NEW POLL: Most Americans Want to Demilitarize the Police
Strong plurality also want to see Army to change names of bases that honor Confederates; Overwhelming majority would have opposed Trump sending troops into cities during protests WASHINGTON, DC – A new poll commissioned by t...
Aggressive Tactics by National Guard, Ordered to Appease Trump, Wounded the Military, Too
By Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Eric Schmitt and Helene Cooper · New York Times ·WASHINGTON — A white National Guard commander called the standoff in Lafayette Square “the Alamo,” implying that the White House was under siege. Black members of the D.C. Guard objected to turning on their neighbors. A...
‘A Slap in the Face’: Black Veterans on Bases Named for Confederates
By Jennifer Steinhauer · New York Times ·President Trump has vowed to block efforts to remove Confederate names from military bases. WASHINGTON — When Timothy Berry was recruiting black students for West Point, where he served as class president in 2013, he often reflecte...
Progressive Group VoteVets Makes $270,000 Ad Buy for Gina Ortiz Jones — Its First of the Election
By Sanford Nowlin · San Antonio Current ·VoteVets PAC has snapped up $270,000 in TV advertising to support Gina Ortiz Jones, the Democrat running to represent a swing congressional district that includes San Antonio and a massive swath of South Texas.The spots, which will run i...
VoteVets: Baseless NRSC Ad In Michigan Shows “Fear and Desperation”
Statement of Will Goodwin, Director of Government Relations for VoteVets, on the baseless ad the NRSC released today in Michigan: "The NRSC and Washington Republicans have hit a new low attacking a fellow veteran in the Senate, who volu...
Major General (Ret.) Paul Eaton on Trump Tweets Defending Confederate-Named Bases
WASHINGTON, DC -- The following is the statement of Major General (Ret.) Paul D. Eaton, former commanding general at Fort Benning, on Donald Trump's tweets defending the naming of US Army bases after Confederate officers. Fort...
Statement of Major General (Ret.) Paul D. Eaton on Renaming Army Bases Named After Confederate Officers
WASHINGTON, DC -- The following is the statement of retired Major General Paul D. Eaton, senior advisor to VoteVets, on the Army's consideration of renaming bases that are named after Confederate military leaders. There are ten such base...
VoteVets Reserves 1000 Points In TV Ads in 23rd Congressional District of Texas
Ads will back candidacy of Iraq War veteran Gina Ortiz-Jones’ Candidacy SAN ANTONIO, TX – The largest progressive group of veterans in America, VoteVets PAC, has made its first television buy for the fall campaign, in the 23...
Ten Veterans and National Security Leaders in Congress Pen Open Letter To America, On Trump's Threat of Military Use Against Protests
Senator Tammy Duckworth, Representatives Lieu, Crow, Kim, Rose, Carbajal, Panetta, Cisneros, Moulton, and Brown write to Americans, "Left unchecked, the President and his Pentagon officials are on the verge of ripping the very fabric of ...
VoteVets PAC Endorses Richard Ojeda for US Senate
HOLDEN, WV – The largest progressive group of veterans in America, VoteVets PAC, today is endorsing Richard Ojeda to be US Senator from West Virginia. “Now, more than ever, we need people in Congress who have a record of put...