This Is a Purge of history, of truth, of the people this country still refuses to claim.
Pete Hegseth is erasing names from Navy ships. Not for function. Not for clarity. He’s removing them to please a movement that wants whiteness re-centered and grievance repackaged as pride. He doesn’t talk about these people. He doesn’t challenge their record. He makes them disappear. The goal isn’t tradition. It’s obedience. This campaign isn’t about restoring dignity. It’s about denying it ever belonged to the people being scrubbed from the hull. These Are the Targets Harvey Milk Served his country. Elected in San Francisco. Killed in his office. His name once acknowledged service from those the military once criminalized. That’s no longer permitted. Thurgood Marshall Fought Jim Crow in court. Sat on the highest bench. Spoke about power in plain terms. His legacy forced the law to answer for its failures. That legacy has been flagged for deletion. Ruth Bader Ginsburg Filed lawsuits that exposed constitutional blind spots. Refused to let precedent excuse inequality. Built legal sca...
