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Just one month ago: Tulsi Gabbard fires more than 100 intelligence officers over messages in a chat tool www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

And we're here.

So the same guy who added The Atlantic to a military operations chain ... and one of the people on that chain who didn't notice the Atlantic writer was added to the chain ...

I can't remember ever NOT noticing when someone got added to a text chain.

Confirming, as was obvious from context already, that this wasn’t a one-off. They are routinely using Signal to evade statutory record retention requirements.

This guy is at the State Department, right? DOGE staffer 'Big Balls' provided tech support to cybercrime ring, records show (Reuters) www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...

JUST IN: Voice of America's director Michael Abramowitz is suing Kari Lake and the Trump administration to stop its imminent dismantling. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Gabbard couldn't remember the signal text had actual war plans, but today can confirm, in response to a GOP-er question, is easily able to say no, the target's name wasn't shared, nor the exact location.

CIA director John Ratcliffe saying the focus should be on the success of the mission, not the Atlantic article. Also saying because he didn't actually chime in on the Signal chat, he therefore didn't share classified info. Semantics.

Read for yourself: Here are the attack plans that Trump advisers shared on Signal. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Rep Himes asking Tulsi Gabbard why she indicated there weren't operational plans on the Signal text chain yesterday, but now that the Atlantic published it, shows there was.

"I don't recall."

The acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration admits he retaliated against the entire population of Maine—mostly newborn babies and their parents—because he thought the state’s governor had been rude to Trump in a White House meeting. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/u...

I tuned in late, but is the general GOP line that they'll only discuss the Signal chat, which Gabbard said didn't contain classified information in a closed setting?

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Folks in Greenland are angered with the lack of common sense in the US

Word of the day: Gaslighting.

The cuts affect the civil rights branch of D.H.S. and two ombudsman offices: one overseeing immigration detention and another responsible for scrutinizing the administration’s legal immigration policies, according to five current and former government officials.

I'm completely losing my mind www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/n...

Elon Musk Group Offers Wis. Voters $100 to Oppose 'Activist Judges' Ahead of State's High-Stakes Supreme Court Election people.com/elon-musk-pa...

Telling our seniors to ... #1, find an office since they're apparently trying to close them, and #2 stand in long lines, which can be physically difficult.

NEW — Keith Sonderling, Trump’s Deputy Secretary of Labor, has been named the Acting Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), an agency source tells me. He’ll arrive tomorrow at their office with DOGE and their security detail.

This is the line, it seems.

Trump sent these Venezuelans to El Salvador mega prison. Their families deny gang ties. Read more at: www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Nice job, Garrett Haake.

French researcher barred from US entry: "This measure was reportedly taken by American authorities because the researcher's phone contained exchanges with colleagues in which he expressed a personal opinion on the Trump administration's research policy" www.lemonde.fr/internationa...

Foul. apnews.com/article/jack...

The court found that Mr. Musk had personally, and unlawfully, overseen the dismantling of USAID. In a sternly worded order, Judge Chuang warned that any skirting of its requirements could result in his holding Mr. Musk or members of his team in contempt. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/u...

Not sure I understand why the Project 2025 Heritage Foundation has any interest in Prince Harry, the father of two American children, husband to an American wife, and a part of the most famous monarchy in the world, even if he stepped back from a royal role. www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda...

The cover-up… USAID officials were ordered to destroy classified documents, raising concerns about compliance with federal law. An internal email sent to remaining bureau leaders at the agency’s Washington headquarters provided guidance on “clearing our classified safes and personnel documents.”

Musk and Trump could not possibly be sending a clearer signal that the Tesla protests are working than this pathetic stunt today.

Perkins Coie, which helped defeat Trump's attempts to subvert the 2020 election, fights Trump's order targeting the firm as a violation of the 1st, 5th and 6th Amendments and the separation of powers. "Perkins Coie cannot allow its clients to be bullied." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

“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.” - US Constitution Article 2, Section 4

Zoom in. You need to read this.

How is protesting Tesla domestic terrorism but attacking the Capitol building is not? 🤔

Congress established the Department of Education (DOE) in October 1979, approved by former President Jimmy Carter. Abolishing the agency would require approval by Congress. www.today.com/parents/fami...

Nice lede

The sarcasm level … @maddow.msnbc.com is

Using the White House as an auto dealership …

🟡 M4.5 #earthquake detected 11 km SW of Westlake Village, California at 3/9/2025 1:03:20 PM PDT This reflects data from the U.S. Geological Survey that is subject to change. Visit the USGS page linked below for the latest #quake information

ANOTHER #Earthquake? C'mon!?

"The president has been impeached. That's a pretty big lesson...I believe that he will be much more cautious in the future." - Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), February 2020 www.cbsnews.com/news/susan-c...

MSNBC needs to be throwing all the money at Rachel Maddow and her staff to stay on daily beyond the 100 days. The historical context she provides is always on point (the Lundeen-being-paid-by-N**is stuff was also in her podcast).