1. United States
2. Mich.
3. Letter

I need you to launch congressional hearings into the firing of more than a dozen senior military leaders under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, including General Randy George, who was dismissed while the 82nd Airborne was actively deploying to the Middle East during wartime operations. Five former defense secretaries, including Jim Mattis, have called these firings "reckless" and demanded hearings. Republican leadership has scheduled none. General George was fired for refusing to remove four Black and female officers from a promotion list. Hegseth has blocked or delayed promotions for more than a dozen Black and female senior officers across all branches. George's replacement is Gen. Christopher LaNeve, a former Hegseth aide. This follows the Project 2025 blueprint, which explicitly calls for assembling "an army of aligned, vetted, trained, and prepared conservatives" to limit advancement of what it calls "Barack Obama's general officer corps." This mirrors authoritarian playbooks used by Orbán and Erdoğan, who purged military leadership and replaced them with loyalists. Combined with a proposed $1.5 trillion defense budget increase while cutting social programs by 10%, this represents executive aggrandizement designed to consolidate power. Congress has constitutional oversight authority over the military. Use it. Investigate these firings, subpoena Hegseth, and determine whether this administration is building a military answerable to one person rather than the Constitution. https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/the-military-purge-just-hit-a-disastrous