Michael Ramirez: TTYL Pete 3-26-25

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Texting war plans. - Michael

Editor’s Note: I forget, daily, what it was like to be a child. My own children give me occasional reminders, mostly through the pure filter of their sense of injustice. But on days like today, I remember fully what it’s like. It’s because I’ve been confronted with something so incredibly stupid that even a child could understand it, perhaps more clearly than the adults rushing to defend and justify it.

Online security is complex, but it’s just common sense to not text war plans to individuals without that security clearance. It’s obviously dumb as heck to text them to journalists, since leaking juicy information is literally their job. Everyone, of all political leanings and ages, seems to agree on this stupidly basic principle. What on earth is Pete Hegseth’s problem, especially after he had lots of pointed words about Hillary Clinton’s email server in 2016?

I think we’re all in an era of simply craving for people to practice what they preach, plus a little bit of extra prudence if they happen to have high-stakes security jobs in government.

-Bree

Editor’s Choice Links:

Trump Rips Waltz As 'So Stupid' As Full Signal Chat Released: Live Updates- Amanda Castro and Hannah Parry, Newsweek

The Columbia Lawsuit- Scott Johnson, Power Line

Senate Dems Claim Censorship Industrial Complex Never Happened — And If It Did It Was A Good Thing- John Daniel Davidson, The Federalist

Nine reasons Democrats are doomed to stay in the political wilderness- Steve Hilton, Fox News

A new hero: New Hampshire Representative Jonah Wheeler

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