@fpwellman.bsky.social, concur but I stand by my assessment that the TJAG firings represent by far the most troubling signal here.

The TJAGs are by far the most ominous part of this.

Best case, it’s just that they were involved in DEI. Worst (and more likely, in my view) case, they want to install political loyalists who will not object on e.g. posse comitatus grounds to what this admin intends to do with DoD domestically. For me, this is the most alarming development yet.

I work in a 30-person office tucked into a lonely corner of a large base. There are at least a dozen people in my single office more qualified by experience, temperament, and judgement to be SecDef than Hegseth. This is SNL come to life.

As fairly low-level DoD attorney, I work in an office with at least 4 people who are unquestionably more qualified to be SecDef. In the single building we work in, there are dozens more qualified. Hegseth is such a ridiculous nominee he wouldn’t make sense as SecDef in a bad SNL skit.

Huge thanks for the tip!