urged Republicans to seek a “full investigation into how this happened, the damage it created and how we can avoid it in the future”.
How it happened: Republicans
Damage it created: Hard to predict, because it isn’t like the damage done is instant.
How to avoid it in the future: stop electing Republicans.
Didn’t we have security leaks during his first term too?
Didn’t we have security leaks during his first term too?
Dude straight up stole classified documents, “LOST” (sold) a bunch while foreign nationals were occupying nearby rooms, then lied about it, then tried to hide it, then lied about trying to hide it. Then tried to hand wave it all by saying he
prayeddeclaredthought about them being declassified and therefore perfectly legal to do the things he didn’t do.To name a single instance.
People saw this as it played out and thought “well no red flags here, better go back to hating everyone that isn’t me”
What. The. Fuck.
This looks like a clip from Washington week
You guys know that DW is basically German “propaganda” it is literally the German government’s news outlet. And I don’t mean in a public broadcasting kind of way.
Edit.: because this comment could be and has been seen as to placative and one-sided, pls. also take regard of my answer below.
Hey, can you provide a source for that? I just tried to find something on wikipedia about it. While the organizational form positions DW significantly nearer to the government than the rest of german public broadcasting, it is not like the government does the journalistic work or has a direct say in it. So while a critique on DW being too close to the federal government seems fitting, calling it propaganda and the literal governments news outlet seems far fetched.
I didn’t mean to say it in a demeaning way. DW is certainly a better news outlet than many others, especially major US ones. And how much sway the government actually has is unclear to me as well. Nevertheless their conception from day one has been and still is to be a spokesman for the German state in its entirety.
Am 3. Mai 1953 geht die Deutsche Welle von Köln aus als Hörfunksender mit einer Radioansprache von Bundespräsident Theodor Heuss erstmals auf Sendung. Gegründet von der Bundesregierung, soll sie dem Ausland die junge Bundesrepublik vermitteln und die Wiederaufnahme Deutschlands in die internationale Staatengemeinschaft medial begleiten. Taken directly from their website.
Or for those not German speaking, paraphrasing loosely: Founded by the federal government their mission was to tell the world of the young federal Germany and to help reintegrate Germany into the international community of countries medially.
My goal was not to belittle their work - I really like their work from what I’ve seen so far. However I wanted to point out that the media outlet that was founded to paint Germany in a positive - though often critical- way, is now apparently more trustworthy than a majority of major (sort of independent) US news outlets and gets cited alongside the Guardian.
But because you’re still correct on my style of writing to be quite a bit to placative, I will add a disclaimer to my initial comment.
I’m not totally sure how to moderate this with our “no politics” rule in this community. I’m thinking the situation (and this meme) is more independently funny than about a political agenda or bickering, so I’m leaving this up.
The spirit of the rule is simply intended to prevent this community from being another political battleground, and I don’t think this post crosses that line.
I honestly think that politics has ended in the US
Everything is political. You guys should remove every single post in this community or you’re hypocrites
“everything is political” is a phrase designed to reduce the actual meaning and implications of the word politics. That said, I agree with the point of your message
As usual, the weakest point in any infosec system is its users
It’s hard enough when the users are intelligent. It’s essentially impossible when the user has a favorite flavor of crayon.
I think the meme is backwards. It should be one serious person in a meeting of clowns and puppets.
