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BumRushDaShow

(168,106 posts)
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 05:11 PM 7 hrs ago

Hegseth says Pentagon cutting ties with top universities, calling them "woke breeding grounds"

Source: CBS News

February 27, 2026 / 4:30 PM EST


Washington — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that the Pentagon would be canceling troops' attendance at graduate programs at some of the nation's top universities, calling them "woke breeding grounds of toxic indoctrination."

"Today, just like we did with Harvard, I am ordering the complete and immediate cancellation of all Department of War attendance at institutions like Princeton, Columbia, MIT, Brown, Yale and many others, starting next academic year, 2026-2027," Hegseth said in a video statement.

"We cannot and will not continue to send our most capable officers, senior officers, into graduate programs that undermine the very values they have sworn to uphold," Hegseth said.

The Pentagon announced earlier this month that it would be ending all military training, fellowships and certificate programs with Harvard amid the Trump administration's adversarial relationship with the Ivy League school.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth-pentagon-cutting-ties-with-top-universities-woke/

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Hegseth says Pentagon cutting ties with top universities, calling them "woke breeding grounds" (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 7 hrs ago OP
This is really some dumb shit...................... Lovie777 7 hrs ago #1
Agreed ybbor 7 hrs ago #7
Bye Felicia maxsolomon 7 hrs ago #2
Yep, they're where people get educated and stop thinking like Neanderthals, i.e. Hegseth. sinkingfeeling 7 hrs ago #3
You would have to be brain-dead to want to join this version of military service. walkingman 7 hrs ago #4
Reel men don't need no book lernin'. Jim__ 7 hrs ago #5
Heaven forbid we have military men and women who can think groundloop 7 hrs ago #6
From Harvard edumacated drunken Pete? deminks 7 hrs ago #8
And yet ... A Dem president would never think of cutting funds to MAGAt breeding grounds ... eppur_se_muova 6 hrs ago #9
Yeah... and Hogsbreath is a GD Nazi. Cha 6 hrs ago #10
Good move! All those reputational surveys showing those universities spooky3 5 hrs ago #11
Or we'll see the revival of Trump University. IcyPeas 5 hrs ago #14
Why is this guy... purr-rat beauty 5 hrs ago #12
You know Hegseth will want to hook up the soldiers with... RussBLib 5 hrs ago #13
"Education is woke" BaronChocula 4 hrs ago #15
We don't need no education Zorro 2 hrs ago #20
I remember telling my French teacher BaronChocula 1 hr ago #22
I'd say.... bluestateboomer 4 hrs ago #16
The Khmer Rouge says "hold my beer 🍺 " Lucky Luciano 3 hrs ago #19
Woke breeding grounds? Well yeah, I expect that. That's what universities are for; to help people wake up. patphil 3 hrs ago #17
Says the Princeton grad. Lucky Luciano 3 hrs ago #18
Kegsbreath thinks this announcement comes from a position of strength, area51 1 hr ago #21
When will they be prohibited from attending church services? BurnDoubt 13 min ago #23
The definition of woke being: adult, mature, thoughtful truthisfreedom 3 min ago #24

walkingman

(10,638 posts)
4. You would have to be brain-dead to want to join this version of military service.
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 05:26 PM
7 hrs ago

Time for veterans to stand up for his removal.

deminks

(11,504 posts)
8. From Harvard edumacated drunken Pete?
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 05:55 PM
7 hrs ago

Less educated troops will not question illegal orders, I bet.

eppur_se_muova

(41,567 posts)
9. And yet ... A Dem president would never think of cutting funds to MAGAt breeding grounds ...
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 05:58 PM
6 hrs ago

... for fear they'd antagonize RWNJs.

Spoiler alert: They're already antagonized, and will remain that way for life. Don't try to appeal appease them, it's wasted political capital with nothing gained in return.

spooky3

(38,502 posts)
11. Good move! All those reputational surveys showing those universities
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 07:07 PM
5 hrs ago

To be among the top in the world must be wrong.

I’m sure all the funded students will transfer to Liberty, Regent, Oral Roberts, etc., universities.

RussBLib

(10,509 posts)
13. You know Hegseth will want to hook up the soldiers with...
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 07:27 PM
5 hrs ago

...some God-fearin' institution that ain't gonna bother with no "ethics" or "history" or "WOKE nonsense."

Deeper and dumber.

https://russblib.blogspot.com

BaronChocula

(4,351 posts)
22. I remember telling my French teacher
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 11:36 PM
1 hr ago

that this song was the most popular song among the student body that year in high school. I still remember how distressed she was.

bluestateboomer

(542 posts)
16. I'd say....
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 08:25 PM
4 hrs ago

The quickest self inflicted descent to third world status in history.... But that would be an insult to third world nations, who actually want to work and advance their countries .

patphil

(8,916 posts)
17. Woke breeding grounds? Well yeah, I expect that. That's what universities are for; to help people wake up.
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 09:04 PM
3 hrs ago

The whole concept of higher education is to teach people to think for themselves; an exercise in wokeness.
Republicans hate that. Their base is all brain dead zombies, and loving it.

area51

(12,631 posts)
21. Kegsbreath thinks this announcement comes from a position of strength,
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 11:22 PM
1 hr ago

but he comes off as appearing weak & afraid of universities.

BurnDoubt

(1,605 posts)
23. When will they be prohibited from attending church services?
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 12:44 AM
13 min ago

Nobody’s more “Woke” than Jesus.

truthisfreedom

(23,524 posts)
24. The definition of woke being: adult, mature, thoughtful
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 12:54 AM
3 min ago

Awake, aware, responsible… you know, all the stuff a general shouldn’t be.

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