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[–] flandish@lemmy.world 5 points 23 hours ago

Tulsi Gabbard is a piece of complete shit. News at 11.

[–] wanderwisley@lemm.ee 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] tektite@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 day ago

"We're sorry, your [x] has been disabled due to unapproved usage.

Press any key to agree with the regime..."

[–] AlphaOmega@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've heard this before. At least a dozen times over 10 years

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

any moment now

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

"The number is ~~40 percent~~ within weeks. Do not contradict the president.”

These ghouls can't be trusted with reality.

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 107 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Sounds like Congress needs to ask her why she lied to them in the first place. Alas, they will not, because she is already playing the "Fake News" card.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

I think a lot of people are going to be surprised...

Personally, I don't know why, because it's obvious Russia needs Iran for Ukraine.

But Putin isn't going to let trump attack Iran.

And it's already causing the people Putin makes support trump, start going against him.

I don't want to link an actual tucker Carlson video, so here's some people talking about his interview with Rafael Cruz:

https://youtu.be/yQEd-ECAwDU?t=1140

It tucker is breaking from trump over this, a lot more rightwing media is going to as well

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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 95 points 2 days ago (4 children)

How I Edged Myself For 20 Years: A U.S. Lawmakers Heroic Effort To Convince Themselves Everyday That Iran Is Two Weeks Away From A Nuke

"This memoir is beautiful, it shows a secular side to fanatical devotion you don't often see."

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[–] devolution@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

Desperate for her job I see.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

I doubt countries are sharing intel with the US given how Trump and his minions handle classified information.

So she probably wouldn't know whether or not Iran was building nukes.

Iran is a ally of Russia, so if she did have information on Iran building nukes Putin probably wouldn't let her say. Trump probably overruled that because he saw Israel was winning and he wanted to take credit for the win.

What a shitshow the US has become.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 36 points 2 days ago (3 children)

It's remarkable how fast she changed her story to the one Trump wanted to hear.

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[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 45 points 2 days ago (10 children)

Fusion energy is always 10 years away

Iran is always 2 weeks away from nukes

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[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 38 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Her evidence was a photo of an alleged nuclear facility with an arrow and "nukular missiles" written on with black sharpie. She also noted the MS-13 lettering stamped on top of one of the buildings.

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[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 days ago (9 children)

'Could' vs 'are'.

They may not have been, but they could if they wanted to, supposedly.

Now, if they didnt before, they certainly have the motivation and arguably the justification.

I certainly wouldn't blame them for seeking out nuclear weapons now.

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[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 32 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I wonder if the American population will buy the same lies sold to them 20 years ago.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 30 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I just repeated this to a table of 6 and got nothing but blank stares.

5 of them genuinely thought we found WMDs Iraq/Afghanistan

One had no idea what I was talking about and thought the war was entirely about the world trade centers.

I am surrounded by morons.

[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I was talking to a guy and he said "who was that politician that used to wear a bunch of makeup?".

"I'm not sure" I said

"The one with the eyeliner"

"Oh you mean J.d Vance? The vice president?"

"He's the vice president?"

Physically had to stop myself from facepalming.

Right after he started talking about Greta Thunberg. He said "people that don't know anything about politics shouldn't get involved".

I wish I could make this stuff up.

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 22 points 2 days ago (2 children)

We elected Biden on mostly anti-Trump sentiment then forgot and elected Trump again 4 years later. I think 20 years is more than enough time.

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[–] Uranus_Hz@lemm.ee 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Absolutely everything in Trumpworld takes “two weeks”

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 day ago

Bullshit, some things happen on day one!!! Like the ending of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago (2 children)

We killed all their scientists who could make them and blew up all their labs...

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

I really hope all of the idiots supporting this shit are like 15 years old or something, because anyone who was alive when GW Bush went into Iraq has seen this shit before.

People think we're fucking untouchable... We're in for a major wakeup call, especially given that our intelligence apparatus has been gutted by Trump.

But it's almost like that's what they want so they can manufacturer consent for this bullshit war we have zero business being any part of.

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 18 points 2 days ago (23 children)

plus about 400 people.

maybe the west should stop giving Iran more reasons to get nukes.

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[–] makyo@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago (2 children)

She is a shell of a human being whose only driving force is ambition and a complete lack of shame.

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[–] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] bieren@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 days ago (2 children)
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[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 day ago

LIMITED EDITION SALE. YOU MUST BY THIS NOW. URGENCY!!!

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

"You have to kill us to make WW3 stop"

[–] PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In a fascist society the states enemy is your enemy

They are both strong and weak depending on the fascists agenda

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[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 days ago

Just like with Putin's stooges, the grovelling and the self humiliation is the point.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is Tulsi ever right about anything?

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

i remember her trying to pander to the Bernie crowd after he "lost" the primaries in 2016. it was the first time I heard of her and some articles were treating it as if she was going to take Bernie's torch.

She was right when she was talking about Bernie's healthcare and socialism liteish, but it was more of a broken clock

so, she's a complete grifter, trying to get ahead without any principles.

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