Summary

The Senate confirmed Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence in a 52-48 vote, with only Sen. Mitch McConnell breaking GOP ranks to oppose her.

Critics, including Democrats and some Republicans, raised concerns over her past meeting with Syria’s Assad, sympathetic comments on Russia, and prior support for Edward Snowden.

Gabbard reversed her stance on key intelligence policies during her confirmation.

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[–] 156 points 2 years ago (12 children)

And there goes the intelligence community.

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    [–] 113 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
    [–] 105 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    with only Sen. Mitch McConnell breaking GOP ranks to oppose her

    Oh so NOW you're worried, it would seem, about your legacy and whether you stood against fascism?

    Mitch McConnell, you will always be remembered for obstructing, gaslighting, packing the SCOTUS with toadies, and then flip-flopping on impeachment and accountability for your party, the insurrection, and enabling the orange menace to return to power. Forever. People will piss on your grave, and they will be justified.

    TOO LATE.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago

    "On this new level you live, you have been living more comfortably every day, with new morals, new principles. You have accepted things you would not have accepted five years ago, a year ago, things that your father, even in Germany, could not have imagined."

    "Now you live in a system which rules without responsibility even to God. The system itself could not have intended this in the beginning, but in order to sustain itself it was compelled to go all the way."

    "I think that all the explanations leave some mystery. When I think of it at all, I still say, with unbelief, 'Germany—no, not Germany.'"

    All from Milton Meyer.

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    [–] 97 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    She is literally a Russian asset, and now she's going to be our top intel official. We're fucked.

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    [–] 61 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Wild watching the dumbest reactionaries on the internet get everything they ever wanted.

    You'd think after Brexit, after the first Trump term, they'd have re-evaluated their pre-existing beliefs.

    It's like the worse their outcomes are the more certain that they are correct. It's almost a coping mechanism.

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    [–] 54 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    We're literally going to turn into a worse version of Russia aren't we.

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    [–] 42 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Moron in charge of intelligence?

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    [–] 33 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    I agree with McConnell? Yuck.

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    [–] 29 points 2 years ago

    ”FIRST THINGS FIRST! ROUND UP ALL OF THE DALMATIONS!!!”, shrieked Gabbard.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago

    Welcome, American Oblast!

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago

    This makes me sad.

    Hold onto your chairs folks. It's going to be kinda bumpy from now on. And not in a good way.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    She looks like a Marvel villain

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    [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    Shouldn't "intelligence" be in quotes for her position?

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    Ha ha ha this is ridiculous. What complete fools.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    I hate that this potato peel got approved.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    "Intelligence"

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Yeah okay this one seems kinda bad

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