The GOP War on Wokeness Could Shut Down the Government ( newrepublic.com )

Zombiepirate , 10 months ago

Although the Freedom Caucus statement does not specify the exact “cancerous woke policies in the Pentagon,” a spokesperson for the group pointed to provisions included in the House-passed National Defense Authorization Act in July. That bill would prohibit the Defense Department from reimbursing expenses related to abortion services, prevent health care coverage of transgender surgeries or hormone treatments, ban drag shows on military grounds, bar the teaching of critical race theory in the military, limit diversity training, and prevent the Pentagon from carrying out President Joe Biden’s climate-related executive orders. The House version of the NDAA passed largely along party lines and is dead on arrival in the Democratic-controlled Senate.

GOP: Support the troops! Unless they’re not Christian Nationalists, in which case they should have their lives destroyed by our bizzarre religious crusades!

captainlezbian , 10 months ago

“Support the troops, but ensure their our ideological compatriots. We’re only joking about coups btw”