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To: RetiredNow who wrote (1146710)	7/5/2019 7:28:55 AM
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Military Veterans Call For Trump's Impeachment In New Video huffpost.com July 4, 2019 Vets call the president a “criminal” and question his loyalty in the video produced by veterans group Common Defense and billionaire Tom Steyer. By Mary Papenfuss As Donald Trump insisted military leaders he ordered to join him at his controversial July Fourth bash were “thrilled” to be there, a group of veterans issued a video Thursday calling for the president’s impeachment. “Not only is cruel — I believe he’s also a criminal,” says Marine Corps vet Marie Delus, one of several former service members in the video created by the veterans group Common Defense in conjunction with Democratic billionaire Tom Steyer’s organization Need to Impeach. Steyer’s group has gathered more than 8.2 million signatures on an online petition calling on Congress to begin impeachment proceedings, largely based on the report of special counsel Robert Mueller detailing Russian interference in the 2016 election and Trump’s attempts to obstruct Mueller’s investigation. Mueller found that Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s regime actively sought to help Trump and that Trump’s campaign welcomed that help ? but that there was insufficient evidence to charge a criminal conspiracy. The veterans featured in the video were less circumspect in their assessments. July Fourth is about “celebrating our independence from foreign powers,” says Army veteran Perry O’Brien. “How can we do that when we have someone in the White House who actively conspired with a foreign adversary to get there?” he asked. Marine Corps vet Alexander McCoy says his job was protecting American embassies from foreign infiltration. “I never suspected our commander in chief would be colluding with a foreign dictator to undermine our democracy,” he added. Common Defense lead organizer and Marine Corps vet Kyle Bibby said he doesn’t believe Trump is “serious about our values ... [or] serious about his job to serve the American people.” Common Defense ?@commondefense More than any president in modern history, Trump has ignored norms. He regularly refers to US forces as “my military.” His speeches to military audiences, such as at academy graduations, have been filled with partisan broadsides and false statements.https://t.co/tahD3xBDrm 132 2:25 PM - Jul 4, 2019 · Manhattan, NY Twitter Ads info and privacy Trump says his generals are ‘thrilled’ with his Fourth of July salute. Their silence suggests...The president’s “Salute to America” puts the military’s top brass in a partisan bind. washingtonpost.com 68 people are talking about this In another veteran’s broadside against the president on Thursday, journalist Elliott Woods, who served in Iraq with the Virginia Army National Guard, mocked Trump’s fascination with outmoded military tanks in a world of sophisticated insurgencies and cyberwarfare. Woods said in an op-ed for The New York Times that Trump, who avoided the draft with a medical deferment for bone spurs, has “never been closer to warfare than has a child playing on the floor with toy tanks and green plastic army men.” Trump’s “fondness for tanks is part of the insidious nostalgia that undergirds his entire ‘Make America Great Again’ ideology,” Woods wrote. Trump has “promised his followers that he can take them back to that time — and they seem ready to believe him.” Check out the Common Defense video above. View image on Twitter Adam Weinstein ?@AdamWeinstein Happy Independence Day 957 7:24 AM - Jul 4, 2019 97 people are talking about this

To: RetiredNow who wrote (1146710)	7/5/2019 7:33:19 AM
From: sylvester80	Respond to of 1575539

Trump Baby Blimp Crashes Washington Independence Day Celebration huffpost.com 07/04/2019 04:48 pm ET Trump Baby Blimp Crashes Washington Independence Day Celebration The 20-foot balloon has arrived in D.C. as a protest against the president’s militaristic Fourth of July extravaganza. By Amy Russo The infamous Trump baby blimp has arrived in Washington, D.C., as a protest against the president’s militaristic Independence Day extravaganza. Anti-war organization Codepink announced the arrival of the 20-foot balloon shaped like an infant President Donald Trump, complete with a diaper and a sneering face topped with a mop of golden hair. It will sit on the National Mall for most of the day. In a press release announcing the demonstration, the group’s co-director Ariel Gold condemned the president’s “Salute to America” celebration, which includes a weaponry display featuring tanks and fighter jets. “It is very alarming to see Trump turn a traditionally non-partisan celebration into a Trump rally and a military spectacle,” Gold said. “It’s absolutely shameful that money is being spent to divide this country even further, and to legitimize the violence of war when so many Americans don’t have access to basic healthcare.” View image on Twitter CODEPINK ?@codepink Baby Trump has arrived! Come visit our president in his true form all day on the National Mall, right next to the World War II Memorial, and join us from 2-6pm for our rally & other activities #BabyTrumpBlimp 1,073 8:54 AM - Jul 4, 2019 564 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy View image on Twitter Andrew Beaujon ?@abeaujon Got to the Baby Trump balloon. Robert Kennedy of central NJ is one of its “babysitters.” Says they’ve had only one unpleasant incident so far with a guy who wanted to “free speech his way into the balloon.” Park police helped him on his way. 626 9:11 AM - Jul 4, 2019 196 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy Trump’s event has faced criticism for its use of taxpayer dollars to fund his Lincoln Memorial event, which has evidently become politicized despite the city’s July Fourth celebrations being traditionally nonpartisan. Earlier this week, HuffPost reported that the Republican National Committee offered tickets to the president’s allies and major donors. In addition to Codepink’s baby blimp, the group is also displaying a 16-foot Trump robot seated on a golden toilet and sporting his signature “Make America Great Again” hat. As the robot moves, it recites Trump taglines including calling the Russia probe a “witch hunt,” decrying “fake news” and proclaiming himself to be “a very stable genius.” View image on Twitter CODEPINK ?@codepink Replying to @codepink Our Trump tweeting on a toilet has joined Baby Trump Blimp on the mall! 483 9:49 AM - Jul 4, 2019 217 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy CODEPINK ?@codepink Replying to @codepink Trump on a toilet says he’s a very stable genius, among other things. We say a stable genius wouldn’t have us on the brink of war with Iran 289 10:16 AM - Jul 4, 2019 130 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy The blimp, which stole the spotlight soaring over protests during both of Trump’s visits to the U.K., may have trouble getting off the ground during its stay in Washington. According to The Guardian, the National Park Service granted Codepink a permit to fly it, but only if it didn’t use helium, presenting an obstacle to making it airborne. However, Medea Benjamin, the organization’s co-founder, told the outlet she’s up for the challenge. “We plan to fly the blimp, hopefully with helium, but if not, with air,” she said. “It is ironic that it is right here, in the ‘land of the free,’ the balloon is being grounded.”