Eight years after targeting Hillary Clinton's email protocols, Trump's transition team is relying on private servers instead of secure government accounts.

Summary

Donald Trump’s transition team is relying on private email servers and devices instead of secure government accounts, raising cybersecurity concerns among federal officials as sensitive government data could be exposed.

This decision comes despite Trump previously criticizing Hillary Clinton’s email practices during the 2016 election, when he and Republicans framed her use of private email as reckless and dangerous.

Critics argue this inconsistency highlights insincerity, suggesting the prior outrage over Clinton’s emails was a politically motivated attack rather than a genuine concern about national security.

  • Botzo@lemmy.world
    51·
    17 hours ago

    Re Ken Martin: he’s a shrewd political operator. He’s been chair in MN for a long time, and made incremental progress and won elections. I’d describe him as a progressive who is not willing to let perfect get in the way of good.

    Source: was well connected with the MN DFL about 10yrs ago.

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      43·
      17 hours ago

      shrewd political operator

      Could mean he knows how to get things done. Could mean that he has little to no ideological consistency. Usually a mixture of both but mostly the latter.

      incremental progress

      Usually 1 step forward when already 5 behind the rest of the world. Incrementalists are usually willing to trade 3 steps back to fascists negotiating in bad faith in the name of holy bipartisanship.

      a progressive who is not willing to let perfect get in the way of good.

      You mean a Neoliberal incrementalist trying to pretend to be a progressive while continuing to work for billionaires and their corporations against the working class?

      Source: was well connected

      I bet you were!

      Sounds like you’re describing a carbon copy of Jeffries. There’s already way too many of those kind of politicians in Dem leadership. That’s why they lost every part of government to fascists.

      • Botzo@lemmy.world
        3·
        15 hours ago

        I’d say MN has mostly done better than most states under his pragmatic leadership. Whether you can say it’s his doing or not, well sure, it’s just a piece of the puzzle.

        But your criticism is also reasonable. The Dems haven’t actually learned anything about winning elections since they gave up new deal politics.

        And yeah, MN is a small place. I’m not gonna dox myself. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯