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According to the Journal, an intelligence community whistleblower filed a highly-classified complaint with the Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG), an independent watchdog office, in May 2025. Among the allegations was a claim that Gabbard’s office blocked the proper distribution of the complaint for eight months — including to Congress — for political reasons. Another alleged that lawyers, presumably from the DNI’s Office of General Counsel, failed to refer a potential crime to the Justice Department for political reasons.

We don’t know the substance of the intelligence report underlying the whistleblower complaint, but the government claims it is “exquisitely” classified, which raises an immediate problem: That’s not a real classification level. The report apparently involves an intelligence service intercepting a conversation between two foreign nationals about Iran and Jared Kushner’s influence on his father-in-law, the president. At the time, the Trump administration was considering a strike on Iran, which in fact occurred at the end of June 2025.

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[–] Zerlyna@lemmy.world 12 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Between Pete H and Kristi’s antics the last few months I had completely forgotten about Tulsi. Her shit is slipping under the radar.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago

Her shit is slipping under the radar.

governing by gish gallop: produce so many scandals the opposition is paralyzed trying to deal with the latest outrage.

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 hours ago

It's not a bug, it's a feature!

Computer, end simulation.

...sigh. It never works, but I have to keep trying.

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 18 points 5 hours ago

Tulsi Gabbard was outed as a Russian Agent like 15 years ago or some shit.

[–] Etterra@lemmy.org 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Don't forget her skunk stripe.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

I’m perplexed at how someone who looks so fucking evil was ever hiding it. It’s not the skunk stripe, per se, but it’s the whole vibe.

She looks like the person who comes to tell you that your body’s been selected for secondment (getting get outed, basically) by the musk type character, and not to worry, your family will be given a generous settlement and now your body can be used to do great things.

[–] justsomeguy@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

She looks like she'd force children to give up their puppies so she can put them in the puppy crushing machine as the sound of their little snapping bones is the only thing that helps with her headaches.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

so she can put them in the puppy crushing machine

operated by kristi noem.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Exactly! And then she’d condescendingly explain that crying really doesn’t help her headache, so unless you have another puppy or aren’t especially attached to your younger sister…

[–] starik@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Personally I think she looks good. Too bad she’s insane. She was raised in a real cult in Hawaii.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

she isn't chock-fulla-plastic like so many of the other trump acolytes.

otherwise she's pretty gross but ymmv, everyone has their own fetishes

tho, Valentina Allegra de Fontaine vibes I can get.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

She does look good (unless you mean morally). Just very scary polished, like someone who works for someone rich enough to bury you alive.

To be fair, I guess she does.