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.

  • ToiletFlushShowerScream@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    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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      9 days ago

      Lying about sleeping with an intern - impeachment

      Lying about sharing classified information on an insecure group chat - “he’s just a widdle guy 😢”

      • Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca
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        9 days ago

        Especially bad when the whole “reason” for that impeachment was about investment fraud or something and only became about sex with intern after they couldn’t prove anything else.

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          Whitewater real estate scandal. Kenneth Starr was investigating him for that and when they couldn’t find anything actionable, they switched to the perjury and sex.

          I’m not a fan of a President using their power to have an intern blow them (I don’t think there’s meaningful consent there), but it doesn’t compare to raping multiple women, peeping on teenage girls at Miss Teen America, and making comments about how you’d fuck your daughter if that was an option. The aristocrats!

    • slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org
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      9 days ago

      I fucking hate this shit so much.

      So you don’t recall a lot, huh? So clearly you’re not fit for your position, good luck finding a new job tho.

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      I am in lots of group chats and don’t read every one of them to completion. So not all members of the chat knowing or remembering what happened is to be expected.

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        9 days ago

        Yeah, but the second something juicy happens, we all scroll back and get caught up pretty quickly.