merit is back baby
Why is Pete Hegseth bringing his wife to top security meetings and hiring his brother at the Pentagon? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Pete Hegseth’s wife reportedly attended meetings with foreign defense officials
Defense secretary, already under fire for chat group blunder, faces new scrutiny for having wife in high-level meetings
www.theguardian.com
March 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
merit is back baby
is the goal merit or is the goal segregation?
Pete Hegseth's DOD has decided to recruit at an NRA event rather than a Black Engineering event.
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
February 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
is the goal merit or is the goal segregation?
There’s the merit.
Along with publicly sharing classified information, Hegseth is also running the military with his family members
March 29, 2025 at 3:33 AM
There’s the merit.
We love merit, don’t we folks?
Scoop: As federal health agencies are gutted, Kyle Diamantas, a Florida attorney w/ a slim resume + no prior gov't experience, is the new head of food safety at @US_FDA. Turns out, he's Donald Trump Jr.'s hunting buddy, @vanityfair.com is reporting exclusively: www.vanityfair.com/news/story/f... /1
America’s Food Safety Is Now in the Hands of Don Jr.’s Hunting Buddy
As federal health agencies are gutted with abandon, a Florida attorney with a history of hunting with the president’s son has been put in charge of food safety at the FDA, overseeing the nation’s food...
www.vanityfair.com
February 25, 2025 at 4:50 AM
We love merit, don’t we folks?
ah, a military defined by Merit
September 2, 2026 at 1:35 AM
ah, a military defined by Merit
This is what "merit hire" means to them
February 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
This is what "merit hire" means to them
List of discontinued merit badges (Boy Scouts of America)
October 3, 2025 at 11:53 PM
List of discontinued merit badges (Boy Scouts of America)
the same administration screaming at universities about “merit” is also elevating unqualified hacks to critical positions, which makes you wonder about what they mean by “merit”
Exclusive: The Trump administration is interviewing candidates to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, including at least one longtime critic of the agency, according to a senior administration official.
Trump Administration Considers Longtime Critic to Lead Bureau of Labor Statistics
Officials are looking at E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, among others, to head jobs-data agency.
on.wsj.com
August 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
the same administration screaming at universities about “merit” is also elevating unqualified hacks to critical positions, which makes you wonder about what they mean by “merit”
TRUMP: We will be a merit based society.
February 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
TRUMP: We will be a merit based society.
This book review has merit.
August 16, 2025 at 10:19 AM
This book review has merit.
These appointments prove that insisting people achieve and be promoted based on “merit” was never really their real concern.
November 14, 2024 at 7:11 PM
These appointments prove that insisting people achieve and be promoted based on “merit” was never really their real concern.
in the trump administration, “merit” is pronounced “white” like how strom thrumond said it.
Just look at these paragraphs from the AP story.
Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver.
This is what "merit" means to them.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver.
This is what "merit" means to them.
apnews.com/article/trum...
February 22, 2025 at 4:55 AM
in the trump administration, “merit” is pronounced “white” like how strom thrumond said it.
The merit that anti-DEI policies revealed
Tony Dokoupil's CBS Evening News debut got off to a tough start ...
January 6, 2026 at 4:25 AM
The merit that anti-DEI policies revealed
i said last year that these people were segregationists and that “merit” just meant “white and male” to these people
March 27, 2026 at 12:09 PM
i said last year that these people were segregationists and that “merit” just meant “white and male” to these people
there is merit — people demonstrating that they have the capacity to complete a given task — and “merit,” an ontological category reserved for some people and not others
Aggrieved whites pretending they only lost out because of "unfair advantages" to minorities is an old script.
The Bakke ruling against racial quotas came after Allan Bakke was rejected by 12 different med schools. He sued the *one* that had a racial quota, arguing that and that alone kept him out.
The Bakke ruling against racial quotas came after Allan Bakke was rejected by 12 different med schools. He sued the *one* that had a racial quota, arguing that and that alone kept him out.
June 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
there is merit — people demonstrating that they have the capacity to complete a given task — and “merit,” an ontological category reserved for some people and not others
So much merit.
Hegseth: The DOD will be merit based and colorblind. You will be judged on how good you are at your job. Full stop.
March 27, 2025 at 4:13 AM
So much merit.
Definitely got there on merit
The guy who asked Zelensky if he owned a suit, Brian Glenn, is a reporter for the pro-Trump media network Real America’s Voice and also Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's boyfriend. He got one of the rare Oval Office interviewer spots only after the White House blocked the Associated Press.
February 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Definitely got there on merit
give whoever’s idea this was a merit badge
March 7, 2026 at 12:51 AM
give whoever’s idea this was a merit badge
this is the kind of merit that pete hegseth has brought to the department of defense
The Pentagon has appointed a former Citadel cadet and J6 convict to one of the most sensitive top-secret posts in the DoD. He has none of the relevant experience that would make him eligible for the 40-person team. wapo.st/437arYG
Pentagon hires convicted Jan. 6 rioter for sensitive counterterrorism job
The Trump administration’s appointment of Elias Irizarry, who was 19 at the time of the Capitol attack, has alarmed some in the Defense Department.
wapo.st
June 2, 2026 at 9:05 PM
this is the kind of merit that pete hegseth has brought to the department of defense
Something, something…merit based hiring?
tinyurl.com/5dcmk3uf
Phil Hegseth, younger brother of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has landed a pivotal role within the Trump administration. Phil now serves as a senior adviser at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and acts as the liaison officer to the Department of Defense.
Phil Hegseth, younger brother of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has landed a pivotal role within the Trump administration. Phil now serves as a senior adviser at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and acts as the liaison officer to the Department of Defense.
Pete Hegseth Gives His Younger Brother Cushy Pentagon Job Despite Having Questionable Experience
In a move that has critics raising their eyebrows (and perhaps rolling their eyes), Phil Hegseth, younger brother of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has landed a pivotal role within the Trump administ...
tinyurl.com
March 29, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Something, something…merit based hiring?
ah trump’s merit in action. only certain people can be meritorious
Just in case you thought that removing DEI criteria would mean that everyone is competing equally: NIH is removing grad students from underrepresented backgrounds from the applicant pool altogether. Their applications will not be considered. Other students, not from these backgrounds, will be.
February 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
ah trump’s merit in action. only certain people can be meritorious
What drives me crazy about the anti-DEI rhetoric is everyone wants to be judged on merit. But you can't be judged on merit if you can't even get in the door because you don't fit some prejudiced definition of who is capable and who isn't
February 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
What drives me crazy about the anti-DEI rhetoric is everyone wants to be judged on merit. But you can't be judged on merit if you can't even get in the door because you don't fit some prejudiced definition of who is capable and who isn't
Trump’s executive order shutting down DEI claims that recruiting diverse applicants “diminishes the importance of individual merit, aptitude, hard work, and determination.”
Donald Trump’s war on DEI isn’t about merit.
Donald Trump’s war on DEI isn’t about merit.
February 23, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Trump’s executive order shutting down DEI claims that recruiting diverse applicants “diminishes the importance of individual merit, aptitude, hard work, and determination.”
Donald Trump’s war on DEI isn’t about merit.
Donald Trump’s war on DEI isn’t about merit.
Merit baby
"Mr. Buria [Hegseth's chief of staff] told Mr. Driscoll [Secretary of the Army] that President Trump would not want to stand next to a Black female officer at military events, the officials said."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/u...
Hegseth Strikes Two Black and Two Female Officers From Promotion List
www.nytimes.com
March 27, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Merit baby
Ya boi got into law school :)
With 40k/year in merit scholarships :):)
With 40k/year in merit scholarships :):)
December 18, 2024 at 7:21 PM
Ya boi got into law school :)
With 40k/year in merit scholarships :):)
With 40k/year in merit scholarships :):)