Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard will serve as President-elect Donald Trump’s director of National Intelligence.
Gabbard was a longtime Democrat who quit the party, endorsed Trump, and then became a Republican. Critics have pounced on her, saying she lacks experience. It was the Biden Administration who placed her on a secret terror watch list, she said earlier this year, labeling her a potential terrorist. She said it was political retaliation.
She is a former United States Army Reserve officer, and served as U.S. representative for Hawaii’s 2nd congressional district from 2013 to 2021. She also was the first Samoan-American member of Congress.
Gabbard came to Alaska in 2020 to complete one of her U.S. Army Reserve duty commitments, and spent time in the Aleutians.
“Tulsi will bring the fearless spirit that has defined her illustrious career to our Intelligence Community, championing our Constitutional Rights, and securing Peace through Strength,” Trump said in a statement. In her new role, Gabbard will be overseeing 18 spy agencies.
Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz has been named the Trump nominee for U.S. Attorney General. Again, the legacy media immediately pounded him, as he is conservative and a known fighter. He attended William and Mary Law School and will replace Merrick Garland, who has led a crusade against Trump by weaponizing the Justice Department.
I do not want some of these positions filled (dhs, dni, education, interior, energy, ect). I want them ended. We need to roll back the state. Bigly.
Tulsi would have been a great sec. of state.
I hope Geatz exacts revenge- personally and professionally.
Once Trump withdraws his nomination, he may do some time with his incarcerated buddy.
I get that you are trolling, but you need to step up your game. This attempt is flaccid and weak. I suspect that these are issues in your life beyond your writing.
You described Forkner to T! Micah has post of the week.
“Critics have pounced on her, saying she lacks experience.”
And?
Biden had almost 50 years of experience. Look where that got us.
Mitch McConnel has decades of experience, and the Senate is in worse shape because of it. Harry Reid had decades of experience as well, and that supergenius pulled the Nuclear Option and see what happened.
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And, I remember in 2008 we were forbidden to mention the Dem nominee for President had almost zero experience. (No, sorry to disagree, but holding a position in the Illinois legislature, and as a US Senator is not experience. It is holding a title. What, exactly did he do? That’s right. Nothing except get promoted to the next level.)
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While I am not too sure about this is a pick, I am not automatically going to assume there is nothing there justifying it. I have seen Tulsi Gabbard in Congressional hearings, and she can be a force to be reckoned with.
However, without more information, I am not going to celebrate this pick.
Lack of experience. GOOD. Maybe we’ll finally have a person who does the right thing over what’s expected based on experience of systemic norms and political expectations.
I am with you there.
Too many DC insiders are better at manipulating the system for their own benefit, and will do so to the detriment of the taxpayers. I am glad a lot of people with good experience outside of DC are getting a nod. And, the ones from inside the beltway are the upstarts that annoy the establishment.
Just imagine of Trump nominates MTG for a Cabinet position. You would be able hear the leftists heads exploding on Jupiter.
I like Tulsi. Matt, not so much. Maybe Trump can parden his best friend and fixer from that 11 year sex crime happening.
Greg you got to be stupid to believe any of this kangaroo court happening that Trump has been subjected too. The deep state is scared of him desperately. He must have the goods on a bunch of them.
Let the games begin.
On Monday, the house committee investigating Matt was set to release their findings of the 17 year old sex train thing. Matt retired to be AG, and now the report won’t immediately come out. Now, some curiosity seeking senators will probably ask about it during conformation, thus sinking his ship. I hate dirty, but even more, I hate dirty obscene politicians who think they are above the law. Call me stupid. I’m good with that.
Weird, that case was dismissed years ago. The fed blew it for the case being caught trying to extort 25 million from Matt and his father. Nothing more than DOJ lawfare.
Not worth the effort. When Greg lets his bias and prejudices take over, he honestly believes whatever matches his narrative. And, he has clearly demonstrated a MASSIVE bias against Trump and anyone who supports him. Had Matt Gaetz not been nominated to a position in the Trump WH, Greg would see the charges as exactly what they are, absolute BS manufactured out of whole cloth to destroy a Trump supporter.
No, i’ve been saying this for quite a long time. It’s not all me though. His buddy has already copped a plea on the deal.
Is that why Matt Gatez family won 25 million against the guy trying to extort them over thus case Gregg? Being from Florida I would imagine you would know this.
If you say so Greg.
He wanted the investigation to end. That’s why he quit. Trump wants him gone because he destroyed the Republican coalition. If he lies to congress during the questioning, that’s a felony. Got your interest yet?
Is there any human being alive that does not want in investigation into their actions to end? Who welcomes it, and do not say the innocent, even they do not want people scrubbing through their personal life.
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Trump wants… who gone? Gaetz? Funny way to get someone out of the way, promoting him to a Cabinet position.
Really? Best study up dude. Gatez family destroyed the fed who was trying to extort them over this story. I would think being In a florida nursing home you might keep up with local news. I kept up on it on the internet. What’s your excuse?
Gregg the DOJ lawfare against Gaetz is lawfare. This case was settled years ago. If anyone went to jail it was the fed who was trying to extort 25 million from Gaetz family. You are really off your meds
Incorrect, the republican party is MAGA. Republican party is no more unless you are counting the chamber of commerce uniparty.
I don’t know about him, but Hillary has the goods on a lot of people. That’s the only way I can explain her not in jail.
2 VERY Awesome people
So many, so fast, heads have to be spinning with the speed of appointments. What a line up, not a visual piercing or tattoo so far. Dressed professionally, presenting in professional stance, and all with positive formidable attitudes.
Scary good!!!
I’m a bit surprised with the choice of Gaetz for attorney general. Wasn’t Jeanine Pirro still available?
He is still under investigation. He may not get the vote. I think he is a sleaze ball.
Greg, you may notice that Matt was put under investigation just as soon as he started speaking up for Brittany Spears and her ‘conservatorship” (enslavement).
Maybe look deeper into why that is.
A hint; When you speak up against the corrupt establishment and the mechanisms and symptoms, the establishment will send their hounds.
You better be clean then, unlike his buddy who already accepted a plea.
He is guilty though. No where to hide.
Guilty as charged by Gregg Forkker, Master of knowledge of Shaddy Pines nursing home.
I agree with you on this one Greg – Gaetz found a way to steal (they said he did not buy) the contact list from the RNC fundraising platform – WinRed – and proceeded to use it to create his own imitation platform (I don’t remember its name, but it was close enough to be copyright infringement) and solicit funds nationwide for his local reelection campaign. I do not call that ethical or honest. I pointed out the problem to State GOP Chair Ann Brown that this competed with fundraising for Nick Begich. This complaint fell flat, Ann saying that it was matter for the RNC – which if they were aware of it did nothing. I deleted those emails a long time ago…
Matt Gaetz is not anyone I would want for dog-catcher, let alone Attorney General.
His closet is full.
Not as full as the Clinton’s or Faucci’s
You think anyone other than that warmonger Bush family are sleazeballs.
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And, I highly recommend you read a bit further than the headlines when it comes to Gaetz. Take a few seconds off from MRAK and find an article titled “Inside the Uniparty’s Effort to Destroy Matt Gaetz” by AMUSE on X. It is very enlightening. And, I encourage you to actually verify a thing or two that is mentioned, not just dismiss it because it does not fit your Never-Trump narrative.
Oh wow! What an absolute clown show of appointees! This is the best MAGA can come up with? And I thought the dems put forth some pretty poor picks. MAGA has told them to “hold my beer”.
But hey, this is what the people want, so, let em have it.
Your a regular rocket scientist Billy Bob.
Thank you Doug, kind of you to say. Not sure what that fact has to do with the current topic, but it is refreshing to see people lift each other up on MRAK. Thank you for bringing a little civility here!
The Adjournment Clause is going to be the most googled thing by people who will read it, fail to understand it, and yet quote it repeatedly. “The law says Trump can do whatever *I* want” is going to be the MAGA standard of discourse, buckle up, nerds.
Unfortunately, Gaetz is not a good pick. Unstable and not much legal experience. He will be difficult to confirm.
OTOH, Tulsi is a good appointment. A patriot.
Tulsi makes Kamala resemble a bimbo in a clown suit.
The Democrats lost a valuable asset when they ran her off.
It is good to see DJT amassing a valuable team…hopefully we are done with the cross dressers stealing womens designer clothing from the airport baggage claims Joe had hand picked for his “righthand man”.
Hell, yes!
There is nothing better than a former liberal (not leftist) that has seen the light, and the reality of the Marxism of the left and has learned and turned against it.
Reagan was exactly one of these individuals that saw the light within reality.
Tulsi Gabbard was always too committed, too smart, too patriotic, and too pragmatic to be a leftist, and she was the singular individual that showed Kamala for what she was within the Democrat Presidential run of 2020, and literally, made a fool of her, though truth be told, not a hard task.
And yes, I know I am going to get very strong pushback regarding mine own take on this, but this is how I look upon it.
Tulsi Gabbard has a stronger Libertarian stance than a Liberal stance, and she is very, very intelligent as well as steadfast within her obvious patriotism and stance of America first.
“…….Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz has been named the Trump nominee for U.S. Attorney General……..”
Some Democrats are going to jail.
Tulsi seemed like a fish out of water when she was a Democrat, she didn’t fit in. She made the right choice and was courageous as she knew the Dems would go into attack mode.
All of these nominees will be great. Looks the the swamp will get drained this time around.
LOVE IT🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I love Matt Gaetz!! Finally a no nonsense AG!👍
Oh my…..we’re you at the party?
Nor did you get an invitation
As someone who voted for Trump, the Gaetz nod should concern everyone. Matt Gaetz is a sleeze ball, who his own party had no choice but to open up an ethics investigation because his behavior was so bad. He is considered the Menedez of the Republicans. I think Tulsi Gabbard was a good choice, but Matt Gaetz, yikes! Let’s hope the senate doesn’t confirm him.
The first thing Tulsi should do is fire the entire TSA, top to bottom, and then initiate discussions among the Freedom Caucus as to whether this useless organization, which has NEVER stopped a single crime, EVER, and has served only to harass and molest American citizens, should exist at all.
The palpitations within the halls of DOJ that resulted from the announcement of Matt Gaetz being nominated to be Attorney General must have been biblical. Gaetz represents a ‘clear and present danger’ to the sanity of many in the Garland DOJ who never thought their flavor of ‘justice’ would see the light of day. This would include all the records that supported the ‘law fare’ against Trump, false FISA Court pleadings that enabled spying on Trump and many other ‘projects’ to undermine his administration. Hopefully many of the DOJ swamp creatures will resign and flee the scene as Gaetz arrives. That would save time and energy. Maybe start a colony in Dubai. Of course there is the probability that some will have torched records and that will trigger further investigations. Lying will be epic. Gaetz will be relentless. The public will be shocked. A lot of cleaning of the stables to be done.
Meanwhile, Tulsi Gabbard will be responsible for declassifying, through Trump, many documents which were classified with the intent of never being seen by the public. These documents could reveal such items as the corrupt relationship among the media, government health agencies and pharmaceutical companies during COVID, who killed JFK, using foreign intelligence agencies to spy on Americans and tons of other slimy capers committed by a corrupt government over many years. The more corruption is exposed, the more the public will demand investigation which leads to justice and then reform.
Gaetz and Gabbard will be fulfilling their part to Make America Great Again.
He’ll never set foot outside conformation. Your cart is before the horse.
You hit the nail straight on the head there Wayne.
Gabbard was not selected because of her in-depth knowledge and experience in the intelligence community. She was selected because she can and will refocus the entire intelligence community to actual threats against the United States, not against moms at PTA meetings.
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I’m beginning to think T.S.A. put “Baberaham Lincoln” (she will be president some day) on the terror watch list just so they could pat her down.
Appointing Tulsi is an enormous middle finger to the Deep State / Intel community that put her on the terror watch list a couple years ago for speaking out against Biden publicly. She has been on the Quiet Skies list for a couple years that ensure cavity searches before boarding commercial airliners.
What goes around, comes around. The left isn’t gonna enjoy playing by their new rules. Note that the DNI can also pull clearances. I predict we will see a lot of that in the months to come. Cheers –
Does this mean Matt Gaetz is no longer eligible for High School Prom King?
The best thing about Matt Gaetz is how much he triggers the leftists across the board.
In fact, that is one thing I like about most of Trump’s picks so far. The leftists are all going apoplectic over all of them. And, the less the leftist like a nominee, the more I like them.
Even Republicans are freaking over Matt. He’s a loose cannon. Trump has no sain reason to want him. He is messing with Matt’s mind I tell you. Matt knows what’s in that report. Once he quit, they had to stop it by rule. That doesn’t mean he isn’t in the hit seat. He is smoldering.
RINOs are freaking out. The Republicans that are not leftists are OK with it.
So much hate….so little time.
Excellent choices.
Yes on one, no on two.
Trump has a pen a phone and a MANDATE. If you libtards don’t like it, suck it. You lost Bigly.
When your pick to run the Justice Department can’t pass an FBI background check, you should not be picking who runs the Justice Department.
FBI background investigation my ass. If the President says give my AG a clearance, they do it. Look around Sebastian, look at all the clowns Slow Joetard bestowed clearances on. Try to keep up.
I hope gabbard kicks ass. Be fun to see who put her on a terrorist watch list. Those people are toast.
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