While Hegseth's entire tenure at the Department of Defense has been a shambolic mess, the last week has been especially brutal. Last Tuesday, for example, the secretary took steps to end the Pentagon's Women, Peace and Security program, condemning it as a "woke" initiative championed by "feminists and left-wing activists." What Hegseth apparently didn't know was that Trump championed the program, characterizing it as a key first-term accomplishment, after it was crafted by Marco Rubio and Kristi Noem — two of Hegseth's Cabinet colleagues…
Showing posts with label purge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label purge. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Virginia is the latest state to face accusations of illegally purging voters
They allege that an executive order signed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) in August requiring daily updates to state voter lists to remove ineligible voters violates the Quiet Period required by the National Voter Registration Act…
"Defendants' Purge Program ... is an illegal, discriminatory, and error-ridden program that has directed the cancelation of voter registrations of naturalized U.S. citizens and jeopardizes the rights of countless others," the lawsuit states...
Thursday, October 3, 2024
Saturday, September 14, 2024
Wednesday, August 7, 2024
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
Friday, April 5, 2024
Biden admin moves to shield federal workers from potential Trump purge
The new rule would make it harder for Former President Trump — or any other president — to reshape the federal workforce via mass firings, as the likely GOP presidential nominee has promised to do if he is elected to another term in the White House...
Saturday, November 4, 2023
Ohio purged 26,000 voters days before abortion referendum deadline | US news | The Guardian
Voting rights groups say move by Republican secretary of state lacked transparency and did not follow established practice…
Thursday, May 9, 2019
'Mass purge’: Sarah Sanders implements new standard that disqualifies ‘almost the entire White House press corps’ - Raw Story
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has quietly implemented a new standard that has resulted in what one journalist calls "a mass purge" of "almost the entire White House press corps."
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/05/mass-purge-sarah-sanders-implements-new-standard-that-disqualifies-almost-the-entire-white-house-press-corps/
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/05/mass-purge-sarah-sanders-implements-new-standard-that-disqualifies-almost-the-entire-white-house-press-corps/
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Climate advocacy group sues U.S. EPA for 'purge' of scientists - -Business Insider
A climate change advocacy group on Tuesday sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for banning certain scientists from serving on its advisory committees - a move the group said will give business an unfair influence on policy. ....
http://www.businessinsider.com/r-climate-advocacy-group-sues-us-epa-for-purge-of-scientists-2018-1
http://www.businessinsider.com/r-climate-advocacy-group-sues-us-epa-for-purge-of-scientists-2018-1
Wednesday, January 3, 2018
‘They’re acting like dictators’: Republican lawyer blasts GOP for deploying 'Soviet Russia’ tactics against FBI -- Raw Story
Florida Republican Congressman Laurence Francis Rooney III was blasted on CNN's The Lead for calling on the Department of Justice to "purge" members of the FBI accused of not supporting President Donald Trump. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/12/theyre-acting-like-dictators-republican-lawyer-blasts-gop-for-deploying-soviet-russia-tactics-against-fbi/
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/12/theyre-acting-like-dictators-republican-lawyer-blasts-gop-for-deploying-soviet-russia-tactics-against-fbi/
Saturday, December 30, 2017
GOP lawmaker claims FBI purged training documents. Here's what we found | PolitiFact
Did the Barack Obama administration ditch FBI material used to train counterterrorism agents?
At a House committee hearing on worldwide terror threats, Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., claimed the former administration purged information that could "allow us to see in totality the threat that faces America."....
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/dec/15/scott-perry/gop-lawmaker-claims-fbi-purged-training-documents-/
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/dec/15/scott-perry/gop-lawmaker-claims-fbi-purged-training-documents-/
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