POLITICAL BLOTTER

**The Rover** · 03.23.25, 12:04 AM

For some reason I hear the Need For Speed car selection music playing in the background for this meme video "Choose Your Fighter."

https://x.com/RickyDoggin/status/1902797950935322706

**The Rover** · 03.24.25, 06:20 AM

**The Rover** · 03.25.25, 02:47 AM

The New Museum is located in Arlington, Texas

**SmileyJoe** · 03.25.25, 03:46 AM

Which thread is for including reporters in top secret texts about bombing people ?

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**Dave's Dreidel** · 03.25.25, 03:48 AM

Originally Posted by SmileyJoe

Which thread is for including reporters in top secret texts about bombing people ?

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They weren't top secret texts, there is no such thing.

They were lowside texts with top secret information in them. Everyone involved should be fired, except for the journalist. You say you are trying to restore a merit based society, prove it by holding them accountable to the law. That wasn't spillage, that was an intentional act.

**Dave's Dreidel** · 03.25.25, 04:00 AM

"We are currently clean on OPSEC"...in a group chat...on an unsecured messaging network...with a journalist in the chat.

Dear Lord.

People have been saying "qualifications don't matter" and "experience doesn't matter". Yeah, it does. Even if you don't think qualifications and experience matter, how about basic level competency.

This is the basics. FFS.

**Scott** · 03.25.25, 04:13 AM

Originally Posted by Dave's Dreidel

"We are currently clean on OPSEC"...

I don't understand what that line means?

**rchop84** · 03.25.25, 06:23 AM

Goldberg should release the rest of the texts this morning

**jimmy812** · 03.25.25, 02:54 PM

Originally Posted by Dave's Dreidel

"We are currently clean on OPSEC"...in a group chat...on an unsecured messaging network...with a journalist in the chat.

Dear Lord.

People have been saying "qualifications don't matter" and "experience doesn't matter". Yeah, it does. Even if you don't think qualifications and experience matter, how about basic level competency.

This is the basics. FFS.

Maybe that was the booze talking, err, texting.

**lovemachine97(Version 2)** · 03.25.25, 03:19 PM

Originally Posted by Scott

I don't understand what that line means?

It means they have operational security. Information has not been released that could compromise the operation or put troops in danger.

Not to worry: keeping the information secret was at the top of Hegseth's mind as he chatted about operational details in a civilian group chat with a reporter who was accidentally part of the group.

**Dave's Dreidel** · 03.25.25, 03:23 PM

Originally Posted by Scott

I don't understand what that line means?

The SECDEF thought that chatting on a messaging app, on mobile phones, with a journalist in the chat, was a secure way of communicating with each other.

HINT: it isn't

**seenbad** · 03.25.25, 04:40 PM

Unless Hegseth was the one who added dipshit, this rests only on Trump and the person who added dipshit. Everybody else falls behind what the President wants or is ok with, with the assumption that all is well.

**Dave's Dreidel** · 03.25.25, 05:03 PM

Originally Posted by seenbad

Unless Hegseth was the one who added dipshit, this rests only on Trump and the person who added dipshit. Everybody else falls behind what the President wants or is ok with, with the assumption that all is well.

That is simply not correct, at all.

All four of them are highly cleared individuals talking about pending military operations on an unsecure app, on mobile phones. It is technically on all of them. Everyone in the DoD, IC, and State Dept is responsible for OPSEC.

**bklynboy68** · 03.25.25, 05:07 PM

Fetterman calls out 'absolutely absurd' pandering to far-left Democrats
Fetterman attacked Democrats for wanting a government shutdown to spite the GOP

March 25, 2025

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., called out in a new interview what he believes to be "absolutely absurd" pandering to extreme Democrats over issues like the war in Israel or shutting down the government.

Fetterman spoke to Jewish Insider on Monday about his ongoing conflict with some members of his party, particularly over his support for Israel. However, his latest issue with the more "extreme" members of his party came from their demand that Democrats refuse to support a GOP bill to fund the government earlier this month.

Fetterman was one of ten Democrats who broke ranks to vote for the bill and called out attempts to "pander" to calls for the government to shut down.

"I was really the first Democrat to refuse to shut our government down, and my party was so desperate to pander to shut the government down," Fetterman said. "Absurd, absolutely absurd. Six months ago, we were lecturing the Republicans, ‘You can’t shut the government down.’ Now it’s, ‘Well, yeah, let’s do these things.’"

He added, "It’s like that’s part of the problem, to pander, and they want to pander to the extreme parts of our party, to shut the government down. I said I will never burn the village down and claim that I’m saving it."

Fetterman also pointed to Michigan as an example of political "pandering" that failed, claiming the Democratic Party tried to appeal to the left-wing Arab-American population only to lose the state to President Donald Trump anyway.

He specifically called out Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., for refusing to support President Joe Biden and later Vice President Kamala Harris during the 2024 election because of their support for Israel. Fetterman claimed that she and other far-left Democrats ultimately helped to elect Trump.

"[N]ow they’re yelling about how terrible Trump is, and you helped elect him, and your base and your home city delivered to Trump, and now … that’s emblematic of where our party was," Fetterman said.

Fox News Digital reached out to Fetterman and Tlaib’s offices for a comment.

Fetterman called out another far-left Democratic representative on Friday when he fired back at Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., over her suggestion that Democrats "fight harder" after she urged her party to vote against the spending measure in the Senate.

"Fight ‘harder’—a stunt that would have harmed millions and plunged us into chaos," Fetterman wrote when sharing a screenshot featuring a quotation of Ocasio-Cortez's comment. "We kept our government open. Deal with it."

https://www.foxnews.com/media/fetter...G-3DEV9anOE77w

**seenbad** · 03.25.25, 05:10 PM

Originally Posted by Dave's Dreidel

That is simply not correct, at all.

All four of them are highly cleared individuals talking about pending military operations on an unsecure app, on mobile phones. It is technically on all of them. Everyone in the DoD, IC, and State Dept is responsible for OPSEC.

I know I don't have to explain chain of command to you. If the CIC is using it, everybody else is good. The responsibility rests with him ultimately. They collectively dodged a huge bullet though. If there was anything that mattered or U.S. personnel had been hurt or killed as a result, the shit would hit the fan big time. It was dumb.