Hegseth pulls seven Navy officers from promotion list
Once again, Hegseth and Trump are resegregating the military along racial and sexual lines. It’s disgraceful. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/u...
txdcny55And it weakens the military. Hegseth didn’t advance beyond the rank of Major. And he, Ike Trump, cannot accept that ppl who aren’t white men might be better than him at their jobs.
Olga13They're not narrowing by themselves, NYT. How about a little less passive voice?
Jessica H12I’m really putting myself out there to say this, but fine then, let all the white boys go fight Trump‘s wars. As a matter of fact, I think, as the ultimate act of patriotism, pride, and country, that all MAGA should send their sons & grandsons.
@dpc1zspeaking10I’m an ex naval officer who happens to be a woman. They’ve earned those promotions. The promotion/ selection process is extensive. That asshole can’t deny them at the stroke of a pen. Even when Reagan was president, this never happened. I hope those officers get justice for this wrong.
CJGMnCa9What sane woman would want to join his army now? How is this real life?
David Stonehill6Repairing the damage to the military, restoring the promotions that were cancelled, and preventing this in the future are going to have to be high priorities for the next congress and administration.
Brendan Nyhan511"More than half of those fired or removed by Mr. Hegseth from promotion lists have been female or Black."
Secretary of Defense Rock112“If we rip out enough wiring (of woke and DEI), surely we’ll start winning wars!”
Jason D. Salvagni5Again — I feel like continuing to refer to them as "conservatives" at this point isn't wholly factual and we should instead be precise in calling them Re-segregationists.
Greg Greene (he/him/his)4Hegseth and Trump think they'd have had (and would have) a better chance of entrenching an autocracy if the military were turned into a weisswurst party — simple as.
John Robinson3It must be incredibly hard for non-sexist and non-racist soldiers to salute him.
Veronica 🌶️3And yet, very on brand. Mediocre men undeservedly promoted beyond their capabilities can only puff their chests out if they’re stepping on the backs of superior women who have earned all their achievements. No one is confused about what’s happening here.
ernesto2good, we deserve to lose every war
Pete Hegseth just blocked the promotions of seven senior Navy officers — five of whom are women or people of color — to two-star admiral rank. For the first time in more than a decade, no female active-duty naval officers are likely to be promoted to admiral this year.
John Burnham41What is up with that headline? “Opportunities narrow”? How about “Misogynist SecDef continues destruction of senior leader ranks”? Media needs to just say the thing. Otherwise most of our fellow citizens will happily remain numb to what’s actually going on.
Mary G.35He's not even fit to decide who gets promoted, but here we are. 🙄
CallsignBaker 254722F*ck Kegseth. I commanded troops in Iraq 🇮🇶 My best were women. Sorry guys.
Steve 🌮 🥃21Hegseth is an unqualified, misogynistic, and racist POS. Call your reps and senators to let them know he is destroying our country and needs to be removed.
Joseph Britt17The headline could have been “Hegseth Blocks More Promotions For Women” I mean, just say it.
Scott Jenkins12Of all the scum in the Trump administration, Hegseth is the biggest douchebag, hands down. 🤡
Stephen Soldz2The misogynistic, racist, alcoholic playing at war games.
Dreamboat Annie2"opportunities narrow". I don't know how much narrower they can get when they were already non-existent. But you've got to hand it to the NYT. They clearly have an entire floor staffed only with people who do nothing but dream up new ways to not call a spade a spade. it's a high art.
Hegseth blocks promotions of seven Navy officers, five of them women or people of color, a highly unusual move that means that for the first time in more than a decade no female active-duty naval officers are likely to be promoted to admiral. @gregjaffe.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/u...
Art Weber17Hegseth history: >Arrogance >Recklessness >Abusive attitude toward women >Excessive drinking, even on the job >Monumental financial mismanagement >LEAKED WAR PLANS >MURDER at sea! NO due process >Iran war crimes! >>> For the sake of our troops & our nation, hothead Hegseth must RESIGN or be FIRED!
Mark Laporta12We should have passed the Equal Rights Amendment decades ago. But now, SCOTUS would void it.
yn2usn.bsky.social9He needs to hauled in front of Congress and get grilled about where he sees women and minorities fitting in the service. Grill him. Every angle. Over and over. For 16 hours.
It’s not highly unusual. It’s sexist and racist and par for the course from Hegseth.
patriciadcdc.bsky.social5Typical of the misogynistic/racist Trump administration. Just you wait! They ain’t gonna be around forever.
debbmatt.bsky.social5He’s such a fucking incompetent racist asshole!!!!
David Rothkopf217So opposing the advancement of women and people of color who serve our country is the position of the Republican Party?
Brian Finucane100huh What could possibly be the motivation?
Luke Russert64The leader of the 🇺🇸 military blocks promotions of women and minorities at an alarming clip. It is racist and misogynistic.
ElizabethC 💙🐸20This is but one of the ways that Hegseth's prejudices & ignorance are causing long-term damage to our armed services. He's incapable of recognizing that promotions in the higher ranks of the services are based on merit, and most of the women he's fired were very highly regarded. #ProudBlue
JudithFlanders2And even now, the New York Times uses the passive voice: opportunities narrow all on their own…
Minnesota Med Mama2Pete’s mom wrote a letter about how he is a serial abuser of women; in support or his exwife He has no business in a role with gov authority What are we doing here?
Hegseth strikes 7 from promotion list: Rear Adm. Amy Bauernschmidt, the first woman to command one of the Navy’s 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, was pulled off the list. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/u...
Matthew Budman, book guy27“A Pentagon spokesman accused The New York Times of having 'a toxic obsession with race and identity.'” Pretty sure Pete Hegseth is the one with the toxic obsession with race and identity
realskill06.bsky.social12Goddamn this Hegseth guy really hates strong women. Almost like he’s a rapist and scared of women who fight back. Huh.
Terraformer10These people just can’t handle strong women, we got it
𝚖𝚘𝚔𝚞 𓅃7imagine working diligently your whole adult life just to have some vastly unqualified sexist drunk stand between you and the rightful furtherance of your career - he's a disgusting piece of shit and I hope he gets his
TexEnt 4#RepublicansHate everyone except white, male republicans. #AmericaDeservesBetter
daveaic.bsky.social2I guess all white males promoted from here on are DEI hires
KAFUI 🇬🇭52From now on whenever a person says that someone would “run a Wendy’s like the Navy” they mean never promoting any of the Blacks or women above fry cook.
Renée Graham 🏳️🌈30Hegseth is weakening the armed forces and undermining military readiness because he is a racist and misogynistic man-baby.
David Burbach 🇺🇸30"for the first time in more than a decade, no active-duty female Navy officers are likely to be promoted to admiral this year'
Martha Smith8Dude literally afraid of girl cooties
Really Dark Knight6Imagine honing your craft, becoming an expert in your chosen field, having the respect of your colleagues, then some drunk asshole comes in and fucks you over.
Cath RN, PhD3P2025: ’𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭...𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥, 𝘷𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 & 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬...𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦.’ P2025 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗇:⇣ # 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝘀 & 𝗳𝗹𝗮𝗴 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘀... 𝖦𝖾𝗇𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗅𝗌 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗍𝖾𝖼𝗍 ＆𝗁𝗈𝗇𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝖺𝗐 & 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝖺 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝖼𝗄𝗈 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗍 & 𝖺 𝖥𝗈𝗑 𝖭𝖾𝗐𝗌 𝖻𝗈𝗓𝗈.
🏴Mhairi Forrest🏴 🤟🤟🤟3Who would have guessed that a guy who is in a cult where women are supposed to submit in everything to their fathers, then their husbands, where they are forbidden from leadership, where their primary identity is as "people who people come out of" would undermine & block women in the military?
laurel3And I bet she doesn't even have a beard.
Pete Hegseth, who was RIFed as a major due to his substance abuse problems, but who always blamed this on "DEI", is now ignoring the recommendations of supervising officers and systematically blocking the promotion of women, Blacks, Hispanics and other minorities, to higher ranks in the military.
Scott Horton76He is a racist and misogynist. There is no getting around this fact.
nteagle.bsky.social4The hell is that stupid headline? Opportunities aren't narrowing, Hegseth is purposefully destroying careers because of race and gender
James Who Lives in Queens3Hegseth is a racist punk. He is defiling the US military.
bamanana784.bsky.social3What a disgusting person - a disgrace to the uniform he once wore (for 5 minutes)!
Neil2Pete Sexpest is a racist POS
Nic V22Sounds like it’s time for a lawsuit
Simon Rosenberg13"systematically blocking the promotion of women, Blacks, Hispanics and other minorities..." 🤔🙄 Does mealy-mouthed NYT editorial policy prohibit the accurate descriptions of "racist", "misogynist", "transphobic"?
The DILETTANTE6He’s a white nationalist psychopathic racist. His wet dream is an aryan army. He’s trying to create one. Congress remains silent. It’s sickening.
We are losing a generation of women in the military with this dangerous, small man in charge. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/u...
altUSMC 🖍️ 👊 🇺🇸 🔥30Also - the younger women and men are watching. This isn’t a “women’s problem“ – this is an “us“ problem.
RogueResistanceKnitter 🥄🐸3Wait until he finds out that there aren't enough willing white men to fill all the open spots. I'm sure enlistment is way down.
StuffbyStef🐚🌊🪸✍🏻🌈🚫👑3For someone who said previous administrations went overboard with fixating on DEI, he is just as obsessed with it if not more so
Sovngarde3Women. POC. LGBTQ+. I’ve never seen our national security so fragile and compromised.
Shelly White2My daughter chose to leave military service in May after only five years. I was immensely relieved.
I Am Antifa1When will our military have enough of this clown show? I worry they will follow illegal orders. I think they already are by bombing boats off South America.
