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Goldberg Holds All The Aces... (Original Post) MayReasonRule Mar 25 OP
Aces? I hope to heaven that Goldberg stays safe. Hekate Mar 25 #1
I'm Astounded That Goldberg Is Not Tesifying At The Intelligence Hearing Today MayReasonRule Mar 25 #2
Goldberg is a journalist for whom the old ethical standards mean something Hekate Mar 25 #8
He's An In Your Face Hit You Hard And Fast Good Guy... MayReasonRule Mar 25 #17
Good to know. Happy gardening, and stay hydrated! Hekate Mar 25 #37
The meeting was pre-planned. ... littlemissmartypants Mar 26 #43
Gotta press this hard Mountainguy Mar 25 #3
Yep Aviation Pro Mar 25 #16
I hope Goldberg is working on finding a way to release the entire thread Wiz Imp Mar 25 #4
Link to Bluesky post? Amaryllis Mar 25 #5
Here Ya' Go From Molly Jong On Blue Sky... MayReasonRule Mar 25 #6
Tammy Duckworth wrote: ananda Mar 25 #13
Thank you! Amaryllis Mar 25 #19
For Sure Y'all!! MayReasonRule Mar 25 #20
Shit - can't help wondering who, and how many more, were on that call, too. calimary Mar 25 #7
One of them was in Moscow, so... yardwork Mar 25 #12
How many were eavesdropping? Pinback Mar 25 #38
Yep. calimary Mar 25 #42
If Trump starts ousting idiots, where will it end? dchill Mar 25 #9
He likes being surrounded by idiots. They are his type of people. erronis Mar 25 #10
I watch Washington Week every Friday on PBS Dem4life1970 Mar 25 #11
Wholeheartedly Agree Y'all! MayReasonRule Mar 25 #35
They know he has the cards senseandsensibility Mar 25 #14
The DNI just testified that the information in the signal chain was not classified!!! surfered Mar 25 #15
She's Lying. It's The Only Thing That Fascists Are Able To Do. Lie. MayReasonRule Mar 25 #18
Goldberg should be very sue happy Dirtdude Mar 25 #21
NAL... However My Understanding Is That The Speech Clause Within The Chamber Proscribes This MayReasonRule Mar 25 #22
Heh, end of hearing. It looked like a barbecue!!!! But the meat gave off a rotten smell RoeVWade Mar 25 #23
Fascist Clown Show MayReasonRule Mar 25 #24
My God, the incompetence completely_bushed Mar 25 #25
Fascist Clown Show MayReasonRule Mar 25 #26
This is just like another hundred things. A bunch of hoopla and not a damn thing will doc03 Mar 25 #27
Time Will Tell Doc -- Time And Time Alone Will Tell MayReasonRule Mar 25 #30
The use of Signal gab13by13 Mar 25 #28
Important point. Pinback Mar 25 #41
Goldberg might want to avoid flying or being near windows. IronLionZion Mar 25 #29
If Goldberg hadn"t been added... Beck23 Mar 25 #31
My Father And Mother Were Both A Part Of The Army Security Agency Back In The 50's. MayReasonRule Mar 25 #33
Mad at Mike Waltz?!? angrychair Mar 25 #32
Their denials are based on semantics alone. Maybe they named the discussion something else.... live love laugh Mar 25 #34
The Orange Shit Gibbon Declassified It With His Very Stable Genius Mind... MayReasonRule Mar 25 #36
Why is no one talking about the fact that what ALL of these chucklenutz did is ILLEGAL AF?!? OMGWTF Mar 25 #39
They're Claiming This Is S.O.P. And No Classified Info Was Communicated Via Signal MayReasonRule Mar 25 #40

MayReasonRule

(2,893 posts)
2. I'm Astounded That Goldberg Is Not Tesifying At The Intelligence Hearing Today
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 10:57 AM
Mar 25

I mean...

For fucks sakes...

The fascists that are testifying won't provide the information.
They're refusing.

Goldberg would.

They should call Goldberg up now!!!

Hekate

(96,988 posts)
8. Goldberg is a journalist for whom the old ethical standards mean something
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 11:16 AM
Mar 25

He will have to weigh his actions against the First Amendment, which mentions his trade by name.

He will also have to weigh his future against the manifest threat of the trump regime, which is best buddies with a man who kills people who oppose him: polonium, Novichuk, defenestration, shooting in plain sight.

I won’t tell him via DU what he “must” do — he already did it, with courage. I simply hope for his health and safety and that he doesn’t end up in that super-max prison in El Salvador.

MayReasonRule

(2,893 posts)
17. He's An In Your Face Hit You Hard And Fast Good Guy...
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 12:05 PM
Mar 25

I wasn't calling for a subpoena...
My take is that Goldberg would be eager to do it... likely in a closed door session so as to preserve security.

We're on the same page y'all!!

Working in the garden today...

Setting up new compost section, mowing, shredding leaves, and dumping grass for the compost.

It'll hit 84 or 85 today!

Beautiful!

littlemissmartypants

(27,069 posts)
43. The meeting was pre-planned. ...
Wed Mar 26, 2025, 01:20 AM
Mar 26

Its primary purpose wasn't the breech. It was the annual hearing on worldwide threats. It's a regularly occurring event.

Mountainguy

(1,653 posts)
3. Gotta press this hard
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 10:59 AM
Mar 25

Its not just that a journalist got added by mistake. That's bad, but the scandal here is that they are using Signal to make war plans and using terrible opsec.


Secondary is that they were openly talking about the war being for optics and unrelated to significant US interests.

The journalist thing was a fuck up, but only focusing on that is just a "sorry we got caught."

Wiz Imp

(4,587 posts)
4. I hope Goldberg is working on finding a way to release the entire thread
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 11:01 AM
Mar 25

in a manner which doesn't put American servicemen in danger. People really need to see the truth.

ananda

(31,431 posts)
13. Tammy Duckworth wrote:
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 11:40 AM
Mar 25

Pete Hegseth never should have been tapped for this job.

It's too important.

He should be fired immediately.

MayReasonRule

(2,893 posts)
20. For Sure Y'all!!
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 12:12 PM
Mar 25

It's so good to have fellow compatriots in our ongoing battle for democracy.

calimary

(85,683 posts)
7. Shit - can't help wondering who, and how many more, were on that call, too.
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 11:15 AM
Mar 25

Especially if somebody on the chain had it on speakerphone.

And then that takes you directly to “who did THEY tell?” “Who’d they share it with?”

… and from there, who did one or more of THOSE recipients share it with… and…

O. M. G.

erronis

(18,659 posts)
10. He likes being surrounded by idiots. They are his type of people.
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 11:21 AM
Mar 25

And to your question: It should start by ousting the huuugest idjit of all - trump.

Dem4life1970

(760 posts)
11. I watch Washington Week every Friday on PBS
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 11:31 AM
Mar 25

Jeffrey Goldberg is a great moderator. This is the biggest scoop of the year! It also proves that Hegseth and Gabbard are unqualified. Also, Vance and Rubio participating in an unsecure chat like this is 1000% irresponsible. But, her emails....

senseandsensibility

(21,543 posts)
14. They know he has the cards
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 11:41 AM
Mar 25

He has digital records and proof of what happened. That's why the trademark smirks and cocky attitudes are missing from Gabbard, Patel, and Ratcliff this morning. It reminds me of many years ago when Newt Gingrich realized that the R's were being blamed for a government shutdown and his smirk disappeared. He knew he had lost. I see the same from these clowns this morning.

surfered

(5,880 posts)
15. The DNI just testified that the information in the signal chain was not classified!!!
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 11:43 AM
Mar 25

Goldberg could release it. But just think about it: timing, targeting, and weapons in an attack is not classified.

Glad she wasn’t DNI for the D-Day attack.

MayReasonRule

(2,893 posts)
18. She's Lying. It's The Only Thing That Fascists Are Able To Do. Lie.
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 12:08 PM
Mar 25

Gabbard is a fascist turd birthed from the septic bowels of the felonious orange child fascist that is Donald Trump.

Dirtdude

(54 posts)
21. Goldberg should be very sue happy
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 12:12 PM
Mar 25

He is being disparaged throughout the echo chamber. Would be a great time for discovery

MayReasonRule

(2,893 posts)
22. NAL... However My Understanding Is That The Speech Clause Within The Chamber Proscribes This
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 12:14 PM
Mar 25
25. My God, the incompetence
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 12:17 PM
Mar 25

Watched the hearing, what a bunch of know-nothings. Apparently Radcliff was sleeping, Gabbard won't even say she was on it, despite knowing there was no classified material. And $Cash is still getting up to speed. He only heard of it last night.

And of course the orange genius knows less that nothing.

doc03

(37,634 posts)
27. This is just like another hundred things. A bunch of hoopla and not a damn thing will
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 12:25 PM
Mar 25

come of it. Trump will come out with some new distraction for the media to chase and this will
go away.

MayReasonRule

(2,893 posts)
30. Time Will Tell Doc -- Time And Time Alone Will Tell
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 01:10 PM
Mar 25

A good friend suggested to me that defeatism is merely a coward's concession.

The fascists want you to feel defeated.
The fascists want you to see no way out.

The fascists want you to despair.
The fascists want you to relent.

The fascists want you to comply ahead.
The fascists want your total acquiescence.

Reason gives birth to freedom.
Delusion takes that away.
When delusion rules our freedoms cease to exist in application.
This is why the reasoned among us will never desist.
Because in reason's absence our freedoms cease to exist.

Steel your resolve. These are mere skirmishes.

The real battles have yet to begin.
The fight is long.

I'll fight to my last breath.
Here's to you doing the same in your own way.

Above all embrace what you love and hold that dear.
That is where life is lived after all, in the moments we love.

gab13by13

(27,397 posts)
28. The use of Signal
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 01:03 PM
Mar 25

to bypass the Federal Records Keeping Act is the issue.

Saying the information was not classified puts a lot of pressure on Goldberg to release it or it's going to disappear real soon.

Pinback

(13,107 posts)
41. Important point.
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 01:35 PM
Mar 25

These criminals are always trying to avoid the record-keeping that would prove accountability.

Beck23

(367 posts)
31. If Goldberg hadn"t been added...
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 01:14 PM
Mar 25

They would have continued to chat like this going forward. Cybercom must be losing their minds.

MayReasonRule

(2,893 posts)
33. My Father And Mother Were Both A Part Of The Army Security Agency Back In The 50's.
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 01:22 PM
Mar 25

I was parade marching by the time I could walk.

He was a full scholarship Aggie Corp of Cadets, Corp of Engineers and Signal Corps Texas A&M.

This is a fascist clown show featuring the drug fueled lunatics that escaped from the asylum.

Execution would be his preferred solution for this Nazi problem.
I concur.

angrychair

(10,447 posts)
32. Mad at Mike Waltz?!?
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 01:17 PM
Mar 25

Know this is going to be crazy talk but maybe, just maybe, they shouldn't be using unsanctioned phone apps to have classified conversations.
That's the real issue.

live love laugh

(15,105 posts)
34. Their denials are based on semantics alone. Maybe they named the discussion something else....
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 01:23 PM
Mar 25

The point is the content of the discussion, the audience and the unsecured communication channels.

Of course Republican owned media will just repeat that no “war plans” were discussed.

IF the media actually says this (which I highly doubt) then they will say that they can’t discuss national security issues publicly.

But the follow-up should be: you already did discuss national security issues publicly. WHY??

MayReasonRule

(2,893 posts)
40. They're Claiming This Is S.O.P. And No Classified Info Was Communicated Via Signal
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 01:33 PM
Mar 25

The orange shit gibbon will claim he declassified the info while takin' a shit on his golden toilet.

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