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Steve Thompson PhD

Republicans can't stop making pathetic excuses for war chat fiasco

dailykos.com/stories/2025/3/30

As fury mounts over the Trump administration’s leaking of classified military operations in an unsecure Signal group chat that included a reporter who did not have a security clearance, GOP lawmakers have continued to downplay the seriousness of the situation.

Daily KosRepublicans can't stop making pathetic excuses for war chat fiascoCongressional Cowards is a weekly series highlighting the worst Donald Trump defenders on Capitol Hill, who refuse to criticize him—no matter how disgraceful or lawless his actions. ...
#Signal#Trump#Hegseth
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Steve Thompson PhD

Another Senior Republican Endorses Independent Probe Into Signal Chat

newsweek.com/another-senior-re

Oklahoma Senator James Lankford is the latest senior Republican to endorse an independent probe into how President Donald Trump's national security officials ended up discussing military plans with a journalist on the messaging app Signal.

James Lankford
Newsweek · Another Senior Republican Endorses Independent Probe Into Signal ChatBy Giulia Carbonaro
#Signal#Signalgate#Hegseth
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Mark Deasy 🍉

Another article on the actual scandal within #signalscandal being the activity they were coordinating. Not the use of an app.


Trump's 'America Second' strategy of subjugating itself to Israel - in this case bombing targets that present no threat to the US in order to punish a group standing up to Israeli aggression against Palestinians, may likely be making US citizens less safe, not more. While breaking domestic law in defiance of international law. Sounds awfully familiar to Australian foreign policy.

In #Australia the relentless participation in US wars in the name of 'security' and 'alliance commitments' has demonstrably eroded security. While driving up costs and straining regional relationships. All while breaking laws, norms and conventions on behalf of foreign interests. While mouthing glib motherhood statements about 'the Rule of Law'. Empire sucks.

"Historically, the president has only been permitted to unilaterally order US forces to wage war in self-defense — if, say, US troops or civilians come under attack somewhere. But just as with Biden’s own Yemen strikes, that’s not what has happened here. Trump ordered these strikes in response to the Houthis threatening to resume attacks on *Israeli shipping. It’s worth noting, too, that the Houthis’ stated reason for restarting this blockade is as a response to Israel breaking the terms of the Gaza cease-fire and once more blocking humanitarian aid from entering the territory."

#groupchat #uspol #auspol #yemen #ihl #genocide #gaza

jacobin.com/2025/03/yemen-scan

jacobin.comThe Real Yemen Scandal Has Zero to Do With Jeffrey GoldbergThe press is mostly framing the Yemen group chat scandal as a story of incompetence. There’s little attention being paid to the deadliness, illegality, and ineffectiveness of the strikes themselves.
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Steve Thompson PhD

Officials say texts sent by Waltz, Ratcliffe in Signal chat may have damaged US’ ongoing ability to gather intel on Houthis

cnn.com/2025/03/28/politics/wa

In one of the messages, Ratcliffe told other Cabinet members who were discussing whether to delay the strikes that the CIA was in the act of mobilizing assets to collect intelligence on the group, but that a delay might offer them the opportunity to “identify better starting points for coverage on Houthi leadership.”

CNN · Officials say texts sent by Waltz, Ratcliffe in Signal chat may have damaged US’ ongoing ability to gather intel on HouthisBy Katie Bo Lillis
#Groupchat#Signal#press
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Steve Thompson PhD

Republican senators break ranks to call for investigation of Signal leak scandal

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m

Senior GOP figures warn of potential ‘significant political problem’ for Trump administration in rare sign of unrest.

“This is what happens when you don’t really have your act together,” the Alaska Republican senator Lisa Murkowski told the Hill.

Trump administration intelligence committee before a House hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington DC on Wednesday. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
#GOP#Signal#Trump
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Martin Holland

Mic drop 👏🏼

"The statements by #Hegseth, #Gabbard, #Ratcliffe, and #Trump—combined with the assertions made by numerous administration officials that we are lying about the content of the #Signal texts—have led us to believe that people should see the texts in order to reach their own conclusions. There is a clear public interest in disclosing the sort of information that Trump advisers included in nonsecure communications channels, especially because senior administration figures are attempting to downplay the significance of the messages that were shared."
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/signal-group-chat-attack-plans-hegseth-goldberg/682176/
#GroupChat
The Atlantic · Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on SignalBy Jeffrey Goldberg
#trumpcombined
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