Hegseth’s chainsaw hits bone. 80 generals purged. A downed jet, a $100k missile, and a 60 Minutes propaganda play. Media Blitz Pod
Pete Hegseth has taken a chainsaw to the Pentagon — cutting past the fat, past the muscle, and into bone. As many as 80 generals and admirals fired or blocked. Decorated special forces veterans shown the door. And now, a downed American jet, a $100,000 Iranian missile, and a 60 Minutes segment engineered to sell a war that isn’t going well. This is the propaganda machine at full tilt — and it’s why we’re staying on this story every day until we don’t have to.
An institution at war is being hollowed out from the inside. As many as 80 generals and admirals have been fired or had their promotions…
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→ Four things from today’s episodePaul on Hegseth. “He’s taken a chainsaw to the Pentagon. He’s gone through the fat, he’s gone through the muscle, and now he’s into bone.”
As many as 80 generals and admirals fired or blocked from promotion. while an institution is actively at war
Why the purge has now moved past women, people of color, and. Why the purge has now moved past women, people of color, and trans service members to decorated white special forces veterans who won’t fall in lockstep
Priya Sridhar’s reporting from inside the Pentagon. officers feel “disrespected,” “treated like robots,” and are questioning whether to stay in
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