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Yes, "a massive fuck up" by massive fuck ups who are the Trump regime. All of them. Every single one of them - fuck ups. Goldberg is a hero. So are you, Senator.

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Well.... maybe not the Senator quite so much... not after his despicable activities with NINE OTHER SENATORS in the Senate re that HORRIFIC CR bill they just voted to allow to go to a vote. The ONLY blockade the Democrats HAD to stop this from passing! Small print IN that bill, was that Trump and Musk could override Congress when it came to disbursement of funds! DISGRACEFUL!!! Much more dangerous than a TEMPORARY shutdown BY FAR!!! Those TEN Democrats basically handed the purse to Trump & Co!!! Grrrr PATHETIC!!!

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Schiff did NOT VOTE FOR THE CR... That was Schumer. Get your facts straight. You know for a fact the shutdown would have been temporary? Bullshit, while I hate the CR, a shutdown would have let Musk & tRump run free and do whatever the hell they wanted with our money.

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So sorry...my bad (I always get those two mixed up.... My sincerest apologies to Adam Schiff for my mistake) The Government Shutdown would have been TEMPORARY, because the CR basically gives Musk and Trump the power to do THAT PERMANENTLY! It's basically written into the CR! Do you REALLY think that anything will change in 6 months when that CR dates out? With a Government Shutdown, those spineless MAGA GOP would then be FORCED to negotiate WITH the Democrats on ANY CR or Budget in the future. It's the only leverage they have in Congress... that in order for any vote to be had in the Senate, there needs to be 60 saying YES for a vote to even happen... Republicans ONLY HAVE 53 in the Senate. So... once 6 Democrats say yes to a vote.... it's majority rules. So YES the CR is a damned sight worse for the American people than a Government Shutdown!

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6 months is a long time in Elump world. I am also angry over the Dems that voted for the CR, it was like a slap in the face or a kick to the gut. One of them was mine and he has lost my vote for good. I hope someone steps up to primary him.

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Don't worry. I had to go look it up because I was like "oh shit! Not him too!" It's hard to keep them all straight sometimes as we're all trying to follow so much crap going on.

I apologize for being so snarky. Thanks for your reply 😊

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Sorry Kamm.... that was meant to start Hi Kamm... stupid phone! lol

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How Kamm... I totally understand... Trump is following Steve Bannon's advice from his first disastrous term in the White House... and that's to flood the zone with shit, so there's so much bad stuff happening all at once, so sadly, some of it sticks. Yes... I hope every single one of those ten Democrats get primaries in 2026... I just hope the Democrats are SMART enough to MAKE sure there is another Democrat running against them in those seats to run against them, and it doesn't make ANYONE vote for the Republican instead, just to teach them a lesson.... THAT would NOT help this situation in the slightest. I believe those TEN Democrats should RESIGN... and Chuck Schumer needs to step down as Democrat Leader in the Senate... he's still acting like he's working with the old style of Republicans.... when atm in Congress, those Republicans do not exist sny more. It's a whole new EVIL beast they're fighting against. (Anyhow, sending EXTRA love and strength to you all from Australia! We're STILL with you in Spirit! Please stay strong, keep up the good fight and stay safe if you can!)

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So many democrats just don't seem to get the threat Trump poses. I don't think he'll leave office. It's disappointing that we the people expect more from our elected than we're getting. Especially Schumer.

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You're confusing Schiff with Schumer.

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YES!! THEY NEED TO GO!!

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I think this is unconscionable and I’m a Canadian.

If you didn’t think it’s huge: consider how many politicians like Schiff, or Pete Buttigeig, who are normally measured in their speech, have called it a “fuck up”, “massive fuck up”, and I think someone also used “clusterfuck”.

Because sometimes, there are no other words.

One participant was joining from overseas, from MOSCOW.

FYI for anyone out there who hears “Signal is encrypted”- technically yes. It’s also been successfully decrypted by the Russians, which has been interfering in anti government communications and Ukrainian communications in the Russia Ukraine invasion.

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Agree 100% with you, my fellow Canuck! 🇨🇦 🍁 ❤️

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I actually like that some of these politicians now are actually using language that is most appropriate to the situation instead of trying to sugar coat. Even Sen Duckworth, a woman, used the f word!

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Most everybody knows if you go to Russia, they're watching you and have advanced cyber capabilities. I wonder why Moscow didn't examine their intelligence on Witkoff's phone while he was there and getting the message. Surely they have that capability. I think they screwed up and didn't catch it or review it in time or they would have warned the Houthis.

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They probably felt that the trade off- having to admit they have his cell phone cloned as they probably do, wouldn’t be worth the upside of saving a couple of Houthi assets. Or maybe they did covertly inform them, and they were able to move their important Houthi leadership out of harms way. No one has said the mission successfully “eliminated” any leaders of the Houthis, even though the report on planning sounded like they were targeting individuals seen as important.

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Also, I like your thinking Karen. Good insight, considering the Russia / Houthi relationship

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From the Kremlin

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WE NEED A DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS FAST!!!!!

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The incompetence is astounding!!! Fire them now!

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Best description yet. Massive F up! Thank you.

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Let's start with Hegseth, Gabbard and Waltz

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All of those people shouldn't have been confirmed by anyone in the senate, even the most conservative of all conservatives in the GOP. Hegseth should've been an obvious NO for his confirmation.

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The timidity of democratic leadership has been shocking. Now that AOC and Bernie have demonstrated fhe emotion is out there, and thanks to this little affair you don’t have to be afraid. Don’t be timid. Scream. Saying clusterfuck is fine. Now get rid of them and stop their other “initiatives.”

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The Dems just politely lay down and play dead. Don't rock the boat should be their motto.

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Oh, don't rock the boat. You mean like the republican Congress and pretty much all the rest of the repubs?

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The American people are far less safe than we were during the Biden administration. They respected security measures and we never heard about any strike plans against our enemies. I couldn’t believe that these people actually used a commercial app for classified material. My ex husband had top secret security clearance during our marriage, but he never ever said one word to me about anything that was classified. He wasn’t the straightest stick in the bunch, but that meant something to him.

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He was a NO from anyone with half a brain who’d been learning about him for a while, ever since his name was put up for that office.

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And Patel and JD Vance!

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These people are going to get us all killed. Have I been watching too many movies or don’t we have an agency that takes care of clear and present dangers to our country?

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That's what they want. If not by aided & abetted foreign attacks, then by epidemic disease facilitated by an impaired conspiracist with a worm- eaten brain.

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Exactly less concentration camps to build for us if we're wiped out by pandemics or terrorist strikes.

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Like the military? They are f'ing that up, soon to be much less of them too.

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Thank you Ben trump started by blaming The Atlantic and Mr Goldberg.

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Big surprise there.

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Why hasn't this already happened, if Biden did this they would have him deported by now. WHY DOES't THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY have NO GUTS

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The Democrats need MORE voices. Rich radical ruthless Republicans gaslighted Americans big time with lies, propaganda, & “communist Christianity” hoodwinking.

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There's nothing "Christian" about the Republican party. This whole situation makes me want to bang my head against a wall. How did we end up with these losers! Thank God (whichever one you like) for Bernie, AOC, and the Meidas boys.

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It isn't that they don't, but unfortunately the republiCRAP party controls ALL branches of our government, so they can't get enough of a majority to stop these ignorant, dumb bell stupid puppet republiCRAP idiots who worship and adore The Dictator Criminal Deranged Dingbat who occupies the Oval Office.

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Republicans control the media. Democrats need to figure out how to counter the propoganda machine. Do what gop does - create 2 or 3 fake crises and get on breaking news.

How about "houthis might retaliate against us or israel". Its just an opinion but it gets attention. Push it right up to the edge of being a lle

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I don’t think we need to invent crises. We’re already drowning in them. We just need to figure out how to communicate how dangerous this moment is, and how small the window to change course.

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Not really. Republicans have diversion crises. Tariffs, el salvador, crockett (which they will scream about for 2 weeks) to redirect attention. Dems just get lost in the noise. They will scream about it but republicans scream louder. MSM is not going to cover protests

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Republicanzs already have their message strategy figured out and are already repeating it over and over. The dem message is we need more hearings and they should step down (which of courze they wont). We'll see

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Hearing are definitely not the answer. They all need to act like Bernie and AOC, showing up and speaking out.

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Now we have the fuzzy mic attack and MTG nonsense

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Fuzzy mike attack?

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It’s not that they’re gutless, as much as lacking any real political power at the moment.

Take back the HOUSE!!!

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They have the power if they want to take it. But it requires action and lack of fear in being called “too far left.” The hell with that

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Yes, don’t wait until it’s too late, it’s time to punch back. Take back our country and take out the trash!

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What can or should the minority party do that would be effective? Perhaps it's now up to the people to do something.

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Time to get out of the House 😁 and be like Bernie and AOC. Make some NOISE!

No more hand wringing!

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They're scared of trumpty dumpty. They're all wealthy so they'll benefit from tax breaks. They don't care about working for the people who pay them. They just want to keep the peace. It's time to clear the whole WH. They're all corrupt

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Let's keep the pressure on....don't let up!

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If they’re willing to discuss something that sensitive. What else do you think they’re doing? The only reason for this is to circumvent reporting to the government. All these things should be presidential record!

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Schiff was on MSNBC tonight and said these people were obviously comfortable using Signal,which means they have used it before. Thry are evading their legal responsibility to use authorized channels and to preserve the records /information.

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So why do you have a " loser's" phone number in your phone. The lies keep on coming

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Fire them all

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Walz is calling the journalist a "loser"? What is wrong with these MAGA men? They are the worst our country has to offer.

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Children are often trying to shift blame and deflect. I didn't steal that cookie! It was [insert name here]. We have a bunch of immature losers running the country.

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Waltz, not Walz.

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A very important distinction!

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Waltz.

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He was in the Kremlin. It was said briefly in the moment,only once by a cnn reporter called Fred Pleitgen, and he never said it again. I suppose he was told to shut up, but he said that whitkoff was inside the kremlin at the time that the chat was launched.

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