Pete Hegseth blocks Navy promotions, targets women and Black officers
pete hegseth is engaged in open racial discrimination against black officers. the clear message is that there is no place for black or women leadership in his military
jamelle1260merit, you see, is when you ignore the qualifications of an officer and deny them a promotion because they are black, and promote a less qualified alternative because he is white
hotelalhamra.bsky.social60The poor institutionalist NYT can never just come out and say what we all know is true. Hegseth is not engaged in a “war on diversity” he is a member of misogynistic white Christian nationalist religious cult. He is openly promoting white supremacy (and Christian nationalism) in the military.
DisheveldYoshi47“War on diversity” is a crazy way to refer to neo-segregationists doing Jim Crow shit
Maia30actually racism in professional settings is *only* dei. i am a centrist pundit making 6 million dollars a year
atrapter.bsky.social29calling it a "war on diversity" is really just intentionally obfuscating what is going on here
Robert Wilde282029 Democratic trifecta should pass legislation authorizing civil lawsuits against him for this.
redlishka9.bsky.social26Five bucks says he was passed over for promotion while in the ranks and believes it was because of his race and gender and not because he is a an utter and complete tool. Now he gets his “revenge” by making the military less prepared than ever.
Richard E Frankel20Whiskey Pete is one of the best examples you can find to disprove the notion of white supremacy.
Jack Brand14Pete Hegseth pontificating about people unqualified for their position is beyond peak irony.
Kathryn of Tarth11His ASSUMPTION that women and POC got there because of WOKEness (as HE defines that) is racism, AND sexism incarnate. He has NO idea that to be WOKE means to be enlightened about how things work in society, which of course he isn’t. It’s pure dramatic irony for him to invoke wokeness at all.
Wedge Antilles 🇨🇴🇺🇸11F'ing republicans, man. Their racism and misogyny is just so disgusting. I don't get why and how they get off on this.
Pop-up Leftist Cwab Depot9It’s a clear violation of the law, but all the mechanisms that are supposed to enforce those laws are also in the hands of white supremacists.
Andy Lewis/The Optionist8I hate the NYT framing of this. Implicit in the "war on diversity" headline is the idea that these promotions were based on that. Why not "Hegseth's campaign to desegregate the military" or more accurately "Hegseth's racist campaign ..."?
#LestWeForget8Put an openly racist, homophobic misogynistic alcoholic in charge and none of this should be any surprise. The US has become a cesspool run by a gang of quacks and con artists #RapistInCharge #PedoPresident #GOPComplicit #ReleaseTheTrumpEpsteinFiles.
Dona Dickinson7Denying these promotions makes us lose wonderful leaders. Tammy Duckworth Lloyd Austin Just two examples of leaders he would have stopped. This is egregiously wrong for our country and our military. He should be impeached and removed.
donpatriot.bsky.social7In my heart of hearts this is the guy I’ll most enjoy seeing thrown in prison for the rest of his fucking life.
Julie Hotard Ph.D., writer, effects of disinfo on social systems6Yes. It also goes beyond that. Even ppl who are pro-COVID vaccines or attended diversity events. Authoritarians start by scapegoating a few groups. But they aim to control every1. They just don't admit it bc "I aim to control every1, including U" is a poor campaign slogan bsky.app/profile/donm...
Colin Elves6Okay, so reading between the lines he’s saying that white guys are just inherently less capable than everyone else. They just can’t compete if there’s any competition at all.
Renee (paix120)6Sounds like something a guy with white nationalist tattoos would do with that kind of power
Silly B Man5Literally every white GOFO will need to put in for retirement on January 21, 2029. They are automatically suspect. Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion.
MaryM5It is not a war on diversity. It is blatant misogyny and racism.
Allan Schlosser5Hegseth equal parts fascist, racist, misogynist and xenophobe. Then there's that little matter of being manifestly unqualified.
Jennifer Lee 🪁5I keep waiting for him to get fired. I’m surprised Trump hasn’t blamed him for Iran.
Uno5When Hegseth talks about merit, I always remember his mom had to save his nomination, his brother has an office next to him in the pentagon, and his wife attends sensitive military meetings with him.
Mike Lowder4And not a single GOP member of congress cares.
Linda Magid4I don't love the title with the word "diversity." Make is sound like a battle over an idea rather than policy that impacts real people with real jobs as well as our national security.
Liz N3We are living in the planned destruction of not only our own nation but we're taking down others as well.
NO OBEYANCE IN ADVANCE3Hegseth thinks he's just better than a black man.
Adam O3This, plus the outrageous waste of bombs and missiles in Iran and the Caribbean, will set our military back decades. China is laughing their ass off.
Harriet T is my hero3On top of being openly racist and misogynistic, hegseth is a mass murderer and war criminal. The senate can freeze his travel budget?
Emily Green3Copying gift link here: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/u...
wrestlingdad1975.bsky.social3Pete would have been friendly fired upon multiple times, such a fake tough guy
BullmastiffLA3about those tattoos... always assume the worst.
Jeff Terflinger2Yep, he's a white nationalist racist.
Seulement Moi2How big would the armed forces be if every non-white, non-male simply let their contacts expire?
JEJ 🇺🇸 ❤️📚2Looking forward eagerly to the day when there is no place in the US military for Hegseth.
Gentlewoman Farmer2that's okay the excluded are not getting the flu and dying from it so the problem is solving itself
Christian Petersen2The White House, The Capitol, the whole damn country. Fuck Hegseth.
AllCaps-222Not a war on diversity. A war on competency.
Regina Schrambling 2Someone needs to tell him "just following orders" is no defense.
apple431.bsky.social2By determining merit by sex and race Hegseth is degrading our military. He can pretend that America is a white European country but it’s not and has not been for decades. His position is not sustainable
Feathered Stone2Look Republicans if you don’t want us to call your racist stop doing racist shit
ALi2Where did all these fragile white men come from?
TallyAnnaE ☮️🌊 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈💙🦋🐸2Did anyone think Hegseth would stop at attacking transgender troops? Oh no, he was just getting started.
philipfrankenfeld.bsky.social2The target for this? Warrantedly insecure white people who are no longer advantaged by their skin color in a meritocratic, increasingly technologically complicated, dynamic, changing society. Your. Free. Ride. Is. Over.
Patricia2Denying men and women the ability to advance their careers, after they have clearly made the choice to be career military, is ignorant and cruel. They have put in the same work as white men have, and deserve the same accolades and promotions.
Mr. Spookytime Grift2Bright side: once this shitstain regime is gone, we're gonna need to fire a lot of the assholes who went along with it, leaving lots of openings for new promotions.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump are re-segregating the American military by race and sex Secret Vetting and Blocked Promotions: Inside Hegseth’s War on Diversity www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/u...
zoophagous.bsky.social10What they're doing is disgraceful. I'm also confident they will fail. I was in the Marines under Regan. It was a true meritocracy. The majority of the men and women I served under were Vietnam vets and they did not tolerate even a whiff of racism. That was nearly 50 years ago.
Grungehamster6Following in the footsteps of Woodrow Wilson.
accidentalflyer 🇨🇦🇹🇼🇺🇦6Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump are making sure if the US gets into a peer-level war, America will lose.
C C Humphrey5They have absolute contempt for women and non-white people
kimdrury2.bsky.social5And the headline leaves out the real news " . . . endangering our military readiness."
whykiki.bsky.social4They think white men should own everyone and run everything. If they had their way, PoC and women couldn't vote and women would be legally required to have children and stay married against their will.
Susan loves democracy3And this article should be titled: War on Competency.
L. Guapo2Do they even deny this?
weknew.bsky.social2Bitter, incompetent, sociopathic, passed-over Major ruining the lives of patriots and professional soldiers is a really crappy timeline to be in.
goatest.bsky.social2More than segregation, Hegseth is just trying to eliminate women and minorities from top positions.
Pilotken2Hegseth partially getting revenge for his military career stalling, lots in common with his boss blaming everyone else for his obvious failures
Trump claims that Pete Hegseth, who is 0-1 in wars, "doesn't know how to lose"
lynnotago.bsky.social35Can they not just lock him up in a room and stick him in front of a mirror, instead of the fucking world having to listen to his fucking demented rants!
Patric Reynolds27Losing is literally all he’s done since being in charge of wars.
Mike Bloom16Tell that to his divorce lawyer
Kevin10That seems to be true You can't know how to lose if you can't accept that you've lost
Randy Tutelage9It’s not that they don’t know how to lose. It’s that they can’t understand when they’ve lost.
Richard E Frankel8He doesn’t know how to lose. He just does it.
Nathan Kalmoe (he/him)8"Well, everyone knows Hegseth lost the Battle for Hormuz. What this speech presupposes is... maybe he didn't?"
Anton Shadow7Hegseth Has Lost In Court 22 Times In Less Then A Year Over Illegal Acts While At The DOD.
Lisa 🇨🇦7Doing a fantastic job at what? Drinking, womanizing, calling soldiers fat, quoting fake Bible verses from Pulp Fiction, putting make-up on - he's a complete fucking moron. He is the LEAST qualified Secretary of Defense in modern U.S. history. DUI hire much?
momothegooddog.bsky.social6He meant to say he doesn't know how to admit he lost.
Hagen Patrick6"Because he doesn't understand what just happened in Iran."
Popebob5A little boy playing GI Joe with real people.
Emily4Heggy is about as good at waging war as he is at doing pull ups or working on the bench press. But everyone around him humors him like he's doing great. Which is exactly why Trump thinks he can get away with claiming victory in a losing war. www.instagram.com/reel/DZhN511...
carljungfranz.bsky.social4* Weird * * Trump IS Mental Deterioration AND the Republican Party & "SCOTUS" & MAGA-base Do Not Care. The Country needs a Caregiver & no one cares. *
Luap Goma4I bet he’s lashing himself for failing.
abacodog.bsky.social4Who cares what this idiot says about anything? How about we all stop paying any attention?!
arrath.bsky.social3What he means is that pete indeed does not know how to handle losing, and is currently in the midst of a bender trying to drown his sorrows.
Robert Fischoff2Hegseth claims that Donald Trump, who is 0-47,300 in truth vs. lies “doesn’t know how to lie”
redoakhandle.bsky.social2Kegsbreath doesn't know anything. So technically correct.
spinnity2Yeah, we know. He clearly does not know how to handle this or any of his many losses
Jeremiah2Well, I mean, he’s clearly a sore loser. Maybe that’s what he means?
RF1958 🇦🇺 🦘2He joined the Trump team didn't he?
Bea2pete hegseth is not a natural-born warrior. he's a mean sober.
"So far this year, Mr. Hegseth has blocked the promotions of at least 40 senior officers to general and admiral ranks. About half of those are women or members of minority groups." This is an unprecedented effort to whitewash military leadership. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/u...
Don Moynihan132This is politicization: Hegseth had a secret process to create oppo files on military nominees. "Once the reviews led by each military service were complete, Mr. Hegseth’s staff conducted their own searches to make sure that the services had not missed or intentionally ignored anything."
sandy2012.bsky.social8The very first impeachment should be Hegseth. it’s So obvious he has to go. Then Patel. I’m thinking Trump would resign before it’s his turn. I know. Wishful thinking.
experimental22.bsky.social6Please look at that photo. It is white nationalism in action. The one nonwhite person is one of those being targeted by MAGA Klansman Pete Hegseth. For Hegseth, only white males are actual humans. Everyone else is an inferior being.
In related news about half the US military is women and people of color. White male just under 50%. Is he blocking ALL promotions, except white males?
Lori Barnett3“White”wash being the operative words.
Diane in Ohio3Do we need any more proof of their racism and misogyny?
Eric Reese2Like all segregationists, he's just a whiny little brat who can't stand on his own merit.
DeMooper2I hope if Dems win in 2028 the first thing the Sec Def does is promote all those who were screwed over. I hope the second thing she does is review the semi competent MAGAs who were unfairly promoted.
Pete Hegseth is ignoring a framework set in place by Congress and military boards to advance a racist agenda. He is engaging in viewpoint discrimination: refusing to advance candidates for relatively anondyne statements related to diversity, equity and inclusion, www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/u....
Professa Murray42Again, I would begin the process of impeachment against Hegseth on Day 1: he has ignored Congressional orders, he is conducting kill-strikes in the Caribbean, he conducted strikes that violate war powers, and he got us into a losing war in Iran. He is a disaster.
Professa Murray24We should call this what is: it is McCarthyite witch hunt and we need to stop it dead before it effects our military preparation.
Professa Murray24And all this lecturing about “merit” coming from a man creditably accused of rape, corruption, and who is only qualification appears to be he is was on Fox, is galling to say the least.
Ryan5Maybe time to stop confirming weak, pathetic racist clowns to leadership positions
gingkotree06.bsky.social3The entire trump kakistocracy must be ousted and punished. They cannot be allowed to continue their destruction of the USA. The American people have suffered enough due to felon rapist trump and his ugly racist outlaw agenda. Impeach, remove, convict and imprison trump now!
Calling this a war on diversity is right wing framing. Pete Hegseth is blocking the promotions of qualified Black people and women because he’s a bigot. These aren’t diversity hires who are being promoted to fit some quota. This is racism and sexism at the highest office in the U.S. military.
Julia Is Waving, Not Drowning3war for bigotry turning the US military into a peckerwood militia the cultural genocide continues
Randy Clayton2… and he is diminishing our military with his prejudicial and ignorant actions.
Ethan Fletcher2Exactly. This is Jim Crow-style racial discrimination intended to reinforce the old racial hierarchy where whites were always on top in workplaces regardless of worth or capabilities.
It's almost painful how simple and obvious the motivations of our current slate of villains are. Everything about Hegseth can be traced back to one simple fact: he is mediocre and cannot accept that reality. So he blames everyone else for his own failures. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/u...
Amanda Marcotte83I mean, insecurity is the engine that runs MAGA. I see a lot of folks on the left who want it to be more interesting than that, because it's also ego-bruising to have lost to people who are so painfully dull, stupid, and simple. But dumbasses come in huge numbers, and solidarity works.
Lenticular Kittens4It's seems like a lot of conservatism is based on making your hangups everyone else's problem
He would need to improve quite a bit just to bring mediocrity into view.
Jack Hanford the Manford2I’m sorry but this is way too reductive. He is far more complicated than that and it’s (frankly) misandry to pretend like he isn’t. He also hates his mom
DOD: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth will travel tomorrow to San Diego, California as the Honorary Starter at the NASCAR "Race the Base" at NAS Coronado. 😵💫
cococurie2.bsky.social14Oh FFS. GI Joke does it again.
The_Hank_S7I know NASCAR is not a bastion of liberalism, but inviting Hitlers Secretary of WAR(!!!!!) whose 0 for 1 in WAR(!!!!!) is quite the choice 🤷🏼♂️
Jaye Rich7Gonna put out the white flag.
Saraswati3Which idiot wants to have hegseth at the NASCAR ?!?!?!
Sherry Krauss3The honorary starters should be the survivors of his failed war or the families of the fallen
Nafnlaus 🇮🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦2There is no such thing as a "Secretary of War" of the US. Please stop legitimizing extralegal activity.
Friend of Nature2What stupid times we live in. I grieve for my grandchildren.
Don Landry 🎙️✍️2This, really, ought to be the extent of power that he should have.
