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The Fort Bragg Bait and Switch

Trump and Pete Hegseth are so committed to maintaining white supremacy that they restored the military base’s previous name, which honored a Confederate general — but there’s a twist.

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Feb 14, 2025
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Imagine being so wedded to whiteness, white supremacy and racism that you go out of your way to circumvent a law that prohibits you from naming a military base after members of the Confederacy.

In case you missed it, Pete Hegseth — Trump’s new secretary of defense — signed a memo Monday that changed the name of Fort Liberty back to …

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