Veterans Stand Up
2025 June
2025-06-02 Iraqi war vet Hagan Scotten resigned rather than follow an order from Bondi to drop corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams. He wrote, “If no lawyer within earshot of the President is willing to give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me”.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/fb-14401037/Read-Resignation-Letter-Hagan-Scotten.html
2025-06-06 Unite4Veterans rallied in Washington DC to protest Trump’s VA cuts.
https://www.unite4veterans.org/
2025 November
2026-11-20 After four lawmakers and military veterans urged servicemembers to refuse illegal orders, Trump accused them of “seditious behavior” and called for their execution. Afterwards the lawmakers and veterans received death threats.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5628706-sen-mark-kelly-threats-increase/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/21/mark-kelly-gabby-giffords-threats-safety-trump
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2p2dz9zk2o
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/20/nx-s1-5615190/trump-democrats-military-video-seditious
https://truthsocial.com/@RFD3/posts/115579824866571287
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115582451169685243
https://truthsocial.com/@Beersnake/posts/115579833072568656
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115597077845312894
2026 February
2026-02-02 Former Army Ranger Ian Austin was arrested at a protest and charged with terrorism-related offenses.
TIMESTAMP 3:30 INTERVIEW https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogFdQx4H98g&list=WL&index=1&t=261s
2026-02-05 Pardoned J6er Jake Lang was arrested in Minneapolis after destroying a sculpture displayed by the local Veteran-ran Common Defense organization. One of the Veterans commented, “As a United States Marine, I swore an oath to the Constitution, not a political party; not an agency, the Constitution”. Another Veteran commented, “I gave eight years of my life in service to this country in the military. For a January 6 insurrectionist to destroy our display is an attack on the First Amendment veterans like me fought to defend”.
2026-02-10 A grand jury refused to indict the veteran lawmakers who urged servicemembers to refuse illegal orders.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5733465-democratic-lawmakers-avoid-indictment/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/grand-jury-declines-charges-against-6-democrats/
2026 March
2026-03-24 In a statement, former Pentagon chief and widely regarded former Marine Jim Mattis said, “I can’t identify a lot of good options” to resolve the conflict (in Iran) without significant loss or long-term commitment. He also said, “I think that what we’re seeing is a situation where targetry never makes up for a lack of strategy”. FYI nicknames: “Warrior Monk”, “Mad-Dog Mattis”, and “General Chaos”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlYqQ-ko2Ls&list=WL&index=7&t=8s
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/24/mattis-trump-iran-strait-hormuz
2026 April
2026-04-20 At least 62 elderly and disabled Veterans were arrested for conducting a peaceful protest at the Cannon House Office Building in Washington D.C. The protest was organized by About Face and against the war in Iran.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5840253-protesters-occupy-capitol-building/
2026-04-30 Former Army Ranger and paratrooper Congressman Jason Crow pressed Hegseth about conflicts of interest surrounding Special Advisor Tim Parlatore.
2026 July
2026-07-01 Air Force Major Jason Watson was arrested at the Capitol for holding a sign up calling for the impeachment of Trump.