Summary
Lawmakers from both parties expressed outrage after The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief revealed he was accidentally included in a Trump administration Signal chat discussing Yemen airstrikes.
Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-Pa.) and Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.) called for investigations and firings, labeling it a serious security breach.
Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) criticized the use of non-secure systems, warning that adversaries like Russia and China could exploit it.
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) condemned the administration’s mishandling of classified information, saying it endangers national security.
No heads will roll. What most stories miss is that the main reason they didn’t use official channels for this (and most likely many of their other conversations as well) is that they don’t want to comply with the Federal Records Act. They don’t want there to be a record of a lot of the shit they’re saying and doing and plan to do.
Trump and his regime’s cabinet are truly evil and rotten to their core.
This was literally in the instructional videos that Heritage made for new Trump staffers under Project2025. To do as little as possible that complies with the Federal Records Act. This is that video.
Yeah, I know why the guy came clean, but it would have been so much more useful if we stayed on the chat. Really a big missed opportunity.
OTOH he did stay on it as long as he could while still being able to protect himself by saying he didn’t think it could be real and most likely a scam or attempt to entrap, plus the thread was basically over by then anyway.
Yep. If he stayed on the chat too long he would have been arrested for espionage and imprisoned for life.
The trump regime’s gross incompetence put him in a dangerous position.
Meanwhile, I suspect that someone on the inside quietly looped the journalist into the group as a way to expose what’s been going on. If so, that person is in grave danger.
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I haven’t found anything so far saying who invited him in. Just passive voice that he was “inadvertently” included. So in your source that it was Waltz, did it say whether he personally did it or was it one of his staff? I’d be interested to know how it happened. Did someone misunderstand who “JG” meant? (apparently it was just his initials). If so, who with the initials JG did they think they were inviting. I’d appreciate any link with that info if you have it.
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Make it happen Senate. It’s literally your job. So fucking do it
Remember in 2016 when the entire magat crowd screamed that Hillary should be locked up for using a private, secure server that was only accessible to authorized individuals?
Surely they won’t be hypocrites and try to brush this under the rug, or worse try to blame the editor-in-chief who had no desire to get wrapped up in this.
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thank you. people just need to stop it. we all get it. now what are we going to do about it?
no one is coming to save us.
guns.
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I’m shocked that the administration of “Put the big boxes of top secret docs under the bathroom chandelier” would mishandle secret war plans.
And just like that, everyone has stopped talking about hillary clintons emails.
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Congress: Somebody should really do something to rein this administration in!
The horrific absurdity is that even Trump was beginning sentences with “Somebody should …” AFTER he became president.
They are too used to the conspiracy-theorist, “humble-truth-finder” mindset EVEN when they are at the top.
I think Trump may do it just for the plausible deniability it implies.
Congress: why are the democrats silent?
Marco Rubio: “Alright, everybody, line up and get ready for the shooting of our own feet.”
McConnell: “Aren’t you guys going to do something about all this?”
Dems: “Like what? Go on tour?”
Dems: “Like what? Go on tour?”
Dems: “Our job is to convince American citizens that that Israel is a cool guy!”
Schumer’s just a cranky old man who still thinks bipartisanship is on the table.
Lots of petitions asking for him to resign as minority leader, and he’s so universally hated rn that he cancelled his book tour.
It’s OK! He LEARNED his Lesson! Again!
-Susan Collins!
Hegseth is now saying it didn’t actually happen, matching their incompetence with dishonesty, the tone of this “merit based” administration
The worst thing is aside from being inept and careless, there is no chance they aren’t selling secrets to anyone willing to pay.
I agree that “heads should roll”…literally.
- Guillotines for a better America
The really sad thing is that in this scenario only Republicans matter. As long as they keep treating Trump as some kind of god-emperor, nothing will happen.
I was going to say “treating him as a king”, but England and Canada have kings and would never put up with this kind of shit from a king. England hasn’t put up with kings acting this way since the Magna Carta was signed.
God-Emperor is literally what they called him on r/thedonald
But that was just a joke hurr durr
Every joke is based off of truth. They weren’t really joking.
I might be wrong, but I recall the thedonald being pretty much a joke sub until it was hijacked by nazis and maggats.
I don’t remember that. I never remember them being anything but poisonous.
They were always trying to “joke” their way into the front page, but their intention was always to crowd out opposing opinions.
Bad actors always use “free speech” and “tolerance” against their opponents to gain a foothold, and then use that foothold to leverage a pogrom.
Over and over again.
Yep, it started that way.
That’s literally what his base thinks he is, they don’t think he’s godly they think he’s ordained by God because Jerry Falwell endorsed him but that only happened because Cohen blackmailed him.
He’s going to turn into a sand-worm?
The only person in real danger here is the journalist.
And the yemenis but they’ve got the wrong skin tone for anybody to even mention. Genocide is completely normalized.
Living in the imperial core where a chat error is far bigger scandal than a genocide.
well said. I’m surprised at the reaction towards this specific event.
the administration is purging the federal government, rerouting tens of thousands of federal agents to enforce immigration (literally 80% of ATF is now focused on immigration. DEA, FBI, IRS, and more are all being recruited to help with immigration), illegally ignoring court orders, using a Stasi-like group of unmarked federal agents to intimidate with threats of criminal prosecution and force people into compliance (look at what happened at the SS office or the non-profit U.S. Institute of Peace), giving executive orders that are blatantly and explicitly unconstitutional (like the one to end birthright citizenship)
that isn’t even starting to mention the genocide happening in Palestine that is not only being condoned but openly embraced. we are arresting and attempting to deport individuals whose only crime is that they are anti-Israel. permanent residents are being denied entry into the country because they have a photo of a Hezbollah leader on their phone
the administration is using coercion and threats to force over 60 universities (Colombia being the most visible) to change the things they are teach, abandon certain policies, suppress student speech, and dramatically increase police presence. all in the name of fighting “anti-semitism”
it has only been a couple of months and right now Congress is making a stink about a text message
How dare you let the proles know we’re bombing people for no good reason?
Killing people in the middle east has been a source of income for us since the 1950s, a chat room error can only happen since the 90s, it’s the new interesting thing for the media to gawk at as people are being killed.
Democrats…“Why I oughta…If I only…boy oh boy are you ever…sigh”.
Heads should roll? Maybe, if you ask nicely, the French may share some equipment and experience.
We actually preserved a few ones. We would be happy to provide. We can even take the 25% tarrif on our account.
