Tulsi was in a key position to react to Joe Kent's resignation. She could have said Joe's right about the lack of imminent threat. Joe's exit could have been a crack in the dam, and Tulsi could have joined the trickle and opened the crack a tiny bit more for other people in the admin to also join. Instead, she chose to be a finger in the crack to stop the damage and hold back the forces of dissolution.
Thanks for this piece Will! I read this in the morning and have thought about it most of the day. What an odd approach to testifying. It really is remarkable on a few levels. We’ve become accustomed to incompetence from Trump’s flunkies but this is more than that. It’s a willful abrogation of responsibility for the job Gabbard was appointed and confirmed to do. It’s also a blatant assertion of unitary executive power, that at the time manages to throw Trump under the bus while Gabbard evades blame and responsibility. Somehow I think Gabbard meant to supplicate herself to the President instead of blaming him. It’ll be fasoto see if Trump figures it out.
i think trump just selects "intelligence reports" as he wants to serve his own goals..as he stated at heinski he doesnt set much standards with american intelligences because its telling him something he doesnt need to know to help his goals...i rather think the israelis provided with "intelligence" that said iran was minutes away from a nuclear bomb, which then gives him the cassis belli to attack iran than his own american intelligence that was telling him that this was not so :(
Its not about truth or lies here, its about what reality trump wants to beleif here is the story :( if a third agent [say china] gave trump intelligence that biden was planning to overturn the elections, trump would beleive it , because it serves his ends, not because it was true :( people [and countries]can use this :(
'Donald Trump was overwhelmingly elected by the American people to be our President and Commander in Chief. As our Commander in Chief, he is responsible for determining what is and is not an imminent threat.' Written like a true wind vane... that actually knows the wind changes direction from time to time. With that statement, she can still run for office again as a Trump supporter or a Trump critic. For example, in 2028 when she is running for another office you will hear her say something like 'he was a great president and he made a great decision about Iran, and I was the one that told him to do it.' OR 'he made a horrible decision on Iran and I told him not to do it.' Her written statement above can support either of her future 2028 campaign statements. I truly wish sometimes that I was as stupid as they think we are. Life would be so much easier.
The DNI debacle renews my concern about John Fetterman. Trump nominates unqualified and useless toadies for cabinet level or other leadership positions in the administration. The senate confirms them. Dem senators should never confirm a nominee if they are feckless morons like MarkWayne, or RFK or Noem or Gabbard. But some did and even after all we've seen to date, Fetterman has already committed to approving MWM to head DHS. Why? Fetterman tells the story that MWM is a man he respects and likes working with. MWM! the text-book example of anger-management issues, the moron from OK in the senate cause his daddy made a lot of money. MWM who claims to have been selected for a secret (classified) mission to a (classified) place to do (classified) stuff, presumedly b/c the DoD couldnt find anyone better suited for the mission than the unqualified, uneducated, unaccomplished fail-son of a wealthy plumbing magnate. of course MWM is an unqualified douche, but Fetterman is worse, because he knows it to and hes seen what a parade of other unqualified douches in the trump admin has done to the country and STILL Fetterman is on board.
Tulsi, if you had one iota of self worth, you would start leaking what goes on behind the scenes, or become a whistle blower. Trump has rendered you obsolete. It's hard to imagine a more humiliating dressing down of a Cabinet secretary, though with Trump, there is no rock bottom.
There is, of course, the allegations that you are a Russian agent. If that's the case, it makes sense that you didn't respond or fight against his slur. After all, your role puts you in the cat bird seat for sharing our intelligence with Russia. Beyond that, it's hard to accept that you have changed your tune and made yourself obsolete. So do something heroic. You have it in you. Blow up this regime. Maybe it won't make a difference, and you will definitely become an enemy of Trump, but maybe it will be the needle that breaks the camel's back.
🔊 Warner V Gabbard
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As long as they keep saying it, he will pardon them in two years.
Tulsi was in a key position to react to Joe Kent's resignation. She could have said Joe's right about the lack of imminent threat. Joe's exit could have been a crack in the dam, and Tulsi could have joined the trickle and opened the crack a tiny bit more for other people in the admin to also join. Instead, she chose to be a finger in the crack to stop the damage and hold back the forces of dissolution.
Will, is this the next subject of your “corruption of ….series?” The Lindsay Graham work was great, we need a follow up on some more MAGA figures.
Thanks for this piece Will! I read this in the morning and have thought about it most of the day. What an odd approach to testifying. It really is remarkable on a few levels. We’ve become accustomed to incompetence from Trump’s flunkies but this is more than that. It’s a willful abrogation of responsibility for the job Gabbard was appointed and confirmed to do. It’s also a blatant assertion of unitary executive power, that at the time manages to throw Trump under the bus while Gabbard evades blame and responsibility. Somehow I think Gabbard meant to supplicate herself to the President instead of blaming him. It’ll be fasoto see if Trump figures it out.
Love the way you lay out your articles, Will. So easy to follow your argument! Thanks!!
Oh and these people are horrifying.
i think trump just selects "intelligence reports" as he wants to serve his own goals..as he stated at heinski he doesnt set much standards with american intelligences because its telling him something he doesnt need to know to help his goals...i rather think the israelis provided with "intelligence" that said iran was minutes away from a nuclear bomb, which then gives him the cassis belli to attack iran than his own american intelligence that was telling him that this was not so :(
Its not about truth or lies here, its about what reality trump wants to beleif here is the story :( if a third agent [say china] gave trump intelligence that biden was planning to overturn the elections, trump would beleive it , because it serves his ends, not because it was true :( people [and countries]can use this :(
If you notice Ossoff asked about her "assessment," but Gabbard replied that only Trump make the "determination."
The difference between those two words is doing a lot word for Gabbard.
Great piece, Will. Either she was lying then or she's lying now. My bet is the former.
Edit: Oops, I meant the latter. 🙃 They're all lying, all of them, all of the time. They are "The People of the Lie" - people who attack others instead of facing their own failures (https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/People-of-the-Lie/M-Scott-Peck/9780684848594).
'Donald Trump was overwhelmingly elected by the American people to be our President and Commander in Chief. As our Commander in Chief, he is responsible for determining what is and is not an imminent threat.' Written like a true wind vane... that actually knows the wind changes direction from time to time. With that statement, she can still run for office again as a Trump supporter or a Trump critic. For example, in 2028 when she is running for another office you will hear her say something like 'he was a great president and he made a great decision about Iran, and I was the one that told him to do it.' OR 'he made a horrible decision on Iran and I told him not to do it.' Her written statement above can support either of her future 2028 campaign statements. I truly wish sometimes that I was as stupid as they think we are. Life would be so much easier.
The DNI debacle renews my concern about John Fetterman. Trump nominates unqualified and useless toadies for cabinet level or other leadership positions in the administration. The senate confirms them. Dem senators should never confirm a nominee if they are feckless morons like MarkWayne, or RFK or Noem or Gabbard. But some did and even after all we've seen to date, Fetterman has already committed to approving MWM to head DHS. Why? Fetterman tells the story that MWM is a man he respects and likes working with. MWM! the text-book example of anger-management issues, the moron from OK in the senate cause his daddy made a lot of money. MWM who claims to have been selected for a secret (classified) mission to a (classified) place to do (classified) stuff, presumedly b/c the DoD couldnt find anyone better suited for the mission than the unqualified, uneducated, unaccomplished fail-son of a wealthy plumbing magnate. of course MWM is an unqualified douche, but Fetterman is worse, because he knows it to and hes seen what a parade of other unqualified douches in the trump admin has done to the country and STILL Fetterman is on board.
Something is seriously wrong with Fetterman.
It's the aftermath of his stroke, isn't it?
Fetterman is hopeless.
"War is Peace Freedom is Slavery Ignorance is Strength"
Tulsi Gabbard has learned her place. She has a steady, well-paid gig, and is not about to lose it and risk going back to that hellhole, Hawaii.
Hawaii a hellhole. LOL.
The Know Nothing Party.
Well said!!!
Tulsi, if you had one iota of self worth, you would start leaking what goes on behind the scenes, or become a whistle blower. Trump has rendered you obsolete. It's hard to imagine a more humiliating dressing down of a Cabinet secretary, though with Trump, there is no rock bottom.
There is, of course, the allegations that you are a Russian agent. If that's the case, it makes sense that you didn't respond or fight against his slur. After all, your role puts you in the cat bird seat for sharing our intelligence with Russia. Beyond that, it's hard to accept that you have changed your tune and made yourself obsolete. So do something heroic. You have it in you. Blow up this regime. Maybe it won't make a difference, and you will definitely become an enemy of Trump, but maybe it will be the needle that breaks the camel's back.
Won't happen because there isn't a shred of integrity in her or in Trump's entire cabinet. That is the whole reason he picked them.
“It is not the intelligence community’s responsibility to determine what is and is not an imminent threat,”
Woooowww, that is an INSANE statement. What the fork are the CIA and NSA and FBI *for* if not doing that?
Imagine a spy chief saying that in the wake of 9/11. They would be gone in a second.