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    In other words, Pete Hegseth introduces mandatory gender-affirming tests as part of servicemember health evaluations.

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      I fucking hate this comparison.

      The government in Idiocracy actually tried. They were just idiots. The bad guy in that movie is stupidity.

      When these comparisons started that wasn’t even a fair comparison. And I mean like, it was common enough when W. was still in office, among the like 10 people who had seen it by that time.

      We have actively malicious state actors who love that you’re so willing to believe they’re only stupid.

      Also Mike Judge is terrified of poor people.

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    He seems to be obsessed with the purity of bodily fluids, just like Jack D. Ripper. Even looks a little like him.

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    Pete KegSith is a pussy and a moron. His wife would have to piss into the cup for him to pass the test.

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    Walking right up to the line of mandatoring “gender hormone therapy”…

    While the screenings will be mandatory for eligible service members, Hegseth said that any resulting treatment would remain voluntary. “If treatment is recommended, it’s entirely your choice to receive testosterone replacement therapy,” he said.

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    Is this to get rid of the women? *Or maybe to make the older soldiers “look better”?

    Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday that the Pentagon will begin requiring annual testosterone deficiency screenings for active-duty service members age 30 and older, saying the move is designed to improve military readiness and support long-term health.

    While the screenings will be mandatory for eligible service members, Hegseth said that any resulting treatment would remain voluntary. “If treatment is recommended, it’s entirely your choice to receive testosterone replacement therapy,” he said.

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      I don’t know, but “testosterone replacement therapy” is most certainly gender-affirming care. But since they’re not forcing it, I assume this is to institutionalize the bullying and harassment of men the testosterone-addled meatheads don’t consider manly enough or women they consider too manly. And we can expect that to include routinely accusing those without the “right” amount of testosterone of being transgender and kicking them out of the military.

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    “Exclusive: Secretary of War, Pete Kegsbreath, has decreed that he will personally test the virility of our combat troops by physical examination.”