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Catherine Schmidt<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/alt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alt</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nationalsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nationalsecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Loomer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Loomer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <br>NSA Director Fired: Why Laura Loomer's Shadow Looms Large Over Donald Trump's Latest Move</p>
Global Threads<p>🇨🇳 CHINA | 🇺🇸 US<br>🔴 TikTok Deal Stalls Over Tariffs</p><p> 🔸 Trump extended TikTok’s U.S. operations by 75 days to finalize a sale.<br> 🔸 ByteDance halted talks after China opposed Trump's new global tariffs.<br> 🔸 If ByteDance keeps control over data or algorithm, national security risks remain.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TikTok</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ByteDance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ByteDance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a></p>
RonSupportsYou<p>Trump's Ambassador to Ukraine, Bridget Brink, wrote: "Horrified that tonight a ballistic missile struck near a playground and restaurant in Kryvyi Rih. More than 50 people injured and 16 killed, including 6 children." </p><p>Ron Filipkowski wrote: "I wonder why Trump’s Ambassador to Ukraine can’t even name the country that did this. Just gross that this is what is representing us in embattled Ukraine." <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PutinsPuppet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PutinsPuppet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
RonSupportsYou<p>"Trump’s firing of NSA chief is rolling out the red carpet for cyber attacks": <br><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/04/trump-fires-nsa-cyber-command-timothy-haugh-00273859" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/2025/04/04/t</span><span class="invisible">rump-fires-nsa-cyber-command-timothy-haugh-00273859</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defense</span></a></p>
Brian Greenberg<p>White House fires NSA &amp; Cyber Command chief—raising national security alarm bells</p><p>General Timothy Haugh, head of both the NSA and U.S. Cyber Command, has been abruptly fired by the Trump administration, according to CBS and the BBC. His deputy, Wendy Noble, has also reportedly been removed.</p><p>This high-level shakeup comes after Trump met with far-right activist Laura Loomer, who called the officials “disloyal.” Trump denies she played a role—but earlier told reporters, “we’ll let go of people we don’t like.”</p><p>Lawmakers and cybersecurity professionals are deeply concerned:<br>・🧠 Removing top cyber leadership undermines national stability<br>・⚖️ The decision appears politically motivated, not performance-based<br>・🔐 At a time of escalating cyber threats, the U.S. just lost key defenders</p><p>Full report: <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgerl183j3o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/ckgerl18</span><span class="invisible">3j3o</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyberSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/NSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSA</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Leadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Leadership</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CyberCommand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyberCommand</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Policy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DigitalDefense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalDefense</span></a></p>
Ham on Wry<p>Who me?</p><p>I’m just waiting for Trump to appoint Putin as the new head of National Security.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TraitorTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TraitorTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>putin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/nationalsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nationalsecurity</span></a></p>
neural abyss diver<p>human cheezit is live-tweeting diplomacy and tariffs from a Florida Cheesecake Factory with secret service eyerolling hard enough to generate a Higgs boson</p><p>Laura "9/11 was an inside job and also I’m an Uber critic" Loomer walking into the White House like she's handing out pink slips at a MAGA bake sale. imagine getting fired from the NSA because a woman who live-tweeted herself getting banned from Twitter decided your vibes were off</p><p>not because you leaked something, not even because you did something... because you weren't vibing hard enough with the "eat the pets" caucus</p><p>elon, who is now macrodosing ketamine, spent the Mar-a-Lago strategy dinner balancing a fork and two spoons on his finger like a dissociating toddler. His date watched him like he was bending space-time</p><p>meanwhile canada, literal canada, is out here doing realpolitik with a moose and vibes</p><p>we are not a country, we are a "choose your own collapse" ARG with lag spikes</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/VibeCheckSecurityClearance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VibeCheckSecurityClearance</span></a><br><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/KetDiplomacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KetDiplomacy</span></a><br><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/BananaRepublicButMakeItFlorida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BananaRepublicButMakeItFlorida</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/elon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elon</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/elonmusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elonmusk</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/lauraloomer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lauraloomer</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/OHCANADA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OHCANADA</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CollapseWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CollapseWatch</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"she has charged that some school shootings were staged, accused Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis of 'exaggerating' her struggle with breast cancer, and questioned whether the 'deep state' might have used an atmospheric-research facility in Alaska to create a snowstorm over Des Moines. (Why? So that foul weather would suppress the turnout in the 2024 Iowa GOP caucuses and hurt Trump’s campaign.)"</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LauraLoomer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LauraLoomer</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <br>/7</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"If you don’t spend a lot of time online, you probably don’t know who Loomer is, and that’s healthy. To say that she is a 'conspiracy theorist' is not quite enough: She has referred to herself as a 'proud Islamophobe' and has claimed that 9/11 was an 'inside job'; </p><p>~ John Nichols</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LauraLoomer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LauraLoomer</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <br>/6</p><p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/04/the-conspiracy-theorist-advising-trump/682289/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar</span><span class="invisible">chive/2025/04/the-conspiracy-theorist-advising-trump/682289/</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Peter Schorsch, a former Republican operative, gave perhaps the most succinct description of Loomer: 'Laura Loomer is a political science experiment gone wrong,' he wrote. 'She’s what happens when you take a gadfly and inject it with that radioactive waste from Godzilla.'”</p><p>~ Jay Kuo</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LauraLoomer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LauraLoomer</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <br>/5</p><p><a href="https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/loomered" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">statuskuo.substack.com/p/loome</span><span class="invisible">red</span></a></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@kim_harding" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kim_harding</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CdnPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CdnPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CANpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CANpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CETA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CETA</span></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CEUM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CEUM</span></a></p><p>(1/2)</p><p>And <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SigmarGabriel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SigmarGabriel</span></a> is right!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a>, while having a lot of indigenous roots, AS well as Asian and African, the majority of people have ancestral roots on the European continent and speak one of its languages.</p><p>But things should not be hastened, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EuropeanUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanUnion</span></a> did not start as such.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/114237101442358153" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1142</span><span class="invisible">37101442358153</span></a></p><p>IMO, starting with a fast-track implementation of a free-trade area...</p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1969853/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1969853/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Trump abruptly fires the 4-star general who headed the National Security Agency <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/APTopNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APTopNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DistrictOfColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DistrictOfColumbia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GeneralNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/JackReed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JackReed</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/JamesHimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JamesHimes</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LauraLoomer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LauraLoomer</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MarkWarner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarkWarner</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MikeWaltz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MikeWaltz</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MilitaryAndDefense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryAndDefense</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TimHaugh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimHaugh</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>U</span></a>.S.DepartmentOfDefense <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>U</span></a>.S.NationalSecurityAgency <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStatesGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WashingtonNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WendyNoble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WendyNoble</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Yemen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yemen</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Ever wish to live in a world in which one of the internet’s foremost conspiracist theorists gets an unnatural amount of sway over the personnel at our leading national security agency? Congrats, buddy—you’ve arrived!"</p><p>~ Cathy Young</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LauraLoomer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LauraLoomer</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <br>/4</p><p><a href="https://www.thebulwark.com/p/lamps-going-out-around-us-trump-markets-nato-american-decline" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thebulwark.com/p/lamps-going-o</span><span class="invisible">ut-around-us-trump-markets-nato-american-decline</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"All it took for President Trump to fire keys members of his own national security team was the urging of right-wing conspiracist Laura Loomer in an insane Oval Office meeting Wednesday."</p><p>~ David Kurtz</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LauraLoomer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LauraLoomer</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <br>/3</p><p><a href="https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/laura-loomer-says-jump-trump-asks" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.</span><span class="invisible">com/p/laura-loomer-says-jump-trump-asks</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"The notion that Loomer could be given access to the White House grounds is astonishing; the fact that she could decimate the leadership of the intelligence community in a 30-minute semi-private audience with Trump is worrisome, to say the least."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LauraLoomer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LauraLoomer</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <br>/2</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"As Trump was about to unleash his tariffs, the universally reviled Laura Loomer commandeered the Oval Office for a 30-minute meeting during which she successfully demanded the firing of six national security officials. ...</p><p>Trump's association with the toxic, unhinged Loomer at the precise moment Trump was releasing toxic, unhinged tariffs is raising alarm bells and eyebrows."</p><p>~ Robert B. Hubbell</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LauraLoomer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LauraLoomer</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <br>/1</p><p><a href="https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/courage-and-fear-are-contagious-lets" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">roberthubbell.substack.com/p/c</span><span class="invisible">ourage-and-fear-are-contagious-lets</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…Gen Haugh was informed of the decision while traveling. Current &amp; fmr ofcls said Gen Haugh’s deputy at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSA</span></a>, Wendy Noble, was also removed from her post, &amp; possibly reassigned to another position at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a>.</p><p>…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Defense</span></a> Secy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> have removed several top officers from their posts including the chair of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JointChiefs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JointChiefs</span></a> of Staff…; the chief of naval operations [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Navy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Navy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CNO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CNO</span></a>]…; &amp; the commandant of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CoastGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoastGuard</span></a>….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MilitaryPreparedness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryPreparedness</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Gen Haugh was also seen by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin as moving too slowly on its mandate to eliminate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> programs.</p><p>Rep Himes, the top Democrat on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Intelligence</span></a> Cmte, said the public was owed an explanation.</p><p>“I have known General Haugh to be an honest &amp; forthright leader who followed the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> &amp; put <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> first—I fear those are precisely the qualities that could lead to his firing in this administration,” Himes said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Defense</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>A spox for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USCyberCom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USCyberCom</span></a> said she could not confirm Gen Haugh’s removal, &amp; referred questions to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a>, which did not respond for comment. A White House spox did not confirm the ouster.</p><p>But a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> official briefed on the matter said <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LauraLoomer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LauraLoomer</span></a>, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> activist &amp; outside adviser to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, called for Gen Haugh’s removal during her Oval Office meeting on Thurs. Trump ordered <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Defense</span></a> Secy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a> to fire Gen Haugh, the ofcl said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The head of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSA</span></a> &amp; US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Cyber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cyber</span></a> Command was removed from his job on Thurs, acc/to the top <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> on the congressional <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intelligence</span></a> committees.</p><p>Senator Mark Warner of Virginia &amp; Representative Jim Himes of Connecticut condemned the ouster of Gen. Timothy D. Haugh, who led both the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/spy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spy</span></a> agency &amp; the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> command.</p><p>The move caught intelligence officials off guard.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USCyberCom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USCyberCom</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOD</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USmilitary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USmilitary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MilitaryPreparedness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryPreparedness</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a></p>
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