Joseph Simons 🍁 🌱<p>"Amazing, jaw-dropping, frightening, cringe-inducing.... Leaders of the <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration from VP <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/JDVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JDVance</span></a>, Secretary of State <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoRubio</span></a>, Defense Secretary <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a>, National Security Adviser <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/StephenWaltz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StephenWaltz</span></a>, Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and close Trump advisers <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/SteveWitkoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SteveWitkoff</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/StephenMiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StephenMiller</span></a> (and others) set up a <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> chat to discuss [bombing ...] <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Yemen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yemen</span></a>."</p><p>"...they added the Editor in Chief of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@TheAtlantic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TheAtlantic</span></a></span> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/JeffreyGoldberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeffreyGoldberg</span></a> to the Signal group."</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/uspoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspoli</span></a></p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/phillipspobrien/p/the-story-of-the-year-for-many-reasons?r=4t3klr&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=false" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/phillips</span><span class="invisible">pobrien/p/the-story-of-the-year-for-many-reasons?r=4t3klr&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=false</span></a></p>