Why Trump voters love him more than ever. edit: And how the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic got on a Signal chat list during the planning for last weekend's attack on the Houthis
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Goldberg has released the entire chat. Redacting one person's name even though technically Ratcliffe said that person is not undercover.
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Waltz takes responsibility. And gets some insults in for good measure.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/25/mike-waltz-signal-fox-interview-00249896
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Of course people are wondering why Waltz had Goldberg's number in his phone to begin with.
The editor of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, has nothing to say about his relationship with national security adviser Mike Waltz, who inadvertently added him to a group chat about the United States' highly sensitive plans to bomb Yemen days ago.
"I'm just not going to comment on my relationship with Mike Waltz," Goldberg told CBS News in an interview Wednesday.
Waltz claimed he has "never met" with Goldberg, wouldn't be able to pick him out of a police lineup and trashed his reputation, calling him "the bottom scum of journalists." But photos surfaced online earlier Wednesday of the two together at an event at the French Embassy in 2021.
"If your eyeballs see us together, then I guess your eyeballs are seeing us together," Goldberg said of the photos.
Waltz has also suggested that Goldberg somehow added himself to the Signal chat that also included Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth â or that some other technical mishap that led to the breach. Goldberg called the claims "crazy."
"This is what happened on March 11," Goldberg continued. "I got a message request from Michael Waltz. I accepted the message request. That's what happened." Signal only allows users to add people to chat groups by phone number, QR code or username of the person they wish to add. The Atlantic story published Wednesday included a screenshot that showed Waltz as administrator and "JG" as a member of the group chat, named the "Houthi PC small group."
"If I'm such a nefarious character," Goldberg said, "why am I in Mike Waltz's phone? Why does he have my phone number? Why is he including me in this chat? And what do you expect a reporter to do when you learn interesting information about the way an administration is contemplating military action? What do they really think is going to happen?"
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey-goldberg-atlantic-mike-waltz-signal-group-chat-yemen/
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And the clown car rolls onâŚfrom WiredâŚ
A Venmo account under the name âMichael Waltz,â carrying a profile photo of the national security adviser and connected to accounts bearing the names of people closely associated with him, was left open to the public until Wednesday afternoon. A WIRED analysis shows that the account revealed the names of hundreds of Waltzâs personal and professional associates, including journalists, military officers, lobbyists, and othersâinformation a foreign intelligence service or other actors could exploit for any number of ends, experts say..
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Military pilots are outraged about The Signal fiasco. NYT report.
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Surprising.
The knives are out for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Politico reports that White House and Pentagon insiders are increasingly questioning Hegsethâs judgment and see him as the culprit in the disastrous news that Trumpâs top advisors discussed war plans in an insecure chat, a scandal that continues to shake the administration. This comes as a poll finds that 74 percent of Americans see the leak as a serious problem, including 60 percent of Republicans. And hereâs another striking number: Only 42 percent of Republicans say the media is making too big a deal about the scandal, suggesting that MAGAâs effort to blame the fake news for this fiasco is going belly up even with GOP voters.
https://newrepublic.com/article/193361/transcript-trump-text-fiasco-worsens-knives-come-hegseth
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Goldberg is a hoot.
Trump has so far declined to fire any of those involved, with the president dismissing it as a âglitchâ and instead attacking Goldberg. Waltz, meanwhile, said that Goldbergâs number was somehow âsucked inâ to his phone and added to the Signal group chat.
Goldberg has rejected this explanation. âI donât know what heâs talking about there,â the journalist told NBCâs Meet the Press on Sunday. Referring to a science fiction movie about humans unknowingly living in a simulated reality, Goldberg said: âThis isnât âThe Matrixâ. Phone numbers donât just get sucked into other phones.
âYou know, very frequently in journalism, the most obvious explanation is the explanation. My phone number was in his phone because my phone number is in his phone.â
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/31/pete-hegseth-republican-voters
