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And just like that, Signalgate is out of the news cycle (Original Post) orangecrush Mar 27 OP
It was at the top of the network news programs this morning. They didn't spend much time on it. Walleye Mar 27 #1
Thank you orangecrush Mar 27 #3
Out of "BREAKING" does not mean out of the news. Error of logic. . . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 27 #29
I find it amazing that the fact the genii were planning to bomb a country for a photo op is not being addressed! SheltieLover Mar 27 #8
And that apparently the commander-in-chief had no input on the decision-making. Walleye Mar 27 #10
Slobby is not running the show, imo. I believe miller is. SheltieLover Mar 27 #16
"Pretending" is Not the Word I Was Thinking of! The Roux Comes First Mar 27 #27
Not just a photo op, but to claim they are responding more than Biden did karynnj Mar 27 #15
Yes & the important thing is to keep blaming Biden. SheltieLover Mar 27 #17
An important thing for us will be to counter that message karynnj Mar 27 #22
I think this is the worst.....and especially that horrid mouth piece Katty Karoline. a kennedy Mar 27 #25
Coming up, wag the dog roscoeroscoe Mar 27 #2
Yup orangecrush Mar 27 #6
Yeah, grainy b&w video with crosshairs and scrolling numbers of a bunker being busted... Hugin Mar 27 #9
Well, you see... Hugin Mar 27 #4
Because the Democrats JustAnotherGen Mar 27 #5
It is on npr, bbc ect Woodwizard Mar 27 #7
Not true RJ-MacReady Mar 27 #19
OK I am talking of personal experience of people around me. Woodwizard Mar 27 #20
This is a huge deal as long as media sticks with it LSparkle Mar 27 #11
And Democratic Politicians JustAnotherGen Mar 27 #21
The late night comics have it front and center unc70 Mar 27 #12
It is still in the news at least in MSM karynnj Mar 27 #13
Did you expect anything less? BlueTsunami2018 Mar 27 #14
The message is out loud to our adversaries... Watch, Signal! Hugin Mar 27 #18
K&R UTUSN Mar 27 #23
It's on the front page of the WaPost, NY Times, CNN onenote Mar 27 #24
No. It is just you. . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 27 #26
Even our local news outlets are reporting this Norbert Mar 27 #28

Walleye

(39,498 posts)
1. It was at the top of the network news programs this morning. They didn't spend much time on it.
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 09:34 AM
Mar 27

SheltieLover

(66,261 posts)
8. I find it amazing that the fact the genii were planning to bomb a country for a photo op is not being addressed!
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 09:39 AM
Mar 27

Walleye

(39,498 posts)
10. And that apparently the commander-in-chief had no input on the decision-making.
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 09:42 AM
Mar 27

I can’t even imagine Biden being in this big of a fuck up and being this ignorant of it. I think Trump is pretending to be ignorant of it, but he’s very good at that

SheltieLover

(66,261 posts)
16. Slobby is not running the show, imo. I believe miller is.
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 10:09 AM
Mar 27

I know exactly what you mean about Joe.

It's as if heritage creeps got tsf elected & he agreed to turn givrrnance over to them.

I believe that's what we are seeing.

karynnj

(60,198 posts)
15. Not just a photo op, but to claim they are responding more than Biden did
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 10:07 AM
Mar 27

Add in that Vance is blaming Europe for not doing it themselves, ignoring that they had made the decision that instead paying to ship goods around the tip of Africa made more sense.

The NYT has a good article today that references that Saudi Arabia, their powerful neighbor was unable to defeat the Houthis, who they fought for years and the US targeted them after they attacked ships during the Biden administration. Israel has also attacked Yemen.

karynnj

(60,198 posts)
22. An important thing for us will be to counter that message
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 10:48 AM
Mar 27

In Trump's first term, he send a bomber to crater runways at a Syrian airstrip after chemical gas was used. He then had a victory round claiming to the media that Obama lost influence because he opted not to bomb Syria after they "crossed his red line".

In reality, the runways were easily fixed within a week or two. As to Obama, the final action of his team was that Kerry and Lavrov negotiated the removal and destruction of Assad's large stockpile of chemical weapons. Which had the larger effect? Yet the media STILL spoke of how this diminished Obama's strength.

a kennedy

(33,256 posts)
25. I think this is the worst.....and especially that horrid mouth piece Katty Karoline.
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 10:56 AM
Mar 27

🤬 🤬 🤬

roscoeroscoe

(1,716 posts)
2. Coming up, wag the dog
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 09:35 AM
Mar 27

I mean bomb the dog. Malcolm Nance suggested some bombing runs may be on the way. You know, wave the flag, nifty explosions, etc.

Hugin

(36,028 posts)
9. Yeah, grainy b&w video with crosshairs and scrolling numbers of a bunker being busted...
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 09:39 AM
Mar 27

Always gets the rubes cheering.

Hugin

(36,028 posts)
4. Well, you see...
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 09:36 AM
Mar 27

The real error was including the wrong journalist in the clusterf**k. Fix that and it’s back to business as usual.

JustAnotherGen

(34,659 posts)
5. Because the Democrats
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 09:37 AM
Mar 27

Aren't staying focused on it. Signal Gate and the 4 dead American Soldiers in Lithuania is all I care about right now.

Woodwizard

(1,157 posts)
7. It is on npr, bbc ect
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 09:37 AM
Mar 27

Are you talking about cable drivel? That just finds the shiny object of the day.

Unfortunately most get their news from it.

RJ-MacReady

(335 posts)
19. Not true
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 10:13 AM
Mar 27

Opposite in fact. A very low % of people watch cable news today and that includes Fox.

Woodwizard

(1,157 posts)
20. OK I am talking of personal experience of people around me.
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 10:30 AM
Mar 27

And actually a lot of the latest breaking news on this site.

So where is the majority of america getting their news?

LSparkle

(12,001 posts)
11. This is a huge deal as long as media sticks with it
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 09:43 AM
Mar 27

But of course they won’t. On to the next outrage, taking the bait. Media is as complicit as the traitorous Rs in Congress in enabling and sanewashing.

I’m spending more time on YouTube than ever CHOOSING what I feel is important because I’m sick of mainstream media telling me repeatedly to just move on.

JustAnotherGen

(34,659 posts)
21. And Democratic Politicians
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 10:31 AM
Mar 27

Turn every single interview into a discussion about #SignalGate.

The media can ask about Rep Crockett - but it is what it is -

And oh by the way - Signal Gate.

unc70

(6,393 posts)
12. The late night comics have it front and center
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 09:52 AM
Mar 27

Making fun of Trump's cabinet is a powerful way to keep this in the public eye. The late night comics have been all over it.

karynnj

(60,198 posts)
13. It is still in the news at least in MSM
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 09:57 AM
Mar 27

It was the lead story in the online NYT with several sub stories. I assume it won't stay as number one because there are several other stories that are also generating outrage, because they should.

One that I hope gets more coverage is an incredible story of a young Tufts graduate student from Turkey kidnapped by ICE and against genic orders from a MA judge not to send people detained out of state without some due process sent to Louisiana. She was legally here to study, which she was doing, and she did absolutely nothing illegal. She was one of the people who wrote an oped that spoke of respect for all people. I wonder if this might be the best case for us to try to use because it is impossible to defend ICE's action.

Trump's tariffs are being labeled, not just bad for the economy and our relations with other countries, but there timing is said to be an attempt to change the topic.

Stories about the cancelling of food aid authorized by Congress to food banks.

The cancelling grants for research including medical studies.

Just hearing the headlines suggests a government trying to destroy our moral position, technological position, and our economic power. These are not things anyone would do if they wanted America to be a good place to live and work or to be respected in the world.

BlueTsunami2018

(4,288 posts)
14. Did you expect anything less?
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 09:58 AM
Mar 27

Nothing sticks to these fucks. They declare case closed and that’s it.

Hugin

(36,028 posts)
18. The message is out loud to our adversaries... Watch, Signal!
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 10:12 AM
Mar 27

They don’t NEED to see the encrypted messages. All they need to find out something is up is to see groupings of high level Trump Administration flunkies are on and active. They have other mechanisms to fill in the blanks. Intel-fusion is only a foreign concept to the Turd Reich.

Norbert

(6,980 posts)
28. Even our local news outlets are reporting this
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 11:04 AM
Mar 27

It doesn't appear to be leaving the news cycle right now.

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