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Brenner's avatar

It’s worse than that. He initiated the threat by giving the keys to the country’s administrative infrastructure to Musk and the DOGE incels.

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J. Doyle's avatar

"....intentionally steering us in the direction of danger"...I totally agree this is intentional. Totally.

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Kevin's avatar

“Neglect” seems an awfully passive way to describe what is happening here. Oh, and I’m pretty sure Trump does not consider Russia to be an “adversary.” Perhaps there’s a connection between those two observations.

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Don A in Pennsultucky's avatar

It wouldn't surprise me if the Trump regime was revealed as generating phishing schemes.

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Barry Trask's avatar

Thank you. Great coverage. Terrifying reality.

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Aux Arc Maquis's avatar

Thank you for this great article. It’s so sad to see this happening after years of learning the mission and how everyone has to work together. I also like the final point.

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Johan Grillo's avatar

Make no mistake. He's just “following orders” from vladdy’s script. He doesn't know what day it is.

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Kevin Paquette's avatar

You just now realized this???

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Lynn D Englund's avatar

Bastardo Maralardo!

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Anders's avatar

Look, he is a major f… up but nxt we will blame him for death of Jesus

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Joey's avatar

Wow. How original. A Trump hit piece. If Trump is asleep at the wheel what was Biden? Is your TDR so strong you don’t see the irony in it?

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Caroline Orr Bueno, PhD's avatar

A hit piece, by definition, is one that unfairly criticizes the target based on personal characteristics that are disingenuously framed as substantive issues. As you’ll notice, the entirety of this article is about issues that are *actually* substantive, including cyber policies and cyber-related workforce cuts imposed by the Trump administration, as well as mounting cyber threats. Criticizing a sitting president for making bad decisions, downgrading our cyber capabilities, leaving us more vulnerable to cyber attacks, and vastly expanding the attack surface available to adversaries is not a hit piece. It’s an assessment grounded in clearly cited facts and analysis.

Ironically, criticizing my article on the basis of “yOu HaVe TDS” is exactly how one would compose a hit piece.

See? It’s not so bad around here. You might even learn a thing or two if you can leave your biases behind ;)

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Mark Whitson's avatar

Joey probably more concerned about how to fix a football game…

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Don A in Pennsultucky's avatar

Everyone except those that believe what Trump says knows that the Biden administration was running smoothly, keeping inflation under control, and boosting employment and the economy. All of those are failing under Trump's clown show.

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