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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Governor Pritzker has been leading the charge on so many issues that matter to Illinoisans. Under his leadership, IL has invested in modernized veterans’ housing, educational opportunities, and so much more! We are proud to endorse him for another term.

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

We are proud to endorse Justin J. Pearson for Congress! Justin understands that standing with veterans means ensuring they have the support they need long after taking off the uniform and has shown he is ready to fight for Tennesseans in DC.

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It's been 20 days since Republicans fled DC rather than vote to impeach Hegseth, stop Trump's illegal war, or pass the Major Richard Star Act.

The U.S. Capitol building is adorned with the "Spirit Halloween" banner across its front.

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

18 states have voter registration deadlines this week! Use your state's secretary of state website or vote(.)org to verify your status and secure your vote! Oct.5: AZ, AR, FL, GA, IN, KY, LA, MS, MT, OH, TN, TX / Oct.6: IL, NV, NM / Oct.7: MO / Oct.9: NC, OK / Oct.10: DE

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The veterans and military families of Common Defense are ready to send Roy Cooper to the Senate!

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

New endorsement alert! Angela Gonzales-Torres will be a strong voice for veterans, military families, and the communities they call home, which is why Common Defense is proud to endorse her for California's 34th District!

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We are proud to endorse Senator Jon Ossoff ( @ossoff.bsky.social ) for re-election to the U.S. Senate in Georgia! During his time in office, Senator Ossoff has consistently and relentlessly fought to deliver for Georgia’s veterans, active service members, and military families.

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Veterans were peacefully protesting Trump’s illegal & unjust war in Iran near Fort Bragg today when police arrested Army veteran & Common Defense organizer, Lindsey. Vets won’t be intimidated into silence. She is safe & we are working to get her free now. More updates to follow.

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Articles of impeachment against Pete Hegseth were filed. Congress chose an early recess. In the military, we have a word for failing to do your duty: dereliction. #CowardsRecess

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Today marks the halfway point for Operation Take Up Space. Every stop so far has proven that civic engagement can run on hope instead of fear. More road ahead. #TakeUpSpace

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Politicians keep choosing war and a privatized VA forever. Common Defense is choosing Tom Perriello. Common Defense is proud to endorse @TomPerriello for Congress in VA-05. He knows the cost of a failed foreign policy because we've lived it. Learn more about his campaign: bit.ly/4yY5SOh

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Common Defense endorsed Justin Wagner for Congress in PA-16. He served in Iraq, stayed in the Army Reserves, and works union. Veterans want leaders who show up, listen, and hold power accountable. That's why we're backing him. Learn more about his campaign at: bit.ly/3Tat0Ka

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

117 miles down. First stop: Charlotte, NC, for Drag Out the Vote, celebrating voter registration and civic engagement that runs on hope instead of fear. 📍 Heist Brewery and Barrel Arts, doors at 5 pm, show 6- 8 pm #DragOutTheVote

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"I stand alongside women veterans who are upholding their oaths to support and defend this Constitution." #OperationTakeUpSpace

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We took an oath to defend the Constitution against all threats. When J6ers try to rewrite what happened that day, veterans WILL hold the line on accountability.

Photograph outside a courthouse showing a man in a Common Defense t-shirt holding a microphone, speaking toward a group that includes a person holding an orange hand-lettered sign reading "J6 LOSERS." A woman on a phone call and other bystanders and photographers are visible nearby.

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Common Defense endorses Richard Ojeda for Congress in NC-09. 24 years in the Army. A career serving his community. We're standing with him to protect the VA workforce and the benefits veterans earned. Learn more about his campaign at: bit.ly/3TzN88D

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Old Fort to Marion. Another leg down on Operation Take Up Space, our 300+ mile, women-veteran-led march across North Carolina. We don't endure history. We shape it, one step at a time. #OperationTakeUpSpace

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

No vote, no democracy. It's National Voter Registration Day. Check your status and make a plan to vote early. #FreedomToVote

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

She joined the Air Force when women couldn't have a credit card in their own name. Thirty years she says the country is taking step backwards. "I'm taking up space so that when people look back, they won't think that no one did anything." #TakingUpSpace

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

25 years after 9/11, our Executive Director Jose Vasquez on what remembrance should mean. Patriotism is not measured only by our willingness to fight. Sometimes it is measured by our willingness to ask, before we send another generation to war, who pays the price. Full Essay - bit.ly/3SHrgId

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Never forget means committing to no more Forever Wars. It means taking care of the veterans, first responders, and civilians suffering from toxic exposure, and so much more.

Graphic image of two towers of light extending into the sky with the Brooklyn Bridge in the foreground with text overlayed that reads: 25 years later. Never forget means never forgetting the victims of 9/11 nor their families, nor those effected afterwards by the toxic exposure Republican politicians covered up, not those lost in a war with no clear mission, no endpoint, and no congressional approval.

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The veterans and military families of Common Defense are proud to stand with Congresswoman Sara Jacobs and endorse her for reelection in California’s 51st District! @sarajacobsca.bsky.social

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Decades in the Navy. Then Town Councilor. Then a voice for veterans at the State House. Common Defense endorses Matt McCoy for Rhode Island House District 31. Rhode Island needs leaders who show up for veterans long after the parade ends. #RIpol Read our statement: bit.ly/46fqvcp #RIpol

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Veterans did not stop being workers when they took off the uniform. Many went back to work at the VA. Those are union jobs, and the people in them are losing the right to bargain. Labor rights are a Veteran issue. Pass the Protect America's Workforce Act. #LaborDay

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Section 219 of the NDAA would hardwire US-Israel weapons co-production, AI coordination, and data integration into permanent law, with oversight stripped out. Sept 9, 7pm ET, we are hosting a training on what it does and how to push back. Register: bit.ly/4cnYC5t

Common Defense member training flyer over a photo of the US Capitol dome. Text reads: Member Training, US-Israel Military Cooperation in NDAA Explained, September 9, 7pm ET. Includes a QR code to register on Zoom.

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Hegseth's loudest online defenders were on the payroll. Three retired colonels, a million followers between them, government email addresses in the office that decides who serves. None of them told anyone. He doesn't have a press corps. He has a payroll. Full article: wapo.st/4zOy875

Pete Hegseth in a ball cap and T-shirt speaking into a microphone in front of a military helicopter.

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Ayanna Pressley defended VA workers' union contracts, pushed back on National Guard deployments at home, and continues to demand an end to Forever Wars. Common Defense proudly endorses her again. Full statement - bit.ly/4x3F3H8 #VANotForSale

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Eileen Laubacher spent 34 years in the Navy, deployed to Afghanistan, and worked in national security at the White House. Common Defense is endorsing her because she is fighting for honest representation that answers to working people, not billionaires. bit.ly/46x75Qa #UpholdTheOat

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

A National Guard member on Trump's D.C. deployment: "It's hard to feel like that justification holds any water. It feels like the guard is being exploited." Deployed under a "crime emergency" despite a 30-year low in violent crime. Read the full article: n.pr/4gBvmJM #NoWarOnOurStreets

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Governor Abbott is sending the Texas National Guard to peaceful vigils to chill our First Amendment rights. Militarizing enforcement today means militarizing dissent tomorrow. We're veteran-led, peaceful, and persistent, and we won't be intimidated. #NoWarOnOurStreets

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Common Defense is endorsing Maxwell Frost (@maxwellfrost.bsky.social) for reelection to FL-10. His office has helped Central Florida veterans and military families recover benefits they earned through service. That's the kind of accountability we expect from elected leaders. bit.ly/4zJe99K

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

An Iraq veteran wrote this week that Trump called 250+ days at sea "not nearly long enough." It's the same pattern every time: push troops past what they can carry, then act surprised when it breaks something. Then move on to the next rotation like nothing happened. Full article: bit.ly/4xpf2mx

Large aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln at sea with several crew members on deck. A headline about the ship mentions it returning home and Congress owing its crew the truth.

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Hegseth says recruiting is up because young people believe in him. Most recruits can't even name him. They enlist for steady pay, the GI Bill, and health care, like working-class kids always have. Full article: bit.ly/4xsvsL3

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The many beat the money in Florida. Congratulations to grassroots champion Angie Nixon on winning her primary. Neighbors, volunteers, and veterans out-organized big money and proved people power cannot be bought. Celebrate today, then gear up. The work continues. #GrassrootsPower #PeoplePower

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln have been at sea 250+ days with no return date. Families say meals are cut to rice and tortillas, the water's contaminated, sailors have tried to jump overboard. Congress can make Hegseth answer. actionnetwork.org/petitions/pr...

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Billions for ICE. Chronic underfunding for the VA.

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Five veterans-endorsed candidates. Five primary wins on August 11, 2026. Betty McCollum, Matt Little, Ilhan Omar, Peggy Flanagan, and Kelly Morrison all won because they've spent their careers fighting for people over corporate power. Congratulations. Onward to November. #MinnesotaPrimary

Common Defense Winners graphic, headshots of Betty McCollum, Matt Little, Ilhan Omar, Peggy Flanagan, and Kelly Morrison over a teal Minnesota outline with their names listed.

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

No corporate PAC money. No corporate loyalty. That's why Common Defense trusts @jamestalarico.bsky.social to actually fight VA privatization instead of quietly letting it happen. Texas deserves a senator who answers to veterans, not donors. #VeteransEndorse #TalaricoForTexas

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Houston officials pulled ICE off the City Hall agenda so no one could speak on the raids tearing families apart. People packed the room anyway. Meeting after meeting, neighbors stood their ground, peacefully and lawfully. Showing up is still how the many beat the money. #LeaveNoOneBehind

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

A trillion dollar Pentagon budget while people are without healthcare, jobs, or homes. Common Defense proudly endorses @angieforfl.bsky.social #EndForeverWars

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Today we remember the victims of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. We honor them by calling for an end to the nuclear arms race. No one wins a nuclear war. Urge Congress to move us back from the brink. #NeverAgain #NuclearWeapons

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Angie Nixon (@angieforfl.bsky.social) has spent her career organizing working people against corporate greed. Common Defense endorses her for U.S. Senate. Sen. Ashley Moody has voted to strip VA workers of their bargaining rights, pushing veterans into privatized care. bit.ly/4xlTwhV

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Matt Little (@littleforcongress.bsky.social) spent his career fighting insurance companies for seniors and people with disabilities. Common Defense endorses him for Minnesota's 2nd District. #MN02 Learn more about his campaign - bit.ly/4wn4qmY

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Ceretta Smith spent nearly a decade as an Army medic, then became a federal labor union leader fighting for VA workers and working families. Common Defense endorses her for Georgia's 12th District. Learn more about her campaign at - bit.ly/4yZ7iIT

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Pramila Jayapal has used her seat on the House Judiciary to fight deportations of immigrant service members and veterans and protect their VA benefits. She advanced out of Washington's primary toward another term in WA-07. #CommonDefense #WA07

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Fred Wellman flew helicopters in Desert Storm, did three tours in Iraq, and came home to watch politicians cut VA funding while waving the flag for the cameras. He won the Democratic primary for Missouri's 2nd District. He's not done serving. #MO02

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Outside groups spent more than $60 million trying to buy Michigan's Senate primary. Voters decided who represents them, not the donors. Congratulations to Abdul El-Sayed on historic victory.

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

State Rep. Donavan McKinney defeated a sitting member of Congress in the Democratic primary for Michigan's 13th District. Common Defense congratulates him on the win.

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

William Lawrence spent his career organizing for working families. He won his primary in MI-07 and is headed to Congress. Common Defense is proud to have backed him. #CommonDefense #MI07

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