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On 26 February 2025, the Pentagon issued a memo entitled, “Digital Content Refresh” that said by March 5, 2025, “all Components must remove and archive DoD news articles, photos, and videos promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), including content related to critical race theory, gender ideology, and identity-based programs.”
Our post on this showed screenshots from DVIDS of what came up when DEI or pride month was searched. There were photos of DEI seminars and articles promoting DEI. The pride month search showed graphics and photos “celebrating” the month how a small percentage in the military likes to have sex. None of this had anything to do with military lethality and warfighting and frankly was a waste of time and taxpayer dollars.
But enter people in the military infected with the Woke Mind Virus who were opposed to orders from the Commander-in-Chief and Secretary of Defense. They deliberately over-complied (or what is termed maliciously complied) by purposely deleting everything that has to do with blacks, women and minorities and even, stupidly enough, an airplane, just because it had the name “Gay” on it.
Then SOMEHOW, conveniently the leftwing legacy media found out about these maliciously deleted photos and wrote article after article gaslighting the public on how horrible, mean and unfair Trump and Hegseth’s DEI purge is and making them look bad. The Narrative doesn’t want their divisive identity politics removed from DOD.
We’ve covered gaslighting news headlines before (The narcissistic DC Swamp is gaslighting Americans again) showing this type of thing is far too coordinated and deliberate to be natural. It is a Marxist political warfare campaign designed to purposefully manipulate emotions and public opinion against the President and Secretary of Defense’s agenda in order to weaken their ability to change and fix things for the better. The attempt is to negate their efforts and stop them from succeeding.
Here’s a sample of gaslighting headlines that were republished over and over in left-leaning legacy media outlets:
- War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon’s DEI purge
- Arlington Cemetery website scrubs links about Black and female veterans
- Military to Remove ‘Enola Gay’ Photos for Violating DEI Rules
- ‘Gay’ Hiroshima bomber, female and Black soldiers being erased in shocking Pentagon DEI file purge
- Trump’s deranged purge of American history is the story of white supremacy
- Hegseth’s Frenzied DEI Purge Targets ‘Gay’ Plane
- Black War Hero’s Medal of Honor Page Deleted by Pentagon
- These are the US military’s diversity photos Trump doesn’t want you to see
- Trump and Hegseth Are Dishonoring Black and Latino Veterans’ Service
- Here Are Some Images the Pentagon Thought Were Too ‘Woke’ for You to See
- Military DEI photo purge set to erase Medal of Honor recipient
- Pentagon could target Tuskegee Airmen’s legacy in new DEI purge
- Trump’s DEI order may remove iconic Rosie the Riveter photos from government websites
- Navajo Code Talkers get “DEI” label as military info disappears under Trump order
- Air Force purges photos, websites on pioneering female pilots
- Trump’s DOD censored the Enola Gay. Here’s 11 things his moronic DEI purge could also remove
- Here are all the ways people are disappearing from government websites
- Hegseth’s Attacks on Black Troops Evoke Long History of Anti-Racist Struggle
- Amid ‘DEI’ purge, Pentagon removes webpage on Iwo Jima flag-raiser
- Purging heroes from history
- Pentagon Wipes Records of Famed WWII Plane ‘Enola Gay,’ Named After the Pilot’s Mom, Because ‘DEI Is Dead’
- Civil War Nurses, USS Constitution Commander Among Female Veterans Removed
- Articles about Native American code talkers removed from military websites
- Pentagon deletes articles about Holocaust and 9/11 in DEI purge
- Enola Gay pilot’s granddaughter decries ‘shameful’ Trump Defense Department DEI word purge
- Photos of WWII Aircraft Enola Gay Violate New DEI Rules
- US Defense Department removes war hero images as part of DEI purge
- Defense Department Webpage on Jackie Robinson Goes Down, Then Returns amid Diversity Purge
- By-Product of DEI Purge: Air Force Vets Find Their History Erased
- Pentagon’s DEI Website Purge Draws Backlash for Purging Websites on Iwo Jima Flag-Raiser, Navajo Code Talkers, Black Medal of Honor Recipient
- Pentagon Flags WWII Plane That Nuked Japan as Woke
- Jackie Robinson’s Army career wipe from military website in DEI purge
- Pentagon DEI purge includes Black military history on the Central Coast
- Image of ‘Enola Gay’ Hiroshima bomber amongst thousands deleted in ‘bonkers’ military DEI crackdown
- Navajo Code Talker Videos, Photos, Stories Removed to Comply with Trump Diversity Purge
- Hegseth’s Attacks on Black Troops Evoke Long History of Anti-Racist Struggle
- Marine Corps Removes Navajo Code Talker Content Related to Native American Heritage Month
- Pentagon history purge highlights which stories are told and why others are ignored
- Arlington National Cemetery stops highlighting some historical figures on its website
- The DEI Purge Will Weaken Our Military
- Military DEI purge is a national security threat
- Historian raises concerns over Arlington National Cemetery website DEI removal
- Lawmakers Demand Trump Administration Restore Removed Webpages Celebrating Troops
- Pentagon DEI purge erases Colin Powell but spares a set of Texas war heroes
- The Pentagon’s DEI crackdown isn’t just deleting history — it also seems to slight veterans
- The new boundary of dangerous DEI in the military: Jackie Robinson
- Trump’s anti-DEI purge is erasing these military legends
- Pentagon Promotes Religious Affairs Airman and Olympic Hopeful, After DEI Photo Purge
- Pentagon restores a few webpages honoring servicemembers but still defends DEI purge
- Department of Defense restores Jackie Robinson webpage after outcry over DEI purge
Kristina Wong, Breitbart News Pentagon Correspondent, posted this on X on 19 March 2025:
‼️The Pentagon is republishing the following content online after it was removed (either deliberately or by mistake):
— The Tuskegee Airmen
— The Enola Gay
— Navajo Code Talkers
— WASPs
— History -making female fighter pilots
— Jackie Robinson
— The Marines at Iwo Jima
— A Black Medal of Honor Winner, and more.
Pentagon Press Secretary John Ullyot says in a statement:
“As Secretary Hegseth has said, DEI is dead at the Defense Department. Discriminatory Equity Ideology is a form of Woke cultural Marxism that has no place in our military. It Divides the force, Erodes unit cohesion and Interferes with the services’ core warfighting mission.
We are pleased by the rapid compliance across the Department with the directive removing DEI content from all platforms. In the rare cases that content is removed — either deliberately or by mistake — that is out of the clearly outlined scope of the directive, we instruct the components and they correct the content accordingly.”
Once again, don’t fall for the gaslighting.
— Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) March 20, 2025
Here are the facts about the removal of DEI content. pic.twitter.com/gHQWi40aIx
— Sean Parnell (@SeanParnellATSD) March 20, 2025
Defense Department Reassesses Archived Content (DOD)
Last month, Defense Department leadership directed administrators of U.S. military public media platforms to remove all content related to diversity, equity and inclusion.
“Over the past few weeks, we’ve taken action to identify and archive DEI content from our websites and social media platforms,” Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell said in a video posted to social media yesterday. “Without question, this task was an arduous but incredibly important undertaking.”
As part of the effort, some content was removed from public view so department personnel could further review it before making a final decision on archiving. However, some content was archived that should not have been.
Department personnel are reviewing archived content to determine if it was mistakenly removed or, in other cases, if it can be edited to make it eligible for reposting.
“When content is either mistakenly removed or if it’s maliciously removed, we continue to work quickly to restore it,” Parnell said.
The Defense Department website, defense.gov, contains thousands of articles about U.S. service members, their warrior ethos and the historic actions they have been involved in while serving the nation. That content is part of the department’s history, Parnell said.
“We are so proud of our nation’s heroes and our heritage,” he added. “We honor the accomplishments of our warfighters and the content of their character. Americans, past and present, are the greatest people the world has ever known, and we live in the greatest country the world has ever known, and our strength, now, and has always been, our unity and shared purpose.”
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