Team Trump now stranded without a Signal

By Brian Karem
White House columnist


(Salon) Alina Habba strolled up to the sticks outside of the White House on Wednesday with the swagger of a pirate and the credibility of a felon on the run. In other words, her usual M.O. If we’re keeping track, Habba is currently serving as acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey — as well as a counselor to the president in the second Trump administration. She’s Donald Trump’s former personal legal spokesperson and also a former senior advisor to MAGA, Inc., Trump’s super PAC. She changes her title, but never her job: fealty to Trump. ......
“I would love if the press, for once, would focus on the actual facts and actions of the administration. This is just – this is frankly just noise,” Habba bemoaned.

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Furthering Trump’s woes, The Atlantic on Wednesday published a follow-up story that builds upon the first. The Atlantic published a transcript of text messages showing that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth detailed U.S. military attack plans in Yemen – and on a Signal text chain. “Secrets? What Secrets?” had been the standard reply from the administration prior to the Atlantic’s recent revelation. The publication of those facts on Wednesday calls out Trump’s lies, but more importantly for MAGA purists, their military “Brain Trust” consists of tattooed, well-coiffed, wanna-be sixth-grade bullies. Trump and his team will predictably deny, deflect, deny, denounce and may soon detain journalists for reporting about the crap the Trump administration eagerly spreads.

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The administration’s version of the story is so convoluted as to be ridiculous. At every entertainment-related business in Hollywood, there are eager, young and ultimately more talented writers who could concoct a more cogent narrative than the White House staff has produced. Maybe Trump should buy a few of them - though it’s doubtful he’d pay them.

The truth is, there absolutely is no script. This administration acts like they’re sightseers at Disneyland. They love pulling levers and causing stuff to crash, while at the same time they’re in awe of doing so. That’s it. No daily script. Just the Project 2025 bible to cover the wider themes - and those are malleable. Corruption for its own sake. ................(more)

https://www.salon.com/2025/03/27/signalgate-is-team-first-big-screw-up--and-now-theyre-stuck/