Well, everybody knows how serious this administration abides by the law.
Meaningless statement of hers, right?
A level of embarrassment never seen before.
You accuse a sitting US Senator here of her own violation of the regulations governing classified information, you better have the goods (especially as you lack any sort of credentials in the matter);
So go ahead: PROOF, LINKS to reputable news organizations showing Sen. Smith violated the law
Let’s circle back on all the feds recently fired for alleged performance issues. I think that this would be a good time to show what a performance problem really is.
Goldberg could not have possibly added himself to that group. So he's safe. Also safe is everyone else. The guy who kept secrets in his bathroom isn't going to do anything about this.
You read me on this.What if Jeffrey Goldberg had done what any of those MISCREANTS would have, and used the info as a bargaining chip or as blackmail or even offered what he had to the highest bidder?And it wasn't even a complicated error; it was a stupid rookie mistake that 12 year olds don't make.
The cover up has already begun if our govt officials are using Signal. Signal is used by individuals who want no record of their conversations. No FOIA requests, no House or Senate hearing because no evidence, no records that BY LAW must be kept due to Presidential & Federal Records Act.
Lock them up! There has to be something the Senate can do before these Bozos cause a nuclear war with their foolish emoji war planning via an unauthorized communication app....
Your government is about to start a war with another NATO member. And yet this is one of the few posts that you acknowledge there is a world outside the USA. Why is that Senator?
Watching these Congresspeople make posts, when that's supposed to be or job; it's like hearing, "This one time, at band camp...," only it never gets to any kind of untoward or interesting point, ever. It just bores into my skull and begs for attention & praise instead of doing physical things. Nuts.
EVASIVE ACTION! DAMAGE CONTROL! JD VANCE HAS JUST SCORED A DIRECT HIT ON HIMSELF!
"In a statement to NBC News, Vance’s office said the vice president’s “first priority is always making sure that the President’s advisers are adequately briefing him on the substance of their internal deliberations.”
The whole criminal mob should be prosecuted under 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.
Impeach the dangerous trump & get his whole feckless malevolent administration out before they blow up the planet. Nazi-tattooed Defense Secretary Hegseth is an abomination. Whoever voted yes on him, 🖕🏼.
realize 1 fact! We’re here because of 218 malicious, self-righteous Republicans . Obliterate GOP!
Do they even know what OPSEC means? People in the military that handle classified documents know the rules and are accountable. I know this from my past experience and this event is not acceptable.
But they’re actively disregarding protocol for the handling of classified information. Why would they intentionally invite a journalist to observe that?
Can you impeach the Secretary of Defense? You know that neither Gabbard or Bondi are going to do anything about getting rid of the chosen one.
I think he lied when he said he would stop drinking.
Article 2, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution says:
The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.
[2/2] If you can, take family and / or friends and show up at their office. It's important to make our Democrat & Republican Senators & Representatives confront you, so they can't treat you like a faceless voter.
All addicts, every form, including alcoholics are liars. Of course he lied abt no longer drinking. He was probably drunk before he left the halls of Congress after his hearing. We put an alcoholic in charge of our military & are surprised when he screws up? Dems who helped install him are complicit
The Senate is effectively the court in which impeached officers see a trial for their conviction and removal from office. Any discussion of impeachment is implied as a House action.
Of course he did. He is an alcoholic. His sick mind will tell him that just one is ok. Been in recovery for 31 years. That one drink is all it takes to kick off the next bender.
If we can win either of the April 1 special elections (and then replace the two Dem representatives who tragically died this month- RIP) this can be on the table!
Of course Senate would not take it up, but it's great to generate some news.
The point is to stand up against the destruction of the government. You’re suggesting that we should just roll over and ignore this stuff? That would only prove complicity.
It consumes time in the Senate. It puts pressure on Senators. It gives Cory Booker another opportunity to disrupt Senate business by discussing impeachment, its necessity, and the cowardice of Republicans.
Nobody thought they'd convict Bill Clinton. They did it anyway."
Better to have stopped them in their tracks before the derelicts were confirmed or at least mount an active resistance to their confirmations. What a travesty!
Your comment is incredibly shortsighted and ignorant. The House has a constitutional duty separate from the Senate. Because the Senate my fail to convict does not mean the House should abdicate its constitutional responsibility and authority.
Everything that throws sand in their gears is worthwhile. As well as demanding accountability and creating a record. We can’t choose what to do based on expectations of success, that is obeying in advance.
I’m saying he didn’t cause these plans to be leaked. Also there’s no way he can control what the natsec advisor does. That person doesn’t report to Hegsetj, he reports to the president.
But surely none of them should have been discussing that kind of thing on a group chat? Especially one set to delete - that's illegal, from what I understand.
I don't understand why people are focusing on one person- they should all be held to account, shouldn't they?
I'm pretty old, and rack my brains as I might, I absolutely cannot recall any past public reference to Pete Hegseth as "a breath of fresh air" - could you help me out here?
The only senator tweets I wanna see on here are ones about ousting Schumer! Fuck Mr. “it’s not genocide if they deserve it”, and that’s the very minimum if they want to provoke actual response to this scandal. Otherwise it’ll be forgotten by Thursday…
The criminals, drunks, and traitors have confessed it wasn't purposeful. They are so incompetent and disresctful of America's laws, they leaked those top secret war plans by mistake. They should all be fired. https://bsky.app/profile/karaswisher.bsky.social/post/3ll5qfhlhac2n
Problem with this is that only the committee chair can issue a subpoena. And they’re all GOP. This is the reason why these special elections are so important. #TakeBackTheHouse.
Time to bring Gabbard and Hegseth in front of a the Committee on Homeland Security and find out why they are communicating top-level gov't plans on Signal, a public platform.
You can demand that they bring all of them before the Comittee and demand they explain themselves. Let them get grilled. Stress them out. These people are putting our national security at risk.
Sure there’s a reason. You can schedule delete, it’s not on records and no one is ever privy to the conversation. How many other Signal chats are being used in this admin? DOGE, HHS, really horrific and needs to stay as headlines for a long time. I’m afraid they’ll drop the chaff and redirect
Stupid and arrogant, major weaknesses resound among this administration. Imbecilic and dangerous, had these idiots accidentally invited a person with lower standards? Pilots would have been lost in this mission.
Look at me wallowing in old-think, as if the best interests of the US republic is the #1 priority for this administration. I stand corrected. There is a reason, and that makes this so much worse than carelessness.
There is always a reason to do so. Not only do you show blue voters you're doing everything you can, you are proving to the world that you are doing the same.
Doing nothing and encouraging our congress to do nothing is the same as saying 'roll over and take it'.
I meant there is no reason to be “communicating top-level gov't plans on Signal, a public platform.” More correct to say there’s no legitimate reason. If Trump doesn’t fire them we know they were doing quite exactly what he wanted.
Every reporter should ask each admin secretary “How many Signal text chains are you on to conduct government business while skirting numerous federal laws?”
“Are you convinced that Signal is more secure than US Government secure communications systems?”
Every reporter should be asking “how many signal chains have you deleted since this story broke and are you certain that everyone else on the chain has deleted their copy before you respond to this question”.
Have you ever had any kind of security training at all? And I mean the schoolboy corporate type. 1) EVERYONE in a message group can see who else is on it and is responsible for checking before using it. 2) Signal is not an approved secure channel so noone on there should have been there.
Everybody on the chat is responsible (except Goldberg). The only acceptable response to getting this message is “We must have this discussion on a classified system.” And then report the breach.
Why the need to draw conclusions on an incomplete set of facts?
The following scenario seems within the realm of the possible...
...The anti Trump Goldberg used surreptitious, devious, unethical, and/or illegal tactics to gain access to that chat.
Btw, I'm not asserting he did any of those things.
Ok. Say that’s what happened. 1) why has he not been arrested for espionage? 2) should sensitive military decisions be made where a journalist could hack in? 3) what other countries are doing the same?
Oh, but it was just an accident, so stop the pearl clutching, is what they will say. If the Dems had done that, they would be demanding a firing squad.
Uh oh; what’s she going to do to herself? 🤔
This is what happens when you fill national security positions with sycophants instead of people who actually understand national security & how to manage/handle classified information.
"She"? Which "she"?
This was posted by Sen. Smith - WHY do you suggest that Sen. Smith do something to herself? You need to PROVE the Senator has committed any sort of violation of classified info regulations
I think you would be hard to have a conversation with. The nominal focus is the issue under consideration, not the most recent person to make a comment.
Will any of the many people in the Trump Administration, including her, be held accountable for the many times they violated this? Including today's debacle.
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.
[2/2] If you're capable, take family and / or friends and show up at their office. Making the GOP confront you as a person not a faceless voter shakes them up so badly and is very important.
I agree, impeach (but they don't have the votes), prosecute (but the rapist felon tramp will pardon them). Do it anyway, at least they'll get tainted, pardon is an admittance of guilt. And at least people will know what not to vote next time. If there will be a next time.
Start calling it "bad signals" in counter to the "her emails" bs, but then you could always do "his emails" cause TFG did the same thing last go around.
How about an ex president taking a bunch of classified things home, keeping them in his toilet and laughing about them with their paid biographer and who the hell knows who else ?
Discussing war plans on an unsecured civilian app. This is what happens when you put atrociously incompetent people in positions of immense power and importance
The absolute *worst* part of "butter emails" was the fact that Bush-Chaney were using the RNC servers for their emails (mostly so they could bypass archiving it all as presidential records).
[2/2] If you can, take family and / or friends and show up at their office. It's important to make our Democrat & Republican Senators & Representatives confront you, so they can't treat you like a faceless voter.
Entirely irrelevant! This post is about Tulsi Gabbard and her hypocrisy in pledging to enforce laws against the violation of classified information regulations
Demand a hearing and a resignation. Ask your GOP colleagues in the Senate this, what would you do if this happened under Biden's watch by his SoD? Do the same thing.
Now...if this is Happening with classified information, can you just IMAGINE what's happening to our Social Security numbers, Health Information, IRS files, phone numbers, addresses...I could go on. But I won't. 😤
Don't let up! Continue to encourage investigations and accountability. Also, when Hegseth's replacement is announced, remind those who voted for his confirmation that they need to take the process seriously and not to be a rubber stamp for Trump's nominations.
So she has clearly violated the law by engaging in a non-secure chat on her personal device about critical national security concerns. Per Tulsi Gabbard, Tulsi Gabbard has violated the law and she should be charged as such. Tulsi, if you have a problem with that, take it up with Tulsi Gabbard
Hi MishMash. I think you misunderstood my post. I was poking fun at what Gabbard posted in light of recent events, not in any way accusing Sen. Smith of anything. 😊 Apologies if you were being likewise jokey. 😁
In healthcare, if I text banal data like a patient’s blood pressure to another provider over anything BUT secure chat (think Epic EMR) it’s a HIPAA violation & grounds for immediate dismissal. When can we expect every amateur in this security leak to be fired?
Yeah...because do not doubt that they will try planting it for journalists to fall into a trap of giving them an opportunity to claim that's what happened. You can call that paranoid or you can realize that what happened with that Houthi text conversation could have easily resulted in a show trial.
I agree Senator - but Republican senators will try to put the blame on John Goldberg for not speaking up sooner. Hegseth will likely get off scott free unless Dems clamour for his removal…
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It doesn't matter what the dems do. Republicans will never hurt their own. Period. They will allow any crime, any law breaking, anything. They would never go ahead a trump picked idiot unless Trump tells them to.
"It's not our fault, we expect any possible leaks to reveal themselves immediately, which is how all government organisations are run around the world"
Yes, and Tulsi was part of that chat group discussing top secret material. They ALL knew that they were violating the law as they texted classified material and STILL engaged in law breaking. These people need to go to jail, every one of them who participated on that chat chain, including the VP!
When Hegseth was interviewed about this lapse, he just kept talking like an incompetent idiot. Someone should just tell this guy to STFU when it comes to commenting on national security.
GABBARD was on the Signal text message with the military plans!!! How much national security has already been compromised by this administration just since January???
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Meaningless statement of hers, right?
A level of embarrassment never seen before.
So go ahead: PROOF, LINKS to reputable news organizations showing Sen. Smith violated the law
She meant thee.
In reality my fear is this could mean unconstitutional attacks on Jeffrey Goldberg and a chilling effect on free press.
Stand with people brave enough to tell the truth. @theatlantic.com
However, now everyone knows they chat on Signal, which I think is like a slightly more secure WhatsApp
So yes, that's exactly why I'm concerned.
It makes me more active in fighting the authoritarian power grab and making noise about abuses. But also concerned.
But in other areas, "America you in trouble girl"
Resign, then arrest yourself & everyone else the chat!
YOU ARE A SENATOR!
YOU can bring this up in Congress!
dunno...maybe talk w/ your colleagues to figure out this stumper?
belongs…around Gabbard
DNI -> ДНИ is the Russian plural of "day": so "days"
Oops.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/atlantic-jeffrey-goldberg-trump-houthis-rcna197847
"In a statement to NBC News, Vance’s office said the vice president’s “first priority is always making sure that the President’s advisers are adequately briefing him on the substance of their internal deliberations.”
https://bsky.app/profile/mlauriat.bsky.social/post/3ll5lbdmbqs27
Holy shit.
Im running out of descriptive words with this bunch of ……
realize 1 fact! We’re here because of 218 malicious, self-righteous Republicans . Obliterate GOP!
I wonder if JG & the Atlantic beat them at their own game by going public like this?
I think he lied when he said he would stop drinking.
The checks and balances have failed.
Yes, impeachment is available. However, it’s politically… unrealistic. And conviction is even less realistic.
The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.
1. Contact your reps and make sure you encourage them to move to remove and arrest Hegseth.
https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member
2. Stay focused. They're still coming for our Social Security.
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The Senate is effectively the court in which impeached officers see a trial for their conviction and removal from office. Any discussion of impeachment is implied as a House action.
He’s a #DUI_hire.
Mayorkas was impeached last year but House. Senate never took it up.
Of course Senate would not take it up, but it's great to generate some news.
It's just a distraction. "Oh, they're being impeached!" So what? Total waste of time.
Nobody thought they'd convict Bill Clinton. They did it anyway."
Back at the motherfuckers.
Don't forget, they got rid of the few Republicans that had any integrity so it's just the Party of Trump and Corruption now.
I'd like to hear Dem noise about how they ought to be impeached, though
Hold the right people accountable.
I don't understand why people are focusing on one person- they should all be held to account, shouldn't they?
** Especially if it was the dunk guy who swore he wouldn’t drink if he ever got the job.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/24/us/hegseth-senate-vote-roll-call-dg/index.html
SMH....there is still law and order? I thought we did away with that after electing a felon?
Circle back to doing your job, please.
Leave the high school shit to the news.
DO SOMETHING!!
STOP POINTING IT OUT LIKE IT'S A VICTORY POINT
JUST FUCKING STOP THEM
Trumpy's love song for Putina.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCR0ScrXBno
You can demand that they bring all of them before the Comittee and demand they explain themselves. Let them get grilled. Stress them out. These people are putting our national security at risk.
Doing nothing and encouraging our congress to do nothing is the same as saying 'roll over and take it'.
Every reporter should ask each admin secretary “How many Signal text chains are you on to conduct government business while skirting numerous federal laws?”
“Are you convinced that Signal is more secure than US Government secure communications systems?”
Question is who is the person (are the persons) responsible?
As of now, I consider the facts to be incomplete. Perhaps it's more prudent to comment after more facts come in and not now, no?
The following scenario seems within the realm of the possible...
...The anti Trump Goldberg used surreptitious, devious, unethical, and/or illegal tactics to gain access to that chat.
Btw, I'm not asserting he did any of those things.
Bravo, folks.
Merit hires are mediocrity.
There are not some funny clowns like Ronald McDonald in the White House.
There is Pennywize and his gang!
This is what happens when you fill national security positions with sycophants instead of people who actually understand national security & how to manage/handle classified information.
This was posted by Sen. Smith - WHY do you suggest that Sen. Smith do something to herself? You need to PROVE the Senator has committed any sort of violation of classified info regulations
The point is that @puregoldj.bsky.social cannot write in such a way that avoids imposing the burden on others to guess what it is s/he means.
1. Contact your reps and make sure you encourage them to vote to remove and arrest Hegseth.
https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member
2. Stay focused. They're still coming for our Social Security.
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EVERY MISS STEP EVERY TIME
And why not "Ms. Step" instead? We're in modern times now, my man!
She should STFU
This reality tv show really sucks.
HILLARY’S EMAILS!!!!!!
Isn’t that what the right was screaming about??!!!
Clown car after clown car full of unqualified, ignorant asshats !
Republican Congress and Senate…
What is it going to take for you to use YOUR power and put YOUR country & natl. security over this ship of fools ?
1. Contact your reps and make sure you encourage them to vote to remove and arrest Hegseth.
https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member
2. Stay focused. They're still coming for our Social Security.
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Anything? Or are we just sticking with sick burns?
You just sit back and wait for THAT to happen.
Enjoy the same crickets we do…
"This [is] not about the Houthis."
Say you write post w/boo-boo: see those three dots to the right side? Click there - you can DELETE that tweet! Then re-write it as correct! No one even need know of your original error! Nice!