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Marine linked to 'six bullets' Hegseth death threat promoted to general
Promotion for the Connected, Purges for Everyone ElseThe Real GatekeepersThe source story is not really about one Marine colonel and a bad podcast. It is about who gets protected by institutional power and who gets punished by it.Thomas Siverts was promoted to brigadier general after the Senate approved him unanimously and after Sen. Ron Wyden dropped his hold. That is the actual decision chain: the Senate cleared the promotion, the Pentagon executed it, and Pete Hegseth’s department had already signaled support. The machinery of approval mattered more than the obvious stink around the…
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