VoteVets

Trump came back. Veterans stood up. VoteVets didn’t flinch — we led. From confronting GOP cruelty to town halls in deep-red states, we’re elevating Veteran voices, organizing for 2026, and taking back the flag. The fight is on — and we’re just getting started. JOIN US: votevets.org

Pete Hegseth is looking for a career change. The disgraced Secretary of Defense is reportedly pushing Sen. Marsha Blackburn to appoint him to her Tennessee Senate seat if she wins the governor’s race. www.huffpost.com/entry/pete-h...

For everyday Floridians, healthcare isn’t about politics, it’s a matter of survival. Yet, Republican Ryan Elijah thinks his party did “a great job” passing the One Big Beautiful Bill that cut healthcare for over 1.5 million Floridians. But what more can you expect from an out-of-touch TV anchor?

Navy vet Zach Dembo isn’t shying away from the biggest issue of this election. He put the Iran war front and center during last night's KY-06 debate. Dembo knows the cost of war, so he’s making his position clear: a vote for Dembo is a vote to end this conflict for good.

President Obama just reminded us all something very important: he stopped Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, all without firing a single shot. Trump tore that deal up, and now we’re seven months into a forever war that nobody wanted. That's not the victory we were promised.

Barack Obama is back on the campaign trail, and he just TORCHED Pete Hegseth. Obama pointed out what we already know: these are not serious people. While Hegseth obsesses over jawlines, testosterone levels, and livestreamed executions, our troops are fighting a war nobody asked for.

In yet another example of the Trump administration's incompetency, Melania Trump has reportedly helped broker a small-scale, temporary pause between Russia and Ukraine in one town, while her husband and his flunkies continue to hand the country overall to Putin. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

Pentagon officials are ready to cooperate with Democrats planning to investigate Pete Hegseth if they retake Congress. Some of those closest to Hegseth even said in private that they're ready to “spill their guts” the moment they get the chance. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026...

Anna Paulina Luna voted six times to continue the Iran war. Now we might know why. Her husband owns 10% of Nokturnal AI, a drone startup she valued at just $1,000 in 2025 that has since raked in $37 million in Pentagon contracts. Coincidence? We don’t think so. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Service members, contractors, and military families are now coming forward with images they say the Pentagon hid, and the accounts behind them are brutal. From Saudi Arabia to Kuwait to Jordan, American bases were pummeled by Iranian drones and missiles. meidasnews.com/news/so-much...

Chris Deluzio just laid out how Democrats plan to rein in Trump’s war with Iran: aggressive oversight, accountability for the failures that left troops unprotected in Kuwait and families abandoned in Bahrain, and getting hard answers from a Pentagon that has refused to give any.

When Trump started his war with Iran, 1,300 military family members had to flee Bahrain under missile fire. Now they can’t go back, and the Navy told them to find a new home somewhere in the US. This is the cost of a war no one planned how to end, or even properly begin.

VoteVets is on the radio in Michigan’s First Congressional District, hitting Republican Jack Bergman for his role in protecting VA healthcare scams. Callie Barr has spent her life advocating for disabled Veterans, Jack Bergman has spent his career profiting from them.

Donald Trump told poisoned Veterans at Camp Lejeune they’ll only get the government’s help if Republicans win the midterms, and Vice Admiral Nancy Lacore is pissed off about it.

VoteVets is back up in Iowa, this time in the Third Congressional District. A blue wave is coming to Iowa in two weeks, and Zach Nunn is getting swept up in it.

Donald Trump just told Veterans poisoned by toxic water at Camp Lejeune that they’ll only get the money they’re owed if Republicans win the midterms. These are Marines and their families who drank contaminated water for decades, got cancer, and have been begging the government for relief.

After six combat deployments, there isn’t a lot that scares Cait Conley. But Pete Hegseth’s leadership at the Pentagon? That keeps her up at night.

VoteVets is closing out the midterms with a new ad in New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District. Tom Kean Jr. disappeared from Congress for months. He missed votes to end the Iran war, but he never missed an opportunity to trade stocks. It's simple: Kean’s got to go.

VoteVets is back on the air in South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District with a new ad hitting Jenny Honeycutt over her push to build data centers across the Lowcountry.

What if the real threat to elections is convincing Americans their votes don't count? 🎬 THE COUNT is a fast-paced political thriller from Vet Voice Foundation and Ninety Degree Films that follows a retired Army veteran who uncovers a plot to hijack an election.

Pete Hegseth just gutted the Inspector General system troops use to report wrongdoing. Hegseth’s overhaul strips anonymity, lets “non-credible” complaints get tossed, and flags anyone who files too often. www.military.com/pete-hegseth...

A military spouse was detained by ICE after she showed up to a Navy base to pick up her family’s military ID cards. Her husband, Pedro, applied for a program built to protect the families of people in uniform. That application appears to have been used to find her. apple.news/AGUonOd7GQbC...

Scott Bessent was asked point blank, three times, is Ukraine an ally of the United States? All three times, he dodged the question. Let’s be clear: his refusal to answer is the answer.

JD Vance was confronted by a Gold Star husband, and his response will make your blood boil: “This is literally the first time I’ve heard of this.” Either the Vice President is ignorant, or he doesn’t know who made the ultimate sacrifice in his and Trump’s name. Either way it's a disgrace.

Our newest substack piece features a compelling breakdown from Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton, connecting the dots between a White House deal for Russian diesel, sudden blackouts in Ukraine's frontline defenses, and the mounting risks to American troops abroad. voteveterans.substack.com/p/trump-is-t...

Ukraine’s battlefield internet went dark without warning and the White House is to blame. A Ukraine that can defend itself is what keeps Putin from a bigger war in Europe, the kind that ends with American troops on the front lines. www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Donald Trump joked that he “might have gone too far” in Iran because he bombed their leadership so much he “doesn’t know who the hell to deal with.” That might be funny to him, but the Iranian regime has survived, and is stronger than ever. Donald Trump is living in a fantasy land.

VoteVets is on the radio in Alaska. Dan Sullivan voted 13 times to keep the Iran war going, and Alaskans are feeling the cost of this war at the grocery store and the gas station. This November, they’ll be voting for change.

After just one week, the Trump administration has backed down from their plan to livestream Nidal Hasan's execution. The move comes after VoteVets, Veterans, and survivors of the Fort Hood shooting spoke out against the announcement. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

VoteVets is on the radio in Ohio. With fall setting in and energy bills climbing, Ohioans are paying the price for Jon Husted’s 13 votes to keep the Iran war going, and they’ll be voting for Sherrod Brown this November.

In a message released by VoteVets, Fort Hood shooting survivor SFC (Ret.) Paul Martin speaks out against the plan to livestream Hasan’s execution. If he doesn’t want this turned into a spectacle, neither should you.

EXCLUSIVE: A Fort Hood Shooting Victim Slams Hegseth Plan to Livestream Gunman’s Execution. In a VoteVets video message, he says live-streaming the execution would make U.S. look like a “third-world country.” open.substack.com/pub/jimacost...

Brigadier General (Ret.) Steven Anderson lays into Hegseth and Trump for turning the Ft. Hood shooter's execution into a public show, arguing that violence and war is sometimes necessary, but should never become entertainment. voteveterans.substack.com/p/yes-execut...

Broadcasting executions for an audience is what terrorists do, not the U.S. military.

Iowa Senate candidate Josh Turek was asked about the Iran war during a debate, and his answer was perfect.

One Soldier at the polls is a voter. A formation at the polls is a felony. Hegseth just ordered a military-wide voting stand-down by Oct 15. But 18 U.S.C. § 592 makes it a felony, five years and a lifetime ban from federal office, for any officer to order, bring, or keep troops at a polling place.

Elon Musk is back in Washingto. Musk will help lead "Project Meridian," a study meant to shape "the future of U.S. military warfare." Hegseth handed the role not to a general, but to a defense contractor who'll profit from the very recommendations he'll make. www.cnbc.com/2026/09/30/m...

JoAnna Mendoza spent 22 years in uniform. She knows what servant leadership looks like, and she knows that Pete Hegseth lacks it. Arizona, let's elect Mendoza to Congress this November and bring servant leadership back to Washington. @joannamendoza.com

MAGA is so far gone that Donald Trump can joke about American cities being bombed, and his supporters will laugh along. You know who's not laughing? The millions of Americans living in San Diego and Los Angeles.

When an Iranian drone struck Port Shuaiba, Kuwait, on March 1st, there were no sirens, no air defenses, and no plan to care for the wounded. Six American service members were killed that day, and the ones who survived are now speaking out. They all deserve better. apnews.com/article/iran...

Big midterm news: Army veteran Dwayne Romero was just added to the DCCC's Red to Blue list, giving him a major boost in his fight to unseat vulnerable House Republican Jeff Hurd in CO-03. As the midterms get closer, Americans want change. See you in November.

One month out from the Midterms and VoteVets is back up in Iowa.

Ashley Hinson cast six votes to continue the Iran war. Now she's flip-flopping and saying it should end. Iowans have two options: believe Hinson's words, or her record. Veterans have had to make this choice before, and it's why they're backing Josh Turek this November.

More than half of all VA medical centers are now reporting severe staffing shortages. 97% of facilities can't fully staff their doctors, and 58% can't hire enough psychologists. The Trump administration has cut roughly 30,000 VA jobs. Now, Veterans are paying the price. @repvindman.bsky.social

Yesterday, Pete Hegseth gave an unhinged State Of The Force speech at Quantico. He called service members slurs, bragged about testosterone tests, and attacked the media for "Trump Derangement Syndrome." One thing is clear: Hegseth is more focused on winning culture wars than real ones.

As the final American troops withdraw from Iraq, Major General (Ret.) Paul D. Eaton breaks down how decades of strategic missteps set this outcome in motion. Read it and let us know your thoughts. substack.com/@votevets/no...

Pete Hegseth is set to announce a 20% cut to future general and admiral positions. The move comes amid a massive purge of top commanders, and a war with Iran that continues to rage. The result is generational damage to our military. thehill.com/policy/defen...

Donald Trump started a war with Iran that he said would end in about two weeks. That was more than 212 days ago. Since then, at least 19 American service members have died, and more than 800 have been injured. Dozens of US aircraft have been damaged or destroyed. See it all at AboutTwoWeeks.com.

VoteVets is shaping the 2026 midterms by helping elect the next generation of servant leaders. Read the New York Times profile NOW to learn more about the work we're doing. @gunnyspeaksout.bsky.social

Twenty years ago, it was rare for Democrats to take on Republicans over the military. We changed that. Now, we're spending $60 million to back 331 Democratic candidates to helping elect a new generation of leaders who understand the true cost of war. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/u...