yesterday was Veterans Day, and we heard a lot of mouth-farting from the Usual Republican Suspects about how much they honor and respect our nation’s veterans.
there they were, tweeting out the same old boilerplate platitudes about duty and sacrifice.
it’s all bullshit. the GOP hates our veterans.
as always, watch what they do, not what they say.
veterans are useful props whenever some fuckface wingnut needs to burnish their patriot cred, but when it comes time to actually supporting our veterans — say, by helping them when they’re in need — it’s a completely different story.
need proof? let’s go to the video tape, from July 29, 2022:
here we have a bunch of Republican Senators fist-bumping. why? because they just blocked a billthat would have expanded healthcare coverage for military veterans exposed to toxic burn pits during their service.
who the fuck celebrates that? put down your fists, and at least have the decency to slink away in silence, embarrassed over your ghoulish treachery.
awesome job, you evil soulless hypocrites — because nothing says ‘we support our heroes’ so much as ‘just fucking die.’
fast forward to this year. in April, the Space Nazi’s merry band of unfuckable DOGE incels showed up at the Department of Veterans Affairs and said ‘good news, everyone — you’re all fired.’ they then took a wrecking ball to the place.
DOGE left the VA so understaffed that veterans calling in with need for assistance couldn’t get anyone to answer the phone. that’s “just fucking die” on steroids.
listen up, shitwits: you send a person into a war zone and tell them to fight for their country, and when they come back injured and permanently disabled, you fucking well take care of them — forever.
“Today, we honor the brave men and women who have worn our nation’s uniform. Their courage, sacrifice, and love of country protect the freedoms we cherish. To all who served and their families, thank you.”
Steve, with all due respect, fuck all the way off.
you voted against the VA Employee Fairness Act, the Veteran Service Recognition Act, the PACT Act (twice), the Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act, and the Ensuring Veterans Smooth Transition Act.
for a guy who claims to honor those who made sacrifices, you have a fucked-up way of showing it.
“From the plains of Colorado’s 4th District to every corner of America, we honor the heroes who’ve worn our nation’s uniform. Your service is the reason we live free. Thank you for defending our freedom. God bless our veterans and God bless the USA!”
sit down and shut up, vapid bobblehead.
in your first term in Congress, you made 15 anti-veteran votes. this past spring, you voted to cut funding for the 49,000 veterans in your district by supporting a bill that guts their health care.
“Happy Veterans Day! God Bless all who served. American heroes!”
shove it, Jimmy. you voted against the PACT Act, the Food Security for All Veterans Act, the Veteran Service Recognition Act and the VA Employee Fairness Act.
don’t even get me started on this draft-dodging diaperload.
I’d love to show you the Veterans Day message that Donny posted to his crappy app, but I couldn’t find one. nothing. not even a concept of a sketch of one.he couldn’t even be bothered to pretend to give a shit.
yesterday, Preznit Fuckwit traveled to Arlington National Cemetery and laid a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Who Didn’t Have A Rich Father To Get Him Out Of War By Paying A Quack Doctor To Gin Up A Bullshit Note About Imaginary Bone Spurs.
then, Donny gave a speech. did he talk about honor or sacrifice? fuck no, he did not. he made Veterans Day all about himself, and yammered on about all his personal grudges and grievances.
“you know, I was recently at an event and I saw that France was celebrating Victory Day, but we didn’t. and I saw France was celebrating another Victory Day for World War Two. and other countries were celebrating. they were all celebrating. we’re the one that won the wars.”
my god. give this whiny diaper-baby any subject at random and he’ll find a way to bellyache about how his fee-fees got all hurted. so unfair!
apparently Donny is steamed because France shouldn’t get to celebrate a victory, because it’s our victory. what, France should rename their Victory Day to Oh Thank You So Fucking Much America We Love You To Pieces, We Kiss Your Cheeks, Here Have A Baguette, It’s On Us Day? how microscopically small and petty.
let’s take a look at Donny’s own long history of quote-unquote honoring our veterans, because — spoiler alert — it fucking sucks.
let’s start with that lovely incident in 2024 when Donny barged his way into Arlington National Cemetery to do a disgraceful thumb’s-up campaign photo-op while trampling over the graves of fallen heroes — and grinning like an asshole the whole time.
let’s not forget that in November 2018, as world leaders gathered at a cemetery in France to honor the memory of US soldiers killed while fighting in World War One, Donny blew the whole thing off — because it was drizzling lightly and he didn’t want that weird tangle of piss-colored bullshit on top of his head to get wet. instead, he spent the day rage-tweeting from his hotel room. good times, bro, good times.
let’s also not forget that in conversations with his chief of staff John Kelly, Donny referred to prisoners of war as “suckers” because “there is nothing in it for them.” he also called soldiers killed in action “losers.”
what kind of overgrown grievance-toddler gets mad at a fucking boat?
now I want to repost something I wrote on September 24, 2023 — because of all the shitty episodes regarding Little Donny Fuckface’s callous treatment of our veterans, this one just might be the rock-bottom worst:
At his welcome ceremony at Joint Base Myer–Henderson Hall, across the Potomac River from the capital, Milley gained an early, and disturbing, insight into Trump’s attitude toward soldiers. Milley had chosen a severely wounded Army captain, Luis Avila, to sing “God Bless America.” Avila, who had completed five combat tours, had lost a leg in an IED attack in Afghanistan and had suffered two heart attacks, two strokes, and brain damage as a result of his injuries. To Milley, and to four-star generals across the Army, Avila and his wife, Claudia, represented the heroism, sacrifice, and dignity of wounded soldiers.
It had rained that day, and the ground was soft; at one point Avila’s wheelchair threatened to topple over. Milley’s wife, Hollyanne, ran to help Avila, as did Vice President Mike Pence. After Avila’s performance, Trump walked over to congratulate him, but then said to Milley, within earshot of several witnesses, “Why do you bring people like that here? No one wants to see that, the wounded.”Never let Avila appear in public again, Trump told Milley. (Recently, Milley invited Avila to sing at his retirement ceremony.)
what a cold-hearted dick.
“why do you bring people like that here? no one wants to see that, the wounded.”
imagine you’re a severely wounded soldier. after five combat tours, sacrificing yourself for your country — you find yourself in a military hospital, minus one leg, your life permanently altered. you live though months of hell — bedridden, undergoing multiple operations and grueling physical therapy — and when finally you’re discharged, you’re confined to a wheelchair for the rest of your life.
and what does the President of the United States — your Commander in Chief — say about you?
“no one wants to see that, the wounded.”
fuck you, Donald Trump. you piece of shit.
Donny, Handy Oakley, Scalise, the whole worthless lot of them — the next time any of these grandstanding performative peacocks starts going on and on about how much they love the shit out of our veterans, remember: watch what they do, not what they say.
“Hello, everybody,” his voiced boomed over the loud speaker.
“What!” exclaimed one person. Another veteran gasped, his mouth wide open.
“I just wanted to say thank you,” the former president continued in a moment captured on video.
Obama said a few words, shook everyone’s hands, and thanked them for their service. he didn’t make it about himself — and he sure as fuck didn’t whine about all his personal grievances.
that’s how it’s done.
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The video of Obama.......What an extraordinary act of basic humanity and respect. We should Make America Great Again--we should go back to the days of having a president/commander-in-chief like that.
and of course something huge always drops while I'm in the middle of writing a post.
"Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct"
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/us/politics/trump-epstein-emails.html
I guess this is what I'll be writing about tomorrow
The video of Obama.......What an extraordinary act of basic humanity and respect. We should Make America Great Again--we should go back to the days of having a president/commander-in-chief like that.