Kayla M. Williams
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U.S. military says no 'hard data' showing vaccine mandate hurts recruiting.
Vaxx mandates aren't new. What HAS changed? Politicization of THIS vaccine. That's bad for all of us.
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'It was an honor':
@USArmy
officer, one of the first women to earn Ranger tab, on leading Ruth Bader Ginsburg's lying in state ceremony:
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I am not Vanessa Guillen - I am alive.
And I have used every method I could to raise alarms about sexual harassment and assault in the military & its aftermath.
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My husband earned a Bronze Star during Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan and a Purple Heart in Iraq.
President Trump thinks he’s a sucker.
My kids and I think he’s a a hero.
Please vote in November.
#VetsAgainstTrump
#Vets4Biden
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The (retired) Army doc who performed lifesaving neurosurgery on my husband in a tent in Baghdad is posting tons of articles about the losers/suckers comments and I am so here for it.
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Navy drops Confederate namesake from Naval Academy residence
Every single news story about a traitor's name coming down from any military facility or base brings me joy.
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The opposing view - "respect troops' freedom!" - simply ignores that reality. My friends, the Army dictates how long men's sideburns can be & what color nail polish women can wear; if you're looking for a profession chock full o' freedom, this isn't it.
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4 women are buried among several thousand men at the US D-Day cemetery. These are their stories.
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Listen
I gave a kidney to a stranger
So she wouldn’t die
How is it even a possible some people won’t *wear a mask*?
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Fort Liberty no longer named after slave owner and Confederate "bumbler" Bragg, considered one of the worst generals of the Civil War for his poor battlefield strategy - also known for his "quick temper, general irritability" and "sour disposition"
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Honored to join the team at
@DeptVetAffairs
in supporting our nation’s
#Veterans
as part of the incoming
@JoeBiden
administration!
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My sister died of glioblastoma - the same cancer that killed Beau Biden.
She once got a bill for $80K - she had to fight her insurance company's claim it might have been a preexisting condition and cancer at the same time.
Save the ACA. Elect Joe Biden. Fuck cancer.
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Elderly man in grocery store parking lot: Excuse me! Do you know you just parked in a spot reserved for Veterans?
Me: Yes, Veterans like me.
Him: OH! What service?
Me: Army
Him: I was Navy, thank you for your service
Me: You too
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Son: I guess, but... you know, it's not like you're *that* special. You didn't change history or anything. You didn't lead a rebellion against slaveowners or anything.
Tweens, keeping us humble since pre-history.
🤣
/fin
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Imagine sleeping for 17 YEARS, waking up ready for love, and my dog *immediately* eats you.
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Personal view:
The alignment of
@ewarren
's
#Veteran
-specific plans with her other detailed policy proposals to benefit all Americans will improve lives.
All three of my brothers served, so I know the responsibility our country has towards military personnel and their families. Today, I'm sharing my plan to honor our promises to our nation’s veterans, service members, military families, and survivors.
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My son, complaining about a swim meet: You don’t know how awful it is to have to get up early and be cold and exercise!
Me: *staring in Army*
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Me at 24: a couple beers before 10pm is just pregaming before hitting the bar
Me at 44: a beer before 5pm led to an hour long nap
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Random 6am musing:
Wonder if lice infestations have declined in states where most folks follow pandemic protocols.
Like I would bet school shutdowns and 6ft distancing has been just awful for lice.
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Love this thread, thanks
@_pamcampos
for RTing it!
I grew up in thrift store clothes and acutely remember being anxious about dressing for first jobs. This conscious effort to destigmatize & explain, authentically... 😍
Most members of Congress aren’t working class. So when a regular person like me runs, it’s hard to handle everything from how much it costs to run, down to the clothes I’ll need to wear at work.
But we make it work.
Here's a sneak peak of a few of my thrift fits:
Jacket 1 ✅
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Thanks for allowing me to be one of the people sharing a reflection of Iraq 20 years after the invation,
@NPR
- honored to be heard alongside these powerful voices.
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Like a modern day Cassandra, perhaps, WE TOLD YOU. We said, hey,
#MeToo
in the military. DO SOMETHING.
LaVena Johnson is dead. Vanessa Guillen is dead. How many others are dead? How many murdered? How many have died by suicide?
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Fun fact: I call my own children by each others’ names. Sometimes when I’m flustered I cycle through the dogs’ names before landing on the right one. I’m 47 years old.
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Op-ed from
@paulwaldman1
reminding folks that troops also must be vaxxed for "adenovirus, meningitis, hepatitis, influenza, measles, mumps, rubella, polio, tetanus and chickenpox":
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A 'Sacred Obligation:' Jill Biden Pledges Support for Military Families as First Lady:
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Was this enough to get attention? Military women have told our stories for decades. We have warned you for decades. Begged for action, for change. Will you do something now? Or will we have to scream this all over again next year, next decade?
#enough
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@soledadobrien
Wait. The same Meghan McCain who is a columnist, author, & television personality who has worked for ABC News, Fox News, and MSNBC?
In what way is she not ... part of "the media"?
(Not a *journalist*, but part of the media)
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@CeeHawk
A man once told me he would not let his son get a play kitchen.
Me: “oh you don’t cook?”
Him: “no, I do”
Me: “so you don’t want your son to be able to play at being like you?”
Him: “... ... ...”
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I wrote about my personal experiences being harassed, having my complaints ignored by my command & mocked by my male peers in intimate, excruciating detail in my first book.
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@legalella
@ferrifrigida
Uber driver once asked me if I lived alone when dropping me off at 11pm. “Um, no, I, um, live with my extremely large husband who happens to collect firearms.” Wtf is wrong w some people.
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I am also not Vanessa because I have not experienced the additional discrimination & silencing that women of color experience in the military & as veterans. Pay attention to what
#womenVets
like
@_pamcampos
are saying, now & always.
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My husband ordered a box of Skillcraft pens “because they’re the best” so now I believe the army does brainwash people
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I co-wrote on sexual assault in the
@USArmy
with my best friend, to elevate a voice with less of a platform who was willing to share her personal trauma to try to get people to pay attention:
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So in the past 15 years, I have both bared my private shame and worked to bring cold hard data to light. I have elevated the voices of other women, and of men. I have been just one voice in a chorus of voices warning you.
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VA Obligated to Provide Abortions to Any ER Patient Facing Life-Threatening Pregnancy, Officials Say:
Absolutely wild to me that saving women's lives is controversial
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I talked about being sexually harassed and guys constantly staring at my boobs in the Army on
@nprfreshair
(and was later mortified at having said boobs on public radio):
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Your periodic reminder that the $30M military wreath charity buys solely from its founders’ farm
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When I think back on being sexually harassed in the Army, those incidents aren’t what stings. I know there are jerks in the world.
What still burns is all the *other* guys who said “what did you expect when you enlisted?” or “you’re not going to ruin HIS career, are you?”
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.
@USArmy
's Top General Vows Not to Lower Recruiting Standards Despite Trouble Finding New Soldiers:
Your periodic reminder that domestic policy decisions on education, nutrition, & criminal justice have major implications for national security.
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Black US Army cadets say they were called the N-word and 'shunned' for reporting discrimination at West Point:
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@seyyedreza
I think if you went with my preferred translation “chicken daddy” you would get more traction
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After successful implementation of DADT repeal in 2011, 10+yrs of incident-free open service by LGB folks, & no crisis when TG troops were also allowed to serve openly, it is WILD to watch backlash develop NOW.
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A soldier in Vietnam and a girl wrote letters. Decades later, they finally met.
...oh my gosh, this is remarkably touching!
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I wrote about
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Me to son: That really bothers me
Son: Why? He said thank you for your service
Me: Yes, but it's sexist that he just assumed I wasn't a vet since I'm a woman. He wouldn't have said that to your dad
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Military personnel have voted by mail for YEARS. It works great.
I've already voted by mail and confirmed my ballot was received. It worked great.
#VOTE
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I wrote about how the military could use data in new ways to identify chains of command that weren't doing well on tackling sexual harassment and assault.
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I wrote about hazing - which is how men are more likely to characterize their military sexual assault experiences.
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I described 7 common misconceptions about military sexual assault.
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Me, a person who learned Arabic in the Army, taking the duolingo quiz to check my current language level: Absolutely none of these sentences has to do with missiles, rockets, or explosions?!
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I wrote about how
@DeptVetAffairs
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And more when deploying - see mine, w Yellow Fever & Anthrax shots:
My 20+ yr old military vaxx record also makes me 🙄 at the sturm and drang over CoVID shots
Come on y’all, we had to get the *anthrax* series
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Anyway, if you want my full account of what invading Iraq was like, I don't have a Soundcloud, but you CAN read my book.
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I wrote about how the culture of sexual harassment that pervades the military continues when
#womenVets
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1SGs do not have "affairs" with PVTs. That's fraternization, harassment, abuse of power, unethical, unprofessional.
‘Horny bastard’ first sergeant had affair with female infantry private, Army says
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Women in combat wear armor designed for men. That's finally changing in 2020.
I feel like I've seen this headline before, but with different years listed for when it was "finally changing."
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And I wrote about sexual harassment at VA *again* when leaders failed miserably in responding to a prominent example of it.
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West Point is removing Confederate symbols from campus ... file under "it's about damned time" -
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Just remembered how one of the NCOs at DLI gave me a hard time about missing class for a funeral (even though my grades were great) & I replied "I'll ask my remaining grandmother to die at a more convenient time" and he just stared at me.
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I reviewed
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When I mentioned that I’m not feeling 💯, my 11yo son just told me I should probably drink more water
Which probably says something about both my parenting and the long-term influence of the Army on what kind of advice I give 😂
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More, on how those not vaxxed would be nondeployable (likely upping burden on other troops to deploy more frequently, btw):
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READ
#womenVets
telling their own stories.
See how long we've been talking about the same shit.
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I gave print, radio, and tv interviews. I gave Congressional testimony. I gave keynote speeches. I talked on panels. I moderated panels of other women.
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Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger says there's 'zero evidence' DEI training distracts from readiness 1/
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Got fantastic news that the living kidney donor chain I participated in got longer today - few things could bring me more joy!
#DonateLife
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I am so incredibly thrilled with this news.
Both because they’re so incredibly qualified and because
#RepresentationMatters
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So proud of my husband - two years sober today!
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I worked on the
@RANDCorporation
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House Republicans Vote to Block VA from Changing Motto to Include Female Veterans
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Me: How do I look today? Im speaking at an event.
My son: great! like a really professional banana!
Me: … really reconsidering the yellow jacket right now
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BE ANGRY
Check your voter registration
Make your voting plan
VOTE
Don’t let there be any question Trump is being fully and completely repudiated.
Save our democracy. Restore decency.
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If you were in uniform when we invaded Iraq 20 years ago today, it's probably time to schedule a colonoscopy.
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These pictures are graphic. LOOK AT THEM. He would’ve died in any previous war. His neurosurgeon thought he’d never walk again. Our journey has been *hard*.
Trump’s words scorning the wounded, and EVEN WORSE disparaging those who made the ultimate sacrifice, are shameful.
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My children are still viewed favorably by 91% of their family members despite thousands in unrecouped costs annually.
Economists puzzled.
The USPS is viewed favourably by 91% of Americans despite billions in losses annually
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VA Hospitals rate substantially higher than civilian facilities in CMS' annual Overall Quality Star Ratings, based on mortality rates, patient safety, hospital readmissions, patient experience, and timely and effective care:
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Executive Order on Enabling All Qualified Americans to Serve Their Country in Uniform | The White House
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I don’t have a relationship with my mother, which I have generally accepted. Today, opening a few incredibly thoughtful gifts from friends, reaffirms how important the family we choose can be. May all of you find such support and joy!
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Just mentioned to a young person in our office that I graduated from high school in 1993 and their eyes got so big that I could clearly see my impending death reflected back at me. LOLOL
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Honored to serve
Today
@SecDef
and I participated in a meeting with a small group of military sexual assault survivors and advocates. We discussed the DoD IRC report and VA’s ongoing commitment to supporting MST survivors.
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The long tail of war costs, a thread... (prob disjointed) 1/?
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Congrats to my husband
@brian_mcgough
on his first day back at work after being on primary kid patrol for a few years and using his GI Bill to go back to school - so proud of you!
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For the first time in almost 100 years, San Diego Marine Corps boot camp will train women recruits in 2021:
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Everyone sending work emails after 6pm on Friday: just take a break. Please.
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Just when I’m feeling really BLAH on day 3 of remote school, my son came to get a snack and said, “I love you and am so glad you adopted me. Every day I learn something new and I really love my family.”
❤️
(PS - you still have to unload the dishwasher, kid)
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@ThePlumLineGS
@FPWellman
Maus made a deep impression on me but my takeaways had literally zero to do with any type of prurient content
Stopping kids from reading about the horrors of fascism seems … very purposeful
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Tester takes lead of Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee:
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She was a pioneering Coast Guard rescue swimmer. A tsunami of sexual harassment followed:
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At DACOWITS meeting today, ALL services using "females" as a noun in their PPTs.
It is NOT a noun.
The word you're looking for to describe female humans is "women."
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