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Democratic senators have raised concerns over Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination as Director of National Intelligence, citing her past meetings with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and her embrace of Russian talking points.

Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Gabbard shared a video echoing a false Kremlin claim that the U.S. was funding biological weapons labs in Ukraine.

A former Democratic congresswoman and critic of U.S. foreign policy, Gabbard recently joined the Republican Party and would now oversee 18 intelligence agencies and prepare the President’s Daily Brief.

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[–] GlassHalfHopeful@lemmy.ca 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

AP: What to know about Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s pick to be director of national intelligence https://apnews.com/article/trump-gabbard-director-national-intelligence-466dfdfe2f949ea20bc2f4ef13e21438

Just read this article because I honestly don't know who Gabbard is. Interestingly, I agree with a lot of her views of the Democratic party. Backing Bernie in 2016 says something good. But.. to leave the party and then eventually end up becoming a Republican, oath-bound Trumpite? I'm genuinely confused as to who she really is and what she stands for.

But... I don't really have much to say beyond that. Not a single person Trump is surrounding himself with is someone that brings me hope. This cluster just gets worse by the day. And unfortunately, it seems Gabbard will just add to it.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I’m genuinely confused as to who she really is and what she stands for.

A cult.

And I don't mean that figuratively.

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

[–] GlassHalfHopeful@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 days ago

Well well. Wasn't that a fun read. Good effing grief.

[–] IHeartBadCode@fedia.io 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

This cluster just gets worse by the day.

And we all have 1,529 days left to watch that hope get even dimmer.

[–] GlassHalfHopeful@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Here's a website countdown: https://www.webcountdown.net/?c=1863604800

I think I need to put a widget on my phone. 😏