in the trump administration, “merit” is pronounced “white” like how strom thrumond said it. - ThreadSky

jamellebouie.net • 100 days ago

in the trump administration, “merit” is pronounced “white” like how strom thrumond said it.

Just look at these paragraphs from the AP story.

Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver.

This is what "merit" means to them.

apnews.com/article/trum...

Comments

itsdebatable.bsky.social•100 days ago

The telling part is “we’ll never know but we’ll always doubt”. That’s a statement about you, hegseth. That’s prejudice so pronounced that no matter the achievement this guy that doesn’t look like me couldn’t possibly be as good. You can’t fix that, it’s ingrained. It’s who you are, it’s abhorrent

dregsfrolics.bsky.social•100 days ago

Only have to looknat Hegeth's tattoos. #fascist

mkolanda.bsky.social•100 days ago

Interesting argument- we will never know if he go his job because he was black. Let’s turn that around - we will (never) know he got his job because he is white.

russtofferson.bsky.social•100 days ago

Great job, Collins and Murkowski. What a legacy.

johnbalash.bsky.social•100 days ago

I’m sure Collins is concerned and has reservations.

russtofferson.bsky.social•100 days ago

Her brow might even be slightly furrowed

danielrwallace.bsky.social•99 days ago

We won't fly without DEI.
It's an action of inaction that gets straight to the point.

4gabriel.bsky.social•100 days ago

So many racists won’t even get past their elation 😡 and not even put it together when they or someone they love is assaulted by what used to be a disciplined military force now run by skin heads & russian mob

junesongbird.bsky.social•100 days ago

Doesn't the chairman of joint chiefs need congressional approval?

petekotz.bsky.social•100 days ago

Pete Hegseth's the embodiment of merit -- Trump edition -- by making his bones through rape and talking out of his ass on TV.

alwaysagoodday.com•100 days ago

Darn I went straight to George Wallace...

yurdapuppet.bsky.social•100 days ago

This is on Senate Republicans, the most cowardly bunch of self-serving collaborators since Vichy.

Oh - and, of course, everyone who didn’t vote against orange f—ko.

flatirons.bsky.social•100 days ago

Even the Klan is surprised at how racist this administration is.

easybakedoven.bsky.social•99 days ago

America deserves all of the calamity it heaps upon itself

1teejay.bsky.social•99 days ago

Karma will come fast. America deserves all that it gets. A recession is coming. How are you firing the tax base,and giving tax cuts to those that don't need it. Where will the revenue come from? Red States will suffer, and Conservative voters will also suffer, but they will blame minorities.

maryjanemama.bsky.social•100 days ago

Hegseth is a white guy who is indisputably unqualified as well ……

moose1212.bsky.social•100 days ago

Their world view is no matter how qualified a black person is, they are not as qualified as any white person. That is what replacing one of the most decorated Secretary of Defenses in Lloyd Austin with a weekend cable news host looks like in this dystopia.

gbradley81.bsky.social•100 days ago

Yep just look at their votes

aviii.bsky.social•100 days ago

I fucking hate this shit and these shits so much!

truet.bsky.social•100 days ago

It’s important to note that Hegseth never had a command and he was fired from the Army for raping a woman and being a Nazi

johnrage.bsky.social•100 days ago

As a Latino, I will never understand why my people voted for this racism. I personally think it is the machismo philosophy that would not allow men to vote for a women, but to let that make you vote for this openly racist regime. I can’t understand it and I’m having trouble forgiving it.

klownspeach1.bsky.social•100 days ago

Yea it’s kinda of like roaches for raid!

bern51.bsky.social•99 days ago

As a woman, I feel the same way toward women who voted for 🍊 💩. I can’t forgive them either.

evensong.bsky.social•100 days ago

It’s hideous. This doesn’t keep us safe. How do we stop it?

belyeueng.bsky.social•100 days ago

This is the case for DEI

iwantyoustudio.bsky.social•98 days ago

iwantyoustudio.bsky.social•100 days ago

gunpowdertreason.bsky.social•100 days ago

Heartbreaking to see people who gave America everything they had for years and years just to get chewed up and spit out by a DUI hire.

marnickhuijsman.bsky.social•100 days ago

They say merit. But they mean loyal to Trump.

davewithturbos.bsky.social•100 days ago

Yep. Project 2025 = "hired to promote the President's vision"

Not "follow The Constitution".

evilmam.bsky.social•100 days ago

Nah, they mean white male. That's it. White? Male? Qualified.

cyndiboo.bsky.social•100 days ago

😡

herculedupin.bsky.social•100 days ago

Gonna be something else when the fired interns and Big Chicken Dinners start trying to out-maneuver each other for the plum assignments.

greeniteration.bsky.social•100 days ago

Republicanism = Racism

lisamooreramee.bsky.social•100 days ago

😩

cigciglar.bsky.social•100 days ago

Some of this shit would make Strom blush.

jkbartels.bsky.social•100 days ago

Yes it is. Unacceptable but

farawayeyes1.bsky.social•100 days ago

It’s truly terrifying

glennak.bsky.social•100 days ago

Hold up - hegseth wrote a book?? He can think in sentences? The fu#k?? And also, this is awful but not surprising at this point

rspring72.bsky.social•100 days ago

Keep calling them out on their bullshit and lies! I’m already sick of this white power presidency!

sanchezroger.bsky.social•100 days ago

The insecure bringing in their best. Weak always looks weak, and scared always looks scared.

bolddemocracy1776.bsky.social•100 days ago

I think it’s regular racism but also MOSTLY that he thinks (with good reason) that women and people of color can’t be trusted to support his coup. SO he fires the one woman and one POC on the joint chiefs. Here come the military coup attempt.

tejanolos32.bsky.social•100 days ago

The presidential image of the U.S.A. has fallen to this. What an embarrassment. Would God allow this into the house? ACTS 8:20, 1 TIMOTHY 6:10, MATTHEW 22:18-21. GOD vs Swastikar aka MAGA & Elon Tesla Starlink X & SpaceX! BOYCOTT! DUMP THE STOCK MOVEMENT!
https://youtu.be/nkMVb0RNptA?si=vGQKNA2QerhFvWIp

ritzaroy.bsky.social•100 days ago

White is not a derogatory term until it's used as a skin color.

brettamorrison.bsky.social•100 days ago

DEWhite

dglancaster.bsky.social•100 days ago

Caine is so highly qualified that if he drops trou on a full moon, the reflection is blinding. Can't get much more qualified than being, in the words of my Cree friends, a mooneyass.

mommatl.bsky.social•100 days ago

Any person of any color who was not aware of who the Republican Party has been since 1964 is a F'ing Fool. They have been doing this right before your very eyes for decades.

jeffbach.bsky.social•100 days ago

God I can hear Uncle Ruckus (no relation) saying it that way…

merlevans.bsky.social•99 days ago

Same with the women who were fired.

carmstrong.bsky.social•100 days ago

Whereas we *know* Hegseth got his job because of his skin color. It sure as hell wasn't his qualifications.

mightytightywhity.bsky.social•100 days ago

Everything about this is stomach turning to me. As an American. As a veteran. And as a white guy. It's disgusting.

Whats worse is that I know there will be real world consequences and none of the blame will go where it belongs.

Republicans are traitors. To the United States. To the constitution.

kafkablue.bsky.social•100 days ago

runningsignal.com•100 days ago

I hate the “we’ll never know if he really deserved it or not” so much. Too many people think this way.

dclouts.bsky.social•100 days ago

It was never about hiring people based off “merit” it’s always been racism and white supremacy

studytime24.bsky.social•100 days ago

This is so shameful.
#Nazi

livesantacruz.bsky.social•100 days ago

strom =old ghoul

artgirlsummer.bsky.social•100 days ago

Everyone from journalists, to electeds to random people on the street need to pick and pick at these men's obvious incompetence. Don't let white supremacists pretend these are anything but stupid, venal, ugly, worthless men who are robbing us all of our money, our dignity and our country.

modonjon.bsky.social•100 days ago

American democracy is over, and the Fascist States of Trump is here, it's just a matter of filling all the positions with Trump sycophants. What are we doing? Bitching on Bluesky.

I love your work @jamellebouie.net but it's time to promote a action-based liberal revolution.

pfiore8.bsky.social•100 days ago

Bingo

shaolind.bsky.social•100 days ago

Yeah. We knew that. Getting rid of DEI was more projection. Every single person, including Trump and Musk, is unqualified for the positions they hold

thrive2024.bsky.social•100 days ago

Thank you Jamelle. I appreciate your work and advocacy.

shepswetjumper.bsky.social•100 days ago

This is the entire project.

themightybmz.bsky.social•100 days ago

Jamelle, you hit it firmly on the head bringing up Strom. The ugly times are back in the open at full force.

johnmclaren.bsky.social•100 days ago

That’s “merit” with a hard “r.”

taracat.bsky.social•100 days ago

I don’t need food anymore. I get all the energy I need from jamelle’s posts.

umoksure.bsky.social•100 days ago

Precisely. The NYT and other media need to stop saying Trump is firing people who "support DEI initiatives" and tell it like it is.

chucky-dub.bsky.social•100 days ago

"whyyyyats"

tcoats.bsky.social•100 days ago

White and male

artistlike.bsky.social•99 days ago

It was creepy (I can't come up with a more precise characterization.) to hear Alyssa Farah Griffin on The View a couple of days ago describe DEI initiatives as "the opposite of meritocracy," specifically in the context of a quote from Trump or Musk about restoring American meritocracy.

melonhead60.bsky.social•99 days ago

It's so hilarious how anti DEI fails at its own morals. Hiring departments can't hire the most qualified individuals even if they TRIED, cuz interviewers are fallable just like the rest of us.

Making ur company diverse HELPS with this problem. It automatically minimizes detrimental hires.

#ally

marjangeotraveler.bsky.social•100 days ago

This makes me sick, sad and mad. We worked so hard for so many years to gain acceptance for all. And in one month, the big 🍊tries to remove it all. The sad part is all the people who are going to suffer for it. When this is over, he and his minions should be jailed.

jrheisler.bsky.social•99 days ago

Merit with a hard white

mheslin7.bsky.social•99 days ago

[Jeff Foxworthy voice] If you pronounce the “h” in merit and the “r” in DEI…

handsomegollum.bsky.social•100 days ago

Hegseth talking about merit-based culture is comical.

Merit? Why is his unqualified, drunk ass still in the lead?

handsomegollum.bsky.social•100 days ago

Hegseth’s performance evaluation looks utterly like this:

rghamilton.bsky.social•100 days ago

Can’t spell Racist without a Red MAGA cap. DEI going the other way… under qualified White man.

goldengirl88.bsky.social•100 days ago

With this officer’s tenacity and qualifications…he does not have to bend the knee to anyone but Almighty God and King Jesus who gave him talent…
felons, racists, seditionists, man babies alike are intimidated in presence of honor and dignity…important thing…US is LESS SAFE doing this…including them…

backtobasics25.bsky.social•100 days ago

I think it's probably more like white, straight men without visible disabilities. 5 of 15 cabinet members are female whick keeps white women in their base appeased. No open LGBTQ+, and No visibly disabled persons. Let's face it, they have more than enough hate to spread around. #OppositionCoalition

wendyweidman.bsky.social•100 days ago

That jackass in the White House certainly knows how to manipulate the media. Every Friday night, like clockwork, he is firing our best and brightest. He needs to understand that this isn’t some scripted “reality” show and that he’s playing with real lives.

robinohearn.bsky.social•100 days ago

What an outrage. These clowns are just audaciously bad.

ncjim.bsky.social•100 days ago

And meritocracy should be spelled "DEI."

scottimmordino.bsky.social•100 days ago

We’re so fcked

clairelobel.bsky.social•100 days ago

Someone needs to come up with an acronym to describe the Trump Hegseth selection model. What’s the opposite of DEI?

sistersky.bsky.social•100 days ago

I saw one recently where they called him a ‘DUI’ hire…lol

clemsongamecock.bsky.social•100 days ago

White makes right.

clairelobel.bsky.social•100 days ago

WMR-good one. I also like WMM white male mediocrity (not meritocracy 🤣)

clairelobel.bsky.social•100 days ago

✅

clairelobel.bsky.social•100 days ago

*white male

buskettigirl.bsky.social•100 days ago

Infuriating and a slap in the face to our military forces.

coasterspaul.bsky.social•100 days ago

It's not... good, obviously, but it's sure convenient for them to immediately join the discourse on if their anti-DEI is just re-segregation on the side of anti-DEI is just re-segregation.
Not that even this'll sway people who don't want to hear, but

saradeedo.bsky.social•100 days ago

Caine is a DEI hire.

realityred.bsky.social•100 days ago

I would really love to be around when the whites in this country are the minority. It's what freaks them out. I'm too old, won't make it, to witness, but I'm pretty sure it will be awesome.

catzmeow.bsky.social•100 days ago

and male is intended but mostly unsaid for now.

goofrider.bsky.social•100 days ago

Possibly an essy Title VII case

stuberk625.bsky.social•100 days ago

Jamelle:
…Thurmond*…, not “…thrumond (sic)…”

lovingkindness730.bsky.social•100 days ago

🤮 a man totally unqualified, totally says a great Solder/ General what a fucking joke 🙄

mchristine0101.bsky.social•100 days ago

Yep, and why do they assume all DEI hires didn't earn their positions on merit?

wagonwaller.bsky.social•100 days ago

Strom Thurmond once called a microphone a "machine", tells you an awful lot about that idiot.

wildoneness.bsky.social•100 days ago

They will keep you if you’re black if you behave like Clarence Thomas and on a tight leash if you have compromised yourself like Eric Adams but have less power

inkescus.bsky.social•100 days ago

Another example of #thegreatbetrayal

jeff-nh.bsky.social•99 days ago

I have to laugh or cry but the secretary of defense is projecting as Hegseth is the most unqualified to have his position.

johnbenthal.bsky.social•100 days ago

I hope these people that are wrongfully let go will be VERY vocal about speaking out against Trump and the GOP. 💪🏼

fightingmongeese.bsky.social•100 days ago

"We'll never know" doesn't work when there are qualification records, cuz you know, military

texaskiwi70.bsky.social•100 days ago

Shameful. But that lot is shameless.

owlblazek.bsky.social•100 days ago

I believe it’s “sperm Thurmond “

kaptruthbetold.bsky.social•100 days ago

One day many gonna find out…courtesy of the great cartoon artist Mike Luckovitz when Storm Thurmond died!

kineta.bsky.social•100 days ago

This is exactly why Tim Scott, Ben Carson, and his other tokens are sitting at home watching all this happen on TV and not in the White House.

okioni.bsky.social•100 days ago

I want to know if the incoming, retired three star, really believes he earned his position.

4doghouse.bsky.social•100 days ago

Trump regime is sicko

gatorgirl1974.bsky.social•100 days ago

I’ve always thought it should have been MAWA, not MAGA

richjvann.bsky.social•100 days ago

Meritocracy is inherently wrong anyways. People are trained to accept starting in early school when only the athletically gifted get to play first string varsity and everyone else is scum. Training to be a good capitalist serf helping transfer wealth and power to “winners”. There are better models.

bozone23.bsky.social•100 days ago

The Russian asset, Donald "Krasnov" Trump, is working to cause further division in our society on the orders of his master, Putin.

maitrijen.bsky.social•99 days ago

Exactly! The more we fight, hate, bring each other down, etc., the more Putin smiles.

I try to remember this while interacting with people. It’s hard and I’m not perfect at it but I am committed to this. 🤲🏻

mgiac17.bsky.social•99 days ago

They don’t hide their true hate for anyone that doesn’t look like them, ( PASTY WHITE) the destain that they have will be their own implosion!😡😡

vicvictor.bsky.social•100 days ago

MAGA white

samanthahoriz0n.bsky.social•100 days ago

Trump is creating the largest, most qualified, knowledgeable, capable, and powerful group of disgruntled former employees this country has ever seen.

Many are people you definitely want to keep gruntled.

judybluetoo.bsky.social•100 days ago

Just be sure the disgruntled are registered to vote in the midterms.

modonjon.bsky.social•100 days ago

Sorry, American democracy is over and the ballot box is no longer the first line of defense.

samanthahoriz0n.bsky.social•100 days ago

Scary ugh!

You may be right. Dems are here stuck in analysis paralysis choosing which pitch to swing at instead of fighting back. They need to drop the Miyagi mindset and embrace Cobra Kai.

Strike First
Strike Hard
No Mercy

modonjon.bsky.social•100 days ago

Yes, and we can't rely on our elected Dems either. It's up to us to create and enact a revolutionary strategy to return liberal democracy to the seat of global power. If we don't act soon, we are staring at worldwide fascism with every nation falling to authoritarianism.

modonjon.bsky.social•100 days ago

We start by forming economic collectives that aggregate purchasing power into political power. These collectives form a gated economy that only supports democratic institutions. They use their economic power in the courts to punish fascist organizations with massive collective civil law suits.

sublimedevolution.com•100 days ago

Your use of “gruntled” makes me so happy and is the permission I need to stop doom scrolling.

Seriously…thank you.

samanthahoriz0n.bsky.social•100 days ago

Awws 💜

I'm glad to help ☺ 🤗

dolphinpaste.bsky.social•100 days ago

Yesssssss!!! There aren’t enough people paying attention to this!

michaelb45.bsky.social•100 days ago

True, but they do make exceptions. Loyalty to a Clown is also considered 'merit'.

badbillionaire.bsky.social•99 days ago

Our “representatives” no longer have any obligation or desire to represent us. That must change.

bbpaint.bsky.social•99 days ago

How about making them popular, put out their names.

whisperhousepress.bsky.social•100 days ago

Or maybe they pronounce “merit” “Übermenschen”

fakeconsultant.bsky.social•100 days ago

lovemiirish.bsky.social•100 days ago

I hate them so much. I'm going to need an outlet for this rage, so that I don't unfairly take it out on people who don't deserve it

peggyfrompa.bsky.social•100 days ago

Despicable

adult3rdculturekid.bsky.social•100 days ago

🤦🏻‍♀️🤬🤬

luciav8285.bsky.social•100 days ago

Bigotry. Illegal

klownspeach1.bsky.social•100 days ago

Plus the white guy will be fine using the military to shoot unarmed protesters!

sparverius11.bsky.social•100 days ago

Whhhhite

dullcomp.bsky.social•100 days ago

The mere idea that anyone's going to make it to 4-star without being imminently qualified is absurd and deeply degrading to the military. And not to mention utterly meritless.

dullcomp.bsky.social•100 days ago

That's one of the worst parts about the whole thing. The SECDEF isn't just declaring Brown is unqualified based purely on race but also that the entire DoD is, at its core, a failure because it promotes on merit and not race.

airsinclair28g.bsky.social•99 days ago

With the H in the front.

“Hwhite”

drwho42.bsky.social•100 days ago

Maybe we rebrand it to the bigoted felon administration

drwho42.bsky.social•100 days ago

Yup

gogge12.bsky.social•100 days ago

It is sad and upsetting to see--that a wonderful country and people, (US) are being destroyed from within by "traitors" who support Putin and who hate all "colored" people.

neureka.bsky.social•100 days ago

With like a y sound…whyyy-ttt…also sorta like the way the doughboys talk about snow gators in the worst bayou accent and them being why-t gata’s

backstorymom1.bsky.social•100 days ago

Or was that George Wallace…? I’m waiting for a dude to stand in the door and shout “segregation today…
Without saying it, of course

calvinbrooksblue.bsky.social•100 days ago

MAGA is the new KKKlan instead of white hoods they wear red caps, instead of the N word they say Woke. Trump is their Grand Wizard

adult3rdculturekid.bsky.social•100 days ago

Exactly. 😒

diannelou.bsky.social•100 days ago

I absolutely hate these fucking people.

artistrandy.bsky.social•100 days ago

Hegseth/Trump/Musk are different symptoms of the same disease...
Self Centeredness
Greed
Delusions of superiority

libertyandtruth.bsky.social•99 days ago

Truth!

bluesterb.bsky.social•99 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/bluesterb.bsky.social/post/3lis7sf2fic2q

saltxnw.bsky.social•100 days ago

This is an absolute fucking fact.

fisherguy.bsky.social•100 days ago

You cant have a coup without the generals.
☝️☝️Getting the generals☝️☝️

generaloluchi.bsky.social•99 days ago

Racists cannot believe their luck in this administration.

fizzinsoda.bsky.social•100 days ago

not surprised, this is the administration scrambling to rehire people who had access to our nuclear stockpile because they had important information.

pure Idiocracy.

johannamariew.bsky.social•100 days ago

If their intention is to run this country into the ground, they’re making a mighty fine start of it

ragingtorrent.bsky.social•100 days ago

Welcome to the oligarchy!

donpbenz.bsky.social•100 days ago

Shit’s real now.

vivieneressac.bsky.social•100 days ago

Firing competent military personel might come back to haunt this administration if it ever gets to a point where the opposition organizes and arms itself.

bellasuerte.bsky.social•100 days ago

ralphtheewiggum.bsky.social•100 days ago

“mhert”

dialectics68.bsky.social•100 days ago

Brown has flown more than 3,000 hours in the cockpit of an F-16. That alone shows more military ‘merit’ than anything Hegseth has ever done. What a disgrace.

ruthwe.bsky.social•100 days ago

What percentage of the armed forces is black? Like why are they so obvious with their racism seems like a bad idea

troubadours.bsky.social•100 days ago

rayd53.bsky.social•99 days ago

Hegseth is in no position to call anyone unqualified

noemdome.bsky.social•100 days ago

If the GOP actually wanted to get unqualified affirmative action hires out of government, they would impeach Clarence Thomas

rawrtigerlily.bsky.social•100 days ago

There is something pretty tragic about Clarence Thomas being so fucking insecure that people would think he was an affirmative action hire, that he was willing to co-sign bringing Jim Crow back to America.

rawrtigerlily.bsky.social•100 days ago

I honestly hope to god he has to retire and see how fast the phone stops ringing and the vacations dry up. He fooled himself into thinking all these rich white assholes actually like him as a person.

manageablefodder.bsky.social•100 days ago

Clarence Thomas is their "golden child, wilful idiot and all around white guy with brown skin" they need him.

boomer1956.bsky.social•100 days ago

White men …. Mediocre white men IMHO

kraigpeck.bsky.social•100 days ago

Hesgeth is a Nazi. A Nazi loyal to Trump. That’s why Trump hired him.

almostbobbijo.bsky.social•100 days ago

I need a button that is not a heart to signify “I agree, but the reality sickens and infuriates me.” @bsky.app 🩷 for Jamelle’s work, though.

kristinfo.bsky.social•100 days ago

They’re also replacing JAGs - this needs to be a bigger part of the story.

https://bsky.app/profile/avindman.bsky.social/post/3liq7ox5i7c2y

bbpaint.bsky.social•99 days ago

Definitely set the stage for loyalist…

sailbarque.bsky.social•100 days ago

John Kennedy is the new Thurmond, he was hiding it for a while, but that good ol' boy is losing his shyness.

rexrexmadamex.bsky.social•100 days ago

They're delusional and evil. Totally

gs314.bsky.social•100 days ago

Posting again:

When you read or hear “woke” replace it with “fair”.

When you hear or read “DEI” replace it with “Black”.

spydoggy.bsky.social•100 days ago

Hwhite?

pollyfirebrand.bsky.social•100 days ago

Oh dear, I’m from the south and that’s how I sound. I prefer to think the extra “h” is more Stewie than Strom.

debbie156.bsky.social•100 days ago

Despicable

literateliberal.bsky.social•99 days ago

This is precisely why DEI is needed. To prevent unqualified whites getting jobs over better qualified minorities.

grannyturtle45.bsky.social•100 days ago

White supremacy: where the most ignorant and unqualified white man is considered to be the superior of the most qualified and brilliant black man/woman.

beeeeees.bsky.social•100 days ago

How they recruit top candidates

soberasajudge.bsky.social•100 days ago

Strom Thurmond. Ugh. A name which really does need to remain in the junk heap of history. What a truly horrible person. Right up there with Jesse Helms and Kasanov the Russian mole who is wanting to be Czar.

soberasajudge.bsky.social•100 days ago

They’re going to bankrupt the nation through wrongful termination lawsuits alone.

sueryan66bskysocia.bsky.social•100 days ago

I’m so sorry that this is happening. I can’t imagine how this must feel, after years of fighting for some semblance of respect and equality.

adult3rdculturekid.bsky.social•100 days ago

So am I. 😔

weemommy.bsky.social•100 days ago

Absolutely disgusting

juliefrumkinbskyso.bsky.social•100 days ago

Is Hegseth even qualified enough himself to be the judge of the real qualifications for that job? I think not.

fonzoboyz2.bsky.social•100 days ago

He’s a fuc*n highly skilled and qualified Air Force Fighter Pilot. Their souls are burning up with hate and racism. That’s exactly why we celebrate our Tuskegee Airmen

bern51.bsky.social•99 days ago

Hegseth is a DUI hire.

jinkelheimers.bsky.social•100 days ago

Not even a pretense of hiding their racism at this point. imo

commonground816.bsky.social•100 days ago

Yes because Black people can’t possibly have merit! 🙄 Racist m’fers.

goatbrain-brohill.bsky.social•100 days ago

Globalisation, immigration and merit are the only reasons the US has any clout at all. Without those and the people that actually made America great, it doesn't even have a use to exist, honestly

sanslabyrinth.bsky.social•100 days ago

They're going to start firing white people named "Brown" just to cover their bases.

ddavis4911.bsky.social•100 days ago

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/02/trump-attacks-dei/681772/

turtle1cat.bsky.social•100 days ago

America, why did you vote for Trump? Why?

breelanc.bsky.social•100 days ago

We didn't
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTHonqrM7Vc

buffy71.bsky.social•100 days ago

I voted against him in 2016, 2020, and 2024. I am so ashamed of my country. America and the world will suffer until he is out of power.

djpowe.bsky.social•100 days ago

The Navy also had the first-ever female Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Lisa Franchetti, and she got fired tonight by the least-qualified secretary of defense ever. She now joins Coast Guard Admiral Linda Fagan who was fired the day after Trump lied during his presidential oath a second time.

onemoney.bsky.social•100 days ago

We will soon know how wide and deep racism is within the command ranks of the military. If gemeral officers don't speak up about Trump putting an unqualified general in charge of the Army solely because that general is white, then we'll know not much has changed at the top of the army in 80 years.

gdforever.bsky.social•100 days ago

Correct my bet is not much has changed but I hope I’m wrong

drunemeton.bsky.social•100 days ago

I’m more concerned with what they do!

proudunionmember.bsky.social•100 days ago

These people are so disgusting

rwkonner.bsky.social•100 days ago

Don't worry... "the base" has guns and they'll protect us...well maybe not you and me...

kathleendunn.bsky.social•99 days ago

Who else is developing a nervous twitch? Day in and day out, this regime is committing one horrendous act after another: General Brown’s firing is shameful. Rise up America: time for a new, far more assertive approach!

oldschoollib69.bsky.social•100 days ago

If weakening our military is your idea of making America great again, please move to Montana

seeingeyegrrl.bsky.social•100 days ago

White and male.

jcnyc2020.bsky.social•99 days ago

But HEGSETH is inept. Hegseth is unqualified. Hegseth is the epitome of what every one wrongly thinks à DEI hire is but he is white and privileged and unfit. He is hypocrisy personified.