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U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is blocking the promotion of four Army officers to be one-star generals, two of which are Black and two women on a list of roughly three dozen officers up for promotion, in a highly unusual move that has prompted some senior military officials to question whether the officers are being singled out because of their race or gender, according to The New York Times. Hegseth had been pressing senior Army leaders, including Army Secretary Daniel P. Driscoll, for months to remove the officers’ names, military officials said. But Secretary Driscoll, citing the officers’ decades-long records of exemplary service, had repeatedly refused. Earlier this month, Hegseth broke the logjam by unilaterally striking the officers’ names from the list, though it is not clear he has the legal authority to do so. The list is currently being reviewed by the White House, which is expected to sent for final approval to the Senate.

Trump: "In Minnesota, it's very Somalia-oriented. These people come from a crooked country, disgusting country, one of the worst countries in the world. They come to our country -- low IQs -- and they rob us blind. Stupid people, and they rob us blind."

PROMISES MADE, PROMISES KEPT. Immigration fell in EVERY metro city area in 2025. 🇺🇸

We live in a constant cycle where Trump screws everything up all week and then returns to thunderous applause at Mar-a-Lago in order to get recharged to do it all over again the following week

SPEAKER JOHNSON just now: “Operation epic Fury is almost done. I mean, I think the mission that was very clearly defined in the beginning, the objectives have been met.”

Reporter: President Trump has railed against mail in voting as rigged and said it’s a form of cheating as recently as Monday. In the special election yesterday, he voted by mail. How do you square those statements? Johnson: Some states handle mail in balloting well. Florida is a great example. They don't allow fraud. That is not true in other parts of the country. That's the concern especially in a state like California.

Mike Johnson: Tonight we have created a new award. We are going to do something we've never done before. We will honor him with a new award. He is the first ever recipient of the America first award. That is this beautiful golden statue here, appropriate for the golden era.

This is either the worst OPSEC or corruption beyond measure.

The way I see it, the MI-SEN primary is a simple choice: Stevens is running to Slotkin’s right, El-Sayed is an untested leftist in a state Dems got walloped in ’24, and McMorrow is a pragmatic progressive who flipped an R+16.3 seat. There's no need for purity tests.