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“Signal-gate” and the Zeitgeist of Trump 2.0 March 29, 2025

This week, we saw the first real scandal of President Trump’s second term. It came quickly – a mere two months in – but this conforms to the zeitgeist of Trump 2.0. This crowd is doing everything, good and bad, at a dizzying pace. ...

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Mixed Signals and Emerging Technology March 28, 2025

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Signalgate Just Might Be a Blessing in Disguise March 28, 2025

fiasco, according to Orlando Bloom’s character in Elizabethtown, is not just a disaster — it is a disaster of mythic proportions. That’s the right word for the now-infamous Signal group chat of Trump’s national security hands — a group chat laced w...

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The Real Scandal of the Signal Leak March 27, 2025

What’s the scandal when Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, is included in a Signal group chat of Trump administration officials discussing an attack on Yemen? For many observers, the outrageous thing is the breach of government se...

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The Real Meaning of Signalgate March 26, 2025

It’s far from the only issue raised by the group chat seen ’round the world, but it is an extremely important one. President Donald Trump’s national-security team may have the most consequential splits on foreign policy of any Republican administrati...

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