@celtichammer1.bsky.social
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Here’s an update on the guy in charge of finding fraud in our government.
April 1, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Here’s an update on the guy in charge of finding fraud in our government.
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🔥 @ninajankowicz.com: "Mr Taibbi said when he was first searching through the so-called Twitter files he didn't know what he was looking at. Well, he still doesn't. Everything looks like a conspiracy when you don't know how anything works."
April 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
🔥 @ninajankowicz.com: "Mr Taibbi said when he was first searching through the so-called Twitter files he didn't know what he was looking at. Well, he still doesn't. Everything looks like a conspiracy when you don't know how anything works."
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Narcissists often exhibit a limited capacity for self-awareness, struggling with introspection and empathy, and frequently resorting to defense mechanisms like denial and projection to maintain their inflated self-image.
March 30, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Narcissists often exhibit a limited capacity for self-awareness, struggling with introspection and empathy, and frequently resorting to defense mechanisms like denial and projection to maintain their inflated self-image.
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The defense of the United States is a serious business. Breaches of national security are especially dangerous. But the Trump team's excuses - especially those from Pete Hegseth - are laughable.
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
The Trump Team’s Denials Are Laughable
The president’s officials must know that what they did in the Signal group chat was wrong—and dangerous.
www.theatlantic.com
March 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The defense of the United States is a serious business. Breaches of national security are especially dangerous. But the Trump team's excuses - especially those from Pete Hegseth - are laughable.
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Rep. Crow: “It’s outrageous. And it is a leadership failure. And that’s why Secretary Hegseth, who undoubtedly transmitted classified, sensitive operational information via this chain, must resign immediately. There can be no fixes…until there is accountability.”
March 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Rep. Crow: “It’s outrageous. And it is a leadership failure. And that’s why Secretary Hegseth, who undoubtedly transmitted classified, sensitive operational information via this chain, must resign immediately. There can be no fixes…until there is accountability.”
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NBC News: The Espionage Act contains a provision making it crime to disclose national defense secrets "through gross negligence."
The law does not require info be classified, because it was written before the classification system existed. The law refers simply to "national defense information."
The law does not require info be classified, because it was written before the classification system existed. The law refers simply to "national defense information."
Negligently disclosing national defense information is illegal — and it doesn't have to be classified
The Espionage Act, the law that often has been used in criminal cases involving leaks or mishandling of classified information, contains a provision making it
www.nbcnews.com
March 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
NBC News: The Espionage Act contains a provision making it crime to disclose national defense secrets "through gross negligence."
The law does not require info be classified, because it was written before the classification system existed. The law refers simply to "national defense information."
The law does not require info be classified, because it was written before the classification system existed. The law refers simply to "national defense information."
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On the left: Hegseth's message.
On the right: the applicable CENTCOM classification guide provisions.
This is all very plainly classified at the SECRET level.
They all lied. They should all lose their jobs.
On the right: the applicable CENTCOM classification guide provisions.
This is all very plainly classified at the SECRET level.
They all lied. They should all lose their jobs.
March 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
On the left: Hegseth's message.
On the right: the applicable CENTCOM classification guide provisions.
This is all very plainly classified at the SECRET level.
They all lied. They should all lose their jobs.
On the right: the applicable CENTCOM classification guide provisions.
This is all very plainly classified at the SECRET level.
They all lied. They should all lose their jobs.
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First off, Pete Hegseth is a disgrace and should be fired.
Second, instead of being an asshole and trash-talking the journalist, he should be thanking him for not posting anything top-secret that’s still to come.
Second, instead of being an asshole and trash-talking the journalist, he should be thanking him for not posting anything top-secret that’s still to come.
March 25, 2025 at 4:18 AM
First off, Pete Hegseth is a disgrace and should be fired.
Second, instead of being an asshole and trash-talking the journalist, he should be thanking him for not posting anything top-secret that’s still to come.
Second, instead of being an asshole and trash-talking the journalist, he should be thanking him for not posting anything top-secret that’s still to come.
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The entire conversation is a disaster. It was an illegal use of a disappearing messaging app which none of them objected to. Hegseth appears to have copied and pasted the targeting packages into the chat, and Witkoff was literally in Moscow when he joined the chat. open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
It's a thousand times worse than you think
Their little group chat is the tip of a truly historic intelligence breach
open.substack.com
March 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The entire conversation is a disaster. It was an illegal use of a disappearing messaging app which none of them objected to. Hegseth appears to have copied and pasted the targeting packages into the chat, and Witkoff was literally in Moscow when he joined the chat. open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
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www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Every accusation is a projection, autopen/ didn’t know what he was signing edition
Every accusation is a projection, autopen/ didn’t know what he was signing edition
If Trump didn’t sign the Alien Enemies Act proclamation, who — or what — did?
Did Trump misspeak? Is he trying to deflect a decision under heavy legal scrutiny onto Secretary of State Marco Rubio?
www.washingtonpost.com
March 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Every accusation is a projection, autopen/ didn’t know what he was signing edition
Every accusation is a projection, autopen/ didn’t know what he was signing edition
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Weingarten: If you think this is unprecedented. You’re not crazy. It is. It is. We have never faced the kind of assault on people that has happened in the last 60 plus days.
March 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Weingarten: If you think this is unprecedented. You’re not crazy. It is. It is. We have never faced the kind of assault on people that has happened in the last 60 plus days.
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Morris is a former spiritual adviser to President Donald Trump, and Gateway — one of the nation’s largest megachurches — has been particularly active in politics. In 2020, Trump held a “Roundtable on Transition to Greatness” there that was attended by then-U.S. Attorney General William Barr…
Robert Morris, Texas megachurch pastor and former Trump adviser, indicted for child sex crimes.
Robert Morris, Texas megachurch pastor and former Trump adviser, indicted for child sex crimes
Morris is a former spiritual adviser to President Donald Trump, and Gateway — one of the nation’s largest megachurches — has been particularly active in Dallas-area GOP politics.
www.texastribune.org
March 13, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Morris is a former spiritual adviser to President Donald Trump, and Gateway — one of the nation’s largest megachurches — has been particularly active in politics. In 2020, Trump held a “Roundtable on Transition to Greatness” there that was attended by then-U.S. Attorney General William Barr…
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Can't even secure Twitter's servers -- but sure, give him control over Govt servers in social security, IRS, Justice, Medicaid and Medicare .. and let him 'update' the air traffic control system. I mean, c'mon folks. @wired.com doing the work, again. www.wired.com/story/x-ddos...
What Really Happened With the DDoS Attacks That Took Down X
Elon Musk said a “massive cyberattack” disrupted X on Monday and pointed to “IP addresses originating in the Ukraine area” as the source of the attack. Security experts say that's not how it works.
www.wired.com
March 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Can't even secure Twitter's servers -- but sure, give him control over Govt servers in social security, IRS, Justice, Medicaid and Medicare .. and let him 'update' the air traffic control system. I mean, c'mon folks. @wired.com doing the work, again. www.wired.com/story/x-ddos...
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"Vote for the bill so that the president can refuse to spend the money you just voted for" is whole other level of saying the quiet part out loud.
March 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
"Vote for the bill so that the president can refuse to spend the money you just voted for" is whole other level of saying the quiet part out loud.
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Our national shame knows no bounds under the Trumperate of Trump/Musk/Vance.
March 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Our national shame knows no bounds under the Trumperate of Trump/Musk/Vance.
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If you're expressing "bewilderment" abt why Trump would betray US allies for Putin, you probably need to go back & read what Trump was up to when Mike Flynn investigation halted negotiations w/Kirill Dmitriev, who has picked up right where that left off.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/02/r...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/02/r...
Russia Russia Russia - emptywheel
Those expressing bewilderment about why Trump might be rushing to deliver Ukraine to Russia have somehow missed that Trump picked up right where such coordination halted in 2017 when the FBI caught wi...
www.emptywheel.net
March 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM
If you're expressing "bewilderment" abt why Trump would betray US allies for Putin, you probably need to go back & read what Trump was up to when Mike Flynn investigation halted negotiations w/Kirill Dmitriev, who has picked up right where that left off.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/02/r...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/02/r...
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The King is still meeting Ukraine’s President Zelensky in the saloon at Sandringham House this evening. The president had requested the meeting and the monarch, a supporter of Ukraine’s fight against Russian aggression, agreed on UK government advice. Photos from PA.
March 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The King is still meeting Ukraine’s President Zelensky in the saloon at Sandringham House this evening. The president had requested the meeting and the monarch, a supporter of Ukraine’s fight against Russian aggression, agreed on UK government advice. Photos from PA.
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No one wants a paper trail because spending funds Congress has not appropriated is colloquially known as “stealing from the US Treasury.”
March 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
No one wants a paper trail because spending funds Congress has not appropriated is colloquially known as “stealing from the US Treasury.”
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Why didn't General McAuliffe just put on a suit and sign whatever the Germans wanted him to sign?
March 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Why didn't General McAuliffe just put on a suit and sign whatever the Germans wanted him to sign?
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. @dougjones.bsky.social weighs in on the Oval Office ambush 🔥
“The President has made the United States of America, the greatest country in the history of this planet….look weak…run by a couple of junior high school kids who would rather argue in a locker room than discuss…peace & security.”
“The President has made the United States of America, the greatest country in the history of this planet….look weak…run by a couple of junior high school kids who would rather argue in a locker room than discuss…peace & security.”
March 2, 2025 at 1:51 AM
. @dougjones.bsky.social weighs in on the Oval Office ambush 🔥
“The President has made the United States of America, the greatest country in the history of this planet….look weak…run by a couple of junior high school kids who would rather argue in a locker room than discuss…peace & security.”
“The President has made the United States of America, the greatest country in the history of this planet….look weak…run by a couple of junior high school kids who would rather argue in a locker room than discuss…peace & security.”
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This isn’t just waste. This isn’t just fraud. This isn’t just abuse! The time and expense it takes to send 3,000 troops to the border for no reason is the goddamn epitome of waste, fraud AND abuse. 🤦♂️
Reconcile this with the White House’s own admission that illegal border crossings have “plummeted”.
🚨 BREAKING: Pentagon Sending 3,000 additional troops to the southwestern border, rushing to comply with Trump’s executive order.
🚨 BREAKING: Pentagon Sending 3,000 additional troops to the southwestern border, rushing to comply with Trump’s executive order.
March 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This isn’t just waste. This isn’t just fraud. This isn’t just abuse! The time and expense it takes to send 3,000 troops to the border for no reason is the goddamn epitome of waste, fraud AND abuse. 🤦♂️
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This page links 22 stories, each showing that DOGE doesn't know what the fuck it's doing. And yet, it's not an enormous scandal that Trump has let all these boys who know fuckall what they're looking at free access to govt servers.
www.emptywheel.net/portfolio-it...
www.emptywheel.net/portfolio-it...
DOGE Debunking - emptywheel
Running Xitter threads from Momentum Chaser January 30: Fact Check: No evidence US spent $50 million on condoms for Gaza January 30: FACT FOCUS: No evidence that $50 million was designated by the US t...
www.emptywheel.net
March 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This page links 22 stories, each showing that DOGE doesn't know what the fuck it's doing. And yet, it's not an enormous scandal that Trump has let all these boys who know fuckall what they're looking at free access to govt servers.
www.emptywheel.net/portfolio-it...
www.emptywheel.net/portfolio-it...
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Private companies that sell data that NOAA provides the public for free - as a public good/necessity - have been gunning for NOAA for decades.
The bloodbath at NOAA apparently included meteorologists with the National Weather Service; scientists inside what’s simply known as NOAA Research, or the office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) more formally; technicians that keep up the country’s weather instrumentation;
NOAA returns/produces so much more money to the American economy than it costs, no stories about any of this should allow them the absolutely bullshit "savings" framing
March 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Private companies that sell data that NOAA provides the public for free - as a public good/necessity - have been gunning for NOAA for decades.
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Media folks still amplifying the misinformation here, by calling gross cancelled spending “savings”.
It’s not *savings* unless a credible source has done an analysis that shows the *same quality and quantity* of services are still being delivered at lower (social) costs. And that hasn’t been done.
It’s not *savings* unless a credible source has done an analysis that shows the *same quality and quantity* of services are still being delivered at lower (social) costs. And that hasn’t been done.
NEW @npr.org: When DOGE updated its savings tracker this week with new “receipts,” it quietly deleted errors worth billions, added new errors and still has little verified savings from cancelling contracts — about $2.3 billion (up from ~$2 billion)
More digging:
More digging:
DOGE's savings page fixed old mistakes — and added new ones
An NPR review of new data added to DOGE's "wall of receipts" finds the group quietly changed previous errors, added new ones and still has little verified savings to show for its work.
www.npr.org
March 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Media folks still amplifying the misinformation here, by calling gross cancelled spending “savings”.
It’s not *savings* unless a credible source has done an analysis that shows the *same quality and quantity* of services are still being delivered at lower (social) costs. And that hasn’t been done.
It’s not *savings* unless a credible source has done an analysis that shows the *same quality and quantity* of services are still being delivered at lower (social) costs. And that hasn’t been done.