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Post by hn_throwaway_99 »

3np wrote: post #663
jimbokun wrote: post #656

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It’s Trump’s one true talent. He got the Supreme Court and the judiciary leaning his way in his first term. Congress is controlled by either his Republican primary candidates, or Republicans who are too afraid to cross him. Now he’s purging from the federal branch anyone who is not completely ideologically loyal to him. That is the true purpose of Doge.

Vance' offices response is very telling of his priorities and supports this view.

Vance has to be the world's biggest boot licker.

I cannot understand at all the complete lack of self respect he must have, solely for the acquisition of power.

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Post by nobody9999 »

jimbokun wrote: post #656
ModernMech wrote: post #599

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> It's still not too late to impeach that entire shack of clowns. The problem is that the people in control of the power to impeach are also picked for being yes men/women. It's yes-men all the way down by design.

It’s Trump’s one true talent. He got the Supreme Court and the judiciary leaning his way in his first term. Congress is controlled by either his Republican primary candidates, or Republicans who are too afraid to cross him. Now he’s purging from the federal branch anyone who is not completely ideologically loyal to him. That is the true purpose of Doge.

How dare you!

Donald Trump "is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known in my life."

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

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Post by riehwvfbk »

nkassis wrote: post #655
refurb wrote: post #653

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Are we really looking at the best group of people that the current president could find to do these roles that agree with his policy platform? There was no one else with relevant experience willing?

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Post by nobody9999 »

rat87 wrote: post #669
refurb wrote: post #653

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most people generally agreed with them but they also tried to pick people of talent and courage who might disagree on a number of issues. Trump doesn't care about any of that

Donald Trump "is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known in my life."

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Post by csomar »

anthomtb wrote: post #371

This hypocrisy reminds me of one of my former lead developers. He required everyone on the team to go through multi-person code reviews and pass an extensive CI suite before merging changes into our mainline. But him? Half that time he'd approve his own changes without review, the other half he would force-push and bypass the CI system entirely. He knew the system well and seemed to do enough local testing to avoid m…

Apples and Oranges? If he is the person responsible should a system break then it's totally up to him. In that case, he made sure you did not break his system (because he'd be responsible). And if he broke his system himself then it's on him.

I don't see a problem with it (as long as he can't transfer the blame somewhere else).

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Post by riehwvfbk »

lmm wrote: post #629
exikyut wrote: post #605

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If they're "just" using Signal, they're likely "just" using stock Android if there isn't a policy requiring iPhones in lockdown mode. It's a very good question as to whether such a policy exists.

Which do you think is more likely to be under foreign control and why? Bearing in mind that iPhones are made in China.

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Post by riehwvfbk »

anderber wrote: post #612
joshuamerrill wrote: post #457

I began my career in a classified environment working on government satellite programs. In my first week on the job, I was told, explicitly, that if I shared Classified or Controlled Unclassified information over unapproved channels, I would be reprimanded—likely fired, or less likely, prosecuted. It was also made clear that safeguarding the nation's secrets from the carelessness of others was my responsibility, too.…

Also, Steve Witkoff was in Moscow during the Signal text chain.

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Post by outer_web »

timewizard wrote: post #615
outer_web wrote: post #577

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Sorry are you claiming that the United States intelligence community is incompetent and that anyone who things otherwise is poorly educated? What are you basing this on?

Yes. History. Are you genuinely incredulous?

Yeah man, you sound like a 14-year old edgelord who just learned about the Bay of Pigs. How many contemporary security professionals would call them 'competent' versus 'incompetent'?

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Post by dredmorbius »

nobody9999 wrote: post #685
rat87 wrote: post #669

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most people generally agreed with them but they also tried to pick people of talent and courage who might disagree on a number of issues. Trump doesn't care about any of that

Donald Trump "is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known in my life."

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