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Believe it or not this is one area where someone smarter actually got through to Trump. They pulled the Stefanik nomination for UN Ambassador because they knew that with the mess he's made, Republicans were unlikely hold that seat in NY if she left. They can barely hold non-competitive Florida districts, so they are currently in trouble anywhere competitive.

This will be a confusing time for the Republican base, who don't seem to know anything of politics aside from the price of eggs and gas. They don't know or care about the unprecedented attacks on civil liberties, private business, the environment, education, human rights etc., but they are all consumers. We are 3.5 months into this unmitigated disaster, but most of them aren't aware. They will notice this though.

And academics and intellectuals have started fleeing the country for Canada as Trump continues to abuse political power and the legal system to crack down on free thought and free speech.

And the clown show rolls on. More news today that Mike Waltz and his staff have been using their personal gmail accounts to conduct government business. This is Trump's National Security Advisor, who can't manage the most basic of security standards--even after it became the "most important issue in the world evah" during the 2016 election cycle. What buffoons. "Buttery males! Lock her up!"

What you call "Biden's Illegal Alien Voter Scheme" A. Began under Trump in 2017 B. Has nothing to do with voting C. Is only for immigrants with legal documentation to work in the US D. Allows immigrants to support Americans by paying into a SS system from which they cannot collect benefits In summary another, example of ignorant dilettante Musk having his "mind blown" while "discovering" information that is well known publicly and lying about it's form and function. And another lie KSU swallows down without a second thought--or even a first thought.

DOGE fired them without warning.

Yes, any person not eligible for the presidency is not eligible for the vice presidency. Elon Musk, for example, cannot run for president and therefore cannot run for vice president either. There's not a back door to the presidency. But the difference here is that Trump is a corrupt criminal and the law is just an inconvenience. If he corrupts enough of those in the right places they will bend or break the law with impunity. That's how democracies die, and we're not immune.

It absolutely is classified. That's not even a question. It's just a blatant lie that it wasn't, and frankly it's hard to imagine a more necessary classification than an impending military strike. You are not dumb enough to believe otherwise. Come on. I defy you to come up with any scenario in which the facts of a military operation can simultaneously be shared publicly and also depends on the (comically) lauded "OpSec." Yes, they did. They are absolutely lying about the information not being classified. Nobody believes them, but they don't really care anymore. Post-truth. Lol. Selling the information is literally selling the information. Journalists don't sell information, they publish it. As in to make public. The job is to serve the public, not protect the image of a party-boy pundit turned (shudder) Secretary of Defense. The public should be informed when officials f*ck up--and this was a massive f*uckup. As always, you're not pissed that Trumpco has done so many things wrong, you're mad at anyone who tries to hold them accountable for their own actions. Nothing is too much. You'll happily take it all. You don't seem to have a gag reflex. 🤷‍♂️

Ooh, I could get behind that. I'd be willing to learn some hockey trivia in exchange for Tim Hortons.

Only 45%? While he's openly threatening them? That's surprisingly low.

Signal is not approved for classified information. Don't be silly. Like a secure room, the secured systems don't let anyone in without proper credentials. That's why they exist. Unlike Signal, in which you can invite anyone in the world. Goldberg's responsibility as a journalist is to serve the public. He did not publish information that would harm a military operation. He published a story about the comically sloppy security in the Trump administration. The white house started lying and denying, so he published the chat. He had no other responsibility, legally or ethically. -- If Deep Throat mails a journalist a manilla envelope of secret info, the journalist is not obligated to burn it. To the contrary, their duty to the public typically means an obligation to break the story, taking care not to cause material harm. Sometimes the leak itself is the story--as in this case. And sorry, but no, he didn't "sell" the information any more than any act of journalism--and he didn't even do that until the WH Clown car told the world it wasn't classified. lol. He gave them exactly enough rope to hang themselves. The fools.

I'm sure this makes sense in you decrepit little mind.

Lol. He did not "steal" it, dummy. Hegseth literally gave it to him, by choosing to post it in that chat against all standards for handling information of that nature. They invited him to the chat. It's the digital equivalent of speaking about classified topics after you invite a journalist into the room. Goldberg broke no laws. He behaved ethically. Don't try to shift the blame to someone else just because Trump's clown posse is exactly as incompetent as we told you they were.

That's nonsense in all regards. A. Those plans are always classified because if the information gets out missions fail and our people die. Hegseth was even boasting about operational security while breaking it. Goldberg was not wrong about the nature of the information. The Trump administration is telling you an incredibly obvious lie, and you're willing to swallow it down--along with your dignity. B. Goldberg followed all ethical standards and did not release any information that would jeopardize military operations or the nation. He actively chose to not publish harmful information. He also voluntarily left the chat after confirming that it was real. Let's be clear: he could have stayed there and watched those oblivious buffoons for months. Hell, he probably should have. But he took a very high road instead. C. Every shit bag on that chat knows the rules for sharing classified information outside of secure channels. Every one of them. And still, when they saw Hegseth doing exactly what they knew to be wrong, not a single one of them spoke up and said, "Hey, let's move this to a secure channel." That's what you should be worried about.

The people of Greenland enjoying a luxury we don't have in America. Sigh.

Indeed, this is a consistent pattern. A case of the dogmatic vs pragmatic.

Borrowing from the playbook of yet another successful dictator, Trump is attempting to purge history, art and science of ideas he doesn't like. We've seen it at NIH, we've seen it at the Kennedy center, and now it's coming for the Smithsonian. Politico (and everywhere else) Vice President JD Vance has a new job: erasing what the White House considers “improper ideology” from the Smithsonian, a task that allows him to cast aside the progressive ideas he has decried since long before he was elected to public office. The vice president, who sits on the museum network’s board, has been tasked with slashing funding for exhibits or programs that promote “ideologies inconsistent with Federal law and policy,” including those that recognize trans people, “degrade shared American values,” or “divide Americans based on race,” according to an executive order President Donald Trump signed behind closed doors on Thursday. I have no doubt that this aggressive, ham-handed attempt to use political office to dictate culture will be celebrated by so-called conservatives (who clearly aren't), but it should be recognized for the sinister, cynical scheme that it is.

You've been shown the economic data many, many times. I don't know whether you can't read a chart or compare numbers, but it doesn't seem to sink in. The Biden economy was a strong economy. That's simply plain fact. We had the best recovery in the G7 and any country would have happily traded for our figures. I didn't refuse to acknowledge anything. Yes, COVID was a crushing blow to the Trump economy--but some of that crush was Trump's preparation and failure to meet the moment. At any rate, it doesn't change the fact that Biden took over a crushed economy and oversaw a best-in-class recovery with metrics as good or better than even Trump's pre-COVID economy. Trump inherited a strong economy and did not change the trajectory--and he left it a mess. Biden inherited a mess, and left it a strong economy. I know which legacy I'd rather have. Meanwhile, you can see Trump's economic sense playing out right now. He wasn't an economic genius in term 1 who turned into an ignoramus. He's always been this dumb. He just got rid of the adults that used to curb his childish impulses in term 1.

What a smarmy little shit that guy is. Gross. I'm sure he's very proud of himself for ambushing someone who has been on the job about a year with years-old lines that may or may not be excerpted (he's not trustworthy) from the thousands of hours of programming each year. As if it's remotely productive reasonable. Not surprised to see him celebrated here though.

^^Exhibit Q demonstrating there is not an honest bone in your body.

Yes. I think the military rank and file can ultimately understand a mistake--even an egregious error like this. But the refusal to acknowledge the mistake--to be responsible and accountable for it--is reprehensible. That is NOT leadership. They've been given the starkest reminder that they work for people who are neither qualified, nor morally fit, to merit the risk and sacrifice asked of our service personnel.

The Houthis didn't even need sophisticated communications equipment, just the wrong person added to the chat. There's a reason that discussion of classified information--and certainly an active military strike--is confined to secure channels or in the latter case even the situation room. The mistakes were dumb, the denials are just an embarrassing new low. Clowns.

Those are your people, dummy. That insane rant about the round Earth conspiracy is exactly like your insane rant about the climate change conspiracy. You are so wildly divorced from reality, it's farking nuts.

Now it's a race to see if frogs are smarter than "conservatives." Who will jump out first?

She just happened to be a vastly better option than her opponent. And, as you refuse to acknowledge for purely partisan reasons, the economy was strong under Biden--the envy of the world--and dramatically better than the mess he inherited from Trump. I guess because you don't like trans people (or whatever) you have to pretend it was a bad economy. Doesn't make sense to me, but you persist.