Summary

JD Vance angered senior Republicans after questioning Trump’s directive to strike the Houthis in Yemen during a Signal chat with top officials.

Some GOP lawmakers viewed Vance’s objections—framed as anti-European and pro-MAGA—as an attempt to obstruct Trump’s decision.

The Trump administration is escalating military actions, including deploying B-2 bombers, carriers, and missile systems, signaling a sustained campaign.

Critics fear entanglement similar to Iraq.

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    2 days ago

    This needs to anger everyone in the country. This needs to be on every news channel and every social media platform but, oh yea never mind…

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      I feel like I’ve capped out on being angry at all of this violence and suffering spewing out of the US lately. I touch grass regularly, but it’s hard to keep track of it all, you know.

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        Fully understand that the feeling I have a hard time keeping myself informed and positive at the same time. I try to limit myself to just checking news 2 times a day in a short period. And I also keep myself occupied by playing old video games of mine.

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    I get the sentiment of some to be all “tHeY’rE mAd AbOuT aN aPp, NoT bOmBiNg CiVilIaNs!” but we’ve been bombing civilians for 25 years now, while the Signal controversy is new. You can (and should) be mad about both things but right now we need to recognise that the Signal scandal is giving us leverage on both sides on the aisle to move against this administraion.

    We’d be fools not to lean in and leverage this moment

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    “We can tolerate gleefully discussing the murder of civilians on a war operation using a commercial messaging app on your personal phones, but we draw the line at slightly disagreeing with Trump”

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    These fucking twats are treating Trump like a king. That’s because they think they’ll be the lords of the land. Little do they know, they are about as useful to Trump as the next pair of Depends.

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      Maybe, but they also need an heir apparent if dear leaders third inauguration is blocked by something as silly as the Constitution, or if dear leader somehow doesn’t live forever. He wants to stand out as a “strong, independent leader” just as capable of fulfilling Putin wishes and further enriching his corporate owners

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    Watching peoples homes and shops get destroyed in the bombings and then seeing this is a recipe for rage. America deserves its collapse.

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      This is so egregious a violation of national security and government security policy that we’re not even discussing whether it was appropriate

      And this makes it even worse, complaining about a mildly dissenting opinion, not the breach of security, not a bunch of yahoos who think they are above security and ethical policies, and not talking about a proxy war halfway around the world

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        Honestly I see it as manufactured consent in 2025. Controlling the narrative via framing the controversy for us before it becomes news.