dutch777
dutch777's JournalNote for all about the Signal messaging app. While the level of stupid for someone to have a secret level government...
...text exchange on any application not vetted and approved by the NSA is staggering, and including in a journalist by accident is beyond comprehension (unless you have clown car members for a Cabinet), we all should be aware that the Signal app is not perfect. It's end to end encryption is considered top notch at least for a non-governmental system, but it can be breached. Cracking the encryption by non governmental hackers is unlikely but the true level of capability of Russia, China, the US and others is not really known. Knowing NSA and knowing bad actors probably like Signal, I would suspect a lot of focus and supercomputer time has worked on breaking the encryption. Further, Signal has no defense if the device taking in a Signal message has been compromised and others can simply read what is on the screen remotely. The message in transit may be safe but not so much possibly if being entered or received on a hacked device. I know progressive political entities like Signal so we ALL should be aware nothing is 100% safe from prying eyes.
Fun fact: Denaturalizing citizenship back just three generations would make Trump a non citizen.
Trump's grandfather was an immigrant, his father Fred the first born in the US.
Has anyone seen anything from the new head of the DNC on Schumer's move on the CR vote?
I keep looking for some new and different approach on the DNC website and have been rather disappointed. If I read it right, until the next Dem presidential nominating convention, the platform we lost on is the one we are living with as Dems. I assume Dem candidates for House and Senate etc. in 2026 can emphasize the points they will run on rather than follow the platform slavishly but it really makes me wonder if we are working and thinking enough in real time?
Given Schumers move, I gotta invest elsewhere. Anyone else looking at the Indivisible Project?
I will not die on knees.
Hoping Dems make point that Trump cutting IRS will only allow more fraud and abuse. Show the hypocracy!
Love the ardent defense of Medicaid and other safety net programs and agree with prioritization on that message. Hope we also have opportunity to make the point that DOGE et. al. ,while supposedly trying to cut fraud and abuse, are making great opportunities with actions against the IRS, CFPB and others to actually increase it. Further, if they really want to contain and reduce the national debt, maximizing collection of taxes due needs to be part of that.
Anyone else getting tired of paying for streaming services only to have them adding more ads?
My wife and I abandoned cable and the big networks during Covid. The ads were just too much/many and too annoying. Now our streams that we pay a premium for seem to think that ads are okay and its proliferating. Maybe its time to just put a painting where the TV is and give up on anything video. Wondering what others are seeing and doing?
Wondering who travelled abroad recently or interacts regularly with foreigners & if they are feeding back on Trump/US ?
I was in Germany in the military many years ago and was there long enough to make local acquaintances. While they were generally polite, but as we were frequently socializing with alcohol in the mix, and as they were true to their German nature, they did not hesitate to tell us when the US was being stupid in doing whatever it was the US was doing. Wondering if people with foreign contact are hearing things now?
If you want to watch a great speech before Trump's, see Trudeau's speech of earlier today. CNN carried it & on YouTube
For a leader on his way out, Trudeau really is still very much in the game.
France just called, they want their statue back.
They'll send their own boat, crew and crane to get it but they will wash the toxic slime off of it first and have it trucked to 725 5th Ave in NYC for dumping.
Decided we are going to boycott as much as we can. Hit the big businesses where we can.
My wife and I are feeling pretty helpless. Writing the WH and legislators seems right but also a fools errand. The Repugs aren't listening/don't care and the Dems pretty much have their hands tied. We appreciate the 2/28 no buying action but think it does not go far enough. While of course we have to buy food, fuel, medical care, there is a lot we do not need to buy. And where we do, to the extent we can, we will only patronize mom and pops and leave the big corporations out as much as we can. May not do much, but at least it feels like something. I am seriously considering printing stickers that say "Why isn't Trump lowering prices? Liar!" to stick in places in the grocery store. Maybe some swastika stickers to start putting on Teslas in parking lots. I'll risk the penalties. Gotta resist and make a statement somehow.
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