SOMETIMES THIS HAPPENS:  Gone Ghibly.

OPEN THREAD: Happy Thursday.

CDR SALAMANDER ON THE SIGNAL KERFUFFLE: “No, the government never created its own version of Signal. A stupid and lazy mistake. Signal was authorized and encouraged to be used even up to the highest level since at least the Biden Administration. Records Act concerns are covered.”

AN IMPORTANT REMINDER FROM SCOTT PRESLER:

“WE HAVE NO PLAN, WE HAVE A GOOD LIKELIHOOD IT’S GOING TO GET WORSE” DOESN’T MAKE ME WANT TO GIVE ANYONE A SINGLE DOLLAR, MUCH LESS SEVEN BILLION OF THEM: