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Swede

(39,340 posts)
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 02:55 PM Yesterday

KELLY: Do you think supporters of the president should be able to pay and receive his private national security briefing

Is this not breaking the law?

KELLY: Do you think supporters of the president should be able to pay and receive his private national security briefings?

RATCLIFFE: Regardless of what that document says, it didn't happen

KELLY: This says, 'unfiltered updates.' Director Gabbard?

GABBARD: I'm not familiar with that document

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-03-18T16:08:57.766Z
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KELLY: Do you think supporters of the president should be able to pay and receive his private national security briefing (Original Post) Swede Yesterday OP
Hell no. greatauntoftriplets Yesterday #1
This message was self-deleted by its author greatauntoftriplets Yesterday #2
Selling US classified material is against the law. Irish_Dem Yesterday #3
Not when the king does it. quakerboy Yesterday #4
But, it's super useful to hostile foreign actors Bettie Yesterday #5
Putin is probably writing half the briefings. Irish_Dem Yesterday #6
HELL, NO!! THIS SEEMS LIKE ACTUAL TREASON! WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?! ColoringFool Yesterday #7
Unfortunately they are the ones in charge. Celerity Yesterday #8
What happened to 3 equal branches of government? CozyMystery Yesterday #9

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Irish_Dem

(81,076 posts)
3. Selling US classified material is against the law.
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 03:05 PM
Yesterday

It is called espionage and treason.

At least it was when we still had laws.

Bettie

(19,644 posts)
5. But, it's super useful to hostile foreign actors
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 03:31 PM
Yesterday

all they have to do is pay the fee and they get to know everything he knows*!

ETA: Though, honestly, Putin, at least, already gets those briefings, no doubt.

* "Knows" means what's in the briefing, since that clown doesn't actually know anything.

CozyMystery

(728 posts)
9. What happened to 3 equal branches of government?
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 05:29 PM
Yesterday

Why do the courts and Congress just sit around.

Did the Republicans or Donvict figure out how to get around the Constitution and make everyone else cower before their power?

Individuals do say something, sometimes ... but they are not standing together as a group to defend our country's takeover by a madman and his woefully underqualified appointees.

Right about now I am thankful that I taught (brainwashed, hopefully) all of my children that if the draft comes back, they should flee the country. No way I wanted my kids to die or gravely injured in a war like the one with Vietnam.

I think restoring our government is worth fighting for. However, there has to be some large-ish chance of winning. I think Renee Good's and Alex Pretti's murders were the end of me thinking anything positive about our chances of winning. I hope I am wrong. I don't, however, think that a country which elects a madman *twice* is very smart, in the aggregate.

I studied every video I could find online - and I am convinced that both of those lovely people were murdered. There is no other way to interpret the videos. Thank goodness murder has no statute of limitations because I expect the next Democrat elected to the presidency to move heaven and earth to get those people and make sure they end up in one of those Supermax prisons for the rest of their lives. That would be torture. While they are at it, they can look at the evidence for murder relating to others who died in this mad dash to terrify the entire country. Believe me, there are plenty of terrified citizens.

I will vote, of course, straight D.

I had two boys who were bullied in high school. They were the new kids in town. One was 5'6" and had very long hair - nearly to his waist. So being short and looking like a hippie in a very Rethuglican small town, was like waving a flag at the bullies to come and get him.

The first bully got to him while he stood outside waiting for the bus. A few seconds later, that bully was running from my son, who was chasing him and probably screaming at him, too.

When my son was at 4H Camp when he was 11, the director called me and said sonny boy was being expelled. I said no, he is not. That kid whom he punch in the mouth so bloody hard had been bullying him all week. My son stayed.

One of my other sons was bullied in high school too. He's straight, so it wasn't about that at all. He was on the bus. Decided this was ridiculous and he didn't want to start a fist fight. So he gathered his witnesses and marched straight into the principals office and report the bully for Sexual Harassment.
That got around the school.

Long story short -- don't put up with bullies. Go after them. Neither of my sons ever got bullied again. Why did they succeed? The bullies were not used to people who fight back. It's called self-defense and it is totally legal.

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