Lmao Waltz saying he is going to try and figure out "how the heck he got into this room" and then the first text screenshot literally says "Michael Waltz added you to the group" is so goddamn hilarious to me.
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They dropped the guy’s girlfriend’s apartment building on him to kill him.
Hope it was a townhouse and not a tower.
The fucking disregard for human life.
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So thankful we avoided GeNoCiDe JoE!
This is way better! …but then again, the world is only black or white… so maybe not. I guess the internet wanted this and so here we are.
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OK extremely explosive texts sent via signal, a no go because of security concerns and people screaming. Yeah wtf how much have you been upside down? American ISP's and important infrastructure has been completely hacked with the Chinese for a long time (thus certainly also forwarding to Russia) and Trump has ended all attempts against what companies directly and lets the attackers continue peacefully in. Not a no go? No uprising? So if Russia and China can secretly monitor all traffic in America (so that end devices can also be infected and messages can be attacked directly even before anything is encrypted) is that absolutely ok...?
Dafuq wtf
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Why do people even fight for these clowns?
Jesus Christ, they're just so fucking stupid. This is the kind of thing that would see employees of a major corporation fired in an instant, but I just know that these careless chucklefucks are going to be in my news feed for a while yet, possibly another four years so long as they keep currying the favour of Trump. This shit is pathetic, the rest of the world is embarrassed on behalf of American citizens for having to deal with this incompetence.
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If there's one thing that "both sides" agree on, it's that it's ok to murder people in Yemen. Just don't mess up the genociding with poor OpSec, because that's a problem. smh.
These people won't get in trouble because they're serving fascism. It doesn't matter if they leak their wacko plans because they're attacking impoverished non-white people on the other side of the planet.
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A CIA spokesperson asked us to withhold the name of John Ratcliffe’s chief of staff, which Ratcliffe had shared in the Signal chain, because CIA intelligence officers are traditionally not publicly identified. Ratcliffe had testified earlier yesterday that the officer is not undercover and said it was “completely appropriate” to share their name in the Signal conversation. We will continue to withhold the name of the officer. Otherwise, the messages are unredacted.
The news outlet these fucktards accidentally leaked their detailed operational plan and timeline to...
... is still excersizing better OPSEC than the actual head of the CIA.
EDIT:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=_2sODSpJo2A
Watch this clip of Mark Kelly with some pretty on point questions for Gabbard and Ratcliffe, listen to their responses, and go read through the full text chat.
Watch more of the hearings.
I think there's a pretty decent case Tulsi actually fucked up enough in her testimony that she actually did a perjury, Ratcliffe however, was both a bit more conciliatory and ever so slightly more honest, and also a bit better at just giving 'I don't recall' answers.
Exactly.
Gabbard tried to be more clever than she actually is.
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Well, we all knew they would be damning as fuck and they are damning as fuck.
How they goaded him into releasing those damning as fuck texts instead of just saying "sorry, we fucked up" is beyond me but here we find ourselves.
Feel like they're gonna throw Hegseth under the bus now.
Remember "covfefe?"
If they admit they fucked up, they look "weak" to their base, which expects "strong men." Normal human traits like empathy and humility are anathema to these creeps.
Feel like they're gonna throw Hegseth under the ~~bus~~ Cybertruck now.
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Ten Bezos Bux says nothing will come of this.
Do you want something to come out of this? I personally don't want Trump (or any other US president) having an efficient war machine.
Trump has already written it off saying “Waltz learned his lesson.”
So now we get to see if anyone is actually willing to stand up to Trump.
Why not hire someone who isn’t learning their lessons as they go? You know, someone with experience?
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Who CARES? They will LIVE and LEARN! Unlike HER EMAILS!
What happened with her emails? HRC was prosecuted or something? Or did they just do nothing then too?
The state almost never punishes itself.
Turns out she was innocent. She didn't follow the protocol for classified documents. However the documents were not classified until after they were sent. She didn't break the law.
It didn't stop them though. Something must've been in those documents because they got buried in bureaucracy in following lawsuits.
In June 2016, in response to the Republican National Committee's complaints filed in March 2016, the State Department estimates it will take 75 years to complete the review of documents which are responsive to the complaints. It has been observed that a delay of this nature would cause the documents to remain out of public view longer than the vast majority of classified documents which must be declassified after 25 years.
What about "Fast And Furious?"
The take there was that the President is personally responsible for any action taken by any subordinate.
My favorite quote is the one where he says it could leak lol
"...If this leaks we look indecisive"
Try incompetent beyond reason. This clown world is funny if people weren't dying.
Also this:
Pete Hegseth, after broadly describing the big picture situation/rationale for the strike, that same block of text you pulled the 'we look indecisive' from:
But, we can easily pause. And if we do, I will do all we can to enforce 100% OPSEC.
... I don't even know what to say.
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They shouldn't be doing any of that on Signal anyway.
This is beyond bat shit nutz. We gotta throw these idiots in prison NOW. There’s so much more in those texts and 3 times more people involved. Also these dumb fucks lied under oath yesterday! Can’t be trusted, way under qualified and they’re territorial to this country. What happened to “common sense”? Always fucking Opposite Day with these clowns. Throw them in prison!
Ideally, yes, you're right. But... gestures broadly at United States judiciary it doesn't seem likely, unfortunately.
Given that these are military-related crimes, would it not be the courts-martial that should be arresting and prosecuting them rather than the regular judiciary? I'm not American and I'm not sure how it works over there, but I did watch "A Few Good Men"
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Time to start bringing the fight to them. https://www.mobilize.us/ Online voice doesn’t go as far. Start protesting.
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