I've seen people do what Pete Hegseth did, but never before with top secret information of a military op. We used to call it "drunk dialing." - ThreadSky

I would think his staff set the call up and assured him that it was secure and safe. He's still a dumbass for being duped if that's the case.

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cryptan.bsky.social•86 days ago

Pete should stay away from windows. He looks a little expendable.

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1atomicdog.bsky.social•86 days ago

I mean but tRump did pass along top secret military data at Mar A Lardo to the Aussi business man?

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nansithedoodlemom.bsky.social•86 days ago

Well, there’s a new sheriff in town, and it’s DRUNK TEXTING. You expect him to remain sober while doing all this top-secret war stuff, without being a fifth of Jack in? Come on!

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mandsd.bsky.social•86 days ago

Just a boozy booty call, nothing to see here 👀

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debi58.bsky.social•86 days ago

HE SHOULD BE REMOVED BEFORE HE GETS SOMEONE KILLED!!

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rtechgaming.bsky.social•86 days ago

Is drunk treason posting a thing? Seems like it's a thing now.

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icebearbarbie.bsky.social•86 days ago

He's prolly why it's still called "drunk dialing".. with the added bonus of incompetence!

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pip-kin.bsky.social•86 days ago

Apparently we still do....

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bri415an.bsky.social•86 days ago

18 U.S.C. § 793(f) makes it a federal crime to for people entrusted with information related to the national defense to, with gross negligence, disclose it to others in violation of that trust.

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freedoomfries.bsky.social•86 days ago

The entire government is grossly negligent. How does that work?

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1hottoddy.bsky.social•86 days ago

Elon Musk joking about Pete Hegseth casually leaking war plans is peak MAGA. They don’t care about national security — it’s all just a game to them. Grift, chaos, repeat. Pathetic.

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patty003.bsky.social•86 days ago

Hegseth's ex wives could have been added as well.

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jordanscot.bsky.social•86 days ago

Only the best people!

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kiwisnowy.bsky.social•86 days ago

The Keystone Presidency. 🤣🤣🤣🤣It’s just like watching the Keystone Cops.

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oldpolitics.bsky.social•86 days ago

I will bet he hasnt stopped drinking.

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vegasexpats.bsky.social•86 days ago

Trump's hiring the 'best' drunks....

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thejee05.bsky.social•86 days ago

Perfect way to describe it for what he did given his lifestyle.

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iwantyoustudio.bsky.social•86 days ago

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iwantyoustudio.bsky.social•86 days ago

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southsilva.bsky.social•86 days ago

Don’t drink and text

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tashajeanslife.bsky.social•86 days ago

😂

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yogini108.bsky.social•86 days ago

With Pete n gang, we could believe that, as with alcoholics who get ‘caught’ drunk driving…statistically they are said to have driven 80 TIMES under the influence of alcohol before a DUI…SO given Pete’s drinking habits-ya know he’s done this ALOT…ya know before they GOT CAUGHT! Hmm 🤔 At least 80x?

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vickidaun.bsky.social•86 days ago

I hope Pete doesn’t send me any top secret plans. I can’t keep my mouth shut after a few drinks. Know what I mean Pete! 😉

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k-shum.bsky.social•86 days ago

And ... I'm sorry everyone on the chain is complicit.. not to notice.. they are all stupid unqualified idiots!!

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wutthewut.bsky.social•86 days ago

Loose Lips Hegseth!

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sociorefugee.bsky.social•86 days ago

Exactly the first thing I thought...

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markedwardrobin.bsky.social•86 days ago

I think with Hegseth, it's safe to assume the "drunk" is implied in everything he does.

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fishgirl66.bsky.social•86 days ago

Did you see he is lying

Reporter: Can you share how your information about war plans was shared with a journalist?

Hegseth: So you are talking about a deceitful and highly discredited so-called journalist who has made a profession of peddling hoaxes

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gobblervt-aspeca.bsky.social•85 days ago

Whiskeyleaks

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maureenmaine.bsky.social•86 days ago

Ha! Drunk dialing was one of the reason i became teetotal.

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jsoto80sguy.bsky.social•86 days ago

At this rate, only a matter of time before he sends a dick pic to someone.

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rbrn100.bsky.social•86 days ago

for him that’s a regular selfie…. Just saying…

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butterflylou.bsky.social•85 days ago

He’s got the hubris of Anthony Weiner.

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frankriveramar1.bsky.social•86 days ago

Quite possible.

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sissyspacecake.bsky.social•86 days ago

It's like National Lampoon's Administration Team, only nowhere near as smart and not funny at all.

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maquisard2.bsky.social•86 days ago

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sissy48.bsky.social•86 days ago

It could still be called drunk dialing sibce he is an unrepentant drunk

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bludot3000.bsky.social•86 days ago

Maybe he was drunk!

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michaelduck.bsky.social•86 days ago

Following in the footsteps of felon47. Top secret docs scattered around the house, bathroom for casual reading.

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calc88.bsky.social•86 days ago

Bum call

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joelfast.bsky.social•86 days ago

It's unacceptable to see from the Secretary of Defense

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djmonijn.bsky.social•86 days ago

This is far worse this was classified military information that should never be disclosed on a unsecure server. Time to IMPEACH VANCE and FIRE THE REST. Except the reporter

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tfilson59.bsky.social•86 days ago

Idiot. Everyone knows you put the phone down after the third drink!

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twj75.bsky.social•86 days ago

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rozaneathome.bsky.social•86 days ago

He just took his cues from the #FOTUS's Presidential Crapper Library at Mar-a-Lago.

#WannaSeeSomethingCool?
Here, #HoldMyBeer!

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alpenglowdreams.bsky.social•86 days ago

That’s what we get with a DUI hire in charge of the military

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canadianbacon5150.bsky.social•86 days ago

Your comment is PERFECTION.

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danimx.bsky.social•86 days ago

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN U HIRE A KETAMINE ADDICT IN CHARGE OF DOGE A HEROIN ADDICT AS SECRETARY of HEALTH AN ALCOHOLIC IN CHARGE OF OUR NATIONAL DEFENSE, AN ANTI IMMIGRATION WHITE CHRISTIAN NOTZI EXTREMIST IS DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF & A RUSSIAN SYMPATHIZER IN CHARGE of NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE 🤡s

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susanjstone.bsky.social•86 days ago

If their fascist treason doesn't get us killed, their incompetence will. Meanwhile trump is busy selling corporate sponsorships for the WH Easter Egg Roll, complaining about his portrait in Colorado Capitol, deporting people without due process, waging war with allies, destroying our Democracy.

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canadianbacon5150.bsky.social•86 days ago

…and just like that, Libatious Pete lost his cell phone privileges

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joefik.bsky.social•86 days ago

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hookcity.bsky.social•86 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/smith.senate.gov/post/3ll5hfqefus25

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hookcity.bsky.social•86 days ago

It still is called "drunk dialing"

Somebody needs to check his blood alcohol content immediately

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hkothe.bsky.social•86 days ago

Someone said he’s a DUI hire🥸

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geocosmicvalentine.bsky.social•86 days ago

It’s STILL called “drunk dialing.”

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dclare.bsky.social•86 days ago

The best people

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lindaliveyourlife.bsky.social•86 days ago

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endofcommondecency.bsky.social•86 days ago

More like butt dialing.

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pinkfloydlarson.bsky.social•86 days ago

Even a fucking retired major 🪖 knows better than this.

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debbybee.bsky.social•86 days ago

I’ve sent an email of two to the wrong person that should’ve gotten me fired. And they weren’t anywhere near as bad as Hegseth’s.

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rwillson.bsky.social•86 days ago

It’s one of those mistakes ya hope no one will notice and quietly move on
Guess what, someone f’ing noticed

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bernardleclair.bsky.social•86 days ago

What was the sentence of the young national guard that was giving away military informations?

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destiny-plus.bsky.social•86 days ago

Even Rudy Giuliani could have told him it was a bad idea cos his own phone butt dials sometimes.

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hegelian1.bsky.social•86 days ago

Now if this would have happened under the democrats, here is the GOP response...

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cathyhadenough.bsky.social•86 days ago

On Signal, no less. 🙄
Not the super encrypted texts they're supposed to use, provided via the government and created with our tax dollars.
JFC... 🤦‍♀️🤬

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theresistanceat.bsky.social•86 days ago

LOCK THEM ALL UP!
INSTALL KAMALA!

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ffa1984.bsky.social•86 days ago

I knew an ass was involved already!

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irish-norgie.bsky.social•86 days ago

It’s so Dr. Strangelove…

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itunesbrian.bsky.social•86 days ago

Pete Hegseth is the Paris Hilton of Trump officials.

Walk down a red carpet & you’re famous!

Are they talented or do they have any skill?

HELL NO!

In Trump’s White House a brain is not required!

The only talent they need is being able to kiss the brown eye!

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canadianbacon5150.bsky.social•86 days ago

(Borrowing a Jeff Ross line here) Pete Hegseth is the Michael Jordan of baseball.

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whattheactualf.bsky.social•86 days ago

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misskrisss.bsky.social•86 days ago

He's a DUI hire.

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davidsjass.bsky.social•85 days ago

Now when we finally go low, GOP go DUI hire.

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gunghojoe01.bsky.social•86 days ago

That's what happens when you have an unqualified DEI hire.

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realsamsavage.bsky.social•86 days ago

I think you meant DUI

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gunghojoe01.bsky.social•86 days ago

Yeah that too

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gunghojoe01.bsky.social•86 days ago

I think a star should be stripped from Pete Hegseth. Oh wait I forgot he doesn't have any.

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pacbigmansoft.bsky.social•86 days ago

Hegseth is now a traitor.

FIRING SQUADS

God, I wll love to see that man !!!!

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whippersteve.bsky.social•86 days ago

Revealing US OPlans, OPORDS, CONOPS, etc., puts our warfighters at grave risk. That's why compromise of TS information is information that can result in "grave damage" to our military operations. Hegseth must be prosecuted after he leaves office but doubt if he ever will be.

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handsomegollum.bsky.social•86 days ago

Have you ever been Secretary of Defense with 2‰?

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its-the-squirrels.bsky.social•86 days ago

And it likely was 🥃 Anyone with experience with drunks knows that they can’t stop drinking without hospitalization and intensive life-long recovery support.

Once a guy in our office kept vodka in his file drawer and spiked coffee, tea, cokes, whatever, drinking all day long. He died at age 32.

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pugmomx2.bsky.social•86 days ago

👏👏👏

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doriemaria.bsky.social•86 days ago

I once texted a photo and recipe to my son of thanksgiving stuffing to the wrong person who said wrong number but thanks for the recipe it looks great! Zero repercussions from it at all! This seems different 🤯

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secretsquirre1.bsky.social•86 days ago

Omg 🤣or drunk texting

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jamest65.bsky.social•86 days ago

Check his phone and PC...there gotta be some really bad things going on there..he is way to stupid to cover his tracks

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paulapooh.bsky.social•86 days ago

If the shoe fits...

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geo54p.bsky.social•86 days ago

Bound to happen with a DUI hire, but is he putting US lives at stake?

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realsamsavage.bsky.social•86 days ago

So when are the Democrats going to start holding hearings!!!!!!!

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detroitwigga.bsky.social•86 days ago

A butt dial is not the same as a booty call.

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suannelqr.bsky.social•86 days ago

Annnnnd like that, the Rachel Maddow Show chucks a full morning’s writing and starts over....

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pseudothespian.bsky.social•86 days ago

Yep! 😎👏🏻

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longdogsrule.bsky.social•86 days ago

He is a DUI hire...hey if it was Lloyd Austin Republicans would lose their minds..get this useless fratboy drunk out of my military

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pnwntve.bsky.social•86 days ago

Wasn't it Waltz?

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annaliisavilppu.bsky.social•86 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/annaliisavilppu.bsky.social/post/3ll5w3sut3c25

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felon34.bsky.social•86 days ago

These are illegal communications on an illegal channel with no national records being kept. How many other communications are happening right now using this illegal method? Just having this group as standard practice is an illegal act. This is a crime.

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tyedyedterrapin.bsky.social•86 days ago

I refuse friends so dumb.

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katsygrace.bsky.social•86 days ago

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/worried-gop-sweating-that-dems-could-flip-deep-red-house-seat-in-upcoming-election/ar-AA1ByTox?ocid=socialshare&pc=LCTS&cvid=7341c33b5949484c86a093aecb319df7&ei=11

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robin1955.bsky.social•86 days ago

That’s fall-down, blackout drinking.

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ladydownintexas.bsky.social•86 days ago

Bada bing.

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heavenstellar.bsky.social•86 days ago

There it is. Someone needed to say it. 👍😡

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ginobear.bsky.social•86 days ago

Yes we did, ooops!

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garry1369.bsky.social•86 days ago

I've seen people lose their jobs for a lot less.

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abbotmythos.bsky.social•86 days ago

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kimbee666.bsky.social•86 days ago

Pete Hegseth... 🥃 🥃 🥃 🥃 🥃

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kris1957.bsky.social•86 days ago

I call a criminal, but since we don’t have anybody actually doing any arresting of serious criminals, it’ll just get blown off like nothing happened. This sideshow Administration works for Putin and bribes.

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katiat.bsky.social•86 days ago

But her emails ! 😖😏

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nathypilon.bsky.social•86 days ago

BUT HER EMAILS?

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joancap.bsky.social•86 days ago

Well that makes sense since it’s never been confirmed that he actually stopped drinking. Maybe it’s DT’s?

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joey68.bsky.social•86 days ago

It's a wonder he didn't have the reporter arrested for having top secret information

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prunellla.bsky.social•86 days ago

Same, I’m sure, but on an international level.

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wtpmary.bsky.social•86 days ago

Yup

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babayaga52.bsky.social•86 days ago

Drunk dialing...or treason.

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olmedacamilo1.bsky.social•86 days ago

Liar Dictator Trump and his Nazis Administration are Unqualified, Incompetend and Really Dangerous to USA and the World!
Somebody from Liar Dictator Trump and His Nazis Administration need to be Fired, Resign or Impeach!
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-war-160610473.html

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jefiner68.bsky.social•86 days ago

Oh, dang. Today, I accidentally replied to the wrong post, and the original poster was like, "What are you talking about? I was like Oops my apologies."

So, it surely happens with social interaction. That's far from a social interaction. Yikes.

It's fishy happening right after the Musk attempt.

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aclea.bsky.social•86 days ago

Got the drunk part correct.

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bluedotinaredspace.bsky.social•86 days ago

Butt dialing! Whoops!

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tallyannae.bsky.social•86 days ago

I once accidently included a church lady in an email about the church ladies.
Church emails burned for weeks! 🔥
It was quite the scandal.

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opposablethumbs.bsky.social•86 days ago

No really! He's going to stop drinking today! Cross his heart! (oh wait, he already has a Crusader’s cross tattooed on his chest).

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melshade.bsky.social•86 days ago

If these people weren’t GOP, they’d have been fired. No one in this administration is actually worthy of clearance. Every one of them would have been rejected

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melissjpeltier.bsky.social•86 days ago

💯

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clubtwitty.bsky.social•86 days ago

Rudy was famous for it.

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kathryn3.bsky.social•86 days ago

Has he resigned yet?

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demswakeup.bsky.social•86 days ago

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anneinsantafe.bsky.social•86 days ago

Not quite the same, but many years ago when I worked for a state agency in WI, a guy at another agency sent an email to several THOUSAND state employees - except he put everyone's address in the TO: line instead of the BCC: line. You had to print about 30 pages to get to the actual message. 🤦‍♀️

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pollinatorlady.bsky.social•86 days ago

“Drunk Signaling.”

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gaiasearth.bsky.social•86 days ago

It would not surprise me to discover Hegseth is an alcoholic. An alcoholic suffering from DTs, the shakes, is almost the same as “drunk dialing” just in case Pete denies he was not drunk.

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writercc.bsky.social•86 days ago

Oh, I think we can still call it drunk dialing!

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caligreg.bsky.social•86 days ago

Was DUI Hire Hegseth Drinking?

Our Secretary of Defense made a major error.
He blabbed secret data about our war on terror.
Weapons, targets and timing all spilled.
Me thinks his drinks shouldn’t be distilled.

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flipturns.bsky.social•85 days ago

Butt dialing, nowadays.

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paverjake37.bsky.social•86 days ago

Our Top Military Commander just hit “Reply All” Heaven help us

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plannedtheride.bsky.social•86 days ago

Yep. Uh huh.
https://bsky.app/profile/plannedtheride.bsky.social/post/3ll5buvcc3k26

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dragonfly51.bsky.social•86 days ago

Trump picked Hegseth!

Trump on TV- I didn't know anything about it ???? BS!!! How is that possible?

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waa2112.bsky.social•86 days ago

We still do.

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jackjack59.bsky.social•86 days ago

Bwahahahahahaha

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ektaka.bsky.social•86 days ago

Seriously, who discusses classified information in a Signal chat? We have a bunch of incompetents running our government.

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ektaka.bsky.social•86 days ago

You also have to wonder how secure that Starlink network in the White House considering how incompetent everyone in the administration is...

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butterflylou.bsky.social•85 days ago

They do they do!!

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mosmos69.bsky.social•86 days ago

There is more going on with this incident than top secret information.

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johnh2.bsky.social•86 days ago

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jblyle.bsky.social•86 days ago

Your phrasing puts it with crystal clarity. As they used to say where I grew up, "Put the hay down where the horse can get at it."

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pattistoll.bsky.social•86 days ago

Every American's first thought right now, about Hegtheth. Heesh shuch a damaged man, but heesh a Patriot. 'Merica Firsht! By GOD! Pour another glass, Petey.

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beckster619.bsky.social•86 days ago

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. Been there …. Done that.

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sashaqueenie.bsky.social•86 days ago

It isn’t just Hegseth. JD Vance, Mark Rubio and other officials on that list should all be forced to resign or fired! They knowingly violated protocol and endangered the lives of US military personnel.

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steedpeel23.bsky.social•86 days ago

Every elected Dem needs to go on camera or social media and demand his resignation immediately.

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tessfromtx.bsky.social•86 days ago

yes! every single one. fire hegseth.

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kjoro.bsky.social•86 days ago

He probably was drunk.

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madgreek2024.bsky.social•86 days ago

Butt those included a bootie call... Pete got nothing.

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putawomanincharge.bsky.social•86 days ago

Beer goggles

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jonnyv42.bsky.social•86 days ago

Ummm I've seen ts/sci hand jammed on NIPR 👀

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murray104.bsky.social•86 days ago

So, was it Trump cabinet members who leaked the naked photos of Melania in the first admin? 🤔

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d-w75-5.bsky.social•86 days ago

Why weren’t military generals and such on that chat? Oh, they knew better about when and where to talk operations? And the guys in the boys club just thought they’d grab a beer and yuk it up? What a bunch of incompetent idiots

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gleary.bsky.social•86 days ago

Good old D and D…drink and dial, baby.

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larrytenney.bsky.social•86 days ago

yup

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jodeye11.bsky.social•86 days ago

Help yourself 1st, Pete. Go make your bed 🤬🤬🤬

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sydneymichalski.bsky.social•86 days ago

We can still call it Drunk Dialing but now we have to capitalize it because it's official government policy.

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bananarepublicans.bsky.social•86 days ago

The only way this story could be more hysterically dumbfucked is if he had separately accidentally included his warmongering buddies on a signal chat with his trans gf.

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melyssaj.bsky.social•86 days ago

Nailed... Absolutely Nailed!!!

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razandpepper.bsky.social•86 days ago

They still call it that because that’s what he did

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aru90015.bsky.social•86 days ago

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nostoneunturned.bsky.social•86 days ago

Call the DOD Inspector General and leave a message as this meets the requirements for an investigation. 1 (800) 424-9098

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playthrough.bsky.social•86 days ago

You know - you might want to call Pete Hegseth the dumbest mother fucker in the Trump administration. But then you would sit back and think about his boss and the rest of the people in the room ... and then say ... well now - guess that's really just another day at the office.

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itemgoddess.bsky.social•86 days ago

Or butt dialing...after all, everyone but the Atlantic EIC is an ass.

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jflo918.bsky.social•86 days ago

He’s a Russian operative, right???

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jamesds.bsky.social•86 days ago

Could this have been intentional and for what reason??

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disintegration89.bsky.social•86 days ago

They’re gonna blame Tim Apple for the autofill function.

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docadi.bsky.social•86 days ago

He's an ass, so it's Butt dialing!

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riversa.bsky.social•86 days ago

Seems like dismantling the education department is premature.

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trumpwatch.bsky.social•86 days ago

DUI DEI hire

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paganprince.bsky.social•86 days ago

White trash wouldn't be surprised if he was a backyard meth cook 🤣🤣🤣

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lalbamaguy.bsky.social•86 days ago

Our country is now at the mercy of idiots and morons, thanks to the idiots and morons who voted for them at the ballot box and Senate confirmation hearings. Thanks assholes.

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jazzyj78.bsky.social•86 days ago

And they was worried about Hillary’s emails 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

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alt-pnw.bsky.social•86 days ago

It was probably an honest mistake, since the war plan was probably supposed to be cleared by Tucker Carlson.

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hcitc.bsky.social•86 days ago

OMG. their incompetence is only matched by their evil. This administration has to be removed before WW3 breaks out and it's their fault.

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thegreenonion.bsky.social•86 days ago

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wintersolstice1995.bsky.social•86 days ago

😂😂😂
I thought the same thing!!

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sooziel.bsky.social•86 days ago

Pete was obviously drunk texting when he added the Editor-In-Chief of @theatlantic.com

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suzanad1.bsky.social•86 days ago

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johnniekingston.bsky.social•86 days ago

Fire him!

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kjshr.bsky.social•86 days ago

knowing his history it could have in fact been drunk dialing.

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ivyrose103.bsky.social•86 days ago

DUI HIRE...DEI HIRE...MEDIOCRE HIRE....DUMB HIRE...UNQUALIFIED HIRE...but get rid of all the blacks, minorities and women! Ok!

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niecylee.bsky.social•86 days ago

aren't we suppose to wait at least ten seconds before sending a text 😐

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charlotte322.bsky.social•86 days ago

Lol 😆

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rjc1084.bsky.social•86 days ago

and it usually never happened at 11:44a!

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pmh58.bsky.social•86 days ago

In the UK our military secrets used to get left in printed folders on trains.

Even official incompetence has joined the modern age.

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ljmkp.bsky.social•86 days ago

As heavy a drinker Pete Hegseth appeared to be I doubt he stopped drinking cold turkey.

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anemiab.bsky.social•86 days ago

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tactanddiplomacy.bsky.social•86 days ago

Or stoned texting.

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cloudypatriot.bsky.social•86 days ago

"It's afternoon somewhere!"

- Pete Hegseth

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memewrangler.bsky.social•86 days ago

Have seen people maintain an email list they sent risqué and misogynist "jokes" to, only to confuse it with a department-wide send. Yeah, their butts were kicked out the door before you could say "hostile work environment".

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jodem.bsky.social•86 days ago

Mmmmm possible "drunk" dialing from Hegseth, hahahahahaha

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barbibarbi.bsky.social•86 days ago

It's important to note that no one in that chat noticed/said anything about the fact that there was someone(s) that didn't belong. They either didn't pay any attention, are use to randos in the chats, or know better than to question things that don't seem right. Yikes.

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isorolley.bsky.social•86 days ago

In government circles this incident of releasing TS information on an unclassified system, in this case Signal, is called “spillage.” This is a case where normal person would be vilified with immediate suspension, before punishment or being fired.

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