Big historical footnote: The Navy amphibious vessel recovering the Artemis crew this evening is named for John Murtha, the first Vietnam vet in Congress, who ultimately opposed the Iraq war and sought accountability for U.S. war crimes fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/navy-supports-nasa-artemis-mission/

April 10, 2026 - 18:26 UTC

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Yeah drawing attention to these facts might not be a good thing.
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Kinda surprised Pete Hegseth missed this one, apparently
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I was also surprised that Pete missed this.
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I think he doesn’t care unless they were black.
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It was great to hear that name mentioned multiple times during retrieval
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it’s illustrative to look at what the neocons currently claiming to have the democratic party’s best interests at heart had to say about him
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AND a Democrat.
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“No irony here, folks. Keep moving!”
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Oh, right that GOP dumbass Jean Schmidt called him a coward on the house floor!!!!
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My husband is joining the Murtha at the end of this year & he is SO jealous that he missed this 🙃
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Say hello to the future USS Roy Cohn 🫡
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The ABSCAM guy got a boat named after him, huh
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Thats Murphy, Murtha is a different guy and retired USMC colonel
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it only took 17 years after the segregation guy got an aircraft carrier named after him!
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