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Lawmakers from both parties expressed outrage after The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief revealed he was accidentally included in a Trump administration Signal chat discussing Yemen airstrikes.

Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-Pa.) and Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.) called for investigations and firings, labeling it a serious security breach.

Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) criticized the use of non-secure systems, warning that adversaries like Russia and China could exploit it.

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) condemned the administration’s mishandling of classified information, saying it endangers national security.

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    9 days ago

    The really sad thing is that in this scenario only Republicans matter. As long as they keep treating Trump as some kind of god-emperor, nothing will happen.

    I was going to say “treating him as a king”, but England and Canada have kings and would never put up with this kind of shit from a king. England hasn’t put up with kings acting this way since the Magna Carta was signed.

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        8 days ago

        I might be wrong, but I recall the thedonald being pretty much a joke sub until it was hijacked by nazis and maggats.

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          I don’t remember that. I never remember them being anything but poisonous.

          They were always trying to “joke” their way into the front page, but their intention was always to crowd out opposing opinions.

          Bad actors always use “free speech” and “tolerance” against their opponents to gain a foothold, and then use that foothold to leverage a pogrom.

          Over and over again.

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        9 days ago

        That’s literally what his base thinks he is, they don’t think he’s godly they think he’s ordained by God because Jerry Falwell endorsed him but that only happened because Cohen blackmailed him.