I guess Elon and his teenagers couldn't find any actual corruption to do with Social Security, so he added his own: The Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to X The Social Security Administration will no longer be communicating with the media and the public through press releases and âdear colleagueâ letters, as it shifts its public communication exclusively to X...
I wish the media and Democrats would get past the Text/Using Signal/Incompetence issues of this thing and get to the meat on the bone. Why were US pilots put in harms way to create a way to shake down Europe for protection $? This was more a publicity stunt than a real War plan. "We need to send a message" - to whom? Did killing a bunch of civilians and a couple of Houthies on land open up the shipping lanes? No it did not. So why was it done? So Trump can look strong and make Europe pay. So again, why put our servicemen in harms way? What did Trump know about it and when did he know it? Go for the head of the Regime, not the useless co-conspirators.
Good point but not one that is reallly going to get any traction. There will be some excuse that it was done in some indirect shape or form to serve Americaâs interests. To Trump⦠sending a message might be sufficient justification.
Now if American lives were lost in the conflict (especially if it was in conjunction with an information leak)⦠there would be more questions raised as to the âwhyâ of it.
I wish the media and Democrats would get past the Text/Using Signal/Incompetence issues of this thing and get to the meat on the bone. Why were US pilots put in harms way to create a way to shake down Europe for protection $? This was more a publicity stunt than a real War plan. "We need to send a message" - to whom? Did killing a bunch of civilians and a couple of Houthies on land open up the shipping lanes? No it did not. So why was it done? So Trump can look strong and make Europe pay. So again, why put our servicemen in harms way? What did Trump know about it and when did he know it? Go for the head of the Regime, not the useless co-conspirators.
Thereâs no question that the Democratic Party is suffering an identity crisis. The party screwed up. And here we are.
But that doesnât make Democrats responsible for Trumpâs contemptuous (and contemptible) dealings with our allies. It doesnât mean that Democrats get the blame for the current gutting of vital government projects. The assault on scientific research, the anti-science of Kennedy, the antics of Musk â none of that is on Democrats. And yet some of the commentary I read and discussions I hear suggest or communicate as much.
Just as Kurtster is trying to pin this Marvel Comic Book mishap on the Atlantic Reporter 'who didn't speak up' when the frat boys were lighting a bonfire to sensitive military information for everyone to see, is a textbook example of Trumpist blame shift.
Yes, If Democrats had been smarter, humbler, more realistic, someone as lawless and lavishly flawed as Trump wouldnât have reclaimed the presidency mere years after his unconscionable attempt to steal it.
But don't lose sight of the fact that while Democratic error helped open the door to Trump, it didnât compel him to wreak havoc once he sauntered through it. It didnât foreordain his cruelty and nihilism. He and his team are the agents of the wreckage since his inauguration, each bit of it their considered, even gleeful, choice. Republicans are responsible for this.
Fair points. I do remember that. Kinda got lost in the dust up. Not a shining moment for anyone involved.
got lost in the dust that YOU threw up (well your handlers while working on their response).
This doesn't look bad for Goldberg. He took the appropriate cautions and it's fucking sad that he was being reasonable thinking it was a disinformation campaign. It's fucking pathetic that would be the smart cause, but instead it's just garden variety incompetence. And then you come around trying to defend it. You look as dumb as the team on that chat.
Perhaps Goldberg was somewhat skeptical that the people in the chat were actually who they claimed to be. He didn't confirm what had transpired in that chat until he had heard that the bombs were actually falling. ...After receiving the Waltz text related to the “Houthi PC small group,” I consulted a number of colleagues. We discussed the possibility that these texts were part of a disinformation campaign, initiated by either a foreign intelligence service or, more likely, a media-gadfly organization, the sort of group that attempts to place journalists in embarrassing positions, and sometimes succeeds. I had very strong doubts that this text group was real, because I could not believe that the national-security leadership of the United States would communicate on Signal about imminent war plans. I also could not believe that the national security adviser to the president would be so reckless as to include the editor in chief of The Atlantic in such discussions with senior U.S. officials, up to and including the vice president.
Fair points. I do remember that. Kinda got lost in the dust up. Not a shining moment for anyone involved.
