Michael Kackman
@mkackman.bsky.social
Media historian at the University of Notre Dame, and given the circumstances, a reasonably friendly grump.
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Across the last 48 hours, “Signalgate” has morphed from one scandal into what I think is best thought of as five distinct overlapping scandals, as well as providing some fascinating political insight into who has power and how decisions get made in Trump II. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-five-s...
The Five Scandals (and One Fascinating Political Insight) of Signalgate
The Trump administration's group chat tells a lot about itself
www.doomsdayscenario.co
March 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Across the last 48 hours, “Signalgate” has morphed from one scandal into what I think is best thought of as five distinct overlapping scandals, as well as providing some fascinating political insight into who has power and how decisions get made in Trump II. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-five-s...
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Holy shit.
Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard: Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online - DER SPIEGEL
Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard: Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online - DER SPIEGEL
Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard: Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online
Donald Trump's most important security advisers used Signal to discuss an imminent military strike. Now, reporting by DER SPIEGEL has found that the contact data of some of those officials, including mobile phone numbers, is freely accessible on the internet.
www.spiegel.de
March 27, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Holy shit.
Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard: Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online - DER SPIEGEL
Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard: Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online - DER SPIEGEL
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Very excited about this timely initiative.
📣 Big news: We’re launching a bold policy agenda for local news and civic information.
Crafted by members of the Media Power Collaborative, our call to action is clear: Journalism is a public good. We need policies that treat it as such.
➡️ mediapowercollab.org/policy-agenda
Crafted by members of the Media Power Collaborative, our call to action is clear: Journalism is a public good. We need policies that treat it as such.
➡️ mediapowercollab.org/policy-agenda
February 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Very excited about this timely initiative.