OCTOBER 2026 NEWSLETTER
“The public has a vital interest in receiving accurate, independent information about its government. No administration should restrict a news organization because it objects to its reporting.” –Statement from the White House television pool members: ABC News, CBS News, CNN, Fox News Media, NBC News
You can’t vote them out if you don’t vote!
Return your absentee ballot! Still need to request a ballot?
Go to www.VoteFromAbroad.org now!
Last chance to stand up and be counted!
Greetings!
Hopefully you have already received your absentee ballot and you have filled it out and returned it! If you are still waiting, do it now during Absentee Voters Week, September 28 to October 4 – and if for some reason you have not yet requested your absentee ballot, click www.VoteFromAbroad.org now and get this done! Request your ballot is sent to you via email!!! We need your help to Get Out The Vote with other U.S. citizens overseas! Please volunteer a few hours to help the DA Germany Phonebanking Team!
-Dialing for Democracy 2026 Call-a-thon, 2-4 October, 8am – 8pm CET
-One Retiree Appreciation day left–USAREUR-AF-USAG Wiesbaden on 3 October
-Tourist Passport Outreach Event at Ramstein Air Base, KMCC Food Court, Wednesday, 28 October 2026, 9:30-12:00
-KMC Heroes Career Summit Ramstein Officers Club, 29 October 2026, 9:00 to 16:00
Looking for an update on the Foreign Medical Program? Foreign Medical Program for veterans overseas is having growing pains “With more than 80,000 veterans living abroad, the Foreign Medical Program serves as a critical resource for veterans with service-connected illnesses and injuries.” If you’re living in any of these countries, you can call the FMP office toll-free: U.S. and Canada: 877-345-8179, Germany: 0800-1800-011, Italy: 800-782-655, Spain: 900-981-776, United Kingdom: 0800-032-7425
Interested in a Zoom Get Together? Contact us at [email protected].
Send your vote home! Make your voice heard loud and clear!
Keep hope alive and make that HOPE a REALITY!
Robert Scott and Terese Sarno
DAG VMF Caucus Co-Chairs DA Germany
Ready to join our caucus? Be part of the conversation and make your voice heard!
Voting for federal candidates does not affect your federal or state tax liability. Voting and taxes https://travel.state.gov/en/international-travel/living-abroad/voting.html
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TAKE ACTION UPDATE!
Dialing for Democracy 2026 Call-a-thon
Friday, October 2 – Sunday, October 4
8am – 8pm CET
TAKE ACTION! Updated call to action to stop the SAVE Act. The SAVE America Act is attached to H. Res. 1490! CONTACT YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS to vote NO on this act that will directly infringe upon overseas voters' right to vote! Call the U.S. Capitol Switchboard: +1 (202) 224-3121.
Update: Actions - H.Res.1490 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Providing for the condemnation and denouncement of socialism in all its forms, and for other purposes.
Keep these contacts handy and please keep up the pressure on all of our elected officials - pressure them to do more and of course give thanks where it is due! Remember to mention that you are an overseas voter.
-Contact Your Representatives in the House
-Contact Your State Attorney General
President John F. Kennedy
“No President should fear public scrutiny of his program. For from that scrutiny comes understanding; and from that understanding comes support or opposition. And both are necessary. I am not asking your newspapers to support the Administration, but I am asking your help in the tremendous task of informing and alerting the American people. For I have complete confidence in the response and dedication of our citizens whenever they are fully informed …Without debate, without criticism, no Administration and no country can succeed--and no republic can survive. That is why the Athenian lawmaker Solon decreed it a crime for any citizen to shrink from controversy. And that is why our press was protected by the First Amendment-- the only business in America specifically protected by the Constitution- -not primarily to amuse and entertain, not to emphasize the trivial and the sentimental, not to simply ‘give the public what it wants’--but to inform, to arouse, to reflect, to state our dangers and our opportunities, to indicate our crises and our choices, to lead, mold, educate and sometimes even anger public opinion. This means greater coverage and analysis of international news--for it is no longer far away and foreign but close at hand and local. It means greater attention to improved understanding of the news as well as improved transmission. And it means, finally, that government at all levels, must meet its obligation to provide you with the fullest possible information outside the narrowest limits of national security--and we intend to do it.”
Trump...’banning’ CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House
Judge orders Trump administration to reinstate White House access to CNN, MS NOW and Politico September 24, 2026
Monday, 21 September 2026, joint statement from CNN, MS NOW and POLITICO
TV Networks Suspend White House Coverage in Protest of Trump's CNN Ban
“In an unprecedented move, four of the five TV networks that provide White House pool coverage of President Donald Trump — ABC News, CBS News, NBC News and Fox News — have joined in solidarity with CNN, which is the fifth TV pooler, announcing they are suspending coverage of the president because of his ban of CNN.
The public has a vital interest in receiving accurate, independent information about its government…No administration should restrict a news organization because it objects to its reporting.”
Freedom of Press Overview | U.S. Constitution Annotated
Freedom of Speech / Freedom of the Press
“The most basic component of freedom of expression is the right to freedom of speech. Freedom of speech may be exercised in a direct (words) or a symbolic (actions) way. Freedom of speech is recognized as a human right under article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The right to freedom of speech allows individuals to express themselves without government interference or regulation. The Supreme Court requires the government to provide substantial justification for interference with the right of free speech when it attempts to regulate the content of the speech.”
Freedom of the Press - Rock the Vote
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OCTOBER EVENTS
Return your absentee ballot! Don’t delay!
October 2-4 – Dialing for Democracy 2026 Call-a-thon, 8am – 8pm CET
October 3, 1990 – What Happened the Day the Berlin Wall Fell
October 12 – Columbus Day
October 13 – U.S. Navy (USN) 251st Birthday
October 26 – Day of the Deployed
October 28 – Passport Outreach, KMCC Food Court, 9:30 to 12:00
October 29 – KMC Heroes Career Summit Ramstein Officers Club
October 31 – VFW Youth Scholarships deadline
Upcoming DA Activities
November 3 – Election Day! Your Vote is Your Voice!
November 11–Ring The Bells of Peace on the 11th day of the 11th month at the 11th hour. Will you participate this year? Send us a photo! [email protected]
SUPPORT DA GERMANY’s GOTV EFFORTS
Your monetary donations to Democrats Abroad Germany stay in Germany and are used exclusively to organize and get out the vote among U.S. citizens. Help us increase overseas voter participation! Request your absentee ballot for 2026.