Military Improvement Assoc.
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The (new) MIA is a rallying call to combative noncombatants fighting for #GIJustice. Alter ego of @iamloganmi.bsky.social.
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The original MIA was named by WWII platoon sergeant Ralph Abernathy about a month after our nation’s second Veterans Day. He and the #military town of Montgomery, Alabama knew what it stood for; #CivilRights for #MilitaryFamilies like his were Missing In Action. gijustice.com
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American #soldiers, #veterans, & military Dependents have no #CivilRights.
@gijustice.com is a reminder that there was never an America to begin with bc we can’t shake oligarchy.
@fpwellman.bsky.social, an influencer w/ @lincolnproject.us, won’t talk to a #battlebuddy bc they ARE the oligarchy…
@gijustice.com is a reminder that there was never an America to begin with bc we can’t shake oligarchy.
@fpwellman.bsky.social, an influencer w/ @lincolnproject.us, won’t talk to a #battlebuddy bc they ARE the oligarchy…
The rule of law is all or nothing and must apply equally to everyone. If there's no rule of law for some people in America, then there's no rule of law for any of us.
May 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
American #soldiers, #veterans, & military Dependents have no #CivilRights.
@gijustice.com is a reminder that there was never an America to begin with bc we can’t shake oligarchy.
@fpwellman.bsky.social, an influencer w/ @lincolnproject.us, won’t talk to a #battlebuddy bc they ARE the oligarchy…
@gijustice.com is a reminder that there was never an America to begin with bc we can’t shake oligarchy.
@fpwellman.bsky.social, an influencer w/ @lincolnproject.us, won’t talk to a #battlebuddy bc they ARE the oligarchy…
If @booker.senate.gov is right, then our Democracy may be wrong (rn), because #military #civilrights should be a no-brainer.
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Military Civil Rights Needs Your Help — GI Justice
It’s been nearly four weeks since Keizer Senator Kim Thatcher introduced Oregon’s Military Civil Rights Act, Senate Bill 1057 . That same week, Albany Representative Shelly Boshart Davis curtailed ...
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April 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
If @booker.senate.gov is right, then our Democracy may be wrong (rn), because #military #civilrights should be a no-brainer.
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Military #service is a protected class, same as race, sex, religion, and disability. #SettledLaw #GIJustice #CivilRights
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Is the Military a Protected Class?
TL;DR - Yes, service members and their Dependents are a protected class
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March 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Military #service is a protected class, same as race, sex, religion, and disability. #SettledLaw #GIJustice #CivilRights
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Ain’t nobody gonna change #military culture overnight, but what we CAN do is raise the volume and apply public pressure to irresponsible people abusing their political power. pewpew.substack.com/p/military-c...
Military Civil Rights Needs Your Help
Two ways you can support the troops' access to political power
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March 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Ain’t nobody gonna change #military culture overnight, but what we CAN do is raise the volume and apply public pressure to irresponsible people abusing their political power. pewpew.substack.com/p/military-c...
I will visit my state capitol whenever I damn well please, because it doesn't belong to fragile elites who can't tell the difference between their feelings and political determination. gijustice.com/blog/orla-co...
📧 “Conditions” — GI Justice
At 14:25 on February 21, 2025, I received the following letter from Oregon Legislative Administrator Brett Haines.
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March 6, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I will visit my state capitol whenever I damn well please, because it doesn't belong to fragile elites who can't tell the difference between their feelings and political determination. gijustice.com/blog/orla-co...
@thedailyshow.com Where might one send suggestions for guests/news in need of amplifying? (Asking for a few million #veterans) gijustice.com/blog/orla-co...
📧 “Conditions” — GI Justice
At 14:25 on February 21, 2025, I received the following letter from Oregon Legislative Administrator Brett Haines.
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March 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
@thedailyshow.com Where might one send suggestions for guests/news in need of amplifying? (Asking for a few million #veterans) gijustice.com/blog/orla-co...
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Today’s Revised Common Lectionary reading from Exodus 34 and the Christian feast we celebrate today should leave no ambiguity
Moses, Elijah, and “Jesus” were all #trans figures.
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Moses, Elijah, and “Jesus” were all #trans figures.
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🐮 Transfiguration - First Formation: Spiritual exercise for rank & file believers
Readings: Exodus 34:29-35; Psalm 99; 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2; Luke 9:28-43.
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March 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Today’s Revised Common Lectionary reading from Exodus 34 and the Christian feast we celebrate today should leave no ambiguity
Moses, Elijah, and “Jesus” were all #trans figures.
www.buzzsprout.com/2225259/epis...
Moses, Elijah, and “Jesus” were all #trans figures.
www.buzzsprout.com/2225259/epis...
Matt Keating: Lemme just brush off #GIJustice while Oregon military families are being deprived of the #civilrights I get at YOUR expense... 🥸
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"Just Waiting"
What's a little lunch counter between me and my civil rights?
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March 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Matt Keating: Lemme just brush off #GIJustice while Oregon military families are being deprived of the #civilrights I get at YOUR expense... 🥸
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I had the incredible privilege to share the stage with THE @tommorelloofficial.bsky.social as a member of Iraq #Veterans Against the War at the 2008 DNC. Repost this to help me get on his radar!
His is the only "song in needa singin" in this fµ¢ked moment we live in!
His is the only "song in needa singin" in this fµ¢ked moment we live in!
February 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I had the incredible privilege to share the stage with THE @tommorelloofficial.bsky.social as a member of Iraq #Veterans Against the War at the 2008 DNC. Repost this to help me get on his radar!
His is the only "song in needa singin" in this fµ¢ked moment we live in!
His is the only "song in needa singin" in this fµ¢ked moment we live in!
@tommorelloofficial.bsky.social I have a fuse in need of lighting, can you help #GIJustice NOT be resigned to a One Man Revolution...?
pleasepleasepleaseprettyplease repost this video to your networks? (BTW I shared the stage w/ you at the 2008 DNC with #IVAW)
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pleasepleasepleaseprettyplease repost this video to your networks? (BTW I shared the stage w/ you at the 2008 DNC with #IVAW)
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There’s a #civilrights showdown coming to Oregon!
YouTube video by Grunt Works
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February 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
@tommorelloofficial.bsky.social I have a fuse in need of lighting, can you help #GIJustice NOT be resigned to a One Man Revolution...?
pleasepleasepleaseprettyplease repost this video to your networks? (BTW I shared the stage w/ you at the 2008 DNC with #IVAW)
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pleasepleasepleaseprettyplease repost this video to your networks? (BTW I shared the stage w/ you at the 2008 DNC with #IVAW)
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My #OpenLetter to corporations (@nytimes.com, @oregonian.com, & @militarytimes.bsky.social) claiming protection as part of the #FreePress:
DO YOUR JOB or disclaim any #FirstAmendment protection.Thanks, byeeee
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DO YOUR JOB or disclaim any #FirstAmendment protection.Thanks, byeeee
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Hey @The Oregonian @The New York Times @Military Times This #OpenLetter is #foryou
TikTok video by Adventures in Veteraning
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February 23, 2025 at 10:41 PM
My #OpenLetter to corporations (@nytimes.com, @oregonian.com, & @militarytimes.bsky.social) claiming protection as part of the #FreePress:
DO YOUR JOB or disclaim any #FirstAmendment protection.Thanks, byeeee
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DO YOUR JOB or disclaim any #FirstAmendment protection.Thanks, byeeee
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We’re about to have a #civilrights showdown in Oregon! www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2PGLVg3/
llllllets get ready to RUUUMBLLLLLE! Civil rights showdown coming to Oregon #civilrights #foryou #GIJustice #adventuresinveteraning #miltok #vettok
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February 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
We’re about to have a #civilrights showdown in Oregon! www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2PGLVg3/
Thanks to Senator Kim Thatcher, LC 4669 has become Oregon Senate Bill (SB) 1057!
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Military Civil Rights Act (SB 1057) — GI Justice
After being submitted by then- Representative James Hieb , LC 2560 (the Military Civil Rights Act) fell into limbo when he was not re-elected to the Oregon Legislative Assembly. On February 13, 2025...
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February 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Thanks to Senator Kim Thatcher, LC 4669 has become Oregon Senate Bill (SB) 1057!
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A lack of integrity from @oregonian.com and #PortlandPoliceBureau meant a career service member got dragged in the press for a crime with which he was never charged.
This is why #GIJustice is MIA.
This is why #GIJustice is MIA.
Justice Denied: Damien T Rodriguez
Does it matter whose anti-military bias is at the wheel?
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February 14, 2025 at 12:34 AM
A lack of integrity from @oregonian.com and #PortlandPoliceBureau meant a career service member got dragged in the press for a crime with which he was never charged.
This is why #GIJustice is MIA.
This is why #GIJustice is MIA.
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Announcing #GruntCon, a temporary community for rank and file believers coming to Lacey, WA (20 min drive from JBLM) on October 25, 2025. Register before April 1st for our steepest discount, $100 off your ticket. pewpewhq.com/merch/p/grun...
GruntCon 2025 Ticket — Pew Pew HQ
See you October 25th in Lacey, WA!
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February 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Announcing #GruntCon, a temporary community for rank and file believers coming to Lacey, WA (20 min drive from JBLM) on October 25, 2025. Register before April 1st for our steepest discount, $100 off your ticket. pewpewhq.com/merch/p/grun...
In 2017, @oregonian.com weaponized the #HateCrimes Prevention Act to attack one of the communities it is supposed to protect.
MIA is calling for @tbottomly.bsky.social to issue a retraction and apologize to the #military community.
MIA is calling for @tbottomly.bsky.social to issue a retraction and apologize to the #military community.
Justice Denied: Damien T Rodriguez
Does it matter whose anti-military bias is at the wheel?
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February 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
In 2017, @oregonian.com weaponized the #HateCrimes Prevention Act to attack one of the communities it is supposed to protect.
MIA is calling for @tbottomly.bsky.social to issue a retraction and apologize to the #military community.
MIA is calling for @tbottomly.bsky.social to issue a retraction and apologize to the #military community.
@jamiebgoldberg.bsky.social Your co-editor, Betsy Hammond, looped you in on a series of emails about #civilrights that you consistently ignored. Is silence complicity? And, if so, how do you justify @oregonian.com's anti-military bias in a state of 250k #veterans?
Biased reporting on hate crimes? — GI Justice
Dave [Philipps ] and Betsy [Hammond and Jamie Goldberg] (and Michael [Barbaro ]), I represent the Military Improvement Association , a decentralized affiliation of military families and…
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February 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
@jamiebgoldberg.bsky.social Your co-editor, Betsy Hammond, looped you in on a series of emails about #civilrights that you consistently ignored. Is silence complicity? And, if so, how do you justify @oregonian.com's anti-military bias in a state of 250k #veterans?
Not only does “hate crime” not appear in the charge sheet, there’s never been any such law in all of the Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS).
@tbottomly.bsky.social
@aimeegreen.bsky.social @oregonian.com @lizzyacker.bsky.social
this is why #GIJustice is MIA.
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@tbottomly.bsky.social
@aimeegreen.bsky.social @oregonian.com @lizzyacker.bsky.social
this is why #GIJustice is MIA.
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Justice Denied: Damien T Rodriguez
Does it matter whose anti-military bias is at the wheel?
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February 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Not only does “hate crime” not appear in the charge sheet, there’s never been any such law in all of the Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS).
@tbottomly.bsky.social
@aimeegreen.bsky.social @oregonian.com @lizzyacker.bsky.social
this is why #GIJustice is MIA.
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@tbottomly.bsky.social
@aimeegreen.bsky.social @oregonian.com @lizzyacker.bsky.social
this is why #GIJustice is MIA.
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@tbottomly.bsky.social You ignored my Jan 24th email "Why does @oregonian.com 'hate' military families?"
If silence is complicity, then your anti-military bias undermines my Constitutional right of a "free press."
My advice?
Face the facts or find other work.
If silence is complicity, then your anti-military bias undermines my Constitutional right of a "free press."
My advice?
Face the facts or find other work.
📧 Why does The Oregonian “hate” military families? — GI Justice
The following was sent to Politics Co-Editor Betsy Hammond and Vice President Therese Bottomly of The Oregonian/Oregon live on January 24, 2025 at 12:55.
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February 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
@tbottomly.bsky.social You ignored my Jan 24th email "Why does @oregonian.com 'hate' military families?"
If silence is complicity, then your anti-military bias undermines my Constitutional right of a "free press."
My advice?
Face the facts or find other work.
If silence is complicity, then your anti-military bias undermines my Constitutional right of a "free press."
My advice?
Face the facts or find other work.
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Check out the URL, where the @aimeegreen.bsky.social ups the anti-military ante;
/marine_who_SMASHED_chair_onto
I guess “hit” in the headline just doesn’t convey the dripping hatred of Marines the lefty paper wants to convey…? Malice increases damages for which @oregonian.com may be liable
/marine_who_SMASHED_chair_onto
I guess “hit” in the headline just doesn’t convey the dripping hatred of Marines the lefty paper wants to convey…? Malice increases damages for which @oregonian.com may be liable
@aimeegreen.bsky.social In March 2018, you repeated @lizzyacker.bsky.social's false claim that Marine Sergeant Major "Damien Rodriguez was charged with a hate crime." Defamation like that set ABC back a cool $15M.
Is @oregonian.com prepared if he sues?
Is @oregonian.com prepared if he sues?
Marine who hit Iraqi restaurant employee with chair avoids prison
Prosecutors believe Damien Thomas Rodriguez was suffering from the effects of post traumatic stress disorder when he entered an Iraqi restaurant -- DarSalam on Northeast Alberta Street in Portland --…
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February 12, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Check out the URL, where the @aimeegreen.bsky.social ups the anti-military ante;
/marine_who_SMASHED_chair_onto
I guess “hit” in the headline just doesn’t convey the dripping hatred of Marines the lefty paper wants to convey…? Malice increases damages for which @oregonian.com may be liable
/marine_who_SMASHED_chair_onto
I guess “hit” in the headline just doesn’t convey the dripping hatred of Marines the lefty paper wants to convey…? Malice increases damages for which @oregonian.com may be liable
@aimeegreen.bsky.social In March 2018, you repeated @lizzyacker.bsky.social's false claim that Marine Sergeant Major "Damien Rodriguez was charged with a hate crime." Defamation like that set ABC back a cool $15M.
Is @oregonian.com prepared if he sues?
Is @oregonian.com prepared if he sues?
Marine who hit Iraqi restaurant employee with chair avoids prison
Prosecutors believe Damien Thomas Rodriguez was suffering from the effects of post traumatic stress disorder when he entered an Iraqi restaurant -- DarSalam on Northeast Alberta Street in Portland --…
www.oregonlive.com
February 12, 2025 at 12:34 AM
@aimeegreen.bsky.social In March 2018, you repeated @lizzyacker.bsky.social's false claim that Marine Sergeant Major "Damien Rodriguez was charged with a hate crime." Defamation like that set ABC back a cool $15M.
Is @oregonian.com prepared if he sues?
Is @oregonian.com prepared if he sues?
In September, two state bills I authored for @GIJustice.com were submitted to the Oregon Legislative Assembly. "LC2560" would be our nation's first #Military #CivilRights Act (MCRA). I divided this thread into digestible "tweet"-sized nuggets. Read more at https://gijustice.com/blog/or-mcra-draft
OR MCRA (draft) — GI Justice
The following was submitted September 27, 2024, to the Oregon Legislative Counsel (LC) to draft bills in the proper legal language, the second step of the legislative process. It is an Act…
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February 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
In September, two state bills I authored for @GIJustice.com were submitted to the Oregon Legislative Assembly. "LC2560" would be our nation's first #Military #CivilRights Act (MCRA). I divided this thread into digestible "tweet"-sized nuggets. Read more at https://gijustice.com/blog/or-mcra-draft
How long before I get blocked by a so-called "journalist" for spreading misinformation?
@lizzyacker.bsky.social Who told you Marine Sergeant Major Damien T Rodriguez was charged with a #hatecrime in April 2017? There is no such OR law, and federal charges were never filed. Justice demands you answer for your headline or retract it. www.oregonlive.com/portland/201...
Marine charged with hate crime in attack at Portland Iraqi restaurant
Sergeant Major Damien T. Rodriguez, an active duty Marine who has deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan during his 20 years in the military, is charged with of harassment, disorderly conduct and intim...
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February 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
How long before I get blocked by a so-called "journalist" for spreading misinformation?
@lizzyacker.bsky.social Who told you Marine Sergeant Major Damien T Rodriguez was charged with a #hatecrime in April 2017? There is no such OR law, and federal charges were never filed. Justice demands you answer for your headline or retract it. www.oregonlive.com/portland/201...
Marine charged with hate crime in attack at Portland Iraqi restaurant
Sergeant Major Damien T. Rodriguez, an active duty Marine who has deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan during his 20 years in the military, is charged with of harassment, disorderly conduct and intim...
www.oregonlive.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
@lizzyacker.bsky.social Who told you Marine Sergeant Major Damien T Rodriguez was charged with a #hatecrime in April 2017? There is no such OR law, and federal charges were never filed. Justice demands you answer for your headline or retract it. www.oregonlive.com/portland/201...
Ooooor, and hear me out; we COULD add “veteran status and military service” to the classes protected by FHEO. #GIJustice
Disabled vets struggled to qualify for housing assistance because HUD counted disability benefits as income.
Today, the House passed the Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans Act to change this. As an original co-sponsor, grateful we’re closer to getting more vets housing.
Today, the House passed the Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans Act to change this. As an original co-sponsor, grateful we’re closer to getting more vets housing.
February 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Ooooor, and hear me out; we COULD add “veteran status and military service” to the classes protected by FHEO. #GIJustice