‘Milk’ Star Sean Penn Rages at Trump,
Hegseth for Renaming Ship Named After
Gay Rights Activist Harvey Milk
Posted By: franco, 6/8/2025 11:21:49 PM
Screenwriter Dustin Lance Black and Milk star Sean Penn criticized Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for ordering the United States Navy to remove the name of slain gay rights leader Harvey Milk from oiler ship USNS Harvey Milk. Black and Penn won Academy Award for their work in the 2008 film Milk, and both criticized Hegseth for ordering the removal of Harvey Milk’s name from the ship, describing him as not seeming “like a smart man, a wise man” or knowledgeable, according to the Hollywood Reporter. “I’ve never before seen a Secretary of Defense so aggressively demote himself to the rank of Chief PETTY Officer,” Penn said in an e-mail to the outlet.
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Now Ready To Supply Iran With 'Their Own
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Go eff yourself, Spicoli.... the only role Penn ever played where he was a natural fit.