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Okay, so a friend just confirmed to me that screenshots taken in Signal group chats are PRIVATE (no announcements alerting others that someone has taken a screenshot).

Also, a reporter (CNN) just said that they were informed by a US government official that the government frequently uses Signal for discussions, but that might change.

#USA#wtf#USGov
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Holy crap —
Look what JD Vance said in that supposedly classified (?) convo on Signal. Check out the emoji responses.

So when someone takes screenshots in a Signal group chat, an alert doesn’t appear on the screen?

(clips below from CNN-I)

#USA#USGov#Yemen
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So they were playing chicken with the court, it seems… using Social Security (SS) as their leverage.

So that’s where we are. People might not have gotten their SS checks. And the administration wouldn’t care if there wasn’t outrage.

That was a test.

~ The Social Security Administration will not shut down, says acting commissioner, following DOGE-related court order~

marketwatch.com/story/is-the-s

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~ “They entered their cold cells, 80 men per cell, w/ steel planks for bunks, no mats, no sheets, no pillow. No television. No books. No talking. No phone calls & no visitors… It was exile to another world, a place so cold and far from home they may as well have been sent into space, nameless and forgotten… it was as if I watched them become ghosts.”

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~ What the Deported to El Salvador Experienced~

time.com/7269604/el-salvador-p

A group of uniformed officers is seen overseeing individuals in white clothing who are on the ground, facing down. The setting appears to be an indoor space, and the image is in black and white. Image: Philip Holsinger https://time.com/7269604/el-salvador-photos-venezuelan-detainees/
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“Inside the intake room, a sea of trustees descended on the men with electric shavers, stripping heads of hair with haste. The guy who claimed to be a barber began to whimper, folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell. He was slapped. The man asked for his mother, then buried his face in his chained hands and cried as he was slapped again.”

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~ What the Deported to El Salvador Experienced~

time.com/7269604/el-salvador-p

A group of people is gathered around an individual sitting on the floor, getting a haircut. The focus is on the act of shaving the person's head, with clippings of hair visible on the ground. Some individuals are holding hair clippers. Image: Philip Holsinger https://time.com/7269604/el-salvador-photos-venezuelan-detainees/
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“The men were pulled from the buses so fast the guards couldn’t keep pace. Chained at their ankles and wrists, they stumbled and fell, some guards falling to the ground with them. With each fall came a kick, a slap, a shove. The guards grabbed necks and pushed bodies into the sides of the buses as they forced the detainees forward.“

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~ What the Deported to El Salvador Experienced~

time.com/7269604/el-salvador-p

Time · What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador ExperiencedBy Philip Holsinger
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“The intake began with slaps. One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. But maybe it’s only because he didn’t look like what I had expected—he wasn’t a tattooed monster.”

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~ What the Deported to El Salvador Experienced~

time.com/7269604/el-salvador-p

A person in a white shirt is lying on the ground with their hands restrained. Several individuals are holding a baton and appear to be managing the situation. The image is in black and white, conveying a tense atmosphere. Image: Philip Holsinger (Time) https://time.com/7269604/el-salvador-photos-venezuelan-detainees/
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“Around 2 a.m., the convoy of 22 buses, flanked by armored vehicles and police, moved out of the airport. Soldiers and police lined the 25-mile route to the prison, with thick patrols at every bridge and intersection… for a Venezuelan plucked from America, it must have appeared dystopian—police and soldiers for miles and miles in woodland darkness.”

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~ What the Deported to El Salvador Experienced~

time.com/7269604/el-salvador-p

Time · What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador ExperiencedBy Philip Holsinger
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