remember Palmer's Razor: the stupidest explanation is the right one.
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David Roberts
The most obvious lesson to draw from the leaked Signal chat is that these people really are morons. It's not a public act, it's not a schtick, there's not some secret back room where they drop the facade. They are genuinely stupid, incompetent people.
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However, the planning and execution of the administration has been pretty meticulous and ruthless so far.
Or would you have expected them to be able to pull off everything they have so far, with little effective pushback?
I'm worried that the "added Journo to Internal group chat" news cycle is drowning that out.
They didn’t fall foul of a misclick or open the wrong window or cut and paste by accident.
war plan group chat = A BOLD FACE LIE!
They are parsing the definition of ‘classified’. Had the Atlantic Editor ✍️ shared details revealed with the Yemenite Houthis, American 🇺🇸 lives most definitely may have been lost!!
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-scythian-slice-of-trump-s-razor