Nobody is talking about how this all took place over Signal and that Hegseth was sharing classified war plans over this group chat, again, on Signal.
Government devices generally don’t let you install Signal. This means everybody on this group chat was using a personal device. Government systems don’t make it easy to exfiltrate classified information, this means someone went through effort to do this, or they were never properly classified to begin with. Government systems also don’t make it easy to accidentally add randos to group chats.
But let’s talk about the boxes in Biden’s garage or Hillary’s emails some more.
Don’t forget Hunter’s laptop!
I guess the problem is those American military installations; they can always say; “Look, you can’t block us from coming and inspecting our military bases”.
Maybe “agitated”?
Probably not, since it’s beyond the vocabulary of a 10 year old.
/jk
Despite my hatred for his politics I can’t disagree with David French’s assessment here, but of course the headline is very silly because if Hegseth had an ounce of honor he never would have been selected for the job in the first place.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/opinion/atlantic-hegseth-vance-houthis.html
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A space agency source likened dealing with NASA, Trump, and Musk to a relationship where one’s other half might “lash out at any moment in unpredictable ways.” They said their agency was “giving them loads of obedience in advance in the hope of keeping them happy.”
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Do the math, NASA - it doesn’t work out.
ETA:
I have issues with my Carrot-related amusements for a while now- I’ve avoided complaining as I don’twant to appear as though I am on the side of the meatbags… oh I’ve said too mulch…
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While the headline item in the memo is the cancellation of DCHRMS, Hegseth ordered cuts to additional programs, contracts, and grants too.
The memo mentioned the cancellation of more than $360 million in grant programs “in areas of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and related social programs, climate change, social science, COVID-19 pandemic response” and the like, stating these efforts were not aligned with the DoD’s current priorities.
We’ve reached out to the Defense Department to get a more complete list of the programs being terminated, but Hegseth did single out a couple in the video. In particular, he pointed to a $6 million grant for decarbonizing the emissions from US Navy ships and a $9 million university grant to develop “equitable AI and machine learning models.”
“I need lethal machine learning models,” Hegseth said. “Not equitable machine learning models.”
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Additional information, links:
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In one message in the encrypted chat, Hegseth wrote: “I will do all we can to enforce 100 percent OPSEC [operations security]. I welcome other thoughts."
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Military analyst and retired Australian Army Major General Mick Ryan has described the use of the secure chat app in this matter as “appalling.”
“By using Signal for such a sensitive issue, the participants demonstrate a cavalier attitude to operational security,” he wrote Tuesday, Australian time. “For a Secretary of Defense who allegedly values a war-fighting ethos, this shortfall in security is appalling. In normal times, this would see people sacked. I don’t expect that in this case though because these are not normal times.”
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The incident is doubly embarrassing for Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, who on March 14 Xeeted: “Any unauthorized release of classified information is a violation of the law and will be treated as such.”
Goldberg had been a member of the group for three days at the time of that tweet.
Signal co-founder Moxie Marlinspike couldn’t hide his glee.
“There are so many great reasons to be on Signal,” he opined. “Now including the opportunity for the vice president of the United States of America to randomly add you to a group chat for coordination of sensitive military operations. Don’t sleep on this opportunity…”
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Anti-vaccine advocate and health secretary for the United States, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., ordered the nonprofit he once chaired to delete a webpage that mimicked the design of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention while wrongly linking vaccines to autism.
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Apparently even RFK Jr. felt the webpage went too far. Or maybe it is simply that now, as the newly confirmed Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, he wants to use the institution and his newfound power to control the narrative.
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People including children were killed, but let’s flex our emojis and high five one another. At least Waltz didn’t use the 
flag.
