Trump isn’t for you either
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All those admiring horserace articles about how clever and allegedly effective Trump’s disgusting, demagogic anti-trans ads might have wanted to spend at least a little time pondering the consequences of Trump winning:
The U.S. Air Force has abruptly rescinded previously approved early retirements for transgender service members with 15 to 18 years of service, a change advocates say specifically targets trans personnel already being forced out under the Trump administration’s military ban.
The August 4 order voids retirement dates granted under the Temporary Early Retirement Authority, leaving affected service members and Space Force guardians, some just months from leaving the service, facing involuntary separation and the loss of lifetime benefits.
The Air Force cited the “Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness” policy, part of President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s broader purge of transgender service members that took effect in June.
Master Sgt. Logan Ireland didn’t want to retire from the U.S. Air Force. After 15 years of decorated service, he planned to keep wearing the uniform for years to come. But when the Trump administration announced earlier this year that people like him, transgender service members, could no longer serve simply because of who they are, Ireland was forced to choose what he considered the lesser of two evils. Putting his family’s needs first, he applied for early retirement shortly after the policy change. It was approved.
Then, without warning, the Air Force took it back.
“I had my early retirement orders in hand, already approved by the Department of the Air Force for a retirement date of 1 December,” Ireland told The Advocate. “My wife and I were planning for what that looks like, and my time out of uniform. Everything’s been centered around that date. And then yesterday, the Department of the Air Force came down revoking early retirement without a case-by-case review, without any justification. My retirement orders are now null and void.”
This is just bare arbitrary discrimination, and while Anthony Kennedy could never be bothered to actually identify what level of scrutiny should apply to classifications based on sexual orientation and identity before he gifted his seat to Donald Trump, this wouldn’t even pass muster under the rational basis test. Alas, the Supreme Court has already shown signs of going as ferociously anti-trans as other elite Republicans.