Lauren Garrison, PhD (she/her) @Evolutioness

CISA – a federal agency that helps secure elections from foreign threats and disinformation – has placed its employees on administrative leave. The move puts the security and integrity of elections in the U.S. at risk: hubs.ly/Q036GGdc0

There is a debate about whether the operational details Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared in the Signal Group Chat were "classified" or not. So I surveyed a range of current and former US defense officials who agreed "war plans" is not the right term but what was shared may have been FAR MORE sensitive given the operational details and time stamps ahead of the operation, which could have placed US military pilots in harms way. What Hegseth shared two hours ahead of the strikes were time sensitive “attack orders” or “operational plans” with actual timing of the strikes and mention of F18s, MQ9 Reapers and Tomahawks. This information is typically sent through classified channels to the commanders in the field as “secret, no forn” message. In other words the information is "classified" and should not be shared through insecure channels. “Attack orders” or “attack sequence” puts the joint force directly and immediately at risk, according to former senior defense official #1. “It allows the enemy to move the target and increase lethal actions against US forces.” This kind of real time operational information is more sensitive than “war plans,” which makes this lapse more egregious, according to two former senior US defense officials. “This information was clearly classified,” according to former senior defense official #1. The Defense Secretary can retroactively declassify information after the fact, but the fact that this was shared in real time before the strike took place makes it unlikely to have been declassified when it was being shared and seen by the journalist for The Atlantic who was inadvertently included in the Signal chat. According to a second former senior US defense official, when Hegseth says he didn’t release “war plans” that is pure semantics. These were “attack plans.” “If you are revealing who is going to be attacked (Houthis – the name of the text chain), it still gives the enemy warning. When you release the time of the attack – all of that is always ‘classified’.”

Jeffrey Goldberg: I’m thinking to myself I’m glad Mike Waltz didn’t invite a Houthi or a Russian spy into the group. I’m reading this wondering why would the Secretary of the Treasury need to know the precise attack sequence of this upcoming operation

The Yemen war plans leak can't be a one day story. Why? Because it encapsulates so much that it so dangerous about this Administration: the incompetence, the belief that the law doesn't the apply to them, the unconscionable gaslighting.

Our billionaire social security commissioner talking about shutting down #SocialSecurity #stopoligarchy

More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS

a year ago

BREAKING: Acting Social Security commissioner Leland Dudek says he is consulting with the Justice Department about shutting down the agency. Dudek told the Washington Post: “Unless I get clarification, I’ll just start to shut it down. I don’t have much of a choice here.”

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@PaulWeissLLP Disgraceful cowardice on display today. Sellouts.

BREAKING: Trump signs an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education. While the department cannot be entirely shut down without Congress’s approval, the order directs it to be eliminated as much as is possible under federal law. hubs.ly/Q03cQLww0

Is the Government Shutting Down? Here's what’s happening. (Part 3)

Senator Adam Schiff @SenAdamSchiff

a year ago

Is the Government Shutting Down? Here's what’s happening. (Part 2)

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@kolasi78083 @ashtoncirillo Indeed

The Nate Vance #UkraineRussiaWar interview. The soldier cousin of JD Vance. #Ukraine

Erin Burnett OutFront @OutFrontCNN

2 years ago

"It was just really disappointing to see it" and "I disagreed with that tact." JD Vance’s cousin who volunteered to fight in Ukraine speaks to OutFront against the VP's treatment of Zelensky in the Oval Office.

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@kolasi78083 @ashtoncirillo New CNN interview today

Nate Vance, a Texas native who volunteered for Ukraine, fought on the front lines against Russia for 3 years—and is pissed at his cousin for hurting his comrades there. trib.al/6Ewde3i

Today, we unequivocally and unapologetically reaffirm, to the United States of America and to the World, the following undeniable and indisputable facts. We ask all Americans, including all elected officials from all Parties and all levels of Government, to join us by sharing and reposting this message for the World to see: 🇺🇸 Three years ago today, Vladimir Putin illegally invaded Ukraine without justification and without provocation.   🇺🇸 The United States of America stands for the Rule of Law, and respects and defends the borders and territorial sovereignty of all Freedom-Loving Nations.   🇺🇸 Ukraine is an independent, sovereign, and freedom-loving nation, and is an ally of the United States of America and the Free World.   🇺🇸 Vladimir Putin, through his illegal invasions, genocide, kidnapping, rape, torture and murder of innocent civilians, including women and children, is an enemy of the United States of America and the Free World.   🇺🇸 The United States of America stands with Democracies and opposes Dictatorships. 🇺🇸 Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the Legitimately Elected President of Ukraine through a free and fair election.   🇺🇸 Vladimir Putin is an Unelected Dictator who imprisons his political opponents and who has never held a free and fair election.   🇺🇸 The Ukrainian election has been delayed because Ukraine is under daily relentlessly bombings, over 200 per day, by Vladimir Putin, and Ukraine is in a State of 24/7 Martial Law.   🇺🇸 Ukraine will hold their elections as soon as Vladimir Putin stops his unprovoked, unjustified daily bombings inside Ukraine. 🇺🇸 If Putin is rewarded for his illegal invasion and genocide, this will serve as a green-light incentive to other Dictators, such as CCP Chairman Xi Jinping, to pursue their own conquests (i.e. Taiwan), which will lead to more instability across the Globe. 🇺🇸 Dictators like Vladimir Putin are the Adult Versions of the School Yard Bullies that we all confronted in Grade School. And they must be dealt with in the same exact way. There is Peace through Strength, and there is War through Weakness. There is no magical third option.   #PeaceThroughStrength

Watch this and then tell us if you think Reagan would be on the side of Zelenskyy.

Robbi F @robbi_fahey

2 years ago

I will not support Trump in his appeasement for peace by surrendering to Putin. A cold-blooded murdering dictator, who’s a big sponsor of terrorism and allies with China, Iran and North Korea. Go pound sand.

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America has always been a pillar of freedom and democracy. We have to have the moral clarity to know the difference between good and evil and right and wrong. We can’t blur those lines. We must choose a side, and it should never be the side of dictators.

The extreme budget from Republicans will throw working families under the bus, all so they can give tax cuts to billionaires 🎥👇

Meanwhile, layoffs at the IRS during tax season and a plan to raise the deficit by 4 trillion to give big tax breaks to billionaires. You can’t spell Felon without Elon. #Budget2025 #Corruption #USPolitics

You can’t spell felon without Elon.

Why did DOGE allow this waste? How did this 15 million dollars spent for 3.5 hours benefit the American people? #Dodge #Corruption