A senior official exclusively told MS NOW how decorated military officers with decades of experience were withheld from promotion after Pentagon staff printed out internet searches showing they had attended official events like promoting Covid-19 vaccinations or marking International Women’s Day.

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    Question. If you would be a foreign nation, how much would it be worth to you to pay somebody to do this to an opposing country’s army? Second question, you think this guy would be an easy target? Just wondering.

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    Every time you think you know just how low this dumbass can go, you find out something like this.

    What a total fucking loser.

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    You know, historically, when you surround yourself with generals who are just loyalists, your military weakens significantly.

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      He’ll be replaced with a bigger piece of shit within a day.

      Impeach the commander in shit.

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        What if Democrats manage to investigate and refer evidence to state criminal trials (so they are safe from pay-to-pardon) all of Trump’s corrupt appointees, and let Trump pick more corrupt people to repeat the cycle, like flies to a piece of crap?

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        Exactly, this shithead just put his lead shithead as chief-of-staff. These picks are just getting worse. They’re probably just waiting for nazi general clones to finish gestating before firing more women and minorities in leadership positions.

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        First of all, not within a day, and second, the replacement can be immediately impeached too. Disruption is still a win compared to letting Hegseth or any replacement purge and politicize the military with impunity.

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      No it isn’t; that’s an insult to 13-year-olds. Not only is Hegseth more childish, there’s a huge element of malice and actual evil that 13-year-olds lack completely.

      13-year-olds fuck things up due to inexperience and not taking matters seriously. Hegseth is deliberately stuffing the leadership with loyalists in order to further his fascist agenda.

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    Never forget, when there was a list of potential promotions, this chucklefuck immediately removed every single non-white male from the list citing DEI as the only reason they were even on the list.

    And people clapped back, no they were on the list due to years of quality dedicated service and DEI is the only reason he removed them

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    the results of internet searches were used by Hegseth’s office to withhold promotions from women and people of color. He was granted anonymity for fear of retaliation.

    The senior official also described how Hegseth intentionally scuttled the promotions of senior officers who were perceived to support diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives; played a role in implementing the Pentagon’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate; were involved in the evacuation from Afghanistan; or had a connection to former chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Gen. Mark A. Milley, who served as President Donald Trump’s senior military officer but after retirement publicly criticized Trump’s leadership.

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        The actual issue about the health of the troops is irrelevant; Hegseth’s decision-making isn’t about that. It’s about filtering out anybody who puts objective reality above loyalty to Trump and his fascist agenda. Hegseth is purging the military of political opposition so that when the time comes to throw out the Posse Comitatus Act and march troops to subjugate the American public, nobody will be left to stop it.

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    He’s an incompetent fuck that has no idea what he’s doing and probably uses an Elon Musk trained version of Grok to make every decision.