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slightlv

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5. I had a good friend back in the 80's who eventually died from Agent Orange.
Mon May 25, 2026, 05:39 PM
14 hrs ago

He never stopped being an activist trying to get the government to do right by veterans where this was concerned. He died. He was my best friend's love of her life, and I felt the loss too keenly with all the time and effort I put in with him.

I'm a Viet Nam era veteran. And the government has never done right by us, IMO. The despicable behavior government is showing ALL vets today is just an example of what the Viet vets have lived with decades before trump. Republicans should all be damned for their hypocrisy in all things... but especially where Veterans are concerned. Today SHOULD be filled with headlines of every law, request, or project FOR Veterans that has been cancelled or killed due only to the Republican votes and actions. And now we have an administration who wants to make slaves out of them, because so many are still homeless. Shame on us! Shame especially on the Magas... especially the veterans of Maga... who voted for him and allow this to continue. Note: I live across the street from one.

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