Trump administration 2024-2028

[Czech_pivo]

And the reaction to the Kennedy Center ruling.

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Spoiler: Bonus - Bigger than Elvis

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Soooo many meme's would exist today and into the future, if only Donald's parents had given him the middle name of Ad*lf.

 

[PrairieFella]

US Army is apparently having a pretty major O&M crunch right now.

...first time?

 

[The Bread Guy]

How government worker disenchantment feeds into getting USSR 2.0 & China all sorts of int tidbits.

The Rabbit Hole: ‘Open to Work’ for America’s Enemies

There has been a quiet rise in the number of counterintelligence criminal prosecutions. More may be on the horizon.

www.courtwatch.news

Archived link

 

[HavokFour]

This was proposed in New York as well

A 100% tax on the DOJ's "Anti-Weaponization Fund" payouts? One NYS lawmaker's proposal

A Manhattan Assemblyman wants to tax some controversial federal payouts at a rate of 100 percent.Last week, the Department of Justice announced a settlement agr

cbs6albany.com

It looks like neither is needed, for now.

Trump administration retreats on 'Anti-Weaponization Fund'​

 

[HavokFour]

Hegseth is at it again.

Hegseth Strikes Female and Black Navy Officers From Promotion List

The defense secretary’s decision to block the officers’ promotions appears driven by his anti-woke stance rather than based on merit.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Navy_Pete]

Hegseth is at it again.

Hegseth Strikes Female and Black Navy Officers From Promotion List

The defense secretary’s decision to block the officers’ promotions appears driven by his anti-woke stance rather than based on merit.

www.nytimes.com

So just straight up overt prejudice then?

They also declared the press office a SCIF, because apparently speech writers are regularly in there with classified info, so seems like they just admitted they regularly disregard secure document handling (and also have no idea what a SCIF is).

 

[Altair]

Hegseth is at it again.

Hegseth Strikes Female and Black Navy Officers From Promotion List

The defense secretary’s decision to block the officers’ promotions appears driven by his anti-woke stance rather than based on merit.

www.nytimes.com

Using the handmaids tale as a manual.

 

[Nvlgzr]

So just straight up overt prejudice then?

They also declared the press office a SCIF, because apparently speech writers are regularly in there with classified info, so seems like they just admitted they regularly disregard secure document handling (and also have no idea what a SCIF is).

Isn’t a SKIF the same as a Tempest room?

 

[brihard]

Isn’t a SKIF the same as a Tempest room?

Misapplication of terms. TEMPEST is a series of technical standards including emissions control and other aspects of protecting information. A SCIF is indeed a facility (could be a small room, could be a whole building) rated for handling and storage of certain very sensitive information; parts of the TEMPEST standards may well be a portion of that, but it’s not interchangeable terminology.

 

[PPCLI Guy]

A SCIF is however usually a Faraday Cage IIRC

 

[The Bread Guy]

Someone should tell PSPC, legally named the department of Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC).

Or that bit of government that administers the Indian Act?

 

[daftandbarmy]

Tell tale signs...

Trump-backed candidate in Iowa loses primary​

A candidate hoping to run for governor in the US state of Iowa has lost a closely watched primary contest, despite getting the backing of Donald Trump.

Randy Feenstra, who was seen by many as a frontrunner, conceded the race on Tuesday, having received a last-minute presidential endorsement ahead of the vote.

The three-term Iowa congressman, who was running for his party's nomination for November's governor contest, had also been a reliable Trump supporter.

Trump-backed candidate in Iowa loses primary

Randy Feenstra's defeat could prove to be a case of the president's political instincts being off.

www.bbc.com

 

[lenaitch]

Tell tale signs...

Trump-backed candidate in Iowa loses primary​

A candidate hoping to run for governor in the US state of Iowa has lost a closely watched primary contest, despite getting the backing of Donald Trump.

Randy Feenstra, who was seen by many as a frontrunner, conceded the race on Tuesday, having received a last-minute presidential endorsement ahead of the vote.

The three-term Iowa congressman, who was running for his party's nomination for November's governor contest, had also been a reliable Trump supporter.

Trump-backed candidate in Iowa loses primary

Randy Feenstra's defeat could prove to be a case of the president's political instincts being off.

www.bbc.com

At some point a 'blessing' becomes a 'kiss of death'.

 

[daftandbarmy]

At some point a 'blessing' becomes a 'kiss of death'.

And I just realized I prolly dropped that in the wrong thread…