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Craig Yirush's avatar

Agree with everything except nothing wrong with her telling her staff to not respond to DOGE.

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Jeff Hall's avatar

Gabbard is no different than JD Vance. She craves higher, better offices and does not have the where with all to get there on her own. So she attaches herself to those that can get her there. She's no different than any other office "suck up". Eventually, the Peter Principle catches up to them and they get sent packing. But sadly not before they do damage.

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Jay's avatar

In many ways, Tulsi is the female JD of the Right: changes her mind on every single policy belief, jumping from the progressive left to the center Left to the center to the center Right to the fascist Right across 8 years— even JD jumped from the moderate era Republican to a fascist in comparison, arguably, big yikes, and lastly, has the same spiritual extremist vibe of Marianne dialed up to eleven to boot.

She fits right in the second Trump administration, in other words, why wouldn’t she fit the Donald when he too is a master of “whatever polls good AT THE TIME, we do that, I have no core beliefs beyond that and vengeance on those who slighted me, tremendously” sums it up.

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Jeff Hall's avatar

JD is a calculating SOB. He’s not as “follow the wind” as his boss is. He calculates his moves and if the wind is working in that direction all the better. He rode his book to a position in a VC firm which really didn’t work out other than putting him in touch with Peter Thiel who funded his Senate run. In 2015 he called Trump essentially the anti-Christ but then got on the bandwagon with the rest of the GOP when he realized that was a losing position.

Tulsi is not that calculating nor thinking. Her past indicates that she can be easily manipulated by whomever whether that is Putin, Assad or whomever she is speaking with.

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Jay's avatar
Jun 24Edited

Sure, but he has no appeal to the cult because he blows with the political wind whereever it blows like Tulsi. He wasn't loyal to Trump always, and that will cost him in a GOP primary in time.

JD is smarter, certainly, but that's about the only real difference.

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Marianne Giesler's avatar

I suspect, that without exception, the cabinet members believe/hope that they too won’t be discarded by trump. History shows the folly of this. Narcissists just DO this. It’s existential for them

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Linda Roberta Hibbs's avatar

She wanted to jail. President Obama. They were using, artificial intelligence to put him in jump suit to be jailed. This autocratic government, believe they can get away with fake news. I find this pathetic propaganda from our current administration. Restoring to squash democracy as whole.

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Linda Roberta Hibbs's avatar

Nope , she never ever should have been at all. She has not been doing anything at all . Maybe that is a good thing.

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Eric73's avatar

> The president and some administration officials viewed her overseas travel, as the video exemplified, as being as much about self-promotion of her political career as it was about the business of government, multiple officials said...

If there's an award for Least Self-Conscious Political Accusation, I nominate this statement.

> He told Ms. Gabbard that he believed she was using her time working for him to set herself up for higher office.

Bad news for you, Donny. This describes pretty much *every* elected Republican you've tapped to work in your administration. And who knows, maybe even some of the skeevy little sewer rats you dragged out of the Heritage Foundation.

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Diane Battista's avatar

Wow

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jpg's avatar

But Tulsi could become the figurehead of the Qanon wing upon Trump’s departure.

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Paulette Brown's avatar

The cabinet/ adminstration of trump is crooked

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Linda Roberta Hibbs's avatar

Let me add, something, it has been reported she visited, The former president of Libya, who now resides in Russia. It ‘s a real shame. That it really happened. All kinds of people told me they have problems with her credentials, as DNI. I don’t know this lady. I hope , she eventually comes to terms with, herself and what she has done. Could it be , that she was looking for something better, I don’t know? Why she went through this, time of her life. We all know so little, though it is my hope and prayers, she comes to terms, with herself.

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Dee's avatar

👏🏻 Excellent SE!. I agree.

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Linda Roberta Hibbs's avatar

RFKJR swimming in rock creek. I hear it awful. The water is supposedly polluted. I don’t know have not been there. Junk science no way. There is always hope in finding many cures for many diseases.

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Linda Roberta Hibbs's avatar

Well Isaw her on MSNBC, they showed her sometime back , promoting, what you said in your, well written article. Why in the world 🌎 be with the current administration. I know she was running for President. That didn’t pan out. Harris stole the show. Harris failed, by being a bragging. She was too Clinton esque for my taste. It is a bad thing for a lady to bragg at all . You may think you rock 🎸 Madame Vice President. Don’t let other women down that eventually run for the office of POTUS. Bragging about inhaling, Maryjane , is not funny. Keep your bragging ways to yourself. I never did hear, you admit defeat. Shame on you. I was brought up in a home 🏡, where no one could brag. God Bless you, for your substack, S.E. Cupp.

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Jason Gonzalez's avatar

Gabbard much like this horse's asses cabinet is useless

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