Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Lockheed Martin Senior VP Resigns Due to Political Pressure

Lockheed Martin's Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Shelly O'Neill Stoneman is under fire from the Trump transition and House Armed Services Committee after Republicans exposed her political opinions as woke and incompatible with the incoming Trump administration. Stoneman, a former Obama administration aide, offered strong political commentary for years on her X account. She apparently deleted the account on Friday after Breitbart News requested comment. She resigned under pressure.

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Breitbart is gleeful at a contractor folding to political pressure to get rid of someone for their political speech.

Hey jeff, THIS is the form of suppression of free speech that is here and is coming. Not your nonsense.

I was not able to link to the breitbart article, but the facts are pretty straightforward.

I predict no magat scum will dare respond to this thread

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"I predict no magat scum will dare respond to this thread"

Amazing, isn't it? That the world begins to unfold exactly as predicted.

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2025-01-14 06:11 PM

My, my, my. I wonder, wonder, wonder what the fascists will do next?

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2025-01-14 06:17 PM

... Breitbart is gleeful at a contractor folding to political pressure to get rid of someone for their political speech. ...

Wait, what?

I thought MAGA were the self-declared free-speech defenders?


#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-01-14 07:21 PM

Of course, they're going to fire her. They want in on the 1984 level "government efficiency" we're all about to experience.

#4 | Posted by jpw at 2025-01-15 12:34 PM

She should have MADE THEM FIRE HER.

No Quitting.

#5 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2025-01-15 05:01 PM

maybe they paid her and she signed an NDA?

#6 | Posted by eberly at 2025-01-15 05:04 PM

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