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Traitors Don't Honor Brave Service & Memorial Day

5/26/2024

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Tomorrow, 5/27, is Memorial Day. 

A few days ago I watched on C-SPAN a ceremony placing the ashes of Korean War Medal of Honor winner Colonel Ralph Puckett in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol for viewing.     

Above you see a picture from the event. ​

Here is the ceremony from 2021
where Colonel Puckett was awarded the medal. 

My father, Corporal Anthony S. Aquino of Providence R.I. was a Korean War combat medic. He served honorably and paid a life-long price for his time in war.

Watching C-SPAN, it made me ill to see House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senator Mitch McConnell connected in any way to honorable service. Both are responsible for our politics today and for January 6, 2021.

You see Capitol Police in the picture above. They should have arrested Johnson and McConnell for the events of January 6. 

Donald Trump speaks well of murderous North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

I'm glad my father died before Donald Trump became President and before the treason of January 6.   

My father was not militaristic & spoke of the equal humanity of the American, Korean and Chinese people he encountered in war.

Please recall the Korean War and Korean War veterans as well as the massive number of civilians who died in the war.  

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    I'm Neil Aquino.

    I'm a rank & file Houstonian. I’ve volunteered extensively for Democratic candidates and causes, and served as staff for multiple campaigns. My work for Democratic campaigns has involved communications and strategy. 

    I’m an organizer of the Weekly John Cornyn Houston Office Protest. The Cornyn Protest team has been outside Senator Cornyn’s office each Tuesday for eight years now with one clear message: In addition to voting, we must show up physically and non-conventionally for the fights over democracy. Events have proven this assertion correct. 
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    I'm on the Egberto Willies Politics Done Right Show every Thursday from 6 AM to 7 AM for the Houston Democracy Project segment. You can hear the show on the radio, stream it on KPFT or watch later on Egberto's YouTube channel.​
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    I am the 2024 Barbara Cigainero Volunteer of the Year Award recipient the Houston LGBTQIA+ Political Caucus. I have a political science degree from Xavier University in Cincinnati and ran a Cincinnati City Council office.  

    I read a lot of books and follow baseball closely. 

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