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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 12h

Stand firm for freedom of the press
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US news outlets refuse to sign new Pentagon rules to report only official information

Defense department policy requires outlets to vow not to obtain unauthorized files and restricts access to some areas

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Sue Fulton @suefulton.bsky.social · 1d

Remarkable panel of guests/rockstars at Army Women’s Foundation AUSA Leadership Forum! @kwilliams101.bsky.social @kyleannehunter.bsky.social
Kate Germano, Tia Young, Dawn Halfaker

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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 1d

Event planners have exactly two methods:
-one somewhat vague set of info; good luck!
-detailed instructions communicated across multiple platforms repeatedly
There is no middle ground

Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 1d

Veterans know they swore an oath to the Constitution; we believe in freedom of speech; we know what rules of engagement should be.

Growing number of US veterans face arrest over Ice raid protests

Veterans are facing federal charges after protesting Ice sweeps and Trump’s national guard deployments. The justice department claims the veterans were violent

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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 1d

VA public affairs *also* has carryover funding, so employees aren't furloughed yet, but this admin refuses to let them do their jobs providing info that would help veterans. MAGA doesn't care about veterans or their families.
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Democratic lawmakers accuse VA Secretary Collins of ‘weaponizing’ the shutdown and ignoring requests to assist constituents

Democratic lawmakers accused VA leaders of “weaponizing” the shutdown by ignoring requests to assist veterans and their families in their districts.

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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 1d

“What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” may be bullshit, but when you survive awful shit, you CAN keep growing - in ways that would’ve been unimaginable before.

Tree that got knocked down and now reaches for the sun from a recumbent position.

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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 2d

“Error! Home phone number required!”

Ok web form designer a huge percent of people don’t have this anymore

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Task & Purpose @taskandpurpose.com · 3d

Troops stung by ‘hard’ credit checks and unexpected denials in USAA’s relief loans trib.al/PHDR77F

Troops stung by ‘hard’ credit checks and unexpected denials in USAA’s relief loans

Some troops with strong financial histories say they were denied USAA’s no-interest shutdown loans after hard credit checks.

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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 3d

CAN YOU IMAGINE

Put people in jail for this shit. Utterly indefensible.

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 3d

We will need Nuremberg-like trials

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 3d

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 4d

AER, AFAS, NMCRS ready to provide zero-interest loans to troops in need during government shutdown with unprecedented lack of pay

Military charities prepare for surge in cash requests during shutdown

Service members have been working without pay since the government shutdown began on Oct. 1. They are increasingly asking for financial help.

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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 4d

"observers suspect the sign is meant to suggest women are not welcome in the treehouse, or more broadly within within the Joint Chiefs at all. Linguists have pointed out that 'aloud' appears to be a homophone mix-up by the sign’s author."

Handwritten ‘No Girls Aloud’ sign spotted outside Joint Chiefs’ treehouse

Sources confirm women still permitted in actual Pentagon, for now

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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 4d

"There was/is nothing “voluntary” about having to sacrifice childhood dreams and a military career solely to appease other people’s bigotry."
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Forced to Leave Because of Her Gender Identity, a Sailor Found a New Way to Serve

Transgender sailor ousted from the Navy due to the military's don't ask, don't tell policy goes on to help repeal the act and christen the USS Harvey Milk.

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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 5d

"If the JAG advised it was unlawful, the commander owns it now. So, if you think there's something that is unlawful, you need to say so. And that's a point when you put your stars on the table."

Legal experts fear Trump admin is ignoring JAGs on cartel strikes, Guard deployments

A former military lawyer and a former judge encouraged commanders to stand up to unlawful orders.

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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 5d

"What finally pushed him to finish and publish the book in 2015 were stories of bullied teenagers taking their own lives. White wanted something on the shelf that could signal to them, 'You can hold on for another day.'”

Netflix adapts Marine’s coming-of-age memoir in new series ‘Boots’

The series, premiering Thursday, follows a closeted gay teenager as he enlists in the Marine Corps and navigates boot camp in the 1990s.

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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 5d

"A vast majority of Americans — both Democrats at 93%; Republicans at 78%; and all adults at 83% — believed that the military should remain politically neutral"
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Poll: Most Americans say military should be apolitical and face only 'external threats'

A new poll released Wednesday found most Americans want the military to remain politically neutral, but are split on domestic deployments.

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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 5d

Impt follow up from piece i shared yesterday:

Dan Lamothe @danlamothe.bsky.social · 6d

Urgent new statement from the Pentagon Press Association, on Pete Hegseth’s new, forthcoming media restrictions:

Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 6d

#resist
"The Pentagon has altered its new rules restricting press access in the building" after significant pushback
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Pentagon relaxes press restrictions after outcry

The Pentagon has altered its new rules restricting press access in the building, clarifying that credentialed journalists will not need approval from Defense Department (DOD) officials before publi…

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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 6d

Don’t sleep on this fantastic book - I read based on NK Jemisin recommendation and it’s really worth your time, especially now (in some weird ways)

Cover of Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Time

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 6d

The most fundamental political debate of our time: You are integrated into and have responsibility for our complex, imperfect society vs. Nuh-uh.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 7d

The government is shooting priests in the head with pepper balls. I feel like this is a kitchen table issue.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 7d

Here’s video of the incident

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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 7d

Interesting - research seems to indicate toxic exposures in the first Gulf War impaired veterans' mitochondria. Diagnostic code should improve tracking, documentation , & hopefully trtmt in the long run.
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‘Long-overdue validation’: CDC formally recognizes Gulf War illness

The symptoms affect up to a third of the 700,000 troops deployed during Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm more than 30 years ago.

www.stripes.com

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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 8d

Aside, I’m proud to have been a Rakkasan, but their FB page is 😳 often

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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 8d

How dare you

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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 8d

Latest piece by my friend Andrea has some fantastic points. Worth a read.

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JJ DID T_E BUCKLE: What the Press Missed About the Latest DOD Memos

No Integrity and the DARVOing of the Military. Grooming & PT standards are a smokescreen, but I did my OC spray training.

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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 8d

Republicans control the House, the Senate, and the White House. Government shutdown is on them - and it harms military servicemembers, is dangerous for national security, and is bad for Veterans.