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2021-03-30 -Great Cultural Revolution
New head of diversity and inclusion at US Special Operations Command reassigned as military investigates social media posts
(CNN)The newly hired head of diversity and inclusion at US Special Operations Command has been reassigned as the military conducts an investigation of his controversial social media posts, military spokesmen said Monday, including one that appeared to compare former President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler.

On June 20, Richard Torres-Estrada posted a picture of Trump holding a Bible in front of St. John's Episcopal Church posted alongside a picture of Hitler in front of a crowd giving the Nazi salute. The photo of Hitler had been altered to show him holding a Bible. Torres-Estrada commented in Spanish, saying, "Let me leave this here for you and slowly back away (while I continue to work from home)." A senior defense official told CNN that the post comparing Trump to Hitler was among the social media posts under investigation.

The image of Trump in front of the church was from June 1, at the height of the Black Lives Matter demonstrations against overly aggressive policing following George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police. US Park Police and other federal authorities cleared Lafayette Square, a park across the street the White House traditionally used for peaceful protests and demonstrations. Authorities used tear gas, riot shields and batons to clear the area before Trump walked across the park for the photo in front of the church.

In February, Torres-Estrada also posted a meme to his Facebook page, which was public until Monday night, saying Republican Sen. Ted Cruz was "MISSING" after he left his home state for Cancun, Mexico, as Texas suffered from widespread power outages in the wake of a brutal winter storm. It's not clear if that post is part of the investigation.
Posted by Besoeker 2021-03-30 08:59|| || Front Page|| [6 views ]  Top

#1 Causation? Could have the 'birth control' glasses, but I'm going with the necktie and clasp.
Posted by Besoeker 2021-03-30 09:04||   2021-03-30 09:04|| Front Page Top

#2 Can't be allowed near to Afghan boys?

Snark O'The Day
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-03-30 09:56||   2021-03-30 09:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Definitely got the Innsmouth taint. I'll bet he has gills and strangely webbed feet.

Snark O'The Day - (acquatic category)
Posted by Dron66046 2021-03-30 09:59||   2021-03-30 09:59|| Front Page Top

#4 A minor administration hiccup in the WOKE giddy-up. Next appointee will be a Wacandan female. They simply cannot be fired for any reason.
Posted by Besoeker 2021-03-30 10:49||   2021-03-30 10:49|| Front Page Top

#5 They will put him in a cubicle and tell him not to touch anything.
Posted by 49 Pan 2021-03-30 11:02||   2021-03-30 11:02|| Front Page Top

#6 My guess is somebody with SOCOM connections called the Kalorama Kompound Supreme Soviet and told the First Secretary that his hands on whack-a-mole toolset would be badly damaged by the woke blob they were sending as the new IA Zampoliet and that got derailed. You need a few neanderthals for the wet work.
Posted by NoMoreBS 2021-03-30 12:09||   2021-03-30 12:09|| Front Page Top

#7 My vote is for #3 (Lovecraft trumps street Hebrew).
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-03-30 12:35||   2021-03-30 12:35|| Front Page Top

#8 They will put him in a cubicle and tell him not to touch anything.

Sadly, there is a cubicle farm full of sprouts.
Posted by Skidmark 2021-03-30 14:43||   2021-03-30 14:43|| Front Page Top

#9 Is he related to Gollum, like an uncle or second cousin?
Posted by Raj 2021-03-30 15:05||   2021-03-30 15:05|| Front Page Top

#10 good peripheral vision
Posted by Frank G 2021-03-30 15:22||   2021-03-30 15:22|| Front Page Top

#11 Pulling a Lovecraft reference is awesome.
Posted by swksvolFF 2021-03-30 15:53||   2021-03-30 15:53|| Front Page Top

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