Senate confirms Tulsi Gabbard as Trump’s director of national intelligence
The vote passed despite Democrats’ concerns of the ex-Democrat who has been accused of holding a pro-Russia stance
holding a pro-Russia stance
WTF?
She's a fucking Russian asset!
When did The Guardian sell out? I missed that. They were pretty good as recently as the presidentoal campaign season, but they've apparently now joined the ranks of the compromised media who deliberately shift the narrative to take the fascist edges off of the Musk/Trump coup d'etat.
Edit: I was a bit mistaken. It was in fact the Observer that was sold by the Guardian group. Still seems like there's smoke which indicates fire but I was not entirely correct here. See one of the replies to my comment for more information.
Based on what I can find, The Guardian was actually sold to a company called Tortoise Media two months ago in December 2024. And according to Wikipedia:
Guardian and Observer journalists voted to strike on 4 and 5 December 2024 in protest over a sale that they said would betray the commitment of the Scott Trust—owner of the Guardian Media Group—to the Observer.
So not even the journalists wanted this company in control. And funnily enough, there was a Guardian article in 2018 that specifically mentioned Tortoise Media while talking about the "increased involvement of private wealth in the journalism industry" and how that is a bad thing. So from what I can tell, it can no longer be trusted.
I don't think they sold The Guardian, but the Guardian Media Group sold most/all their other newspaper titles. In December it was The Observer.
Ah.
Thanks for the legwork.
That's a shame. They were one of the few left that actually had some integrity, but apparently that's over.
The goal is for the oligarchs/fascists to control all the news and media. It is progressing well.
Wouldn't they be legally liable for that unless they can prove it in court?
The vote was 52 in favor and 48 against, with all Democrats and Republican senator Mitch McConnell opposing her nomination.
Mitchies vote would matter if it wasn't pure performance by a guy 2/3 in the grave.
I'm just glad the Democrats finally voted as one.
Mitch the Bitch is just mad that they're taking power from him.
Then Republicans will complain about the information Tulsi leaks to the Russian government.
like fuck they will, they're all russian assets
Oh they will, but in their performative crowing it won't be Tulsi they're blaming
Yeah, no, they won’t give two shits. They’d all happily be Putin’s lapdog. They find his leadership inspiring.
It's worrying that this isn't as high on Lemmy (or Reddit) as it should be. We all knew this was going to happen, but still, isn't this more important than articles about Trump's humiliation?
I mean, I get it, there's some serious schadenfreude there, but as with last time around, Trump's clown antics are distracting from the serious damage that's going on directly behind him.
We all knew this was going to happen, but still, isn’t this more important than articles about Trump’s humiliation?
It isn't as fun or as sexy, so it doesn't get the same number of Updoots.
Trump’s clown antics are distracting from the serious damage that’s going on directly behind him.
It's only a distraction if you can do something about it. 52 Republicans put a Democrat with a snarl of ties to half a dozen foreign powers directly into the heart of the national intelligence service. Now you've read the headlines. You're clued in. What's your next move?
Putin might as well have a seat in the situation room.
He has more than one.
The contradiction in that title is stunning.
She stuck her finger into the political winds way back in 2012 and came up supporting Hinduvista India, Qatar, and Donald Trump. Cynical? Duplicitous? Treasonous? All fair characterizations. But she started out a Democrat from a bright blue district and climbed all the way up the GOP colon into George Bush Jr's old role as Intelligence Director. Seems like she figured something out.
That 52 Republicans decided to throw their lot behind a Democrat from Hawaii with more foreign entanglements than anyone could count is mind-boggling. But that seems like a stupid fuck-up on everyone else's head.
Also gotta say... another person Joe Biden had four full fucking years to indict under the Espionage Act and decide to just ignore.
Good! I LOVE America which is Why I'm HAPPY that someone our ENTIRE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, BOTH CURRENT AND FORMER, SAID IS A HUGE NATIONAL SECURITY RISK!
House and senate are nothing but closet fascist enablers at this point
I feel like for that analogy to fit, I need to imagine that the door to the closet has a hole in it with arrows pointing to it and a flashing sign that says “sucky sucky in here!”
Putin be like.
The ultimate useful idiot
Good to know that you can be in charge of intelligence even when you have none of your own.
Are we still not allowed to talk about Russia when it comes to donvict, at least according to the Enlightened Centrists, and the tone police on the left?
Asking for a friend.
It is amazing that Democrat senators unanimously vote against a former Democrat who is a minority woman.
Oh look, another person to block.
Yes, focus on that and ignore the fact that she's in a cult take takes homophobia to grand new heights.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_of_Identity_Foundation
Turns out when you opportunistically betray your party and join the other side, you tend to alienate the party you were with before! Who knew?
Have we finally solved the mystery of why people dislike former revolutionary war general Benedict Arnold?
WTF? What does being a minority woman have to do with anything?