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struggle4progress

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Sat Jun 14, 2025, 06:05 PM Jun 14

Veterans Speak Out Against Parade: 'It Feels Gross' [View all]

... the parade arguably couldn’t come at a more precarious time. The Trump Administration is engaged in a legal battle with California, after deploying National Guard troops to Los Angeles without the request or approval of Gov. Gavin Newsom. There is also grave concern about what’s happening overseas, as Israel and Iran trade deadly missiles after Israel launched a military operation targeting Iran’s nuclear facilities and personnel.

Amid all this, protests are expected throughout the country as organizations and individuals take part in “No Kings Day” demonstrations. While the protests have long been arranged, they’ve been largely spurred on by Trump’s actions regarding the L.A. protests, which have since spread to other cities across the U.S. The protests are “taking action to reject authoritarianism—and show the world what democracy really looks like,” per the “No Kings” website, which also states “in America, we don’t do kings.”

Dissent against the parade is also coming partly from within one of Trump’s most reliable support bases: veterans. Although former U.S. military personnel have historically voted with wide margins in favor of Trump and the Republican Party, there is a growing discontent among some within the community.

On Friday, a group of roughly 60 veterans and military family members protesting both the deployment of the National Guard in L.A. and Saturday’s military parade were arrested by the Capitol Police, after they breached a police line of bike racks ...

https://time.com/7294215/trump-military-parade-veterans-speak-out/

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