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If you didn't see this hearing, PLEASE watch all of it concerning TCAVA, but especially this segment!
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The CLEAN Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 2102/S. 1032) could soon come up for a House vote! With 218 discharge petition signatures secured, this is a critical moment. Congress must act, pass the clean bill, and honor our combat-wounded veterans. Time is now
#MajorRichardStarAct
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This fight isn't new, and the need hasn't changed. Congress must pass the stand-alone, CLEAN Major Richard Star Act.
✍️ Add your name to the petition: votervoice.net/VFW/Petitions…
📲 Send Congress a message: votervoice.net/VFW/Campaigns… #VFW #HonorTheContract #AdvocacyInAction #MajorRichardStarAct
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Appointing Stephen Miller to be his chief of staff shows Trump didn’t learn anything from Tuesday’s shellacking (via @opinion) bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
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Hey @MarkLucasUSA Why you tell veterans just exactly what the TCAVA actually does?
On top of the provisions we all have identified over and over again which will hurt the combat-injured retired financially, and reducing our rates, YOU are using the TCAVA to make ineffective the Administrative Procedure Act, therefore stripping us, and others VOICES to include VSO's, from the rule making process. You bastards will have all the money and the power over our lives all by yourselves.
The thought of having absolute power over the most bad ass demographic in the entire history America and the world must get your and your donor's tiny little dick's hard. Here's a gigantic 🖕from the milieu.
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Stephen Miller’s obsession with mirroring Joseph Goebbels is obvious, from the fact that Miller literally impersonates him, to the nearly identical language Miller uses.
Replace “Jews” with “radical leftists” in Goebbels’ infamous article “Der Jude” and you get the same result.
ICYMI, the reason @StephenM’s language is so blatantly derived from Goebbels is that he has studied & imitated him to the point they are stone-cold doppelgängers.
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I agree with you that "Conservatism has not failed." Not only in NC but nationwide; Conservative ballot measures passed all over the country.
Personally, because I support conservative values, I held my nose and voted for Republicans on the ballot.
But many voters rejected Republican candidates because, more than in any other election cycle, their priority seems to be personal gain (votes, money) over actually serving the people.
Perfect example: Republican candidate Michael Whatley rakes in hundreds of thousands of dollars from convicted claim-shark Veterans Guardian-affiliated individuals while professing to support veterans. These claim-shark companies cause great harm to veterans, and we see right through this kind of self-serving deception.
More broadly, why are Republicans failing to #HonorTheContract to our nation's veterans? The Major Richard Star Act has been on congressional ice for six years, even though an overwhelming number of veterans and their supporters back this legislation. It also has huge bipartisan support in the House (but you were not a cosponsor?) A discharge petition, which would allow it to move forward, is about to be filed in the House. Where are the Republican supporters?
Instead, Republican lawmakers seem fully on board with Chapter 20 (Veterans) of Project 2025's Mandate for Leadership. Proposed changes are framed as efficiency reforms, but veterans’ advocates widely view them as restricting specialized care and reducing future disability benefits.
Now, a bill (TCAVA) pushed by Congressional Republicans would seek to implement these proposals - harmful to veterans, against their wishes, and disrespectful of their sacrifices. They continue to promote this legislation even though veterans are vehemently opposed. @DAVHQ survey explains:
>> 93% support protecting earned benefits.
>> 71% oppose TCAVA unless Section 108 (future tinnitus/sleep apnea rating cuts) is removed.
>> 80% specifically oppose Section 108.
>> 65% want the full, clean Major Richard Star Act (vs. only 5% for a reduced/capped version).
>> Only 1% favored cutting future disability compensation to offset the Star Act
It is no wonder that veterans feel abandoned by Republicans. And if you harm veterans, you also harm conservatives and the country.
I agree with you that we need people who not only proclaim the virtues of conservative values but also live them. At this point, I'm cynical enough to believe that these people are woefully few and far between.
As conservatives, we are most likely at the extreme show-me stage.
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We shouldn't have to fight YOU. You ARE the faction of Washington D.C. we're "fighting", to use your own terminology. We completely REJECT the TCAVA. It's taken you people 6 LONG YEARS to get the signatures signed for the Major Richard Star Act. How many veterans have ya'll LITERALLY let die while ya'll play politics with our lives? To include Major Star himself? You are completely full of shit. Pass the MRSA and honor the fucking contract we all signed.
NO TCAVA! YES MRSA!
New MRSA update: I apologize for the confusion, and I thank @rhodes65393 for citing my legislative timeline error. The info in my attached post is incorrect. This is the accurate timeline, showing that the discharge petition intent can be offered as soon as Nov. 9th - this Monday.
"With multiple documented pro forma sessions between mid-September and early November (including at least those on October 1/5/9/13/15/26/29 and November 2/5), more than seven legislative days have already elapsed, so a signer can announce intent to offer the motion upon or shortly after the November 9 return and force the Speaker to schedule it within two legislative days."
No to TCAVA PERIOD! It has other problems, such as fee increases for veterans trying to refinance mortgages!
No on TCAVA unless Section 108 and PayGo disappears.
Pass a clean MRSA instead.
@janae_sergio speaks the truth.
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Cutting veterans’ benefits is a choice, not a requirement.
Join us and tell Congress: NO on TCAVA. YES on the stand-alone, CLEAN Major Richard Star Act.
votervoice.net/VFW/Campaigns… #VFW #HonorTheContract #AdvocacyInAction #MajorRichardStarAct #TCAVA
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Actual footage of @ConcernedVets and @MarkLucasUSA trying to push the Take Compensation from Americas Veterans Act.
Read the room, no one else is listening dudes…
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Getting paid to advocate against yourself is wild! #tcava
We DO NOT want TCAVA! TCAVA hurts veterans! Learn from the midterms and listen to veterans who are voters! We sent a message!
@VetAffairsDems @HouseVetAffairs @HouseGOP @HouseDemocrats @SenateGOP @SenateDems @MikeJohnson @RepBost @GOPMajorityWhip @johnthune @SenBlumenthal @JerryMoran @SteveScalise @SteveScaliseGOP @VFWHQ @DAVHQ @iava
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Steven Miller's immigration policy has taken arguably the GOP's best issue and made it a liability. He, second only to Trump himself, is responsible for blowing up the multiracial coalition that elected Trump in 2024 and sparked the GOP's dream of a multiracial working class coalition. He's also probably the single most despised person in American politics. So of course, Trump appointed him Chief of Staff after getting humiliated at the polls. It's so perfect.
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WE. DO. NOT. WANT. THE. TCAVA.
STOP PUTTING THIS BULLSHIT OUT THERE SUPPORTING THE 2025 KOCH BROTHERS AGENDA. TCAVA DOES NOT PAY THE FULL AMOUNT OF RETIREMENT TO OUR COMBAT INJURED RETIREES. IT RAISES FEES ON LOANS, AND FORCES FUTURE VETERANS TO OFFSET THE PAYFOR. LEAVE OUR RATINGS ALONE. IT ALSO STRIPS THE ABILITY OF VETERANS TO HAVE A VOICE TO CHALLENGE PROPOSED REGULATORY OR RULE CHANGES BY FEDERAL AGENCIES CALLED THE "NOTICE AND COMMENT RULE MAKING PROCESS UNDER THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT".
YA'LL ARE LITERALLY STRIPPING OUR FUCKING VOICE AND PUTTING THAT POWER RIGHT INTO YOUR OWN FUCKING LAPS. THAT'S WORTH A RIDICULOUS AMOUNT MONEY AND POWER OVER OUR LIVES...SO FUCK OFF WITH THIS BULLSHIT LEGISLATION UNLESS YOU PEOPLE CHANGE IT TO CORRECT THE ISSUES IN THIS POST WHICH THE VFW AND DAV, AND MANY OTHERS HAVE ALSO IDENTIFIED.
WOUNDED WARRIORS? @WWP_DC @wwp YA'LL SOLD US THE FUCK OUT. SHAME ON YOU ALL. YOU ALL KNOW BETTER AND WE ALL KNOW YOU DO. STOP DEMORALIZING THOSE WHO SERVED NEXT TO YOU. IT'S EMBARRASSING.
STOP LYING, STOP PLAYING POLITICAL THEATER AND STOP PROMOTING LEGISLATION YOUR CIVILIAN DONORS WANT. VETERANS AND OUR FAMILIES ARE FAR MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE MONEY PROMISED TO YOUR CAMPAIGNS.
HONOR THE FUCKING CONTRACTS- GIVE THESE RETIREES THEIR DAMN RETIREMENT BY PASSING THE MRSA! YOU PEOPLE HAVE DRAGGED THIS OUT FOR 6 LONG YEARS WHILE COMBAT INJURED RETIREES DIED. THE LONGER YA'LL TAKE PROVES JUST EXACTLY HOW MUCH YA'LL DONT GIVE A DAMN
FROM @WWP_DC: “Congress is advancing a major veterans omnibus bill — a single, comprehensive package designed to move a wide range of solutions forward at once. Wounded Warrior Project has long advocated for dozens of the reforms included, and we believe this bill represents a rare opportunity to deliver meaningful progress for millions of veterans, families, and caregivers.”