Originally published at: The Trump Administration’s Absurd Obsession With Secrecy
A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. Sign up for the email version. Straight From The Authoritarian Playbook One of the defining elements of the Trump DOJ’s boundless first few months has been the extravagant and absurd claims to secrecy it has made in court. The sheer volume…
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Philip Bump is out at the WAPO.
WAPO and NYT have gone full frontal Brunch Lord propaganda. Kinda wonder how long Jamelle Bouie will hold out at NYT.
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Heck with the Epstein files, WTF is going on in Britain.
Targeting the Harry Potter actors with laughably-low speeding tickets.
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The darkness is spreading in the United States (news courtesy of The New York Times)…
“National Climate Report Website Goes Dark
The federal website hosting five legislatively mandated reports stopped working Monday afternoon.”
“The government website that hosted the federal government’s national climate reports, which are mandated by legislation, went offline Monday afternoon. The website was also one of the main federal sources of information on climate change.”
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Another approach to immigration enforcement. Should be a free link.
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On a Broom or in a Bentley ?
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We’re the Trump “administration”. We pee on filthy legislation.
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The Trump Administration’s Absurd Obsession With Secrecy
PressSec: “President Trump is truly the most transparent & accessible President in American history”
So, who’s lying, David or Karoline? Perhaps they should debate.
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secrecy is a key tool
It’s the only way to hide incompetence.
The Trump administration has a lot of secrecy.
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Hegseth got rid of the entire department that evaluated/safety testing. But the defense contractors started way back in 2023.
A software engineer working for one of the Pentagon’s most prominent defense contractors claims she was fired after flagging “critical software safety issues and errors” written into the code that controls high-tech automated artillery systems used by U.S. forces, as well as various other nations throughout the world.
Deborah Hale alleges the problems violated at least eight different laws, rules, or regulations set out by the Army, Department of Defense, NATO and even NASA, which “would have prevented appropriate safety tests from being properly developed and tested, severely jeopardizing the safety of American civilians, troops, and allies,” according to a state lawsuit that has now been removed to federal court.
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The press secretary forgot to add: “To assorted billionaires, Russian oligarchs, sexual degenerates, murderous Saudi prince’s, corrupt foreign authoritarians, grifters, etc.”
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19 is legal. I’d go for a 19 if a 19 would have me. Alas, I am too poor to be a sugar daddy.
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And it’s a pain in the ass to help them with their homework.
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Re: TX re-re-redistricting
Well, New Mexico can’t help much in adding Reps – we’ve got three districts and they’re all currently Blue. However, we can once again provide a safe, comfortable, and interesting refuge for fugitive Texas lawmakers, should they take that option. How about it, Las Cruces? Albuquerque?
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I don’t get the new math.
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