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Summary

The Atlantic has published unredacted attack plans (non-paywall link) shared in a Signal group chat of senior Trump officials, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, and DNI Tulsi Gabbard.

Editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg released the full texts after officials denied sharing war plans or classified information, arguing transparency was necessary amid accusations of dishonesty.

The leaked messages detailed U.S. military strikes targeting Houthis in Yemen.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

I'd be afraid of being arrested for treason even though Trump's people claim it wasn't classified

[–] [email protected] 133 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

So yesterday they lied to congress more often than they told the truth? So many "I don't recall" when in fact they could pull it up on their phone and know? Traitors to American families every one of them

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

But I thought the defense secretary said it didn't happen! It's a smear job!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Lock him up!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

He looks really special in that pic.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

Good. Should have done that to begin with.

[–] [email protected] 198 points 2 weeks ago (24 children)

So many people talking about the fact that this leaked, and not enough are talking about what leaked.

We have political leaders throwing up fire emoji's over dropping a building on a terrorist, with no regard for the, what, dozens? of innocent lives that were lost in the crossfire.

If you have to kill someone, sure, that's a moral position we can discuss. No one should ever be celebrating it, particularly when others died in the process. But hey, they're not Americans, so they don't count.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

We have political leaders throwing up fire emoji's over dropping a building on a terrorist, with no regard for the, what, dozens? of innocent lives that were lost in the crossfire.

Correction: They dropped a building on a "terrorist" (read: brown person the US doesn't like).

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

If you have to kill someone, sure, that's a moral position we can discuss. No one should ever be celebrating it, particularly when others died in the process

I can think of a few deaths worth celebrating

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It's like the confirmation of Brett Kavenau when he threw a hissy fit about how he "likes beer"...

That in and of itself should have disqualified him. If someone isn't capable of being even-keeled and not throwing a temper tantrum, then they shouldn't hold the highest judicial office in the land...

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

We're talking about the same guys funded by the guy who says the ideal society is Mordor. This doesn't surprise anyone. Everyone is expendable for the company's machine, they wouldn't mind targeting innocent people, let alone causing civilian casualties when targeting real terrorists.

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

idk why anybody is surprised, seeing how the republicans operate this should be obvious as fuck

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