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Gift link for the non-Atlantic subscribers in which the Atlantic publishes the war plans Hegseth insisted they definitely did not send over this unsecured channel - and confirms this wasn't the first time they did this

submitted 10 hours ago • 12 comments

It’s worth stating this simply: For literally anyone in the US Govt from 1945 to 2025, Signalgate would require an instant resignation—and a criminal investigation. It would be a matter of personal honor to resign. The fact Mike Waltz & Pete Hegseth are choosing to fight it out is a terrible omen.

submitted 22 hours ago • 943 comments

Rep. Jackson (D-IL) calls for the resignation of Hegseth and other top cabinet officials: “The careless mishandling of sensitive information has not only compromised national security but also put the lives of US service members and our allies at tremendous risk." www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

treat the signalgate story like fox news would - what other secrets are they hiding - are there payoff backchannels - release the long form text transcripts - this requires a criminal investigation - what other backchannels are they leaking classified intel on? members of congress? fox news? russia

submitted 1 day ago • 101 comments

there are like three overlapping scandals with signalgate — illegal distribution of sensitive government materials by top members of the administration, illegal attempt to circumvent records laws and possible unlawful use of military force — and democrats should be screaming about them all

submitted 1 day ago • 256 comments

Jeffrey Goldberg thinking he was being pranked and then realizing he was actually just in the war plans group chat is such a good microcosm of how it feels to be alive right now, everything seems fake until you realize it’s actually real and incredibly stupid

submitted 2 days ago • 321 comments

If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.

submitted 2 days ago • 189 comments

Every single Democrat in Congress should be demanding the resignation of Waltz and Hegseth. Every single one. This is a massive scandal. There should be a serious price to pay. AND THERE IS ZERO DOWNSIDE FOR EVEN THE MOST SCAREDY-CAT CONGRESSPERSON.

submitted 2 days ago • 255 comments

In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

submitted 2 days ago • 818 comments

Tomorrow, we expect Trump is going to sign an Executive Order claiming to dissolve the U.S. Department of Education. Reminder: Trump does not have the legal authority to destroy a cabinet department; reporting on the EO as if he does have that power is both inaccurate and unethical.

submitted 7 days ago • 39 comments

"I had a Canadian passport, lawyers, resources, media attention, friends, family and even politicians advocating for me. Yet, I was still detained for nearly two weeks. Imagine what this system is like for every other person in there." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 7 days ago • 9 comments

A History Professor Answers Questions About Dictators. “Why do people support dictators? How do dictators come to power? What’s the difference between a dictatorship, an autocracy, and authoritarianism? How do dictators amass wealth?” [kottke.org]

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

You're officially declared dead and you lost your social security benefits and your savings are stolen from your bank account ... all apparently because one of Elon Musk's junkies at DOGE was playing around with a social security database he doesn't understand. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

this interview is incredible www.npr.org/2025/03/13/n...

submitted 13 days ago • 50 comments

This is what many cities in the U.S. looked like before the EPA. Why the heck would anyone celebrate deregulating it?

submitted 14 days ago • 493 comments

Rep John Larson - Connecticut:

submitted 14 days ago • 333 comments

the people who can't keep a social media platform online are now also responsible for keeping airplanes in the air

submitted 16 days ago • 26 comments

@planetmoney.bsky.social Can you do an episode about contractors of the US government who are no longer able to collateralize their invoices to make payroll, and the impact this could have on the economy as a whole? It was raised on episode 113 of @lawandchaospod at about 33:00 minutes

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Listen this IS in fact how it’s done. Georgetown Law Dean William Treanor responds to Acting U.S. Atty Ed Martin’s threat to refuse to hire Georgetown graduates who have taken “DEI” courses in their curriculum. Treanor is a brilliant lawyer & constitutional scholar. Embarrassing for Martin.

submitted 20 days ago • 62 comments

HEY EVERYONE REMEMBER WHEN TRUMP WAS IMPEACHED FOR DENYING AID TO UKRAINE BECAUSE HE WANTED ZELENSKY TO LIE AND SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT BIDEN AND ZELENKSY WOULDN’T DO IT? Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.

submitted 25 days ago • 432 comments

It's more than a little bizarre that the press was more vocal and judgmental about Biden's Afghanistan withdrawal than the current unscheduled rapid disassembly of our entire democracy and civil service.

submitted 26 days ago • 108 comments

Just learned that Dr. Seuss drew this in 1941 www.artsy.net/article/arts...

submitted 25 days ago • 24 comments

Trump’s disgusting behavior in our Oval Office in the company of a genuine hero and defender of democracy like Volodymyr Zelensky may be the most disgraceful public behavior by any president in our history.

submitted 26 days ago • 489 comments

The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.

submitted 26 days ago • 1124 comments

If you see the Gospel being used for power, wealth or exclusion, that’s Fascism with a Christian mask. Jesus taught gentleness, humility, poverty and excluded no one. Read the Gospel for yourself😎

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

Wait why does this random construction CEO have to resign over a Nazi salute but the premier launch contractor for NASA and the Space Force does not.

submitted 29 days ago • 31 comments

Random foreign actor: send us all your deets by tonite. Military leaders: Who the fuck is this guy? Don't do it. Obey the chain of command. Random foreign actor: Have you ever witnessed such INCOMPETENCE and CONTEMPT for how YOUR TAXES are being spent?

submitted 29 days ago • 98 comments

Rep Raskin has been great. Rep Ocasio-Cortez has been great. And Rep Frost and Rep Crockett. Senator Murphy. Maybe no one knew exactly what to do. But such people laid down a clear marker. Let’s respect these and other elected federal representatives who stood out these first few weeks.

submitted 33 days ago • 1335 comments

This piece by Oaxacan street artist Yescka captures our current moment perfectly. Helluva metaphor! Arte by Yescka. www.instagram.com/yescka_art/?... 📸 by @dfenton.bsky.social

submitted 31 days ago • 5 comments

Spending isn't a “conspiracy” just because Musk doesn’t know how to read usaspending.gov. A program isn't waste just because it doesn’t help the richest man in the world. It isn't fraud just because he doesn’t like it. A law is not illegal just because he disagrees with it.

submitted 32 days ago • 76 comments

I am a Gulf of Mexico American

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

Big crowd at the SF Tesla dealership protesting our unelected overlord. A tiny sign hangs from an upstairs window

submitted 37 days ago • 214 comments

MAJOR BREAKING: Pope Francis has written a letter to US Bishops saying he’s following “major crisis” of “mass deportations;” takes on Vance saying “The true ordo amoris that must be promoted is that which we discover by meditating constantly on the parable of the “Good Samaritan”

submitted 43 days ago • 304 comments

I want to tell you the story of Vivienne Malone-Mayes, Texas-born mathematician and professor, but I don't think you can understand her journey without talking about the academic racism in which she existed.

submitted 596 days ago • 9 comments

A Primer on Indirect Cost Rates

submitted 47 days ago • 15 comments

There appear to be at least three separately operating heel factions breaking things within the government in wholly different ways right now. There's the Miller-headed immigration one, the DOGE/Elon one, and a Project 2025 OMB one. This dynamic hasn't showed up in mainstream reporting at all.

submitted 53 days ago • 811 comments

This comments section is the first time I've felt even a shred of hope in eight days.

submitted 56 days ago • 602 comments

Pete Hegseth should be asked how sobriety is going for him every time he’s near a microphone; he has the opportunity to be a shining example to millions

submitted 58 days ago • 21 comments

I'm writing a piece on Trumpite intellectuals making the "spiritual case" for the conquest of Greenland, that it will spur a rebirth of the "pioneering frontier spirit" in America lost in the 1890s. And seeing now they're moving Inaugural inside because it's too cold. So yeah, not so sure abt this.