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anti-authoritarian advocate | syrian-circassian | currently aei and georgetown m.a. in security studies | alum umich | all opinions my own

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Slava Ukraini. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

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02.03.2025 23:01 πŸ‘ 56 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump to abandon Russia war crimes prosecution Washington signals end to its pursuit of Putin as third anniversary of Ukraine invasion looms

A diplomatic note seen by The Telegraph revealed that European officials were "shocked" at US claims at a series of international meetings that Russia should be invited back into the "civilised world."
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

21.02.2025 18:35 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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JUST NOW: The Telegraph reports that Trump is set to abandon efforts to prosecute Russia for war crimes over its invasion of Ukraine.

"European officials fear Mr. Trump's flattery of Putin could lead to the Russian despot being let off the hook."

21.02.2025 18:34 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
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How US allies may try to safeguard their intel ops from Trump Foreign intelligence officials are treading carefully as they navigate a president with a history of spilling secrets.

"These countries have long been worried that Trump’s track record of revealing classified information would continue into his second term."
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

21.02.2025 13:30 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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JUST NOW: US allies are looking at ways to safeguard intel from what they expect to be a very leaky Trump administration.

"Anxious foreign partners may be hoping they can deal more with CIA Director John Ratcliffe and less with Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard."

21.02.2025 13:29 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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But don't ask them how their last "elections" went.

19.02.2025 04:33 πŸ‘ 119 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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This man, who has ruled Russia for 25 years, wants you to believe that it's of utmost importance that Ukraine holds an election while he ethnically cleanses them.

18.02.2025 18:21 πŸ‘ 106 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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Gutting America's soft power while praising the "leadership" of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

17.02.2025 23:43 πŸ‘ 80 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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The sabrerattling of Colombia while sending an envoy to make nice with Venezuela was just the beginning.

Now, we make concessions to Russia over the heads of Ukraine and the rest of our allies in Europe.

Not even one month in.

13.02.2025 19:45 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Double whammy win for Moscow today.

12.02.2025 17:00 πŸ‘ 730 πŸ” 200 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 17
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Russian state media headlines on USAID just from the past 48 hours.

Cheering in Moscow.

09.02.2025 02:36 πŸ‘ 69 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Great day to be a Russian agent in America.
Bad day to be an American buying eggs.

07.02.2025 14:24 πŸ‘ 66 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Find someone who loves you as much as Russian state media loves Tulsi Gabbard.

03.02.2025 02:12 πŸ‘ 320 πŸ” 85 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3
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Trump Administration Revokes Protections for Venezuelans in the U.S. The decision to revoke Temporary Protected Status signals that President Trump will continue to dismantle a program that aims to protect migrants from potentially dangerous countries.

How many American administrations in a row are going to fail the Venezuelan people?
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...

02.02.2025 18:31 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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At the height of repression in Venezuela, right after Maduro has just stolen another election.

We send an envoy to shake his hand, we renew the oil license that flows American cash into his pockets, and we strip his victims of protection.

02.02.2025 18:29 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Gabbard faces close vote in Senate intelligence committee hearing With Democrats opposed and some Republican votes wavering, the committee could employ unusual maneuvers to advance Trump’s controversial pick for director of national intelligence.

Senate Rs are allegedly discussing having the intel committee vote in public β€” in theory making it more difficult for GOP members to vote no β€” or advancing Tulsi's nomination to the Senate floor without voting in committee at all.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

29.01.2025 20:19 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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JUST NOW: A Senate aide has told The Washington Post that Tulsi "definitely doesn’t have the votes right now” to advance out of the intelligence committee.

Senate Republicans are discussing alternative methods to push through her nomination.

29.01.2025 20:18 πŸ‘ 235 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 7
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As a Rising Political Star, Gabbard Paid to Mask Her Sect’s Ties to Alleged Scheme Years before Tulsi Gabbard became Trump’s pick to coordinate U.S. spy agencies, she tried to evade unwanted scrutiny.

"Science of Identity is entwined with QI, according to real-estate and corporate records, as well as interviews with former followers. Sunil Khemaney, who serves on the board of one of QI’s subsidiaries, is a longtime political fundraiser for Gabbard."
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

29.01.2025 16:46 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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TODAY: Tulsi Gabbard's congressional campaign hired a PR firm to cover up the connection between the Science of Identity cult she belongs to and a Hong Kong-based pyramid scheme that is facing fraud and racketeering charges in at least seven countries.

29.01.2025 16:45 πŸ‘ 188 πŸ” 69 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 4

As active as time affords! Trying to be better about posting here

28.01.2025 21:14 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tulsi Gabbard Briefly Subject to Special Scrutiny Last Year After Vatican Meeting Ms. Gabbard, President Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, was briefly subject to special scrutiny on airline flights last year, but not, officials say, for the partisan reasons she...

This is an absolutely insane article with a lot of breaking information β€” most of the recent stories on Tulsi have been connecting already well-known dots.

Definition of a walking national security threat.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/u...

28.01.2025 20:40 πŸ‘ 74 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3
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The businessman who organized Tulsi's meeting in the Vatican is an investor in... you guessed it... Russia!

He was once pictured with Igor Girkin, a former Russian intelligence officer who helped Moscow annex Crimea.

28.01.2025 20:39 πŸ‘ 56 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Remember when Tulsi went on a public rampage over temporarily being placed on the TSA Quiet Skies list?

It was because she went on a trip to the Vatican in 2024 organized by a businessman on a watch list maintained by the FBI Terrorist Screening Center.

28.01.2025 20:39 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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JUST NOW: Shortly after Tulsi's 2017 Assad tryst, the US intercepted a call between two Hezbollah members discussing her visit to Syria.

The Hezbollah members say Tulsi met "the big guy," which some US intel officials assume is a senior Hezbollah official.

THERE'S MORE β€”

28.01.2025 20:38 πŸ‘ 282 πŸ” 112 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 6

Additionally, two Senate GOP aides described Sen. Todd Young, who also sits on Senate Intel,Β as being a β€œproblem” for Gabbard.
thehill.com/homenews/510...

27.01.2025 23:08 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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TODAY: Susan Collins expressed concern to The Hill about Tulsi's views on Assad and said that she doesn't necessarily believe Tulsi's supposed change of heart on FISA 702.

Tulsi can’t afford to lose Sen. Collins' vote on the Intelligence Committee, which has a 9-8 party split.

27.01.2025 23:07 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 4
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Snowden support threatens Tulsi Gabbard's Senate confirmation Gabbard is quickly becoming the most endangered Trump nominee.

On Tulsi's support for Snowden: "Only recently has this come to the attention of Republicans sitting on the Senate Intelligence Committee β€” and elsewhere in the conference, multiple sources familiar told Axios."
www.axios.com/2025/01/23/t...

23.01.2025 03:26 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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TODAY: A Republican senator has told Axios that Tulsi may not "even survive the committee process" amid concerns over her stance on Assad, Ukraine, and now her support for Edward Snowden.

Sen. Collins has also directly expressed concern over Tulsi's support for Snowden.

23.01.2025 03:25 πŸ‘ 73 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2
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Senate must protect our intelligence community from Assad ally Tulsi Gabbard Our intelligence community is America’s first line of defense. Republicans in the Senate have an obligation to protect it at all costs.

Read my account of Tulsi's history on Syria, and why it's difficult to believe she "accidentally" met with Assad.
thehill.com/opinion/whit...

21.01.2025 19:32 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Files detail bid to contain fallout from Tulsi Gabbard meetings with Assad Gabbard’s 2017 trip to Syria, where she met with authoritarian leader Bashar al-Assad, is expected to be a focus of questions from senators weighing her nomination to be director of national intellige...

The former aides, one of which directly advised against meeting with Assad, said they struggled to get direct answers from Tulsi about who she had met with and for how long.
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

21.01.2025 19:31 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0