If the Trump team is regularly discussing classified information in group chats, is this why Russia has been eating our lunch in Ukraine negotiations?
March 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
If the Trump team is regularly discussing classified information in group chats, is this why Russia has been eating our lunch in Ukraine negotiations?
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I think it's even worse than this, tbh. The point that I made in my post about Trumpian decision analysis is that there are very little boundaries about *who or what* can actually be an input into the policy planning process
i think the takeaway we should have for the idea that "staffs exist" is that they actually don't; the government is being run by a few hundred people under the tight leash of a few dozen people. this is because there is no constituency anywhere for the constellation of views held by administration.
March 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I think it's even worse than this, tbh. The point that I made in my post about Trumpian decision analysis is that there are very little boundaries about *who or what* can actually be an input into the policy planning process
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Circling back on this…
March 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Circling back on this…
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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.
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.
March 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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.
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.
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Jeffries: "This is reckless, irresponsible, and dangerous. Who are some of these people that Donald Trump has put into the most sensitive national security positions in America? ... the secretary of defense who was on that chain has got to be the most unqualified person ever to lead the Pentagon."
March 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Jeffries: "This is reckless, irresponsible, and dangerous. Who are some of these people that Donald Trump has put into the most sensitive national security positions in America? ... the secretary of defense who was on that chain has got to be the most unqualified person ever to lead the Pentagon."
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Really key stuff here. DOGE flipped the Institute's security contractors - Inter-Con - against them by threatening to cancel all their security contracts across the federal government.
This is where DOGE's money meets up with guns and the lawyers are kicked to the side.
This is where DOGE's money meets up with guns and the lawyers are kicked to the side.
BREAKING: DOGE Strong-Armed USIP Security Contractors to Switch Sides talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/break...
March 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Really key stuff here. DOGE flipped the Institute's security contractors - Inter-Con - against them by threatening to cancel all their security contracts across the federal government.
This is where DOGE's money meets up with guns and the lawyers are kicked to the side.
This is where DOGE's money meets up with guns and the lawyers are kicked to the side.
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WIRED is tracking numerous reports of Musk-related shenanigans across the federal govt.
We're looking for fed employees open to discussing the activity they're seeing or to help confirm other reports. Anonymity offered.
Please use @signal.org (contact dell.3030). Do not use work networks/devices.
We're looking for fed employees open to discussing the activity they're seeing or to help confirm other reports. Anonymity offered.
Please use @signal.org (contact dell.3030). Do not use work networks/devices.
February 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
WIRED is tracking numerous reports of Musk-related shenanigans across the federal govt.
We're looking for fed employees open to discussing the activity they're seeing or to help confirm other reports. Anonymity offered.
Please use @signal.org (contact dell.3030). Do not use work networks/devices.
We're looking for fed employees open to discussing the activity they're seeing or to help confirm other reports. Anonymity offered.
Please use @signal.org (contact dell.3030). Do not use work networks/devices.
So um @emptywheel.bsky.social why do you think they want lists of all FBI agents that worked on the charges against Hamas
February 1, 2025 at 12:31 PM
So um @emptywheel.bsky.social why do you think they want lists of all FBI agents that worked on the charges against Hamas
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Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
January 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
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Anyway as they pull bodies out of the Potomac bear in mind that the guiding ethos of Trumpism is that the TSA, NTSB, and FAA should be radically downsized and run by dudes whose main qualifications are loyalty are a willingness to say “cunt” a lot
January 30, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Anyway as they pull bodies out of the Potomac bear in mind that the guiding ethos of Trumpism is that the TSA, NTSB, and FAA should be radically downsized and run by dudes whose main qualifications are loyalty are a willingness to say “cunt” a lot
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New York Times' Peter Baker: Trump has a simple message, he's in charge.
President Donald J. Trump: How could the people in charge fail to prevent this deadly crash? Someone ought to do something!
President Donald J. Trump: How could the people in charge fail to prevent this deadly crash? Someone ought to do something!
January 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
New York Times' Peter Baker: Trump has a simple message, he's in charge.
President Donald J. Trump: How could the people in charge fail to prevent this deadly crash? Someone ought to do something!
President Donald J. Trump: How could the people in charge fail to prevent this deadly crash? Someone ought to do something!
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4. First air disaster in 16 years.
5. Air Traffic Control stretched thin since Reagan.
6. President dissolves air safety board, threatens firings.
7. Where are the President and Secretary of Defense?
5. Air Traffic Control stretched thin since Reagan.
6. President dissolves air safety board, threatens firings.
7. Where are the President and Secretary of Defense?
January 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
4. First air disaster in 16 years.
5. Air Traffic Control stretched thin since Reagan.
6. President dissolves air safety board, threatens firings.
7. Where are the President and Secretary of Defense?
5. Air Traffic Control stretched thin since Reagan.
6. President dissolves air safety board, threatens firings.
7. Where are the President and Secretary of Defense?
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1. We won't know the cause of the airline accident until NTSB investigates.
2. The President posted a panicky accusation last night against the military. There was a contradictory official statement as well.
3. Why hasn't Hegseth made a statement?
2. The President posted a panicky accusation last night against the military. There was a contradictory official statement as well.
3. Why hasn't Hegseth made a statement?
January 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
1. We won't know the cause of the airline accident until NTSB investigates.
2. The President posted a panicky accusation last night against the military. There was a contradictory official statement as well.
3. Why hasn't Hegseth made a statement?
2. The President posted a panicky accusation last night against the military. There was a contradictory official statement as well.
3. Why hasn't Hegseth made a statement?
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Maybe cheap, maybe not. Completely fair for Dems to demand an investigation of whether Trump’s lawless, destabilizing blitz against the civil service, and his cronification of the Pentagon contributed to the accident in any way. Completely.
Sounds like a cheap hit. But maybe it wasn’t a great time to freeze hiring of new air traffic controllers for no reason why there was already a shortage. I’m not sure this is a stretch.
January 30, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Maybe cheap, maybe not. Completely fair for Dems to demand an investigation of whether Trump’s lawless, destabilizing blitz against the civil service, and his cronification of the Pentagon contributed to the accident in any way. Completely.
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The President is asking rhetorical questions about what federal government aircraft was doing, as if there's someone else who is supposed to have the answer. This is his responsibility. If he doesn't even know the answers, it's because he and his unqualified appointees are incompetent.
“Commander in Chief” jumps to throw military crew under the bus before any details are known. Coward.
We no longer have a leader in the White House but a conman who’s #1 goal is always to dodge responsibility.
Next time a R or D says “respect the office” remind them the President himself doesn’t.
We no longer have a leader in the White House but a conman who’s #1 goal is always to dodge responsibility.
Next time a R or D says “respect the office” remind them the President himself doesn’t.
January 30, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The President is asking rhetorical questions about what federal government aircraft was doing, as if there's someone else who is supposed to have the answer. This is his responsibility. If he doesn't even know the answers, it's because he and his unqualified appointees are incompetent.
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Army Blackhawk helicopters are crashing into passenger planes at DCA while the Secretary of Defense is on Fox News ranting about DEI
January 30, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Army Blackhawk helicopters are crashing into passenger planes at DCA while the Secretary of Defense is on Fox News ranting about DEI
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It's not unreasonable to want answers immediately from the President about why an Army helicopter was in front of a commercial jetliner, and to demand concrete steps to prevent it from happening again.
Buck stops with him. Or is he too busy with golf, EOs, and fake bribery settlements?
Buck stops with him. Or is he too busy with golf, EOs, and fake bribery settlements?
Reminder: Trump Fires Heads of TSA, Coast Guard and Guts Key Aviation Safety Advisory Committee www.usnews.com/news/politic...
www.usnews.com
January 30, 2025 at 3:56 AM
It's not unreasonable to want answers immediately from the President about why an Army helicopter was in front of a commercial jetliner, and to demand concrete steps to prevent it from happening again.
Buck stops with him. Or is he too busy with golf, EOs, and fake bribery settlements?
Buck stops with him. Or is he too busy with golf, EOs, and fake bribery settlements?
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haul musk before congress by next week and ask him exactly what they sent, why, whom they sent it to, who authorized it, and how many FAA employees accepted. drag vought’s ass back up and ask him the fucking same.
start with how many FAA employees they sent this to
Musk's people did the "Let's just do it and be legends" thing with those mass resignation emails without telling anyone. Or Trump's people just want everyone to think that, so Musk gets the, uh, credit for how it all went down www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
January 30, 2025 at 3:57 AM
haul musk before congress by next week and ask him exactly what they sent, why, whom they sent it to, who authorized it, and how many FAA employees accepted. drag vought’s ass back up and ask him the fucking same.
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headlines from a week ago as an incident near DCA appears to be the deadliest aviation disaster in the US since 9/11 www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
January 30, 2025 at 2:58 AM
headlines from a week ago as an incident near DCA appears to be the deadliest aviation disaster in the US since 9/11 www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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your average @kenwhite.bsky.social / normie interaction on the socials
January 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
your average @kenwhite.bsky.social / normie interaction on the socials
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For the next two weeks the stakes just got SO MUCH HIGHER for leaving your email unlocked and unattended.
January 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
For the next two weeks the stakes just got SO MUCH HIGHER for leaving your email unlocked and unattended.
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Next OPM email to include an exciting investment opportunity from a Nigerian prince
January 29, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Next OPM email to include an exciting investment opportunity from a Nigerian prince
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Largest federal worker union AFGE says Trump Admin's buyouts "will cause chaos" and should not be viewed as voluntary
January 29, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Largest federal worker union AFGE says Trump Admin's buyouts "will cause chaos" and should not be viewed as voluntary
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US government employees have just been given the option to decide now that they will resign in September.
Fork in the Road
www.opm.gov
January 29, 2025 at 12:23 AM
US government employees have just been given the option to decide now that they will resign in September.