Josh Peterson

Susan Cain’s book “Quiet” is brilliant at explaining that 1. Introverts are valuable and there’s nothing “wrong” with them and 2. They don’t have to let the label define or restrict them — anyone can learn to improve their social skills. We’re all on a spectrum anyway

It’s a challenge to avoid letting an identity or label (even a “positive” one) become restrictive. Huge issue in parenting. And US culture is heavily prejudiced against introverts.

There’s also research showing that these small positive interactions with strangers are really good for our emotional health journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Solid, insightful thread. I’d add that greeting rituals are even more elaborate and important in other cultures. In France if you enter a shop you’re expected to start your transaction with “Bonjour Madame/Monsieur/Mademoiselle” and wait for their reply.

Good morning.

Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.

It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.

Dear @warren.senate.gov and Gov Whitmer, please don't muddy waters by "well-actually-ing" tariff policy. The message is the simple truth:
The TRUMP TARIFF TAX is robbing working Americans.
The TRUMP TARIFF TAX is crushing American businesses.
The TRUMP TARIFF TAX is killing the American economy.

treat the signalgate story like fox news would

- what other secrets are they hiding
- are there payoff backchannels
- release the long form text transcripts
- this requires a criminal investigation
- what other backchannels are they leaking classified intel on? members of congress? fox news? russia

Pete Hegseth must resign or be fired immediately.

If these men had any sense of honor, they would already have resigned. The fact that they are all still in their jobs is just as damning as their terrifying and lawless incompetence.

If they are illegally detaining legal permanent residents by month two, they will be illegally detaining citizen dissidents by year two. If you want it to stop before it reaches you, we will have to stop it here.

This is an attack on the rule of law. If a country seizes people with valid documents for detention and refuses to abide by any judicial process for it, that country is fundamentally lawless.

That the detention is indefinite and in a foreign labor prison makes it even more so.

Including the wrong recipient is a mistake. Using a non-government platform for classified information is a crime.

I am BEGGING people to frame this properly. The issue here is not one colossal blunder where a reporter got info. The issue is it’s clear these people are all routinely ignoring the most absolutely basic security protocols, and WE HAVE NO IDEA what breaches this has already enabled.

You use the officials USGovt secure channels to hide communications from bad actors. You use Signal to hide communications from the USGovt.

In any other administration of the past 80 years, the defense secretary and the national security advisor would, following an equivalent scandal, now resign.

REPORTABLE: NPR’s Tom Bowman has learned that a Pentagon-wide email went out one week ago warning about the vulnerability of using the messaging app Signal. "A vulnerability has been identified in the Signal messenger application," the email begins. The app is the same one used by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other leading national security officials within the administration to discuss bombing Houthi sites in Yemen – journalist Jeffrey Goldberg was inadvertently added to the group and privy to the highly sensitive discussions.

News: NPR’s Tom Bowman reports of a Pentagon-wide warning about Signal’s security vulnerability - one week ago 👇🏼

Even though Trump’s advisors are stupid, we need to stop attributing to stupidity what is actually corruption.

The purpose of the Yemen Signal group chat was circumvention of public records disclosure laws. They want to act without accountability (which is also why they used disappearing messages).

Hegseth, Waltz and company texting war plans to a reporter on signal is just the tip of the iceberg. This whole administration is full of incompetent, inexperienced, and unqualified clowns. Our national security is compromised in ways we’re just beginning to understand.

Every single Democrat in Congress should be demanding the resignation of Waltz and Hegseth. Every single one.

This is a massive scandal. There should be a serious price to pay.

AND THERE IS ZERO DOWNSIDE FOR EVEN THE MOST SCAREDY-CAT CONGRESSPERSON.

Today, I am calling on Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and other top officials in the Trump administration to resign immediately due to their reckless and unlawful disclosure of national security secrets. Their actions have put our country at risk, and immediate accountability is necessary

Using Signal violates Sec. Pro. for the Fed. Records Keeping Act, Using unsecured NoN Government wireless phones violates the National Secrecy laws THEY ALL SIGNED ON FOR WHEN SWORN IN!
Every fucking person on these 'Chats' are bound by their sworn appointments to RESIGN IMMEDIATELY
ALL MUST GO NOW

Obviously, Jeffrey Goldberg has the texts that Hegseth claims that he doesn’t have. The Senate or House Armed Services Chairs can easily and quickly verify who is lying about this. If Hegseth blatant lied about this on camera tonight, how in the world can he continue in this job?

Every single Democratic lawmaker should be calling for Hegseth's immediate resignation right now. Not just some. Not just a few dozen. Every single one, starting at the top with Mr. Schumer and Mr. Jeffries. And the fact that it hasn't happened yet is nearly as shocking as Hegseth's conduct.

100% OPSEC!🤡

literally every day is going to provide more evidence that the "let's provide some votes for the least bad trump nominees out of respect for the presidency" was a boneheaded strategy. any idiot could have told senate democrats that any vote for any of these people was going to make them look bad.

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Six Short Thoughts on the Most Insane Trump Story of All Time Trump's "Team of Amateurs" Screwed Up in the Most Hilarious (and Troublesome) Way

One thing that most people are missing in the group text scandal: The Trump officials don’t appear clear on what *exactly* Trump approved, which is a huge problem in using military force. Stephen Miller says “as I heard it … green light.” 😱😬 www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/six-short-...

YouTube video by Pete Buttigieg Pete Responds Live to Trump Admin’s Major Security Failure

The lives of American troops - and every American life - depends on the people in charge of our government taking their responsibilities seriously. But again and again, including with the incompetence that came to light today, they are demonstrating the opposite.

My full interview here:

Pete Hegseth never should have been tapped for this job. It's too important.

He should be fired immediately.