Today, the Department of War announced a policy of testosterone screenings for male service members 30 and over.  CNN appears to have gone absolutely mad over the decision.The announcement, per NBC News:“Under the supervision of our world-class medical professionals, warfighters age 30 and older are going to be tested annually as part of their periodic health assessment,” Hegseth said in a video posted to X captioned: “The High-T Department of War.”The test would take place as part of the regular annual health assessment. Service members younger than 30 can voluntarily get their testosterone levels tested as well, Hegseth said.He added that if the medical team recommends treatment for a service member, it would be that individual’s decision whether to receive testosterone replacement therapy.Testosterone is naturally occurring in males, and an essential hormone that regulates many different essential functions. And at a time when the American diet has been ravaged with ultra-processed foods that ravage hormonal functions, it seems like a sound policy to screen and make sure that the troops are OK and able to carry out their critical roles. But this sounded like heresy to CNN prime time. Watch as Erin Burnett trots out a retired general who dismissed the policy with non sequiturs about the Hormuz Strait. CNN prime time has gone hysterical over @SECWar announcement of T screenings for male service members over 30. Watch as Erin Burnett trots out a retired general to dump on the T screenings:ERIN BURNETT: Something else happened today. The Defense Secretary, as he calls himself… pic.twitter.com/LuCaIv3bOj— Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) July 16, 2026 ERIN BURNETT: Something else happened today. The Defense Secretary, as he calls himself the Secretary of War, spoke out today and made an announcement. And I wanted to play it for you today.PETE HEGSETH: Today, I'm authorizing a new screening program for testosterone deficiency for our service members, ensuring you have the right testosterone levels to operate at your absolute best.BURNETT: General, what do you make of that announcement from the Defense Secretary?BEN HODGES: Well, first of all, I don't think it's a testosterone deficiency that causes- causes us to be stuck in the Strait of Hormuz right now while we have not been more successful there. And I think you can see where this is going, this idea of looking or measuring for sufficient testosterone, that is not connected to the reality of the modern battlefield. The women and men of the U.S. Armed Forces that are so effective at their jobs don't need testosterone supplements to be better. I think it’s just not connected to the reality of the battlefield.This was followed by John King, sitting in for Anderson Cooper, running the same drill with Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ). WATCH: CNN's John King, sitting in for Anderson Cooper, sets Mark Kelly up to bash @SECWar's announced T screeningsJOHN KING: I want to ask you before you go, because of your experience in the military, the Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, announcing a new policy today. Let's… pic.twitter.com/qJAk4TtezL— Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) July 16, 2026 JOHN KING: I want to ask you before you go, because of your experience in the military, the Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, announcing a new policy today. Let's play. We'll talk about it on the other side.PETE HEGSETH: I'm authorizing a new screening program for testosterone deficiency for our service members. (VIDEO SWIPE) Under the supervision of our world-class medical professionals, warfighters age 30 and older are going to be tested annually as part of their periodic health assessment. (VIDEO SWIPE) Those under 30 can voluntarily choose to get the test as well. If treatment is recommended. It's entirely your choice to receive testosterone replacement therapy.KING: Is this necessary? Is this a good idea? A bad idea?MARK KELLY: I- you know, it's a weird idea. I mean, what have we seen from this Secretary of Defense so far? We see him run around on a stage talking about lethality and killing people. Now he's talking about testosterone. This isn't what we need. What we need is better leadership. And it starts at the top. It starts with the president. It starts with Pete Hegseth.KING: Senator Kelly, I appreciate your time. I suspect we’ll be checking in with you after the President’s speech tomorrow night. Thank you very much, Sir.KELLY: Thank you. Appreciate it.Finally, Kaitlan Collins had Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) on, with predictable results. Booker did not approve,either. WATCH: Kaitlan Collins tees Cory Booker up to dunk on @SECWAR's proposed T screeningsKAITLAN COLLINS: In the meantime, we got an announcement from the Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, today about a new policy to test troops that are 30 years old and older for low testosterone.… pic.twitter.com/h58t734nvh— Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) July 16, 2026 KAITLAN COLLINS: In the meantime, we got an announcement from the Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, today about a new policy to test troops that are 30 years old and older for low testosterone. I want you to listen to- to what Secretary Hegseth said about this today.PETE HEGSETH: I'm authorizing a new screening program for testosterone deficiency for our service members, ensuring you have the right testosterone levels to operate at your absolute best. (VIDEO SWIPE) Those under 30 can voluntarily choose to get the test as well. If treatment is recommended, it's entirely your choice to receive testosterone replacement therapy. This initiative, it's not about artificial enhancement. It's about restoring and optimizing your natural capabilities.COLLINS: Your thoughts on this new policy?CORY BOOKER: It just seems sick and like, somebody please wake me up from this dystopian nightmare where we have such unserious people in some of the most important positions, not just in America. One of the most important positions globally. He is not a serious person. He's unfit for that office. He should have never got confirmed. And you see the disastrous reality of his leadership and what he's doing. This is ridiculous. And it should be mocked. And just another reason why we should remove him from office.COLLINS: So you don't see any point in this new policy.BOOKER: I- again, the fact that we, in the midst of a disastrous war, have the Secretary of Defense doing things like this makes us a mockery globally. This is ridiculous. It is unserious. He is not a serious person. He is unqualified to be leading the greatest defense forces on the Planet Earth. And he has led us without strategy, without reason, into a quagmire in the Middle East yet again. And now he’s talking about testosterone treatment. It is ridiculous.The common thread here appears to be a CNN host serving up the T screenings for their guests to dunk on, without any sort of reasoned discussion of the issue. There is only “Orange Man’s War Secretary Bad” ragebait.Reasoned discussion of the issue would have posited that it wasn’t that long ago that the Obama and Biden administrations were championing hormonal treatments for transgender troops, pursuant to “gender affirmation.” This was fine and acceptable to the Elitist Media, but God forbid Pete Hegseth make sure that young male warfighters aren’t atrophied and andropausal before time. I don’t remember the Elitist Media calling that policy out at the time. Like everything else during the Woke Era, conservatives were called every name under the sun for calling out the obvious. And that hypocrisy still endures.P.S: The Chinese are known to be pursuing a Super Soldier program. Has CNN made the time to explore this before exposing it to their viewing audience? Don’t hold your breath. There's no Trump Derangement impulse to be sated there.