ODVA Director
ODVA Silences Vets
An abridged version of my exchange with the Director of the Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs, in which I was silenced for asking about #GIJustice and military civil rights.
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Laura Castaneda
📧 to Casteneda (ignored)
Hi, just checking to see if there is a firmer publication date for this. Thank you!
Blue Falconry
Sen Manning: 🟦Blue 🦅Falcon?
He promised MIA 15 minutes, so where is it? On Wednesday September 25, 2024, James Manning of the Oregon Legislative Assembly, who Chairs the Senate Committee on Veterans, offered the Military Improvement Association 15 minutes to present on military civil rights. Here he is, in his own words; As “informational
Federal
20 Years of VEVRAA 🐄💩
Twenty Years of VEVRAA bullshit in one graphic. Between 2000 and 2020, the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contacts Compliance Program (OFCCP) heard from more veterans about employment discrimination than any other group it is supposed to protect. According to data acquired under a Freedom of Information Act
Laura Castaneda
📧 “Submission" to SDUT
On November 21, 2024 I pitched the San Diego Union Tribune an opinion piece on anti-military bias in the American Academy of Religion, which was holding its annual gathering the following weekend in San Diego, home of one of the largest military communities in the world. After receiving a
SD Union Tribune
📰 AAR OpEd (killed)
On November 22, 2024, San Diego Union Tribune Opinion Editor Laura Castañeda approved the following for publication and scheduled it for early December; When MIA checked in with Castañeda be email on December 3rd and 11th, she retaliated by killing the piece, citing “hostility.” Here is the unpublished, unedited OpEd.
For The Record
📧 “December logistics”
Senator (James) Manning, I’m writing to see what logistical details you might be able to share for the December Leg Days. I’m preparing my remarks before the committee on military civil rights, including the two bills that will be before the Legislature next session, - LC2560; https://gijustice.com/
Josiah Daniels
📧 “Following up on pitch / request” from Sojo
Hello Logan, My name is Josiah and I am the sr. associate opinion editor for sojo[dot]net. Elizabeth Denlinger Reaves forwarded your pitch to me, and I have reviewed it. We are going to decline it, but thank you for sending it to us. In the future, please send
For The Record
#CancelNYTimes
I am a veteran, I have dedicated my life to defend my country and safeguard the liberties we hold dear. However, I find myself, and others from the military community, falling victim to civil injustice. Powerful newspapers like the New York Times prefer to ignore or downplay the anti-military
For The Record
📧 “Potential ADA violation”
Diane [Brayton]; I emailed you a week or so ago, along with others CCed here because Dave Philipps, who is employed by the NYTimes to report on a community of which he is not a member, accused me of having a mental illness. Let me be clear: A diagnosis without
OR
OpEd: Wyden suppressing accountability
Originally published on November 5, 2024 by the Albany Democrat-Herald and the Corvallis Gazette-Times. Section 4712 of the 2009 Hate Crimes Prevention Act, known as The Soldiers Amendment, created criminal enhancements for Americans targeting military families “on account of their service.” But the Department of Justice has never
GIJustice Denied
GIJustice Denied: Steve Hutchison
Ten years before Howard Zinn wrote “A People’s History of the United States,” he wrote an academic article that would later become “The Politics of History.” The history you inherit is not without bias, and Zinn pointed out the clash of democratic values with the tendency to reward coercion