Friday, December 06, 2024

Ex-Tulsi Gabbard Aides Say She Was a Devout Consumer of Kremlin Propaganda

Tulsi Gabbard, whom Donald Trump plans to nominate as his director of national intelligence, was a faithful consumer of Kremlin-controlled propaganda network RT, three of her former aides told ABC News.

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Gabbard should not be privy to any national intelligence, much less running the entire **it show. So chances are she will be confirmed. Thanks for giving it ALL to Russia, MAGAts. You did that.

#1 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2024-12-06 01:47 PM

This lady will be burned by someone in the US intelligence community. Phony intel will cross her desk, and she will blab to the wrong set of ears. Next stop: Leavenworth...

#2 | Posted by catdog at 2024-12-06 01:56 PM

She's very patriotic and it's why lefties now hate her

#4 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-12-06 04:12 PM

There's nothing wrong with RT. Reading is not a crime.

#3 | Posted by oi_veh

But using the words "Ukraine war" on Russian television is.

#5 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2024-12-06 04:16 PM

She's very patriotic and it's why lefties now hate her

#4 | Posted by BellRinger

Patriots dont take jobs working for russian puppets who attempted a coup against american democracy

#6 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2024-12-06 04:17 PM

Reading is not a crime.

#3 | POSTED BY OI_VEH

What do you call providing aid and comfort to an enemy?

I call it traitorous.


Parroting Russian propaganda in an attempt to undermine democracy as a Congressperson is providing aid and comfort to an enemy.

She is a Russian stooge and THAT'S why ---------- like her.

#8 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-12-06 04:21 PM

they want you reading it. I think it's about narrative control, not about factual content.

#7 | POSTED BY OI_VEH

Read it all you want.

Don't (as an elected official) repeat it as the truth in the halls of Congress or in our media in an attempt to undermine our democracy.

#9 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-12-06 04:23 PM

Also. Who exactly are they?

#10 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-12-06 04:24 PM

This woman is a horrible ditzy traitor to suck up to Vlad the Mass Murderer Putler(VMMP) She will sell the country out.

#11 | Posted by Wildman62 at 2024-12-06 04:25 PM

The real question here is not the veracity of RT articles, the real question is why don't they want you reading it. I think it's about narrative control, not about factual content.

#7 | Posted by oi_veh

Why would THEY want you consuming propaganda from our enemy?

And why do YOU get so defensive about it?

#12 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2024-12-06 04:42 PM

@#9 ... Read it all you want. ...

At one time I visited the RT website a lot. But that was a while ago, before Pres Putin turned it into what looks like little more than propaganda outlet for his dictatorship.

I remember at the time, an exodus of journalists from RT because they didn't want to be a Putin puppet in what they reported.

#13 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-12-06 06:06 PM

Ummmmm no s&$^?!?

#14 | Posted by jpw at 2024-12-06 06:39 PM

She's very patriotic and it's why lefties now hate her

#4 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

Im going to assume you don't know what that word means ...

#15 | Posted by jpw at 2024-12-06 06:40 PM

In MAGA talk it means she sucked Putin's dick.

#16 | Posted by ClownShack at 2024-12-06 06:52 PM

Im going to assume you don't know what that word means ...

Posted by jpw at 2024-12-06 06:40 PM | Reply

He wholeheartedly supports Trump. Of course he doesn't know what that word means.

#17 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2024-12-06 07:28 PM

There's nothing wrong with RT. Reading is not a crime.

#3 | Posted by oi_veh

BP (Before Putin) I would have agreed with you. It is merely a Russian Propaganda outlet now as it is controlled by the Kremlin like all other Russian Media and if full of provable lies.

#18 | Posted by GalaxiePete at 2024-12-06 08:10 PM

" Parroting Russian propaganda in an attempt to undermine democracy as a Congressperson is providing aid and comfort to an enemy.

She is a Russian stooge and THAT'S why ---------- like her.

#8 | POSTED BY DONNERBOY AT 2024-12-06 04:21 PM | FLAG: "

Surely you have some problem of to back that up ... .

#19 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-12-06 08:47 PM

Problem = proof

#20 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-12-06 08:48 PM

@#19,20 ... Surely you have some proof of to back that up ...

She seems to have swallowed and parroted Russian propaganda, as noted in the cited headline article.

But more to the point, does your current alias think she should be in charge of all the intelligence agencies of the United States?

If so, why? What does your current alias think her qualifications are?


#21 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-12-06 08:55 PM

Anonymous aides. ALWAYS anonymous sources with these hit pieces.

I e yet to see her say or do anything to promote the left's most convenient bogeyman.

This is basically libel.

#22 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-12-06 09:41 PM

@#22 ... Anonymous aides. ALWAYS anonymous sources with these hit pieces. ...

Many people confirming a similar assertion to differing news organizations.

And, given the apparent MAGA tendency to use threats and violence against those who dare to counter them, why is your current alias surprised at the desire of those whose chose to remain anonymous?

But back to the article, how many "anonymous sources" have come forward with similar stories, and to various news organizations?



#23 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-12-06 10:40 PM

@#22 ... Anonymous aides. ALWAYS anonymous sources with these hit pieces. ...

And, looking at this from a different view ...

Your current alias seems to think that fmr Rep Gabbard had chosen aides who were not loyal to the Constitution.

If that is the case, then why should Americans want her to be responsible for our Intelligence Service?



#24 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-12-06 10:44 PM

---- off Ballwasher you ------- stupid redhat ----.

#25 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-12-06 10:56 PM

LGH is a whiny little bitch. No way you talk to people to their face like you do cowardly hiding behind anonymity.

#26 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-12-07 11:16 AM

No way you talk to people to their face like you do cowardly hiding behind anonymity.

#26 | Posted by BellRinger

Ask him to invite you over.

#27 | Posted by Zed at 2024-12-07 11:32 AM

This is basically libel.

#22 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

Which as a hypocritical maga maroon you should be very familiar with.

Trumpy has been whining about it for years. All the while saying false and defamatory statements about his perceived enemies for years.

"We are going to take a strong look at our country's libel laws so that when somebody says something that is false and defamatory about someone, that person will have meaningful recourse in our courts," Trump said.

Fortunately, there are two strong obstacles standing in his way. Chief among them is the First Amendment, which clearly protects freedom of the press. But the other main barrier is the inconvenient fact that there is no federal libel law for President Trump to bully Congress to change. Libel cases are based on state laws, which neither the president nor Congress has control over because of our nation's federalist system.

www.aclu.org

#28 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-12-07 11:45 AM

Looks like Jeffry has a new sock puppet account.

#29 | Posted by a_monson at 2024-12-07 12:17 PM

"Many people confirming a similar assertion to differing news organizations."

C'mon, you can do better than that? "Many people" "similar assertation" "how MANY people"

To paraphrase my fathers old line, If "many people" who were "anonymous sources" "similarly asserted" that you should jump off a bridge, would you?

I don't know all the details concerning Tulsi Gabbard, but she is a Lt. Colonel in the U.S. Army, not a "ditzy traitor". If she is both, what does that say about the need to reform Biden intelligence apparatus?

She is also not a war hawk, and has been very vocal about limiting American military interventionism worldwide. That makes her a big threat to the Military Industrial Complex . Their zillions of dollars can buy a lot of media attention and "many people" to make "similar assertations", maybe make some of them brave enough to give their names.

#32 | Posted by Miranda7 at 2024-12-08 07:22 AM

As to her lack of qualifications, while Tulsi was taking fire on the battlefield, the woman who is the current Director of National intelligence was was reciting erotica in the brothel/bar she owned in Baltimore. Her Intelligence career was marked byseveral scandals. She overruled the CIA Inspector General who recommended crimial charges against CIA agents who illegally hacked into government workers computers and fabricated evidence against those staffers. Then she redacted the CIA Torture Investigation report from 30000 pages down to 500.

Tulsi Gabbard is a huge improvement over Avril Haines, and considering the options Trump has, she is a pretty good option.

At some point folks need to accept that Trump is going to be president and pick their battles more wisely.

#33 | Posted by Miranda7 at 2024-12-08 07:36 AM

some problem of to back that up ...
How do you explain her flip-flop on Crimea/Russian aggression?
She was a House Rep with big ambitions and made a basic observation. Then her ambitions got scuttled and she completely 180'd.
She obviously changed her mind.
Why did she change her mind?
Why did she become pro-Putin in a short amount of time?
Putin didn't change, if anything he became more aggressive. He invaded more territory.
What would constituent proof in your mind? Do we have to catch her red handed at a dead drop?

This is basically libel.
Wait. According your your comrade subscribing to RT is perfectly fine.
So on the one hand regurgitating RT talking points is just diligent information gathering from a legitimate news source. But on the other hand accusing someone of subscribing to RT is damaging to their reputation...

#34 | Posted by BluSky at 2024-12-08 11:44 AM

" Ask him to invite you over.

#27 | POSTED BY ZED AT 2024-12-07 11:32 AM | FLAG: "

I'd bury his head in his toilet and would flush.

It's revealing that you seem to favor such a nasty person who routinely tells people on this site to kill themselves. It makes me think all of the terrible things you say about Trump are simply projection.

#35 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-12-08 11:49 AM

" She obviously changed her mind.
Why did she change her mind?"

She needs to answer that.

#36 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-12-08 11:52 AM

#35 | Posted by BellRinger

You're simple scum. So-------.

#37 | Posted by Zed at 2024-12-08 11:57 AM

all of the terrible things you say about Trump

#35 | Posted by BellRinger

Are true.

I actually restrain myself. I'm bright and fluent enough to do a much better job describing what nasty scum Donald is.

You're cut from Donald's cloth. I actually restrain myself with you, too.

#38 | Posted by Zed at 2024-12-08 12:19 PM

Zed,

You don't even know me. You simply cannot abide anyone who disagrees with your politics. You and Twoothy are it from the same mold. Apparently you are kindred with LegallyGivesHead as well.

You are not the good guy. Good people don't carry anything close the degree of hatred you carry for others.

#39 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-12-08 02:48 PM

Good people don't support criminal traitors for President... or spend most of their time obfuscating for him.

#40 | Posted by Corky at 2024-12-08 02:54 PM

You don't even know me.

#39 | Posted by BellRinger

You've provided me with enough information.

You seem to think you're complex.

#41 | Posted by Zed at 2024-12-08 02:56 PM

#39 | Posted by BellRinger

I have been interacting with you for a great while. Perhaps that has been a mistake.

In any case, you are one vacuous dude. I can't name anything you believe in really. Just like I can't name anything Donald believes in.

But I know what you react to and what you try to defend, things that can be done apishly and without true values. It paints a dark picture.

Every time Donald screws up, all of the thousands of times he will screw up, I will be thinking of you.

#42 | Posted by Zed at 2024-12-08 03:00 PM

You simply cannot abide anyone who disagrees with your politics. You and Twoothy are it from the same mold. Apparently you are kindred with LegallyGivesHead as well.

You are not the good guy. Good people don't carry anything close the degree of hatred you carry for others.

#39 | Posted by BellRinger a

Hey, ---- you --------.

You're a horrible person, I am sorry that you are, but that is the fact.

You are upset by that but truth hurts

You support and defend a rapist, that is enough for me.

What you cannot comprehend is that I am a person with standards, with morals. You are not, clearly.

Thus you cannot comprehend how someone can take a moral stance.

You are a liar and a troll. the only thing you ever demonstrate a belief in is hating on trans kids and defending every ------ action taken by your cult leader.

What you fail to comprehend, because you are incapable is I despise immoral people like you and am not afraid to call you on your immorality moreso since the Amerian electorate showed they are morally bankrupt.

I literally pride myself on not supporting a rapist, I don't think that as a difficult thing to do. You and many on here have no problem defending a rapist.

That says all I need to know about you.

And btw you could start rehabilitating yourself by stop being ------- lying piece of ----.

#43 | Posted by truthhurts at 2024-12-08 03:48 PM

Zed,

If your posts are indicative of who you are in real life then you are a paranoid and hateful person and your hate is driven by your paranoia.

You really should see a therapist. This is not healthy and I'm not joking.

#44 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-12-08 04:19 PM

Twoothy's problem is completely different than Zed but with a similar outcome.

50+ years of constant emasculation. In more desperate need of a BJ Ryan any white Nan in history. Has some disposable income but is Tom cheap to employ a hooker. So a massive incel who has been bullied by nerds his entire life. Top that with being hyper emotional about everything, especially politics and the result is a bitter and nasty person who is liked by very few people.

#45 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-12-08 04:24 PM

#44 | Posted by BellRinger

I expect bad things to happen to me and this country because of Donald and people like you.

Bad things have already happened to me and this country because of Donald and people like you.

It's not rocket science and it's the opposite of paranoia.

If you want to use such a word, please learn its meaning first.

#46 | Posted by Zed at 2024-12-08 04:29 PM

Zed,

You just exemplified your paranoia. Were you hunted by brownshirts during his first term?

#47 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-12-08 04:50 PM

Trust me Zed. You have nothing to fear with me. If I met you in person I'd offer to buy you a beer. I wouldn't consider trying to harm you in anyway.

#48 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-12-08 04:51 PM

You just exemplified your paranoia.

#47 | Posted by BellRinger

You are exemplifying your lack of language mastery.

If you don't know what the words mean you merely babble.

Maybe that's what makes me react to you: your babbling.

#49 | Posted by Zed at 2024-12-08 04:53 PM

- hunted by brownshirts

Ah, so... at least we know now when Trump's Pets might start paying attention.

During Trump's first term trillions of dollars were added to the Debt, about twice as much as Biden added, Covid faked Trump out for 2 years, and children were lost and traumatized at the Border.

And those were on some of his better days, when he wasn't busy trying to illegally and violently overthrow the elected government.

If you had 12 legs, TrumperBelle, you still wouldn't have one to stand on.

#50 | Posted by Corky at 2024-12-08 04:56 PM

Zed,

My guess is you are a devoted, loving and faithful husband who is incapable of making love to your wife because 100% of your thoughts are consumed by Donald Trump.

#51 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-12-08 05:19 PM

I was raised to believe that the one most important thing about being a man was his word. That keeping his word was the most important thing. That man who lies is not a man.

As an example of the infinite number of lies that jeff told/tells, he used to say that the ------- documents case was the only legitimate case against him. After ------- won, he said none of the cases against him were legitimate.

Just another day, just another lie.

That is who jeff is. Certainly not a man.

#52 | Posted by truthhurts at 2024-12-08 05:19 PM

Twoothy,

I've never disavowed the Trump documents case. I'm disappointed that the Biden DOJ is so corrupt and incompetent that the documents case won't go to trial.

#53 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-12-08 05:27 PM

Liar. lol.
After the election you said all the cases
Now you said you didn't say it
Cause you're a liar

#54 | Posted by truthhurts at 2024-12-08 06:35 PM

I said all the cases were dead, which is true. I never questioned the validity of the document Kent's case.

#55 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-12-08 06:49 PM

@#48 ... Trust me ...

You do realize the extreme irony of that request?

#56 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-12-08 07:09 PM

@#55 ... I said all the cases were dead, which is true. ...

Is it true?

At this point, is the J6 case dead, or paused?

Special counsel Jack Smith drops election subversion and classified documents cases against Donald Trump (November 25, 2024)
www.yahoo.com

... "The (Justice) Department's position is that the Constitution requires that this case be dismissed before the defendant is inaugurated," Smith wrote of the election subversion case in a six-page filing with US District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington, DC. "This outcome is not based on the merits or strength of the case against the defendant."

Chutkan formally dismissed the case without prejudice Monday afternoon. ...


"Without prejudice" ... that is the important aspect of the dismissal.

It allows the case to be revived at a future point.

On the other hand, from what I've heard, if a Judge dismisses a case "with prejudice" that usually means that the Judge thinks the prosecutor has little to nothing to stand on. Stately differently, the Judge is saying, ~get out of my Court.~

Once again, I will say, I am not a lawyer, so, YMMV.


#57 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-12-08 07:16 PM

" You do realize the extreme irony of that request?

#56 | POSTED BY LAMPLIGHTER AT 2024-12-08 07:09 PM | FLAG: "

Yep.

Dick.

:)

#58 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-12-08 08:39 PM

#57. Yes. You are correct about that. Thank you for posting that. I'd forgotten Smith left a trapdoor to potentially pursue the case at some point

#59 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-12-08 08:40 PM

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