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Tulsi Gabbard, again, states she has removed Hillary Clinton’s security clearance. August 30, 2018. Hillary Clinton asked for her security clearance be removed. This was nearly 7 years ago. It was removed by the State Department as per her request. Chuck Grassley released the letter.

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Horrifying! WTF!

Everyone in Greenland yesterday

I don’t even know how to process this much stupidity Every word of the two posts below is nonsense, and either both of these men know that or neither should be allowed to use a fork to eat because they might hurt themselves

She is speaking to my soul…

Why aren’t you wearing a suit? Have you said “Thank you” to Greenland and Denmark for allowing you to have a base on Greenland?

Martial Law. It’s the elephant in the room. It’s what authoritarians resort to when the tide turns against them. It’s what the authoritarian in this White House is setting the stage for. 🧵…

Dear Humans of Earth, How do you feel about a drunken idiot being in charge of the largest military on the planet? What if he gets wasted and accidentally launches the nukes. God is worried about y’all.

Did you?! 👇

Wisconsin residents are receiving text messages from a (202) D.C. area code, falsely urging them not to vote in the upcoming election. These messages are not legitimate.

Listen everyone. I’ve see classified stuff before. This in the Atlantic is the kind of stuff that gets the highest classification. I had to have TS clearance to hear the names of the people we targeted in Iraq when i was with TF16 and 17. And still some names were withheld until op was over….

Ossoff: He’s so consumed by his efforts to secure revenge, crush his enemies, and conquer Greenland that he’s doing nothing for the people who elected him. His entire domestic agenda is tax breaks for the wealthy, rounding up immigrants, revenge, and centralizing as much power as he can..

Yesterday, Michael Waltz claimed that he’s “never met, don’t know, never communicated with” Jeffrey Goldberg. Here’s a photo of Waltz standing next to Goldberg during a 2021 event at the French Embassy. The event Waltz attended—a Q&A with a French filmmaker—was moderated by Goldberg.

Chew on this: The Director of National Intelligence TESTIFIED UNDER OATH that the name of a secret CIA asset was not “classified” information. Do you get what that means for the rest of our CIA assets (if we have any left)?

So it turns out Pete Hegseth lied. And Michael Waltz lied. And Tulsi Gabbard lied. And also lied to Congress while under oath. And John Ratliffe lied. And also lied to Congress while under oath. And as ever Jeffrey Goldberg and the Atlantic were telling the truth. This is why journalism matters.

SIGNAL GATE is a threat! The incompetence that many of us knew existed prior to the confirmation of these individuals is on full display for the WORLD & it’s weakening US, collectively. The fact that there is an obsession over wanting me silenced tells me that I need to speak out more. 🫶🏾

Warner: And the idea somehow, well, none of this was classified, but we can't talk about it here. You can't have it both ways.

This has always been the GOP's strategy: 1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves. 2) Explode the deficit. 3) Demand cuts to vital programs that help millions. 4) Repeat. Don't let them get away with it.

A Veteran walked into the VA and saw this sign: “Due to staff cuts, we can’t provide drivers.” Another Vet with a cane shook his head and kept walking. Trump’s VA Sec Doug Collins says care isn’t affected. He’s lying—and Vets are paying the price.

NYT's David Sanger: "It is the timing that is critical: Had this information leaked out, the people the U.S. was targeting in Yemen would have had time to escape. And Hegseth’s reference to OPSEC — operational security — meant he was aware of the need for secrecy." tinyurl.com/9esj8trt

FUCK!!! EVERYONE OF THEM SHOULD BE FIRED. MANY OF THEM, INCLUDING HEGSETH, SHOULD BE ARRESTED TODAY!!!

The Atlantic has now published the Signal texts with attack plans in response to administration denials. I worked at the Pentagon. If information like this is not classified, nothing is. If Hegseth is claiming he declassified this information, he should be shown the door for having done so.

In any other administration of the past 80 years, the defense secretary and the national security advisor would, following an equivalent scandal, now resign.

Sen. Warner: "Two of our witnesses here today were members of a group chat that discussed highly sensitive and likely classified information...It's mind boggling to me that all these senior folks were on this line and nobody bothered to even check."

Wyden: "I'm of the view that there ought to be resignations, starting with the national security adviser and the secretary of defense."

The White House has apparently decided the best course of action is to lie their way through it.

One thing that can get lost in all this is that Jeff Goldberg knows much, much more about national security than the principals who were on that text chain.

🔑 under-discussed point — why they were on signal:

I saw the work by Olga Lautman and he findings were disturbing: Steven Witkoff was in Russia when he was added to the signal chat. Russia has infiltrated Signal and used against Ukrainians. Very possible they have the classified signal info:

Buttigieg: What if this had, in fact, gone to somebody else? I mean, somebody who could plausibly be in some of these people's cell phones. I don't know, the Chinese ambassador or Russian negotiator. And the other question on my mind is how many other times has something like this happened?

Goldberg said the level of detail in the targeting package that he received via Signal was down to the *names of individuals* to be killed. That’s the good stuff that includes all kinds of sources and methods and never should have been outside a SCIF. I’d be in prison if I fucked up that bad.

Do your job like you bragged you would Tulsi! Lock Them Up! (and include yourself)

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Yes. This really happened. They used a group chat to plan strikes on a foreign country. No, Signal is not an authorized platform for national security information.

It doesn’t entirely shock me, but I can’t really get over the top US officials celebrating the deaths of dozens of people with American flag emojis in a Signal chat. I’m not sure they see other people as human

What you have to understand about Pete Hegseth copying and pasting war plans into Signal is that it almost certainly means he’s got classified documents on his personal UNSECURE devices. Signal isn't on a secure device...are our war plans on his personal devices? @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social

nightmare group chat

WATCH: “Do Bayer & Monsanto need protection? Or do sick farmers need protection? Who are you here to serve, John?” Republicans passed Senator John Stevens bill granting giant foreign corps that make cancer-causing pesticides immunity through committee. Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DHmOqQA...

This is why when MAGA says it wants to make all of the USA in its own image we have to protect ourselves and our children by saying, "No. No, fucking, no! You crazy, incompetent, crazy loons."

"There was no access to a toilet, so guards told the women – whose accounts in some cases occurred on different days or different buses – to urinate or defecate on the floor... " www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Gangel: I've spoken to two very high ranking former intelligence officials, both of whom worked for Republicans… “The lack of operational security and stupidity is just stunning”

Reminder. Pass it on.

DOGE records — which could provide key information about the office’s actions — are at risk of being destroyed before the American people can see them. americanoversight.org/doge-tells-a...

23andMe is going under. Californians have the right to delete their genetic data before it's turned over to next party buying the assets. If you have a 23andMe account, go log in to download whatever reports you want to save, then follow these instructions to delete your data.

FACT LETS SO THIS