President Trump 2.0: The NEW one and only politics thread

[2muchcoffeeman]

He absolutely has to be fired for this. But you know Trump will spend a couple of days defending him, then send some lackey to ask for his security key. That or send an email.

The election to fill out his House term hasn't happened yet (April 1) and I wonder if he's going to make it that long.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Kristi Noem Takes Bizarre Revenge on Canadians at Library She Used as a Stunt

The American government is making it harder for Canadians to access the library in both countries where Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem pulled a bizarre “51st state” stunt earlier this month. Haskell Free Library and Opera House straddles the border—it’s half in Stanstead, Quebec, and...

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A DHS official alleged in a statement to the Daily Beast that the library was being used for drug trafficking.

"The library is still open," the statement read. "Drug traffickers and smugglers were exploiting the fact that Canadians could use the US entrance without going through customs. We are ending such exploitation by criminals and protecting Americans."

Anybody who lies this blatantly should be named and shamed.

 

[DanOregon]

Kristi Noem Takes Bizarre Revenge on Canadians at Library She Used as a Stunt

The American government is making it harder for Canadians to access the library in both countries where Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem pulled a bizarre “51st state” stunt earlier this month. Haskell Free Library and Opera House straddles the border—it’s half in Stanstead, Quebec, and...

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Honestly, the bottom of that story makes me think there is something seriously wrong with Noem. Like Alex in Fatal Attraction weird.

 

[Brooklyn Bridge]

The question should not be why this reporter got mistakingly added to the chat but why are they choosing Signal in the first place?

Is this chosen so they can quickly delete everything? How many other threads are on Signal? Does Signal fall under a FOIA?

To someone who has a once of education, those are troubling questions. To Trumpers, their cats breath smells like cat food.

What kind of security protocols were in place where the reporter was added to the call in the first place? I'm on a weekly operations call and you need an invite, and anyone calling in has to identify themselves.

And yes, I believe it's to avoid FOIA, but her emails, right?

 

[outofplace]

A Conversation With Jeffrey Goldberg About His Extraordinary Scoop

I'm not sure much of this is new, but the last question and answer jumped out at me.

David: Are you concerned about retaliation from the Trump administration because of this story?

Jeffrey: It's not my role to care about the possibility of threats or retaliation. We just have to come to work and do our jobs to the best of our ability. Unfortunately, in our society today—we see this across corporate journalism and law firms and other industries—there's too much preemptive obeying for my taste. All we can do is just go do our jobs.

 

[HanSenSE]

Kristi Noem Takes Bizarre Revenge on Canadians at Library She Used as a Stunt

The American government is making it harder for Canadians to access the library in both countries where Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem pulled a bizarre “51st state” stunt earlier this month. Haskell Free Library and Opera House straddles the border—it’s half in Stanstead, Quebec, and...

www.yahoo.com

Yeah, keep those Canadians out of the library. That'll not only stop the flow of fentanyl across the border, but bring them to their knees begging to become the 51st state!

 

[garrow]

Wake the fork up, Republicans. Your own party will hurt you more on purpose than Dems ever could unintentionally.

DOGE cuts are testing some conservative voters' faith in special election for Matt Gaetz's old seat

As the Trump administration forges ahead with its dramatic reshaping of the federal government, voters in a northwest Florida congressional district that's home to thousands of veterans will be among the first to put the president's agenda to an electoral test. The state's Chief Financial...

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[2muchcoffeeman]

Honestly, the bottom of that story makes me think there is something seriously wrong with Noem. Like Alex in Fatal Attraction weird.

heck, we knew that and so did her family dogs.

 

[franticscribe]

If there's any silver lining to this collosal national security breach, it's that the bricks Thom Tillis has been shirtting over re-election in 2026 just got a lot bigger and more painful. He needs to own the Hegseth appointment.

 

[Justin_Rice]

What kind of security protocols were in place where the reporter was added to the call in the first place? I'm on a weekly operations call and you need an invite, and anyone calling in has to identify themselves.

And yes, I believe it's to avoid FOIA, but her emails, right?

Google Salt Typhoon and consider the hoops professional DoD has been clearing to have secure comms, and then face palm even harder at this SNAFU.

 

[DanOregon]

This isn't "one guy's screwup," this is everyone on the chat not having a problem discussing this on Signal.

 

[garrow]

Trump intentionally hired amateurs for top jobs. This is their most dramatic blunder

I was already writing an edition of the “What Matters” newsletter Monday about how President Donald Trump’s choice of businessmen and political allies to shake up and downsize government work has also created an amateur-hour atmosphere.

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