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Steve Woods<p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Signalgate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signalgate</span></a> is just the tip of the security iceberg...</p><p><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/hegseth-wife-foreign-defense-sensitive-meetings-b2723865.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">independent.co.uk/news/world/a</span><span class="invisible">mericas/us-politics/hegseth-wife-foreign-defense-sensitive-meetings-b2723865.html</span></a></p>
ꓤ uɐᗡ :verified_hellion:<p>Jesse Welles is on it 🔥</p><p><a href="https://hellions.cloud/tags/SignalGate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignalGate</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TeCLWXGpREs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/shorts/TeCLWXGpREs</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Steve Thompson PhD<p>Republicans can't stop making pathetic excuses for war chat fiasco</p><p><a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/3/30/2312689/-Republicans-can-t-stop-making-pathetic-excuses-for-war-chat-fiasco" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dailykos.com/stories/2025/3/30</span><span class="invisible">/2312689/-Republicans-can-t-stop-making-pathetic-excuses-for-war-chat-fiasco</span></a></p><p>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.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rubio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/groupchat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>groupchat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Signalgate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signalgate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Waltz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Waltz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gabbard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gabbard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ratcliffe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ratcliffe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a></p>
Brian Jopek<p>Oh, this is friggen brilliant. <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SignalGate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignalGate</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/CleanOnOPSEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CleanOnOPSEC</span></a> </p><p>“For the cover of the April 7, 2025, issue, the cartoonist Barry Blitt borrows the visual imagery of Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 film, ‘Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb,’ to convey the sense of impending doom that seizes anyone who turns on the news lately.” - The New Yorker</p>
Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴<p>JD Vance, other officials told Trump to fire Waltz.</p><p>Trump agreed Waltz was at fault for <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SIGNALGATE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SIGNALGATE</span></a> but decided not to fire him for 1 reason — it'd be a win for Dems &amp; the "liberal" media.</p><p>B/c that's what really matters here.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NatlSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NatlSecurity</span></a> be damned.</p><p><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-firing-waltz-signal-vance-b2723920.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">independent.co.uk/news/world/a</span><span class="invisible">mericas/us-politics/trump-firing-waltz-signal-vance-b2723920.html</span></a></p>
News, Opinions & Views<p>MSNBC:<br>Sen. Richard Blumenthal calls on Pentagon Investigation into the Signal Chat Leak</p><p>“Hegseth and Waltz should resign. There should be a criminal investigation, there should be a prosecution if the facts warrant it.”<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPJE76neRUE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=vPJE76neRUE</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SignalGate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignalGate</span></a></p>
Adam<p>Sometimes I catch myself wondering if Jeffrey Goldberg revealed his hand to soon, like, if he'd just lurked in the chat longer, maybe we'd have more documentation, evidence, and warning in the months to come of other fucked up stuff this regime is gonna do, which we'll never get from FOIA. Not saying he did wrong, but was it a missed opportunity?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/signalgate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>signalgate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/goldberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>goldberg</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hegseth</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>Pretty shure <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ChelseaManning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChelseaManning</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RealityWinner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RealityWinner</span></a> are looking at <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SignalGate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignalGate</span></a> and ask themselves: <em>"Ain't that a familiar situation?"</em></p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FIOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FIOA</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Accountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Accountability</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Consequences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Consequences</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transparency</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@CatDragon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>CatDragon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> also that's <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114254373188665444" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">not an <em>"Oopsy!"</em></a> but specifically designed to violate <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transparency</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/accountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accountability</span></a> and thus make it impossible to impose <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/consequences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consequences</span></a>. </p><p>Cuz on all officially sanctioned comms, they have recording and transcription so those comms can be <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FIOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FIOA</span></a>'d. </p><ul><li>Pretty shure one could FIOA (if it hasn't been done so / declassified) all comms of FDR during the attack on Pearl Harbour because of that, if not all the comms re: Iraq &amp; Afghanistan under Bush Sr. &amp; Jr. </li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SignalGate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignalGate</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transparency</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Accountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Accountability</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Consequences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Consequences</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> <em>THE PLOT THICKENS!</em></p><p>Obviously using <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>signalapp</span></a></span> is done to prevent <em><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FIOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FIOA</span></a>-ability</em> of said comms.</p><p>They merely refuse to answer because they'd be on the hook for severe jailable felonies if they did admit to it!</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SignalGate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignalGate</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transparency</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Accountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Accountability</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Consequences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Consequences</span></a></p>
Laffy<p>2/ <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SignalGate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignalGate</span></a> </p><p> "Two US officials said Waltz has created and hosted multiple other sensitive national-security conversations on Signal with cabinet members, including on Russia/Ukraine and on military operations. They declined to say if classified information was posted in those chats." <a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/mike-waltz-is-losing-support-inside-the-white-house-2b17459c?mod=hp_lead_pos2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wsj.com/politics/policy/mike-w</span><span class="invisible">altz-is-losing-support-inside-the-white-house-2b17459c?mod=hp_lead_pos2</span></a></p>
Laffy<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SignalGate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignalGate</span></a></p>
Jason Yip<p>In Praise of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LaurenePowellJobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaurenePowellJobs</span></a>, Owner of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TheAtlantic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheAtlantic</span></a>, Superhero of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Signalgate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signalgate</span></a> <a href="https://www.thewrap.com/laurene-powell-jobs-atlantic-praise-signalgate/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thewrap.com/laurene-powell-job</span><span class="invisible">s-atlantic-praise-signalgate/</span></a></p>
David August<p>Here <a class="mention" href="https://bsky.app/profile/putherover.bsky.social" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@putherover.bsky.social</a> makes the argument that pete hegseth used ChatGPT to compose his group chat messages. Do we want to allow the SecDef to use multiple non-classified systems to make his decisions about our national defense? <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23USpol" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23signalgate" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#signalgate</a></p>
Rai Aren 🖖✨📚🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@SmudgeTheInsultCat" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>SmudgeTheInsultCat</span></a></span> 🤣 </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SignalGate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignalGate</span></a></p>
hallunke23 🇺🇦<p>Trump was not included in the <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Signalgate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signalgate</span></a> chatroom because even his own people consider him a liability. </p><p>The whole Trump “administration” has become a big puppet show where you can't tell who has the strings in their hands.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@realTuckFrumper" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>realTuckFrumper</span></a></span> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/TrimpIsANationalDisgrace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrimpIsANationalDisgrace</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/RemoveTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RemoveTrump</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/RemoveTrumpNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RemoveTrumpNow</span></a></p>
Rai Aren 🖖✨📚🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@SmudgeTheInsultCat" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>SmudgeTheInsultCat</span></a></span> 🤣 </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SignalGate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignalGate</span></a></p>
I see Dud people!<p>What with <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SignalGate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignalGate</span></a> being a trending topic, it's quite coincidental that <a href="https://mas.to/tags/RingwayManchester" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RingwayManchester</span></a> has dropped this little gem today!<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1s5g2Nh2c0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=d1s5g2Nh2c</span><span class="invisible">0</span></a></p>
Don Watkins<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.opencloud.lu/@BrideOfLinux" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BrideOfLinux</span></a></span> When I wrote the article <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SignalGate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignalGate</span></a> wasn't on my mind.</p>
The Janx Devil<p>Here is Sidney Blumenthal with the full damnation of the current White House that is warranted by the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/signalgate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>signalgate</span></a> revelations. He discusses everything I already knew about and more. For example, I hadn’t noticed the role that Kent played in the group. Just absolutely damning. There is no recovering from this.</p><p>The Signal chat exposes the administration’s incompetence – and its pecking order <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/29/signal-chat-trump-incompetence-stephen-miller?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/mar/29/signal-chat-trump-incompetence-stephen-miller?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</span></a></p>