Defense secretary’s latest interposition resulted in all-male, overwhelmingly white picks for promotion to admiralty
The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, stripped nine navy officers including women and Black service members from a promotion list last month, according to a person familiar with the matter, resulting in an all-male, overwhelmingly white slate of 22 advancing as nominees to become one-star admirals.
Hegseth’s unusual intervention violated promotion rules designed to be merit-based and apolitical, the New York Times said on Tuesday, and extended the Trump administration’s push to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the military.
The original promotion list included three women and two Black officers in addition to the two who remained, the newspaper said.
Yeah because the fascists want an army comprised only of soldiers and sailors who agree with fascists.
And they wonder why people keep shooting at Republican politicians?
Better to be a wheel on their hearse than a cog in their machine.
This is likely to cause a large exodus that they just cannot refill with MAGAts. They’re brain draining the military itself now while planning to use it more. Talk about stupid is as stupid does.
You know, not all white people voted republican, also, not all women and black people voted democrat. They are definitely going to hurt.
America voted for this.
Wow imagine you decide to die and/or murder for a racist, patriarchical, genocidal empire… And then this happens! Bummer. \s
“The sooner we have the right people, the sooner we can advance the right policies.”
Hegseth is not shy about his goals. The right people are white male MAGA, and the right policies are Trump’s agenda. This is blatant racism and i will celebrate the day he is in jail or dead.
Well he doesn’t wash his hands so inshallah that will be sooner rather than later.
So you admit white men are disadvantaged and need help to reach higher rank, yes?
Do they really want meritocracy or do they just want white cis christian loyalists?
DEI for me, not for thee. “Removing DEI” is just code for “shifting DEI to white cishet Christian men”.
They’ll call it a meritocracy to make themselves feel better. But it’s just DEI aimed at white men.
Oh they want the latter. But they want to call it meritocracy so they feel better about it
Kinda makes fascists who are blunt about their desires look better.
Is it better to be shot in the face or the back?
So how long do you think it will be before women, black people and other minorities, start getting excluded from promotion by government order from all other work places?
Ugh, and then my stupid country is going to copy you guys. Man I hope these tumours fucking kill me before that happens but who am I kidding, it’ll probably be heat stroke from the el nino.
So how long do you think it will be before women, black people and other minorities, start getting excluded from promotion by government order from all other work places?
How long? This is the entire history of the USA.
I mean this surprises nobody. And knowing what we know about Drunk Pete, it’s not even disappointing. It’s just really fucking stupid.
guessing thats not illegal
Not anymore
Deja vu except I’m sure this is not old news / a repost, just today’s news about (yet another) fucking prominent Nazi
Damn, women that bad huh?
They all got removed from the cabinet
Surprise surprise a neo nazi does nazi things.
A literal nazi salut “stop calling us Nazis just because you don’t like us”
My opinion remains unchanged: The Regime is throwing away pearls, and raising rot-ridden swine in their place. If a civil war comes, Hegseth and company will be ended by the people they cast aside.
Grow up. People who decide to die/murder for nationalism are far from pearls.
Right-wingers: they were only on the list because they’re women/minorities!
No, that’s the reason they were taken off the list.
