Duckworth to Hegseth: "You are blowing through money like my fellow cadets and I did in our first liberty after basic camp. Luckily I didn't end up with a questionable tattoo ... you're just an unqualified yes man who can't tell the president how to keep Americans safe."
NBC News confirms: In the unsecured Signal group chat, national security advisor Michael Waltz referred to a Houthi militant targeted in U.S. air strike.
Israel provided the sensitive intelligence on that Houthi militant, according to three sources with knowledge of the matter. @msnbc.com
We’ve mapped out a non-exhaustive list of people affiliated with DOGE, including creating a searchable table with each member, their corporate history, and the agencies they’ve been connected to. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Trump's Cabinet used a Signal group chat for Yemen war planning discussions that included classified information, and we only know about it because they accidentally added the EIC of The Atlantic. Mind-bogglingly bonkers story with serious implications. bit.ly/4hKjsMa
If you used 23andMe in the past, its last call to delete your data! Unless you want it unloaded to an unknown buyer. 🧬💻
"This is the FBI. China's Volt Typhoon is on your network" -
Power utility GM talks to El Reg about getting that call and what happened next
Last week while Trump was yelling about tariffs, DOJ lawyers were laying the groundwork to enact multiple provisions of Project 2025—on the abortion pill mifepristone, emergency abortions, and “defunding” Planned Parenthood.
Me in @democracydocket.com:
To clarify I’m not freaking out about this at all. I just think there is potential that will see it pop up in some weird, nasty niche attacks for a long while.
“Trump’s message is that there is no point in being his ally since he won’t defend you, and will impose higher tariffs on you then on his enemies…” Oof. 👇🏻👇🏻
I don’t think the US government appreciates the degree to which Signal and end-to-end encryption has become a national security requirement — following the deep penetration of US telecoms by China.
Beautiful
RSA Conference is celebrating 20 years of RSAC Innovation Sandbox contest with each of the ISB Top 10 Finalists receiving a Finalist-friendly $5 million uncapped SAFE investment beginning at RSAC 2025. Applications open January 14. More here: shorturl.at/dfCG0
Gonna try another old-Twitter-style thread, since the last one got a lot of engagement. This time about a topic some people have raised, but needs more attention: the likelihood that Trump's tariffs will become an engine of immense corruption 1/
Here’s a starter back to help find people go.bsky.app/JvFS98y
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