Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is reportedly attempting to block four Army officers, two women and two Black men, from a military promotion list to become one-star generals – though his motivations are unclear.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is reportedly attempting to block four Army officers, two women and two Black men, from a military promotion list to become one-star generals – though his motivations are unclear.
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CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world · 159 pts · 160d
Pretty sure his motivations are super clear,
Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 99 pts · 160d
Well, definitely black and white...
thorhop@sopuli.xyz · 7 pts · 160d
Now come on guys... it might not be racism this time... It could be good ol' nepotism.
Need to stack them ranks with yes men and sycophants. It worked so well for Putin.
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 159d
And gendered.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 159d
just white.
ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one · 66 pts · 160d
No, no. It's pretty clear why.
lemmyng@lemmy.world · 58 pts · 160d
Gotta love Sleepy Don in the corner of that photo.
One of these days, he'll fall asleep and won't wake up. And it'll be caught on camera, and it'll be glorious.
rbos@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 160d
Makes you wonder how long it'll be before anyone notices.
finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 159d
Whevever Trump nods off, he always perks up when he hears his sychophants praising him. Anything else - that pesky President stuff that takes up the time between having his ego stroked - is nothing but an opportunity for a nap.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 159d
his "falling asleep" is a defense mechanism every time epstein is getting in the news.
MagicShel@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 160d
Cholesterol can't work fast enough.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 159d
dont you mean cirrhosis.
Zahille7@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 160d
You just gave me something to hope for
ETA: think he'll be hot mic'd one of these meetings and we'll hear him snore?
ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 160d
If Crown Prince Couchfucker had a fart's chance in hell they'd have already put the the orange shitstain down for his longest nap. He's only still there because the hate-filled incompetents surrounding him are terrified of when he's not.
As an aside, one lesson I learned from growing up with and around hard-core racists: there's always more where that came from. The hatred is not just limited to people of color; that's only the superficial form. When you dig a little deeper you realize they just hate, hating is what they do, and the racism is only a matter of direction. That's always just the lily-white tip of the racist iceberg, which is made of loathing through and through. There's always more where that came from.
And his inner circle are ALL absolutely hard-core racists. They would dirt-nap him in a heartbeat if it served them to do so.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 159d
he would have to be drink alot of alcohol.
WandowsVista@lemmy.world · 40 pts · 160d
to me, DEI was never about hiring women or people of color over others, but rather to ensure unqualified white men don't end up in charge.
looks like we're back to the status quo.
Lemminary@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 160d
This is the bullshit I don't understand. When will they start looking into unqualified white men?
WandowsVista@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 160d
they did but unfortunately unqualified white men™ were in charge of the investigation and they found no fault by themselves.
hdnsmbt@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 159d
When will the unqualified white men start looking into unqualified white men? Any day now, rest assured!
MML@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 159d
We investigated ourselves and found nothing wrong.
Lemminary@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 159d
They keep saying they're cleaning house, but I only see them cleaning up one part of the house. Curious. 🤔
prenatal_confusion@feddit.org · 1 pts · 159d
What part are they cleaning? Cleaning as in changing it for the better.
Lemminary@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 159d
Or so they say.
Eternal192@anarchist.nexus · 29 pts · 160d
Well considering his predisposition i would say his motivations are pretty clear, two don't have a penis and two are the wrong colour, it's like that episode from Family Guy where entry is based on colour and another example is Space King NO GIRLS ALLOWED!!!!
dhork@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 160d
No, you have it all wrong, it's that two have the wrong color. Get out of here with those extra letters, you Euro weenie!
MrSelfDestruct25@fedinsfw.app · 3 pts · 160d
MURICA!
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 159d
and have that "paint color chart" when they were stopped on a bridge by an officer.
Triasha@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 160d
Sounds like hegseth likes DEI after all, just for different skin tones and reproductive arrangements.
grimpy@lemmy.myserv.one · 12 pts · 160d
White Jesus loves you Mr. Most Supreme Secretary of War!!!
nforminvasion@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 160d
Show some respect. That's our Lord and Slaver Supply Side Jesus you're referring to.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 159d
hes going to call his team the "war council" soon.
Gumbyyy@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 160d
Gee, I wonder why he blocked the promotions for these 4 officers in particular........I guess we can never know
Lanske@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 160d
Hegseth is a sad little turd
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 159d
a drunk turd, who has his own GLAMOUR makeup room in the pentagon.
teawrecks@sopuli.xyz · 9 pts · 159d
Which is why we need to protect them from wokism, not focus too much on any of the personal libraries of our founding fathers who were well read on both Islam and Roman history, and ensure they are brainwashed in the way we need them to be. I know, I know, we know what he is, he knows what he is, it's just maddening to listen to someone be so earnestly disingenuous.
wheezy@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 160d
Good. Get out of the military. Two women and two black men that can say they were on the right side of history and were not a part of the suicidal war machine.
Seriously. This is the system giving them a chance to reflect as they get directly impacted by it. It's giving them just a fraction of the treatment that the US military has to the global South for decades.
Also, Bill Hicks still relevant in 2026.
Pulsar@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 160d
Who might have thought that MAGA DEI think was a excuse for open racism. 🤔
TachyonTele@piefed.social · 3 pts · 160d
Thats gotta be an amazing morale booster for everyone...
IamSparticles@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 160d
I think you meant morale, but I guess it works both ways.
TachyonTele@piefed.social · 3 pts · 160d
I did, and it does!
I fixed it though, thank you
AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 160d
We'll take all the women and minority generals and they can have their anti-dei bootlicker generals.
SabinStargem@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 159d
If things come to a civil war, I think the good guys would be guaranteed to win: The Regime is throwing away genuine loyalty and talent, replacing it with sycophancy and corruption.
6stringringer@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 159d
Bitch move 🫴him.