U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat

Post by fatbird » Tue, Mar 25, 2025, 7:04 PM UTC

Balgair wrote: post #77

If anything, I'm a bit surprised that Jeff Goldberg burned this source. If anything, I'd suspect that he'd keep the channel open as long as he could. Or, he's got other channels that work better. All the same, I mean, wow. These guys are just morons here, there's really no other way around it. I'm trying to think of a charitable way to spin this and I've got nothing. Like, very clearly, these people are going to get…

Post by fatbird » Tue, Mar 25, 2025, 7:05 PM UTC

alistairSH wrote: post #73

Even worse, Trump wasn't aware of this leak (or denies knowledge of it) until questioned at a press conference earlier today. And instead of promising an investigation, the best he can do is throw some weak insults at The Atlantic. BUTTERY MALES indeed.

Post by ChrisMarshallNY » Tue, Mar 25, 2025, 7:07 PM UTC

swiftymon wrote: post #313

frenchman_in_ny wrote: post #296

In the banking world, employees have been fined significant sums, or even forced from their jobs [0], for unauthorized use of messaging platforms. And here, it's barely a shrug. Unbelievable. [0] https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/morgan-stanley-hit-...

it's not unauthorized use of signal; "Government officials have used Signal for organizational correspondence, such as scheduling sensitive meetings, but in the Biden administration, people who had permission to download it on their White House-issued phones were instructed to use the app sparingly, according to a former national security official who served in the administration." https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation…

Post by brazzy » Tue, Mar 25, 2025, 7:09 PM UTC

aubanel wrote: post #312

throw0101c wrote: post #214

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"But her e-mails." > It’s best to understand that fascists see hypocrisy as a virtue. It’s how they signal that the things they are doing to people were never meant to be equally applied. > It’s not an inconsistency. It’s very consistent to the only true fascist value, which is domination. > It’s very important to understand, fascists don’t just see hypocrisy as a necessary evil or an unintended side-effect. > It’s t…

Using the insult "Fascist" in every other sentence really diminishes whatever message was in there

Post by ChocolateGod » Tue, Mar 25, 2025, 7:11 PM UTC

basisword wrote: post #336

PokestarFan wrote: post #327

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Who's going to arrest them?

This is why you have a constitution, codified laws, judicial system, separation of powers, etc. We're just learning now none of these things are worth the paper they're written on.