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haele

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5. I can't print anything out on a public printer from either my government laptop or
Sat Aug 16, 2025, 02:48 PM
Aug 16

The Government Remote desktop VPN app where I can do work on my personal laptop or mobile device using public Wi-Fi if I don't my government devices available.
And the remote app is a pain in the butt.
I'm not allowed to even email documents to myself across government and public domains.
How the hell is his staff allowed to print out at the hotel? AF1 or the Base was close enough, and he should have a printer at any of his "emergency travelling command posts" that follow him around.
On edit - I think this visit was to tell the pResident that thanks to DOGE and their "young guns" along with the idiots in his own Cabinet ripping away all the Cyber protections and air gaps, Russia has access to all US government sites, including supposedly secure and classified sites - and Putin's troll farms can do pretty much anything they want in the US and to it's institutions, infrastructure, and people, if he doesn't get what he wants. Fourth floor windows are not needed to ensure compliance in the US...

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