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mahatmakanejeeves

(68,085 posts)
Mon Oct 20, 2025, 07:51 PM Oct 20

"Today, [the DOJ press secretary is] the dumbest meanest airhead in middle school."

Kevin M. Kruse
‪@kevinmkruse.bsky.social‬

Part of the reason this struck me is that I've had my head in the 1960s DOJ for a while.

The DOJ press secretary back then was a Pulitzer Prize winner who'd been reporting for twenty years (except when he was winning medals in WWII).

Today, it's the dumbest meanest airhead in middle school.

‪Kevin M. Kruse‬
‪@kevinmkruse.bsky.social‬
· 1h
Everyone's focused on how idiotic Lindsey Halligan is, but don't sleep on the official response from Department of Justice spokeswoman Natalie Baldassarre.

It's just Mean Girls all the way down, if they'd written that script while huffing paint fumes.

You clearly didn’t get the response you wanted—which was information handed over to you without having to dig into the facts of the case to craft a truthful story—so you thought you’d “tattletale” to main justice. Lindsay [sic] Halligan was attempting to point you to facts, not gossip, but when clarifying that she would adhere to the rule of the law and not disclose Grand Jury information, you threaten to leak an entire conversation. Good luck ever getting anyone to talk to you when you publish their texts.
ALT

She seems nice
ALT
October 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM

Part of the reason this struck me is that I've had my head in the 1960s DOJ for a while.

The DOJ press secretary back then was a Pulitzer Prize winner who'd been reporting for twenty years (except when he was winning medals in WWII).

Today, it's the dumbest meanest airhead in middle school.

Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) 2025-10-20T23:35:49.675Z


Kevin M. Kruse
‪@kevinmkruse.bsky.social‬

Everyone's focused on how idiotic Lindsey Halligan is, but don't sleep on the official response from Department of Justice spokeswoman Natalie Baldassarre.

It's just Mean Girls all the way down, if they'd written that script while huffing paint fumes.

You clearly didn’t get the response you wanted—which was information handed over to you without having to dig into the facts of the case to craft a truthful story—so you thought you’d “tattletale” to main justice. Lindsay [sic] Halligan was attempting to point you to facts, not gossip, but when clarifying that she would adhere to the rule of the law and not disclose Grand Jury information, you threaten to leak an entire conversation. Good luck ever getting anyone to talk to you when you publish their texts.
ALT

She seems nice
ALT

‪Bruno J. Navarro‬
‪@brunojnavarro.bsky.social‬
· 1h
‘After I reached out to the department for comment on Halligan’s texts, Halligan texted me yet again, for the first time in several days, insisting that our entire correspondence had been off the record. Our full exchange, linked below, allows readers to make their own judgments on that question.’
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here.”
My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about the Letitia James grand jury.
www.lawfaremedia.org
October 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM

Everyone's focused on how idiotic Lindsey Halligan is, but don't sleep on the official response from Department of Justice spokeswoman Natalie Baldassarre.

It's just Mean Girls all the way down, if they'd written that script while huffing paint fumes.

Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) 2025-10-20T23:26:36.202Z


Bruno J. Navarro
‪@brunojnavarro.bsky.social‬

‘After I reached out to the department for comment on Halligan’s texts, Halligan texted me yet again, for the first time in several days, insisting that our entire correspondence had been off the record. Our full exchange, linked below, allows readers to make their own judgments on that question.’
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here.”
My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about the Letitia James grand jury.
www.lawfaremedia.org
October 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM

‘After I reached out to the department for comment on Halligan’s texts, Halligan texted me yet again, for the first time in several days, insisting that our entire correspondence had been off the record. Our full exchange, linked below, allows readers to make their own judgments on that question.’

Bruno J. Navarro (@brunojnavarro.bsky.social) 2025-10-20T23:12:57.032Z
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"Today, [the DOJ press secretary is] the dumbest meanest airhead in middle school." (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Oct 20 OP
Trump orders them to be as nasty and sneer as much as possible. Irish_Dem Oct 20 #1

Irish_Dem

(79,466 posts)
1. Trump orders them to be as nasty and sneer as much as possible.
Mon Oct 20, 2025, 08:02 PM
Oct 20

But he makes sure to hire people who are naturals at it.

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