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Black Medal of Honor recipient removed from US department of defense website
#VietnamWar #DefenseDepartment #DEI #MemorialRemoval #MilitaryHistory
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Black Medal of Honor recipient removed from US department of defense website
Page honoring Charles C Rogers for his Vietnam war service is now defunct with letters “DEI” added to website addressMaya Yang (The Guardian)
Musk Email Reaches Italian Workers. It Did Not Go Well.
Employees at the Aviano Air Base who serve American forces got a familiar demand to list their achievements. Unions say Italy “is not the Wild West like the U.S.”Emma Bubola (The New York Times)
This Republican homophobia is already childishly absurd. Defense Department to remove photos of WWII plane Enola Gay because it has 'gay' in its name.
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Defense Department to remove Enola Gay photos in DEI purge
No, this isn't a joke.Ryan Adamczeski (Advocate.com)
Surprise, Surprise: Trump DOD Deputy Press Secretary Has A History Of Racist Tweets
#LoyaltyOverIntegrity #DeputyPressSecretary #DefenseDepartment #HandpickedAppointees #MediaCoverage
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Surprise, Surprise: Trump DOD Deputy Press Secretary Has A History Of Racist Tweets
One of Kingsley Wilson's tweets was about Haitian migrants.Candace McDuffie (The Root)
This Pentagon Press Secretary Has a Long History of Bigoted and Xenophobic Posts
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While Wilson deleted some of her tweets before beginning her DOD job, in the Trump Administration, they’re unlikely to be seen as a liability. While DOGE staffer Marko Elez resigned after the Wall Street Journal reported on his history of racist posts (“Just for the record, I was racist before it was cool,” one read), Musk said almost immediately on Twitter/X that he would be reinstated.
On social media, Wilson has made it clear that she brings her online stances into her personal life. “3 years ago today I went to a Halloween party dressed as Border Patrol and met my husband,” she tweeted on October 31, 2024 over a photo of herself wearing a green Border Patrol hat. “Be unapologetically right-wing. It will pay off.”
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#DOD #DefenseDepartment #GreatReplacement #xenophobia #racism #USPol
Why Is Trump Pausing Aid to Ukraine? What to Know.
The Trump administration’s decision to suspend the delivery of all military assistance to Ukraine left Ukrainians and Europeans figuring out on Tuesday how to fend for themselves.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Why Is Trump Pausing Aid to Ukraine? What to Know.
The decision marked the realization of a fear that has racked Ukraine since President Trump’s re-election.Cassandra Vinograd (The New York Times)
Flow of U.S. Weapons to Ukraine Has Nearly Stopped and May End Completely
The Biden administration saw the $67 billion in military assistance it provided to Kyiv as essential. Trump sees any further aid as leverage.John Ismay (The New York Times)
“Not every entrepreneur…has been this dependent on federal money — certainly not #Nvidia, not #Microsoft, nor #Amazon, nor #Meta,” said Jeffrey Sonnenfeld…at the Yale School of Management…#NASA and the #DefenseDepartment nurtured #SpaceX…the agency tolerated the company’s failure to meet…milestones on time, according to congressional investigators.
$465 million Energy Department loan…in 2010, helped fuel Tesla’s…rise…#Tesla went public six months later.
#musk #tusk
DOGE Is Working on Software That Automates the Firing of Government Workers
#DefenseDepartment #DOGE #SoftwareEditing #GovernmentWorkers #ElonMusk
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DOGE Is Working on Software That Automates the Firing of Government Workers
Operatives working for Elon Musk’s DOGE appear to be editing the code of AutoRIF—software designed by the Defense Department that could assist in mass firings of federal workers, sources tell WIRED.Makena Kelly (WIRED)
Defense Department Burns Elon Musk With Defiant Statement on X Telling Employees to Ignore His Email Demand to Justify Their Jobs
#EmployeeInstruction #JobJustification #DefenseDepartment #PushbackAgainstMusk #MediaiteNews
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Defense Department Tells Employees: Ignore Musk's OPM Email
The Department of Defense posted a statement on Elon Musk's own social media platform instructing its employees to ignore the email he directed OPM to send.Sarah Rumpf (Mediaite)
The US agencies hit hardest by Trump and Musk's layoffs so far
#DefenseDepartment #AgricultureDepartment #MuskLayoffs #RevenueService #JobCuts
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The US agencies hit hardest by Trump and Musk’s layoffs so far
From Revenue and Energy to Agriculture and DefenseScott Malone (The Independent)
George Mason University forges close ties with the US military as it clamps down on opposition to genocide and war
#DefenseDepartment #GMU #OppositionClampdown #Genocide #War
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George Mason University forges close ties with the US military as it clamps down on opposition to genocide and war
In the last few years, George Mason has dramatically increased its ties with the Department of Defense.World Socialist Web Site
Actor Julianne Moore Reacts With Shock to Trump Banning Her Children's Book From Schools
#BookBan #ChildrensLiterature #FrecklefaceStrawberry #ShockReaction #DefenseDepartment
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Julianne Moore Reacts With Shock To Trump's Book Ban
Julianne Moore reacted with shock after Trump banned her 2007 children's book Freckleface Strawberry from schools controlled by the Defense Department.Phillip Nieto (Mediaite)
Elon Musk's 'efficiency' agency team at the Pentagon to meet defense staff
#DefenseDepartment #DefenseStaffMeeting #TrumpAdministration #Pentagon #GovernmentEfficiency
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Elon Musk’s ‘efficiency’ agency team at the Pentagon to meet defense staff
Trump had said defense bureau was high on list of world’s richest man’s federal budget and personnel slashing teamCecilia Nowell (The Guardian)
Vance Mentions Sanctions, Military Action to Push Russia to End Ukraine War
Vice President JD Vance told The Wall Street Journal on Thursday that all military and economic options were on the table if Russia did not agree to negotiate in good faith to end the war in Ukraine.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Funding for military health study of LGBTQ+ veterans withdrawn
#DefenseDepartment #AbruptReversal #FundingWithdrawn #PresidentialExecutiveOrder #LGBTQVeterans
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Funding for military health study of LGBTQ+ veterans withdrawn
The Defense Department on Thursday abruptly reversed a decision to fund the study, saying it was "not in line” with a presidential executive order.Usha Lee McFarling (STAT)
Who's Running the Defense Department?
#TopTierPositions #QualificationsMatter #WealthAndPower #DefenseDepartment #GovernmentTransparency
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Who’s Running the Defense Department?
The key criteria for those in the top-tier positions appear to be loyalty, wealth, and ideological fervor, not competence.Tom Nichols (The Atlantic)
Ukraine’s NATO membership and return to old borders is “unrealistic,” Secretary Hegseth says
Ukraine's NATO membership and return to old borders is 'unrealistic,' Secretary Hegseth says - CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump said he will likely meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Saudi Arabia.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Her Brother Disappeared in War 80 Years Ago. She Finally Got to Say Goodbye.
When Margery Hop Wong bade her older brother goodbye in 1943, she was just a 12-year-old girl who loved it when he took her for joy rides in his used convertible around the apple orchards their family worked.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Pete Hegseth's 2nd Ex-Wife Allegedly Had a Safe Word for When He Threatened Her
#SenateConfirmation #DefenseDepartment #SafeWordRevealed #AllegedRapist #DomesticViolence
Biden urges troops to 'remember your oath' at Defense Department farewell ceremony
#PledgeOf #AllEnemiesForeignAndDomestic #RememberYourOath #SupportAndDefend #DefenseDepartment
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Biden urges troops to ‘remember your oath’ at Defense Department farewell ceremony
Biden urges service members to uphold pledge to ‘support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic’Andrew Feinberg (The Independent)
FBI Report on Hegseth 'Insufficient' Says Top Dem: 'I Do Not Believe You Are Qualified'
#FBIReport #DefenseDepartment #ConfirmationHearing #SenatorJackReed #DemocratCriticism
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FBI Report on Hegseth 'Insufficient' Says Top Dem: 'I Do Not Believe You Are Qualified'
The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s vetting of Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s highly controversial nominee to head the U.S. Department of Defense, an $842 billion entity that employs more than 2.David Badash (The New Civil Rights Movement)