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:

IT’S NICE TO CATCH A BREAK ON PROCUREMENT FOR A CHANGE: B-21 ‘Bomber on a Budget.’ “One of the most overlooked insights from the recent Air Force budgets is that the B-21 program is proving a new business case by keeping costs under control. During the 2025 budget cycle, smooth progress on the production line enabled the Air Force to negotiate lower rates for the B-21 bombers now in production. The Air Force trimmed about $1 billion off the B-21 program’s cost for Fiscal Year 2025 alone and bagged additional savings for future years.”

YOU STAY CLASSY, JASMINE: Flashback: Jasmine Crockett Attacked Byron Donalds for Interracial Marriage: ‘You Married a White Woman.’ “Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D., Texas) once attacked Rep. Byron Donalds (R., Fla.) for having a white wife, saying Donalds ‘married a white woman and so you think that whitewashed you.’ It’s unclear whether Crockett believes Kamala Harris is ‘whitewashed’ for marrying a white man.”