The story of my family and why I know the horrors of fascism and fear the former President Trump.
By Rose Driver, Wife of USAF Veteran, as told to FLVCS member, Dr. J L Smith USAF Veteran
Like Elon Musk and Donald Trump, I am a 1st generation American. Trump …
Project 2025 models how to undermine hiring and promoting women and all nonwhite men. The Project 2025 authors insinuate that everyone except white men are Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) hires. Consequently, non-white, non-male, non-Christian workers are made to feel unworthy which destabilizes their ability to serve and lead. Project 2025 doesn’t make white men …
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The following is an excerpt from Melvin Goodman’s article, Trump’s Debate: a Victory for Pathological Liars Everywhere. It first appeared in CounterPunch on July 1, 2024. Melvin is a long-standing member of Florida Veterans for Common Sense.
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Dear Fellow Veterans,
As veterans, we have all sworn an oath to defend the Constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic.
In the upcoming election, we are confronted by a candidate for President who is a danger to the Constitution. Senior military and defense officials who have served in the Trump administration agree.
Chief …
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The Sarasota Herald Tribune published the following OpEd, Speech offers an ominous survey of authoritarian, fascist tactics by Florida Veterans for Common Sense, member, Pete Tannen.
By Pete Tannen
If you couldn’t get into the Unitarian Universalist Church of Sarasota on Veterans Day to hear Professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat’s …
Florida Veterans for Common Sense Member, John Darovec’s Letter to the Editor titled, Use superpowers: voice, vote and wallet, was published in the Sarasota Herald Tribune on November 6, 2023.
Our special senses are vision, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. They allow us to determine what is real. Unfortunately, too many government officials are …
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Violent authoritarians sometimes succeed in overthrowing democratic governments with military coups. Other authoritarians win at the ballot box and then hijack democracy. They give false hope that only they, as the “strongman,” can relieve citizens’ angst and solve society’s problems. They mislead with disinformation
On this day, we celebrate our Declaration of Independence from a tyrannical government.
As Florida Veterans for Common Sense (FLVCS) celebrates, we also remember that without the pen of Thomas Paine we’d have a different government, and to keep it, we must heed Paine’s warnings …
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On this solemn Memorial Day, we honor and remember the brave men and women who died protecting the values we hold dear. These are not only the founding principle that all men are created equal. But, they include freedom of speech, freedom of …
Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis, who is running for president, has taken Florida a long way down the road toward authoritarianism.
Florida’s governor appears more expert than Trump in distracting citizens from actual problems by stirring their anger and resentment. He cleverly does so by appealing to fear, racism, and tribalism. Some say he can advance …
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