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I was born a Democrat. I'll die a Democrat believing we are the party who's ALWAYS had the best interests of OUR NATION AND THE ENTIRE WORLD AT HEART NOT SPECIAL INTERESTS OR THE 3%!
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This is what happens when you have an entire cabinet full of folks who would NEVER pass a regular security clearance. Led by a president who would never be able to pass one either.

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

Feeling pretty smug this week about my mortal fear of group chats.

I just read this Variety hit job in which it's clear that Disney is trying to pin the failure of Snow White on Rachel Zegler. I'm confused: Did she make the studio spend $270 million on an unasked-for remake of a 90-year-old piece of IP?

“Anyone surprised by the news of this week’s bizarre leak has forgotten the long record of security failures in Trump’s first term.” www.thebulwark.com/p/high-cost-...

Before there was Signal... During World War II, mathematicians played a crucial role in breaking the German Enigma code. Alan Turing and his team at Bletchley Park developed early computers to decipher encrypted messages, significantly impacting the war's outcome.

American Oversight is suing Hegseth, Gabbard, Ratcliffe et al, saying their messaging via Signal is a violation of the Federal Records Act. And indeed it is a prima facie violation. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

In the British system, a minister would have tendered his resignation yesterday. In the American system, shamelessness is the order of the day.

Best Twitter riposte of the day.

In case you missed it: the Pentagon--that's Hegseth--got warned about using Signal a week ago.

is that bad? Seems bad

You don't say.... danieldrezner.substack.com/p/american-f...

Democrats Huddle To Decide How Best To Let Massive Republican Fuck-Up Slip Through Fingers

😂

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.

Ossoff: This is what happens when you have Fox News personalities cosplaying as government officials.

I'm not saying anything novel here but it really is just truly despicable to watch them use THEIR OWN COLOSSAL SCREW UP to slander the reporter THEY INCLUDED ON THEIR CLASSIFIED GROUP CHAT

Jon Ossoff has got the kind of inner fire I’m always looking for in leaders. He has it. This video demonstrates what I’m talking about. www.mediaite.com/news/dem-law...

Kash Patel doesn't unequivocally deny participating in group chats on unclassified phones about national security issues with other administration officials

The government treating Teslas on fire as a big dramatic deal and what's weird about this is. They only care about Tesla fires when there are *NOT* people in the car. If a Tesla catches on fire while people are driving it that is apparently normal and the government sees nothing there to investigate

Democrat wins special state Senate election in Pennsylvania in major upset https://twp.ai/1VDmhy

Wow- Himes during a heated exchange w/Will Cain on Fox: "I'm not gonna listen to to you tell me that this about a partisan advantage...it is by the grace of God that we don't have dead pilots right now...it makes me want to throw up to hear you turn this into a partisan issue. You just need to stop"

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

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.

Ahem

This seems like a good time to remind folks of what Hannah Arendt once wrote:

Good lord.

The President does not have the constitutional or statutory authority to dictate the content of voter registration forms. This EO is an incredibly dangerous power grab. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

I'm sorry but going to the white house after they tried to erase the contributions of the most important player in the history of your team is coward shit

"I have no one on my left and only a few on my right. I WILL HOLD." -- 1LT Clifton Cates, Message to Battalion Headquarters, 19 Jul 1918, Battle of Soissons

Yes, the sky is falling. So, what do people of faith, morality, and conscience do when the heavens around them come crashing down? What do decent human beings do when the sky is falling? We hold up the damn sky. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-sky-is...

‘I Messed Up At Work Again,’ Crestfallen Michael Waltz Texts Wife, National Geographic Editorial Staff

I’ve had to make the tough call to cancel my attendance as artist guest of honour at the Fantasy Art Workshop in Milwaukee in June… why? Because it’s no longer safe

Pete Hegseth must resign or be fired immediately.

Meiselas: Steve Witkoff, was allegedly in Moscow while he was on this group chat. Do you believe the Russians now have all of that information and potentially more? Rice: Well, yes—the Russians have whatever Witkoff was doing or saying on his personal cell phone. The Russians undoubtedly have it.

People need to calm down. If top-secret war plans really hinged on fist-bump and flame emojis, how dangerous could it have been? (Sarcasm)