Transgender rights advocacy groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday against President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, challenging an executive order meant to block transgender troops from joining the military.
Show host Michael Kosta tore into Trump's transgender military ban and Pete Hegseth during his opening monologue
He linked to a June 2024 article from Military.com not so subtly titled, “The Army’s Recruiting Problem is Male.” It stated that male enlistment has dropped 35% since 2013, whereas women enlistment has remained steady.
The president also scrapped diversity programs and granted back pay to GI’s who defied COVID vaccine mandates.
Hegseth believes students are being raised to “see America as an evil place” because his confining approach to education leaves no room for admiration and criticism, hope and horror, to coexist. He treats American history,
Advocacy groups are set to file the first lawsuit challenging President Trump's order revising policy on transgender troops.
U.S. President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders on Monday to remove diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) from the military, reinstate thousands of troops who were kicked out for refusing COVID-19 vaccines during the pandemic and take aim at transgender troops.
President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders Monday to remake the Pentagon in his hardline image, setting the stage for banning transgender troops who have honorably served and reinstating service members who were booted for refusing COVID vaccines.
The president also ordered the Pentagon to end diversity programs, reinstate many service members dismissed for refusing the coronavirus vaccine and create a new missile defense system.
The order reinstates a policy from Trump's first term that prohibited trans people from enlisting and barred those already in the military from transitioning.
Pete Hegseth has vowed to bring his “warrior” ethos to the Pentagon. Democrats had assailed him as unfit for the job, and his confirmation came down to Vice President JD Vance serving as tiebreaker.
Vice President Vance cast a tie-breaking vote as Hegseth overcame allegations of sexual assault, public drunkenness and questions of financial mismanagement to win Senate approval.