“…until morale improves.”

What could go wrong? pic.twitter.com/cl7vguShfQ

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) July 16, 2026

The Blue Angels flew by the Houston hospitals during Covid, on of which is close enough to my house I could see them go by from my yard. We “saw” them mainly by the noise. There are a lot of trees here, and they were low enough to be in the tree line, though that was due to the angle between me and them. The noise was very loud, though, even at that distance. It preceded them, and lingered after they were out of sight.

But it was nothing like this:

The decibel level of F 18 hornet at 50 feet doing a low pass is around 130 dB. The threshold of pain for human hearing is 110 dB. There were children clutching their heads and crying after this. pic.twitter.com/Pdc6nU5nuF

— Hey, Dave! (@davegreenidge57) July 16, 2026

Not to mention the sand that was whipped up.

Courtesy of Hegseth, everyone who goes to any beach in America with their families consents to sudden and unexpected low flyovers from military jets as part of your experience. Maybe the pilot will be getting testosterone injections. This is how your tax dollars are being spent. https://t.co/Lp8xEHLJwC

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) July 16, 2026

Kegsbreath cares.

Reckless, juvenile, performative idiot in too much makeup. https://t.co/zLWsiUW3vV

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) July 16, 2026

It’s all about the performance.

Rep. Balint on Hegseth's obsession with testosterone, his announcement of testosterone therapy for troops, and his attacks on women in combat:

"I think it is indicative of the fact that there are so many people in this administration that have some weird, intense, homoerotic,… pic.twitter.com/xS6hIya9Ue

— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) July 16, 2026

Rep. Balint on Hegseth's obsession with testosterone, his announcement of testosterone therapy for troops, and his attacks on women in combat:

"I think it is indicative of the fact that there are so many people in this administration that have some weird, intense, homoerotic, feelings towards men while also being incredibly homophobic, and not just homophobic, but like hate-mongering, fear-mongering about the LGBTQ community.

So, let me be clear. I don't think the homoeroticism is the weird part. The weird part is that they pretend that that's not what it's about.

And so, Pete Hegseth is like the example of this, like the manly, manly, rugged, macho man, and it's like, I don't know if you know who Tom of Finland is...this is a gay male porn that was drawn by a man. And, like, Pete Hegseth is the embodiment of that.

So I feel like they must be looking at that as their example for what men look like. And in terms of not promoting women, we know what this is all about.

The military, whether you support the military-industrial complex or not, it has always been merit-based. The people who are the best of the best rise to the top.

And so the fact that he has systematically been keeping down women and people of color gives up the whole game. It's actually not about a merit-based system anymore."