Donald Trump learned in Round 1 that someone is always listening to adversaries of the US. Consequently, they were caught being in direct communication with their friends and allies.

So, in Round 2 what better way to share information with our adversaries, their "friends", than in an open and hackable communication channel?

Hello Pam Bondi, if the GOP retains the House and Senate next year and Donald Trump then becomes President for Life (dictator), will you commit here and now that you will faithfully investigate all the unfortunate deaths that befall those on his enemies list? Or will you turn a blind eye because you fear being labeled a traitor and finding yourself on his enemies list?

What I did not hear during your confirmation hearing: TRUMP ist uber alles und Gott ist mit uns. Perhaps I was not listening carefully enough.

This message is intended for the elected and appointed cowards currently in government service.

You have two immediately available options to rid this country of this malignant disaster:
1) Impeachment by the House and conviction and conviction by the Senate,
2) The 25th amendment

You all need to have the courage to stand up to this man-child that is destroying this country; choose our current republic over dictatorship.

OK, let's look at this from a slightly different perspective. The first Trump administration learned that they cannot hide direct backchannel contact with their authoritarian counterparts because someone is always listening to those countries/people known to be frenemies of the United States. This resulted in some Trump people being caught, charged, and convicted of various crimes linked to these backchannel communications.

What then is the most obvious solution to the communication problem with their fellow autocrats? IMO, this communication problem is easily solved by using Signal, Gmail or any other easily hackable system to communicate with other autocrats. There is no real accountability because there is little to no paper trail available, especially if your choice of channel has an autodelete option.

IMO, these people were caught because of their arrogance and basic stupidity of thinking and believing that they are the smartest people they know. They communicated on these insecure systems with intent, not incompetence, IMO.

IMO, the only goal for SSA DOGE is denial of benefits for as long as possible. My bet is that when they announce the roll out of their replacement masterpiece it will require in-person re-enrollment in order to claim benefits. Likely the re-enrollment process will be initial denial of benefits followed by a lengthy review process, also in-person. Why else eliminate phone access and reduce staff?

Let's face it squarely, we are viewed as nonessential drains on capital. The capital that they think rightly belongs to approved fund managers, CEOs and corporate governance boards.