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Chris Purdy
@itsapurdy.bsky.social
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CEO of @chamberlainvets.bsky.social. Highly functional procrastinator. Talks democracy protection and veterans. ATLien🛸
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Chris Purdy @itsapurdy.bsky.social · Jun 13
Marines have no business detaining civilians on our streets. We have to call this deployment what it is: an effort to turn our military against the American people.

We must reject this
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Teddy Wilson @reportbywilson.bsky.social · Jun 13
BREAKING: Reuters has published video images of Marines carrying out the first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles
U.S. Marines detain a person outside the Wilshire Federal Building after Marines were deployed to Los Angeles, as protests against federal immigration sweeps continue, in Los Angeles, California, U.S. June 13, 2025. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci
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Chris Purdy @itsapurdy.bsky.social · 7d
PSA: The National Guard is not ICE. They don't hide. They serve their communities. They have honor.

#KnowTheDifference

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tjo_...
The National Guard and ICE: Know the Difference
YouTube video by Unite 4 Veterans
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Chris Purdy @itsapurdy.bsky.social · 20d
Over the last 18 months, political violence has become a disturbing pattern: lawmakers murdered in their homes, arson at Gov. Shapiro’s house, two attempts on Trump’s life, and now Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

We must all commit to ending political violence

open.substack.com/pub/itsapurd...
The Rising Pattern of Political Violence and the Cost to Our Democracy
Political violence knows no party, and it must end.
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Chris Purdy @itsapurdy.bsky.social · Aug 31
This misuse has been building for decades under leaders of both parties. But politicizing the National Guard in this way is uniquely dangerous: it erodes trust, weakens readiness, and pulls citizen-soldiers away from the real emergencies only they can handle.
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Chris Purdy @itsapurdy.bsky.social · Aug 31
Today, troops are being sent to Los Angeles for immigration enforcement and to Washington, D.C. for an imagined crime crisis, with other cities (Chicago?) likely to follow.
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Chris Purdy @itsapurdy.bsky.social · Aug 31
In 2006, my first Guard activation came after a snowstorm knocked out power to 300,000 homes in New York. We cleared streets so utilities could restore power. That’s what the National Guard is meant to do.
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Chris Purdy @itsapurdy.bsky.social · Aug 31
The National Guard was built for disasters and emergencies. Now it’s being turned into a domestic police force. I wrote about it in The Atlantic:

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
What We Lose by Distorting the Mission of the National Guard
A compact that has defined the National Guard’s legitimacy for generations is being shattered.
www.theatlantic.com
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Protect Democracy @protectdemocracy.org · Aug 22
State and local leaders can stop President Trump’s militarized intimidation tactic from expanding into more communities — but they need to hear from you. Here are 5 ways to start. Read and share: https://www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/how-to-stop-trumps-national-guard
How to stop Trump’s National Guard weaponization State and local leaders hold the keys
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The Chamberlain Network @chamberlainvets.bsky.social · Aug 22
Allies gauge U.S. reliability not only by capabilities, but by process integrity. If U.S. intelligence appears politicized, partners will hedge, withhold, or “second-source” U.S. assessments, complicating combined operations and sanctions regimes.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/u...
Pentagon Fires the Defense Intelligence Agency Chief
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Chris Purdy @itsapurdy.bsky.social · Aug 20
US citizens to be prosecuted by the military should be on everyone’s red line bingo card

www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Military officers shifted to prosecute local D.C. crimes amid Trump takeover
Members of the Judge Advocate General Corps are set to join the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia.
www.nbcnews.com
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The Chamberlain Network @chamberlainvets.bsky.social · Aug 16
West Virginia’s National Guard has been ordered to police D.C.—pulling them away from their core mission of protecting our communities. From floods to winter storms, we count on our Guard on in a crisis. They should be home, ready to respond—not on a political policing mission
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The Chamberlain Network @chamberlainvets.bsky.social · Aug 16
The National Guard’s job is to protect and support our communities—fighting floods, battling wildfires, and helping neighbors after disasters. Sending Guard units to police D.C. takes them away from the work they’re trained for and the people who count on them #KeepTheGuardAtHome
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Chris Purdy @itsapurdy.bsky.social · Aug 16
“Are we the baddies?”
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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · Aug 16
Caption this
Washington Post photo, captioned "Federal agents patrol the Lincoln Memorial on Friday." It shows 4 armed federal agents 3 with DEA on their vests, standing in front of the statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/15/dc-emergency-lawsuit-police-schwalb/
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Dropkick Murphys @dropkickmurphys.com · Aug 15
We Stand With The People Of Ukraine 🇺🇦

📹: @thekenharbaughshow.bsky.social
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Chris Purdy @itsapurdy.bsky.social · Aug 15
For years, groups like Evacuate Our Allies and AfghanEvac worked hard to get politicians to honor our promise to the Afghan people. Republicans and Democrats alike have failed in their own way. But using the same military bases from the evacuation to now remove migrants is a special kind of betryal.
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Chris Purdy @itsapurdy.bsky.social · Aug 15
After Kabul fell, @shawnjvandiver.bsky.social and I worked w/ U.S. military and civil society to evacuate thousands of Afghan allies. Today, that system is inverted, and bases have been turned into detention sites. This puts at risk the life-saving work civil society has done over the last 4 years.
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Unite For Veterans Coalition @unite4vets.bsky.social · Aug 15
Today is the anniversary of the fall of Kabul & the Afghan evacuation. To mark it, 2 of our members @itsapurdy.bsky.social and @shawnjvandiver.bsky.social compare how we used the military to save Afghans vs. how its being used now to hurt migrants.

www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/08/15/o...
Opinion: Military bases are no place for immigrant detention
Military bases were once used as safe havens for migrants. Now, that system is being used in reverse.
www.sandiegouniontribune.com
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The Chamberlain Network @chamberlainvets.bsky.social · Aug 8
For the anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, our CEO & Founder @itsapurdy.bsky.social shares the story of his first meeting with civil rights giant John Lewis.

They talked about how the fight for freedom abroad connects to the fight for civil rights here at home, a fight that isn't over.
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The Chamberlain Network @chamberlainvets.bsky.social · Jul 30
Elected officials across the country are facing a rising tide of threats and intimidation.

These aren't just attacks on individuals—they're attacks on us. On our shared democracy.

This from @theguardian.com lays out the danger:

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US lawmakers balance security and openness as threats of political violence rise
Elected officials and law enforcement are starting to take threats more seriously in wake of political assassinations
www.theguardian.com
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Chris Purdy @itsapurdy.bsky.social · Jul 24
a man in a helmet with the words " this is the way " above him
ALT: a man in a helmet with the words " this is the way " above him
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Queer Hand Luke @lfschleusener.bsky.social · Jul 16
I would perhaps encourage him to learn about consent before offering to touch more people
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Chris Sommerfeldt @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social · Jul 16
Spent this morning on the Q train with Andrew Cuomo, who took personal responsibility for his lackluster mayoral primary bid. He vows a very different general election run, saying he'll focus on "reaching out to more young people and touching more people." www.nydailynews.com/2025/07/16/a...
Andrew Cuomo, conceding his failed primary campaign was flawed, takes to NYC streets
Andrew Cuomo is shifting gears and taking personal responsibility for running what he admits was a lackluster campaign in the Democratic mayoral primary, acknowledging that any strategic mistakes u…
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The Chamberlain Network @chamberlainvets.bsky.social · Jul 15
Grateful to see half of the Guard coming home from Los Angeles. But troops don’t belong on American streets.

We need all military forces out of our cities. Policing civilians is not the Guard’s mission. It’s a threat to our troops and our democracy.

https://bit.ly/4nNP4EG
2,000 National Guardsmen being withdrawn from Los Angeles mission, Pentagon confirms
Nearly 4,700 National Guardsmen and active-duty Marines were deployed to L.A. with the mission to protect federal buildings following ICE protests.
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Chris Purdy @itsapurdy.bsky.social · Jul 4
Troops are being used to police civilians. That’s a red line in any democracy.

I joined other veterans this week to call out the use of Guard and Marines in LA. This isn’t national defense—it’s mission creep. And it puts our rights, our troops, and our democracy at risk.

LA Times: lat.ms/3W8vbD0
'Making America militarized again': Use of military in U.S. erodes democracy, veteran advocates say
Advocates for families of active-duty troops, legal scholars and ex-military leaders critique the decision to deploy U.S. armed forces to Los Angeles.
www.latimes.com
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Chris Purdy @itsapurdy.bsky.social · Jul 4
Thanks for anyone who stuck around over this 4 day journey. I’m especially grateful to my Other Half™️ who tolerated me stealing the tv for basically an entire week.

Until next year!
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Chris Purdy @itsapurdy.bsky.social · Jul 4
The movie production itself, aside from the vomit inducing list cause bits, is still fantastic. To see that level of combat with no CGI and so well researched… is amazing
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Chris Purdy @itsapurdy.bsky.social · Jul 4
Everything else is a set up for these two. Buford gives them a battle that puts them together on day 1. Lee acts as the orchestra director they both have to play to.
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Chris Purdy @itsapurdy.bsky.social · Jul 4
There are other figures that move the story along, sure. The Hancock/Armistead story line is tired. But really it’s these two figures who both are put in impossible positions in this battle and one comes out on top, while the other essentially loses the war.
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