Back in the days of Ann Richards, a clever, biting quip was sufficient to dress down republican arrogance.
But in trump’s America, we have to use very small words and speak s l o w l y so they don’t lose the thread. And even then they still miss most of the point
Probably took the red eye in from Vegas. “The FBI director lives at a home owned by Michael Muldoon, a Republican Party megadonor who runs shady time-share companies, reported the Nevada Independent earlier this month. Muldoon has been sued over allegation…” https://newrepublic.com/post/192150/kash-patel-work-home-fbi-vegas
Let's take a minute to acknowledge how Castro is speaking in a calm manner, unlike Republicans who use snide and angry outbursts when they have the floor.
People need to stop just letting them lie and start calling it out. They did it for all of the appointees. Just let them lie. Then voted to confirm them. Theater. Gaslighting. Distraction.
I love it that Castro sounded so somber. Because that’s reality of what they did and what they’re playing off. There’s actually a playbook that talks about procedures and protocols. And it is not project 2025.
Well said! Considering they are throwing the "state secrets" blanket over anything to do with the flights to El Salvador makes there efforts to say this was nothing secret or classified pathetic. Rules are rules!
They cannot lie their way out of this one. The lies are now the problem, not just the texts. This is pure Trump schtick and it’s not working when it comes to National Security and our military.
They have disgraced themselves with lying to Americans.
Maybe not by the Trump admin, but they have been humiliated on a world level. With our military. This will not be easily forgotten. Plus I think the hammering on this will continue as more is uncovered. And don’t forget, these people on the text do not have each other’s backs.
They lied, and are continuing to lie. They should not hold positions involving National security. We are not safe with these incompetent people running our government.
At least there is one Texas politician who does not make me hang my head in shame on a regular basis. Thank you, Congressman @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social.
I'm surprised FOX didn't cut in with "NEWS ALERT" about Jasmine Crockett calling a Hot Wheels car an Abbott. In all seriousness, expect a distracting announcement from the admin to bump this off the news cycle soon.
Well of course this is the administration's response .To deflect and deny as if caught having sex with another woman by their wife. You do not see what you are seeing or hearing. I expected nothing else.
And Kash might reply, "Of course it's a lie, you and I know that but the real point is, is it a lie that our base could easily swallow. If so, then we'll peddle that just as vehemently as the stolen election lie, which worked so successfully, Nya, nya, so there."
put your phones down & do your jobs....phones are hackable & none should be used to transmit classified data...to say this wasn't is a lie to the American people...& we KNOW you're lying.....
I like how he makes it personal in regards to knowing them . . . how he called them by their first names. The intimacy of that along w/the fatigue & resignation in his voice was both moving & convincing. We know they lied. He knows they lied. They know they lied. Here, he’s saying come on now . . .
Not quite an appeal to emotion but more like “let us not 🐂💩 one another”. Almost an appeal to honor. But, of course, their honor is likely to another country or even to man who wears a diaper and paints his face 🟠. 🤷🏽♀️
Setting the tone with something to the tune of "We have known each other for a long, long time" and followed with the " ... y'all know is a lie" was quite powerful.
Please step back and see this for what it is. They broke the law endangered the mission and national security and released a name of a CIA agent in the clear. But in Trump/Putin's mind even this is a success creating more Division/Chaos for our country.
Relatives of the fighter pilots of that mission would not agree with the trump regime who allowed this breach of security. Trump et al should resign for dereliction of duty.
They've been creating more terrorists that way - both Republican & Democratic administrations - for DECADES, and they know they have because the CIA have a term for it ("blowback").
Agree with all this. And their little chat group complete with?the stupid emojis 👊🏼🇺🇸🔥 🙏🏼🙏🏼💪🏼🇺🇸🇺🇸 was disgusting and fits our ugly reputation around the world.
Killing scores of innocent people (or “collateral damage” in government-speak) in pursuit of America’s alleged “national security” is one of the few things that gets bipartisan agreement.
The Director of National Intelligence (DNI) is a cabinet-level position responsible for overseeing the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC), directing the National Intelligence Program (NIP), and serving as the principal advisor to the President on intelligence matters.
So how's that working so far?
You would think The head of Intelligence should know more than anyone, Signal was a No, No. That a lie all of them should have known. I know, from being a dependent of a military member.
The real story here is that something has now happened that - after zero disciplinary action is taken - will force into the light the confirmed fact that the US is now an authoritarian nation.
Analysts could argue about DOGE actions indicating an authoritarian takeover - or not, but this is clear.
Has anyone called DOGE? Were Hegseth, Brennan, Gabbard, etc., asked to email what they did in the past week? Is 'don't recall' an answer that allows them to stay in their probationary positions or nah? 👎🇺🇸🆘️
Trump’s next new idea is to turn off Social Security and close down District Courts. This is not the time for polite conversation in fucking hearings. Much tougher please.
Eagerly awaiting congressional subpoenas to Signal & Venmo to identify all the small & large govt. 'groups' and the circle of friends who have been added to their pay to play lists.
Shit's getting real. Feels to me like when they found Nixon deleted some tapes, except there's no honor anymore, they're just going to glare back, flip off the public, pass some gas, and keep lying.
He nailed it. And every damn Republican on that committee would have already had the Democrats executed for that chat. They are being smug, smirking, laughing, and making a mockery of the democrat questions. I hope the climate shifts and some of these assholes get voted out when their time comes.
I think Republicans are realizing that this could have resulted in our military getting killed. If they can’t keep classified information from someone who could have sent anti-aircraft missiles knowing where our aircraft would be.
Yes, he nailed it but it’s way too tepid-We should be much tougher right now. It’s all ending. The democracy is being unraveled. It’s time to stop with polite statements like Castro just gave. We have to get tougher yesterday.
I watched his questioning in real time. That’s not his style. He can be firm without yelling. Other committee members do all the yelling.
I agree we, as a whole, need to make more noise. Just remember some don’t have that in them.
Sadly, I don't think most GOPers give a rat's patootie if people get killed. (I mean look at their legislation.) They're only worried about how it looks.
In one of these many wars that they want to create. They'll crash and burn troops' lives just like they're doing with everything around them. Our troops are no more than useful extensions of the "parasitic class." Need evidence - look at how they treat vets, like yesterday's old rotten garbage.
Murkowski said “Think about if Biden was president and this came out…We would raise the roof. Republican Mike Rounds. We need to get to the bottom of this incompetence. Of course this could all be Bull💩.
Well, American Oversight, a government watchdog group, is suing national security leaders for their use of Signal to discuss military actions, saying the move violated the Federal Records Act (FRA).
Not sure who you’re suggesting this too, but if me, cult thinking can’t be changed without a credible threat to their sense of security or reprogramming, which is, shall we say, controversial. Fact is, if they believe everything Trump does is right, the gop’s shit behavior in his defense is desired.
Do you still think there will be further elections? Yes there are some happening now. But after they're won by Democrats (at least that's the hope!) what are the chances the Trump regime will allow that to continue? The regime is in it for the wealth and power. They've got it. Not gonna let it go.
mr. figges an lecture of idiocy from the university from east englia is proud of his students running the white house on a professional term. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF-CkMpQtlY
If the floor could have opened up under Tulsi, everyone at that table would have gladly jumped in behind her. The guilt was written all over their faces.
It's like really? A freakin "FBI Vandalism Task Force?" What a goddamn joke! How many people were hurt or killed? Zero? Except for the deranged MAGAt in Florida who drove his car into a crowd of peaceful Tesla protesters. I'm sure they'll be interrogating him any day now right?
Castro looks like a pretty rough take no prisoners type of guy and he is a dem so probably not so mentally stable anyway and looking to scam Pelosi type bucks.
If you can watch any of this and come away thinking that the DEMS are not so mentally stable, you are the one whose mental stability we need to worry about.
It’s appalling to listen to these incompetent, parasitic, morally and ethically corrupt degenerates. All they do is lie, manipulate, & gaslight when confronted with the truth. It’s horrifically pathetic that is now what America has been reduced to and it can all be attributed to greed.
Fucking liars.
And everybody on the Republican side covers for their pathetic lying asses.
I’m so sick of it.
I’m so sick of the ass kissing and their little rules they have for themselves, but will not give to others.
They can seriously go fuck themselves.
Most, if not all of the people in the Trump regime, don’t know the difference between classified and unclassified information because they are completely unqualified for their positions.
They’re telling lies when we can see for ourselves with our very own eyes that they are lying all of them lying! Lock them all up or at least put them on trial like they did Michael Cohen and so many others in the first term! Insane that they’re not already doing that
I propose that at the very least, the very VERY least, these guys name placards should be stripped of the word “honorable”. It implies they have integrity.
Trump demands that they all lie for him. He compromises them to own them. Their credibility, their spirits must be broken asunder. They must be publicly humiliated so that Trump's personal favor is their only hope for a path forward, and they'll do anything to survive and stay on that path.
Well then they'd have allowed themselves to be compromised in the first place & I'm pretty sure they're being very well renumerated by Trump - with taxpayers hard earned cash of course & private deals on the side- to make up for any the inconveniences they're currently going through.
GOP is the party of greed, dishonesty, racism, arrogance, graft, criminality, stupidity, misogyny & pathological liars. In other words, the party of Dunce Rump.
Watching the oversize #honorable card name identifying them, I guess Patel didn't like being seen with a badly attached tie on the first hearing day. So they did put a bigger one now hiding it up to chin.
Signal is an app approved by Project 2024; look who the investors are. It was created for "secrecy". To keep stuff secret from oversight & the prying eyes of Voters.
The name of the company is quite karmic in this administration as it “signals” the beginning of the fall of this crooked, busted up, corrupt takeover regime. From the Heritage Foundation, all its characters, to this orange 🍊 🤡 and his selection of iconic idiots!
Get your popcorn, place your bets
I noticed that. Trash Patel looks like someone who knows deep down what a piece of shit he is and he's super uncomfortable being confronted with it face to face.
He's so Zealous in his quest for power or fame, that; he doesn't realize that the NatCs will think hes too brown; once all the other ppl they hate are deported.
Actually I was impressed with the contortions she and others went through to deny they did anything wrong. Slimy as can be. Someone stated liberals get upset when lied to, conservatives get upset when told the truth.
Call out every lie every time. That is how we flood their zone. That is a lie. And then follow up with specific questions that they will inevitably respond to with new lies. . That is how to argue with crazy liars. They will eventually bury themselves
🇨🇦 , proof is In the people’s vote , the USA government of the people have spoken for the people , the USA people are never to be trusted with anything . Screw USA 🇺🇸 , from 🇨🇦
Telling them they are liars is a compliment. Thats what they want to be - dishonorable, deplorable pieces of crap. It’s aspirational for them. The more they are loathed the happier they are - that’s what evil people crave.
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But in trump’s America, we have to use very small words and speak s l o w l y so they don’t lose the thread. And even then they still miss most of the point
But I’d settle for a Republican who’s not a MAGA sycophant, if such a thing exists anymore.
So who's going....
https://monolithicdome.com/workshop-spring-2025
"Perjury" is when you do it under oath. It's a crime.
Fuck trump
They have disgraced themselves with lying to Americans.
Milton Keynes, Bucks, UK.
You All know you are lying to the country.
#FuckMAGA
These nincompoops are responsible for our national security! Idiots!
“It is a LIE”
Not an untruth. Do not mince words.
LIE. LIE. LIE. LIE. LIE.
CRIME, CRIME, CRIME!!
Thank you for telling them what they need to hear.
Long-term the political comments about Europe are worse
However, I’m upset that this country thinks killing 53 ppl to take out 2 targets is acceptable
The international rules of war call that a
WAR CRIME
These murders create MORE terrorists
But they just refuse to stop doing it.
This was a political attack as described in the text string
So how's that working so far?
Analysts could argue about DOGE actions indicating an authoritarian takeover - or not, but this is clear.
I agree we, as a whole, need to make more noise. Just remember some don’t have that in them.
Punitive damages, too???
Unlikely allies, basically. Temporary allies.
I'm talking about non-Republicans from all walks of life recognizing the cult has to lose from now until they're leaderless.
🧵👇
That's like asking a rock to move at the same time.
I've been called stupid names like "blue MAGA" and "💩 lib" for being against the cult by people who aren't in the cult.
I told people further left than me he would do all this.
Do not obey in advance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF-CkMpQtlY
Made perfect sense.
Thank you, Rep. Castro for telling it like it is.
“It’s a LIE.” Not a distortion, fabrication, skirting the truth, nor. misrepresentation.
A fucking flat out LIE.
Go back to training.
https://youtu.be/qj_jSEAXT_o?si=HPCaoWPyrw-YOBHv
And everybody on the Republican side covers for their pathetic lying asses.
I’m so sick of it.
I’m so sick of the ass kissing and their little rules they have for themselves, but will not give to others.
They can seriously go fuck themselves.
https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/historic-document-library/detail/espionage-act-of-1917-and-sedition-act-of-1918-1917-1918
Another maga loser and a danger to the Country
Sounds highly classified to me!
“不，特朗普，你不能责怪拜登（或奥巴马）！！！
无能的特朗普政府、中央情报局局长拉特克利夫等人现在指责拜登使用“信号”
这个无能、逃避责任的政府能承担什么责任吗？
与此同时，他们正在将美国的领导地位推向毁灭，无论是在经济上还是在地缘政治上。”
Get your popcorn, place your bets
People listed to calm, direct speakers.
Good job.
https://apnews.com/article/lithuania-pabrade-us-soldiers-military-training-c89957fc6a62da8624202095920630e1
They don't see it as a problem but as an essential ingredient to their survival.
Besides, I hear maga likes when we “tell it like it is.”
Just flagrant arrogance
Sad!
You know, when this unauthorized spillage of highly classified information was announced by his boss that places Soldiers lives at risk.
[For those who know...]
Yep
You insult every American with your stupid lies
When a weak link cracks, and it will, this will be delightful
But first more of this please
Hold them accountable
Call out the lies
Stop their BS machine in its tracks