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submitted 2 weeks ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Summary

Nearly 100 former national security officials expressed alarm over Trump’s nomination of Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence due to her past alignment with Russian and Syrian officials and lack of experience.

In a letter, they urged Senate committees to hold closed-door hearings to assess her qualifications and review any government-held information about her.

Critics highlighted her controversial 2017 trip to Syria to meet Bashar al-Assad and her questioning of U.S. intelligence.

Gabbard’s spokesperson dismissed the criticism as partisan attacks, while the Senate confirmation process is expected to be contentious.

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[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 46 points 2 weeks ago

I've been hoping for a war between the MAGoos and the old guard RNC for almost a decade.

Right Wing vs Far Right

and the Far Right is winning... 😬

[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago

If we can split the vote the Left has a chance of moving ahead.

[-] HK65@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 weeks ago

You just know the Democrat leadership would try to pander to and gobble up the "old-school burn-the-world conservative" vote instead of capitalizing on their split from the batshit wing.

[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago

The Left had two chances to get Bernie Sanders nominated. In 2020 he did better in the caucus states [where the DNC would be able to exert more control of the outcome]. The Left failed both times. Maybe we should stop looking at the Dems and get our act together. FYI I contributed to Bernie both cycles.

[-] HK65@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago

I was born in a country that is afflicted with very much the same disease. Some might say we were patient zero. Yes, it is Hungary.

The hope that something might be better at some point only came after we finally could get our Dem-equivalents out of the picture and well below the parliament threshold.

[-] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

😂 Yup. Been hearing this tune for a while now.

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago
[-] lemmylommy@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

Looks like the old guard is losing. Not exactly a win for humanity in my book.

[-] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 39 points 2 weeks ago

It doesn't matter, does it? This is Trump's America, and Americans walked into this with eyes wide open. Knew exactly what and who he is. We deserve everything that's coming, and I hope we get it all. If the voters don't suffer, they will never learn, it seems.

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago

She got that gray stripe from turning Michelle Pfeiffer into a newt.

[-] Badeendje@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

If I was an asset deployed abroad as an operative against Russia especially.. I'd request being pulled out. No way you will live.

[-] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

It’ll be Russia’s intelligence community at that point lol

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

This is your regular reminder that Tulsi Gabbard is literally in a cult.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_of_Identity_Foundation

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

There were 51 “former intelligence officials” who signed a letter stating the Hunter Biden laptop story was Russian disinformation. (a lie)

Three digits’ worth being alarmed about Gabbard being their boss doesn’t bother me at all.

[-] hark@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

As if the "intel community" was ever a shining beacon of goodness. How many of these "national security" officials were perfectly happy to see the US spy on its own citizens, invade Iraq and Afghanistan, help overthrow the governments of multiple other countries, and contribute billions toward a genocide?

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