrom — killed on American soil while serving our country. Normally flags are lowered for fallen service members. That has not happened for Sarah.
Urge your governor, mayor, and local officials to lower flags now in her honor. A powerful gesture of respect.
@jollygoodginger.bsky.social @moneyoutofpolitics.bsky.social @fayresistance.bsky.social @defenseofdemocracy.bsky.social
Veterans have something to say to Senator Mark Kelly and the Righteous 6: We have your Six. To our brothers and sisters in uniform: Disobey ALL unlawful orders.
@captmarkkelly.bsky.social @slotkin.senate.gov @crow.house.gov @deluzio.house.gov @goodlander.house.gov @houlahan.house.gov
@defenseofdemocracy.bsky.social
@jollygoodginger.bsky.social @moneyoutofpolitics.bsky.social @fayresistance.bsky.social @moneyoutofpolitics.bsky.social
Veterans have something to say to Senator Mark Kelly and the Righteous 6: We have your Six. To our brothers and sisters in uniform: Disobey ALL unlawful orders.
@captmarkkelly.bsky.social @slotkin.senate.gov @crow.house.gov @deluzio.house.gov @goodlander.house.gov @houlahan.house.gov
Come join us! www.tiktok.com/t/ZTHcwdgjp4...
We are also organizing protests, providing resources to active duty and guard personnel on how to refuse illegal orders, planning townhalls, and working in a coalition that lobbies congress. What action are you looking for? And do you need support in what you are organizing?
Sorry! We were moving fast that night. Appreciate the reminder!
Statement on the US bombing of Iran. #50501Veterans #50501Movement
So being arrested? Having benefits cut that we earned? Trans servicemembers losing benefits? There are a LOT of us once again fighting for our country. So thanks for those kind words and painting all of us with that brush, friend. NOBODY deserves this behavior, no matter who they voted for.
🚨BREAKING DOZENS OF VETERANS ARRESTED🚨
100s assembled in DC ahead of Trump's military parade to demand investment in communities & #MilitaryOffOurStreets were violently arrested. Deploying tanks, surveillance, & military-grade equipment on civilians is NEVER acceptable. ANYWHERE.
#50501vets
While Trump sends National Guard & fed agents in military gear to violently crush protests & kidnap our neighbors, he is busy planning a $45 million military parade to celebrate his birthday in DC this Sat. Vets demand military OFF our streets!
@vetsaboutface.bsky.social
bit.ly/offourstreets
50501 Veterans opposes in the strongest terms and without exception the White House directive to the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security, as well as the Attorney General, authorizing the deployment of the National Guard to attack Americans peacefully exercising their 1st Amendment rights in Los Angeles, and anywhere in our country. This unprecedented move obliterates the line between military and civilian roles under both the U.S. Constitution and the laws of the U.S. Code – a line that should never be crossed. It is a declaration of war on the American People, by its own government. 50501 Veterans calls on: President Trump to rescind the order, stand -down the National Guard, retreat from our streets, and promise to never again attack the American people. -The U.S. Congress to immediately enter into Emergency Session to take swift action to ensure the President and Cabinet abides by the Constitution and the existing applicable laws under U.S. Code, including the Posse Comitatus Act. -The Judicial Branch – at every level, including the Supreme Court – to immediately rule in favor of Constitutional challenges brought against this blatantly illegal attempt to suppress the 1st Amendment rights of the American People. We swore an oath to our country to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. We will not be complicit in eviscerating the Constitution. We did not swear that oath – which never expires – to sit idly by while a tyrant deploys our military on our own soil to suppress and silence the voices of the American People. Our nation was founded in 1776 based on the very idea that no tyrant should be allowed to do so. 50501 Veterans will not be silent. That oath never expires. We will not stand down. 50501 Veterans will continue to speak out against this move to usurp the U.S. Constitution and Federal laws, and also to provide guidance, resources and support to our Active Duty, Reserve and National Guard service members o…
Deploying CA National Guard to LA protests without the Governor's request is an abuse of power and attack on our constitutional rights. So is threatening to send US Marines against civilians.
We condemn this order from the Trump Administration and demand it be rescinded immediately.
#50501vets
Thanks for helping us get the word out! 🫡
Vet Fam! Join Mayhem *NOW* to learn more about the legalities of deploying Active Duty Troops on US soil and details on Titles 10, 22, 32, and 50 of US Code so we can all understand the limits of lawful power. 🫡
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Mnfsho/
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Vet Fam, share far and wide! We need that senior leadership to step up. 🫡
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8MtEr4k/
@commondefense.bsky.social @sonsofliberty.bsky.social @americanopposition.org @unite4vets.bsky.social @krisgoldsmith85.bsky.social @quadzillahikes.bsky.social @50501activists.bsky.social
6/The Long Watch: How to Tell if an Order is Lawful
frankstolba.substack.com/p/a-veterans...
5/An explainer on LA and some of the legalities involved.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/trump-is-d...
4/Help on identifying if orders are lawful or not for military members from the GI Rights Hotline:
girightshotline.org
