Episode Summary
It is difficult to comprehend how much these people screw up, lie, lie about their screw ups, and screw up lying. But we’re going to try anyway. Travis, Jake, and Liv break down the most recent round of malice and incompetence from the Trump administration and the deceit, deflections, and conspiracy theories being deployed in defense of this bad behavior. Firstly we cover “Signalgate,” the controversy in which a National Security Advisor accidentally added a journalist to their Signal chat about military operations. Secondly we discuss the ongoing saga of Elon Musk’s DOGE and how their efforts are clearly making the government less efficient. And thirdly we cover the Trump administration’s brutal deportation policy, which has targeted people for arbitrary reasons and for their expression of rather benign opinions. We then debunk the conspiracy theory that there is evidence of American student groups collaborating with Hamas. Subscribe for $5 a month to get all the premium episodes: https://patreon.com/qaa Editing by Corey Klotz. Theme by Nick Sena. Additional music by Pontus Berghe, Nick Sena, Jake Rockatansky. Theme Vocals by THEY/LIVE (https://instagram.com/theyylivve / https://sptfy.com/QrDm). Cover Art by Pedro Correa: (https://pedrocorrea.com) https://qaapodcast.com QAA was known as the QAnon Anonymous podcast. SOURCES The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans https://archive.ph/JIxF8 Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal https://archive.ph/ZKjdg#selection-609.0-614.0 'Most scared I've been': US strikes sow panic in rebel-held Yemen https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250316-most-scared-i-ve-been-us-strikes-sow-panic-in-rebel-held-yemen Tech issues hit DOGE's '5 things' email requirement for federal employees https://abcnews.go.com/US/tech-issues-hit-doges-5-things-email-requirement/story?id=120189752 Court records show how many federal workers were fired and rehired at 18 agencies https://www.cbsnews.com/news/federal-probationary-workers-mass-firing-rehired/ The Federal Workers Who Are Not Quite Fired, Not Quite Working https://archive.vn/8eGYG#selection-2081.0-2089.0 “You’re Here Because of Your Tattoos” https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/trump-el-salvador-venezulea-deportation-prison-cecot-bukele/ Oct. 7 victims sue Columbia student groups and protest leaders, alleging Hamas support https://forward.com/fast-forward/707269/columbia-sjp-cuad-mahmoud-khalil-lawsuit/