re: #444 Feline Fearless Leader

The photo looks to be an Alamy stock one. Only caption I found for it was “New York Army National Guard Soldiers of the 3rd Battalion 142nd Assault Helicopter Battalion bunk down”. No mention of where and when it was taken. I presume Simone took it from the same place as a recent Tweet by Mike Pence. Which implies that this will be the chosen form of pushback against AOC by the GOP nattering heads on this subject.

Edit: Quick search on the unit indicated a deployment to Iraq in 2008-09. This could be from then, or possibly while doing relief work for Hurricane Sandy in 2012. In either case I doubt this is their usual quarters and rest accommodations on Long Island.

New York Army National Guard Soldiers of the 3rd Battalion 142nd Assault Helicopter Battalion bunk down in Puerto Rico after deploying from Ronknonkoma, N.Y. on Sept. 28, 2017. The battalion sent 60 Soldiers and 4 UH-60s to assit the Puerto Rico National Guard in responding to the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.

alamy.com