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 I'm on political overload right now. This whole Signal debacle, and today, I am hearing about Trump's executive orders re: the Smithsonian. 

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/27/nx-s1-5342914/smithsonian-president-trump-executive-order

Elon Musk is providing Starlink to the Whitehouse. 

https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/19/casual-white-house-starlink-use-is-a-cybersecurity-nightmare-a-transparency-problem-and-a-weird-marketing-stunt/

I dunno, but I was pretty sure they had a secure system set up in place before this, so I don't understand why, unless, of course, you take into consideration that it is believed that Hegseth used Signal because he had the messages set to automatically delete after 2 weeks (which was later changed to 4 weeks). This allowed plans to be made without worrying about an inconvenient record of events to answer to later. 

(Signal was not only used for war plans. They've dug up accounts with a lot of eggplant emojis that are linked to venmo accounts. I'm waiting for the "official" explanation on this. Probably involve Italian restaurants and food delivery. 

The official investigation is unfolding right now, and what we can know for sure is that these people are, at the very least, bald faced liars. 

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-gabbard-questioned-on-participating-in-signal-chat-where-war-plans-allegedly-leaked

That's a lot, isn't it? I came upon this, which I found encouraging.

https://ishouldbelaughing.blogspot.com/2025/03/i-didnt-say-it_01442929915.html

Thanks, Bob. I needed that post. 

I have good things happening in my corner of the world. 

We signed a lease. 

The correct pronoun is 'she'. 

Good to know, good to know.

Her family is coming together for her, donating what she needs to get started, and her joy is touching.

We've been getting things around for the house sale. Being part of that story is a happy thing too. Her family has come together in a big, big way. I messaged her to ask if she needed a kitchen range. She has one. And a fridge. And cupboards. And the bathroom. She thinks probably the best thing to do is just rent a u-haul to get everything there. She's excited. Her family's excited. 

All my peppers and my tomatoes have germinated, and I get a little happy every time I look at that. 

I'm have my granddaughters' easter box ready to mail.

We're going to see Lou Gramm next week in Erie, courtesy of the youngest daughter who bought tickets for us for Christmas. The original concert was canceled due to the huge snow event there. 

Concert?

Happy about that. 

The fact that it isn't snowing?

Another happy.

That's it, really. I hope that you all have joys to counterbalance the chaos.