Jim Sullivan

Facts || Root causes || This grand experiment || Do unto others as **they** wish and deserve - especially the vulnerable. || An Lámh Fhoisteanach Abú

[Really American 🇺🇸 @ReallyAmerican1]

Former Fox News host Pete Hegseth’s crusade to purge women and people of color from our Armed Forces has never been subtle.

But today, a New York Times exposé revealed exactly how far he’s gone to dismantle the careers and achievements of our finest servicemen and women.

More than a dozen military insiders — both active duty and those already purged — spoke to the Times anonymously to unmask a horrific ongoing attack.

They detailed a process used by Hegseth and his team to halt senior officer advancements for reasons completely unrelated to merit, job performance, or fighting wars.

Hegseth’s efforts are part of a quest to advance his white-and-male centered worldview, facts, history, and actual service be damned.

In the absence of any such evidence, insiders confirmed that he has used his position to withhold promotions from qualified, decorated veterans. The Times cited several enraging examples:

• Last fall, Hegseth ordered Army Secretary Daniel P. Driscoll to remove two Black and two female officers from a 29-person promotion list. Driscoll repeatedly refused, citing their decades of exemplary service. In March, Hegseth bypassed him, removed their names, and sent the modified list to the White House.

• In total, Hegseth has removed 32 officers from Air Force and Navy one- and two-star promotion lists. He also pulled the only Black officer and the only female officer from a Marine Corps list, leaving their promotions in limbo.

• Vice Adm. Sara Joyner, a highly decorated three-star fighter pilot, saw her advancement stalled over a 2021 Navy recruiting ad where she said, "I’m not just a girl with a dream. I’m a sailor with one." Hegseth deemed the line a "big problem." Joyner has since retired.

• Rear Adm. Stephen D. Barnett was recommended for a promotion after successfully managing the aftermath of a massive Navy fuel spill in Hawaii. Hegseth blocked his advancement after Barnett participated in a Navy-sponsored Pride event back in 2018.

It is an outrage to watch a media personality whose greatest battles have been with hangovers intentionally harm the careers of people who risked everything to keep America safe. Hegseth’s actions are insult to all who have served and a risk to national security.

[Image: REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov]

[Rory 👨‍🍳 @Senga2Alvarez]

Roger Clemens cheated on his wife with at least four other women including an affair that began when the girl was 16 years old.

[John Collins @Logically_JC]

“They begged to have a picture with me.”

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

Trump officials struggle to sell their concept of an Iran deal. Israel is openly defying the Lebanon clause. Vance admits Iran could be getting $300 billion. And toll fees are still up in the air. That's just the start. Your midday update is here. https://t.co/cyacW8oCnx

[Chris Mowrey @chrisdmowrey]

Trump just might be the worst negotiator in history.

[Discourse News @Discourse__News]

🚨 BREAKING: Trump's new peace deal with Iran includes a $340 billion payment by the United States to Iran.

[Coach Riley @CoachRileyig]

@thatdayin1992 Iran now gets to tax every barrel of oil thru the Strait of Hormuz as well. What an absolute disaster this was. Just a complete failure on all fronts

[Duckingsit @Duckingsit]

@thatdayin1992

[Mak Jagger @MakJagger2]

@thatdayin1992 Trump making $40B dollars in 6 months manipulating the markets with Iran

[Bryan Day @BrayanDiaz37]

@thatdayin1992 And " there is no money" for healthcare 🤣

[HP_ClipStorm @HINDUSTAN_PLUSE]

@thatdayin1992 Trump: We destroyed Iran!

US: We spent $80 billion bombing Iran.

Iran: It'll cost $300 billion to rebuild.

US: Done ✅

Trump: WE WON THE WAR!

MAGA 👏👏

[Hassan Mafi ‏ @thatdayin1992]

Americans realizing they spend $80B to bomb Iran only to pay Iran $300B more to undo the damage

[Willie Ross Jr. Knee Deep @RossKneeDeep]

The Art of the Deal? No wonder he's had six bankruptcies. We lost American soldiers because Trump hated Obama this must.

[Dr. Annie Andrews @AnnieAndrewsMD]

I took care of sick kids at the hospital today.

[Jim Sullivan @jimjsullivan3]

Of course

[Jack Cocchiarella @JDCocchiarella]

Clinically Obese Donald Trump is demanding troops hit a heigh to waist ratio of his choosing to attend his birthday party.

He hates those who serve this country.

[📜Echoes of Empire📜 @EchoesofEmpire_]

A 100-year-old veteran of the Revolutionary War named Nicholas Veeder poses in his uniform, 1860.

[Nathalie Chouinard @Birchrainbow]

@donkoclock

[Art Candee 🍿🥤 @ArtCandee]

Senator Chris Murphy goes through the timeline of Donald Trump's war in Iran for the past two weeks.

It's absolutely mental when he lays it all out for people, especially when he quotes Donald verbatim.

As Murphy says, "we've never seen a foreign conflict mismanaged in public like this before."

[Jim Sullivan @jimjsullivan3]

Unqualified Hegseth shitcanning unqualified Phelan.

Phelan isn’t on par with the prior 33 officers.

This one is a big yawn.

[Acyn @Acyn]

HEINRICH: It was not immediately clear if Phelan resigned or was fired but Fox News has learned in the last few moments he was fired. This marks the 34th military officer that Secretary Hegseth has fired since taking over the agency.

[The Serfs (youtube.com/theserftimes) @theserfstv]

Does this even count as satire at this point?