1. United States
2. Mich.
3. Letter

Reject Hegseth & His Genital-Obsessed Military Purge I looking forward to your immediate, decisive action against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth whose dangerously regressive, misogynist, and racist military philosophy is actively dismantling our national security. Hegseth’s unprecedented intervention to block the promotions of highly qualified senior Navy and Army officers—arbitrarily stripping accomplished women and Black leaders from nomination slates—is a blatant, ideologically driven purge. By replacing merit-based advancements with a hand-selected, overwhelmingly white, all-male cadre, he is compromising the integrity of our armed forces to satisfy a personal crusade against "demographic engineering." Worse, while systematically locking women out of command, Hegseth has unveiled a bizarre, pseudo-scientific "High-T" initiative for testosterone testing. This obsession with hormone levels and biological essentialism exposes a deeply disturbing, genital-focused view of combat readiness that belongs in a bygone century, not at the helm of the world's most advanced military. By prioritizing toxic masculinity and bigotry over decades of decorated, apolitical service, Hegseth has proven himself utterly unfit to lead. You must reject his hijacked promotion lists, launch a full congressional investigation into his abuses of authority, and demand his immediate removal.