It has been announced that Tulsi Gabbard (born 1981) was selected by Donald Trump to become the future Director of National Intelligence (DNI) who serves as executive head of the United States Intelligence Community (IC) and directs and oversees the National Intelligence Program (NIP). All IC agencies report directly to the DNI. “For over two decades, Tulsi has fought for our Country and the Freedoms of all Americans. As a former Candidate for the Democrat Presidential Nomination, she has broad support in both Parties – She is now a proud Republican!” Trump wrote. “Tulsi will make us all proud!”
Tulsi Gabbard is an Army Reserve officer who served as a Democratic representative for Hawaii’s 2nd congressional district from 2013 to 2021. During her time in Congress, Gabbard became known for her strong stand against Islamic terrorism in the Middle east and her controversial positions on Syria. After ending her presidential candidacy, she endorsed Joe Biden in March 2020. After her departure from the House of Representatives in January 2021, Gabbard took more conservative positions on issues such as abortion, foreign policy, LGBTQ rights, and border security. She appeared frequently on Fox News, often serving as a fill-in host for Tucker Carlson Tonight. In October 2022, Gabbard left the Democratic Party citing differences on foreign policy and social issues. In August 2024, Gabbard endorsed Donald Trump for the 2024 United States presidential election and became an honorary co-chair of Trump’s 2024 presidential transition team. To understand Gabbard’s ambitions, her aunt, Dr Caroline Sinavaiana Gabbard, once claimed that it is necessary to look to Tulsi’s upbringing in a secretive cult whose members show absolute loyalty to a reclusive guru.
Tulsi Gabbard has long been known for belonging to the above-mentioned weird cult, the ‘Science of Identity Foundation’ (SFI). The cult has been described as an alt-right branch of Hare Krishna and reportedly developed thousands of followers across Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia and worships its founder as an extention of god. Former members of the SFI and others close to Gabbard have said the group’s influence could be affecting her political motives. People have said the SFI forbids people to speak publicly about the group, requires people to lie face down when their guru, Chris Butler, enters a room and even sometimes eat his nail clippings or “spoonfuls” of the sand he walked on.
The Science of Identity Foundation (SIF) was founded in 1977 by Jagad Guru Siddhaswarupananda (Chris Butler). It teaches the practice of meditation and kirtan—along with the timeless yoga wisdom—to help individuals achieve greater spiritual, mental, and physical well-being. Jagad Guru Siddhaswarupananda (Chris Butler) describes himself as a highly respected yoga guru (teacher) coming in a long line of authentic spiritual masters in the ancient Vedic tradition known as Vaishnavism. He has taught students all over the world in the science of yoga. Many individuals inspired by Jagad Guru have now taken on the role of teachers to assist him in spreading yoga wisdom. Kirtan is a call-and-response or antiphonal style song or chant, set to music, wherein multiple singers recite the names of a deity, describe a legend, express loving devotion to a deity, or discuss spiritual ideas. It may include dancing or direct expression of bhavas (emotive states) by the singer. Many kirtan performances are structured to engage the audience where they either repeat the chant, or reply to the call of the singer.
Tulsi Gabbard has been with the SIF since her childhood, and Chris Butler is her spiritual guide. Tulsi’s father, Mike Gabbard, a Hawaii State Senator was also associated with SIF. He opposed to same-sex marriage and viewed spirituality as a weapon against sexually deviant practices. Tulsi’s mother, Carol Gabbard, even served as the treasurer of the SIF.
Philip Ingram, former British Army senior intelligence and security officer, said: ‘I think appointing anyone with zero intelligence experience to be director of national intelligence should be an alarm call.’ And John Bolton cautioned that “with his announcement of Tulsi Gabbard to be the Director of National Intelligence, he (Trump) is sending a signal that we have lost our mind when it comes to collecting intelligence. Up until a few hours ago, I would have said that was the worst cabinet appointment in recent American history. Of course, since Matt Gaetz’s nomination, he clearly has taken the lead on that score.”
That, of course, was before Trump announced that the anti-vaxer, Robert Kennedy (who might be the subject of my next post), will be responsible for health!
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What we need is good, old fashioned intelligence that will always find weapons of mass destruction, when required.
@Edzard
Why are you slamming Tulsi for her religion ? She had testified that she is Hindu, and even Wikipedia supports this fact. As per Wikipedia, “as a teen she settled on Hindu”. Does it matter to YOU ? Do you oppose Hinduism ? Do you have theophobia ? Vivek Ramaswamy is also Hindu, this prevents nobody from holding office in the USA, the same as other countries.
As a conservative, I could have easily voted for Tulsi in 2020, the lady just makes sense. Tulsi served eight years as a congressional representative, elected in the State of Hawaii.
Tulsi is not just a US reserve officer; she has served three tours in the Middle East in her twenty-year career in the military. She now holds title as Lieutenant Colonel.
Have you sought help for your TDS ?
I’ve got some toenail clippings you, as a very normal person can eat. Though if they were Trump’s I bet you would.
I unsubscribed from your list due to deviation from its original mission – exposure of health frauds.
Criticizing Tulsi Gabbard on religious grounds alone is an example of intolerance I cannot abide. No example was given how her religious affiliation has affected her judgment or intelligence. Or how seriously she takes that affiliation in making decisions as an adult.
I might point out that the Judaeo-Christian religions rely on a “holy book” that most practitioners of their faith compartmentalize and do not actually follow without careful cherry-picking since this book is full of what someone outside the faith finds ridiculous or morally harmful. We should judge people by what they do, not what religious affiliation was bequeathed by their family and society that they came from.
That you picked on one of the few bright stars in the US political galaxy indicates bias and attempted intervention.
You did not read my post?
She is affiliated to a weird cult that included SCAMs.
My post is NOT about religion!
Edzard on Saturday 16 November 2024 at 14:15
What is your worry? If his past record is any indication, by the end of year 1, over 25% of these “bright stars ” would not be there and by the end of 2 years all would be replaced by new “bright stars”.
By the end of 4 years, Americans would be fighting among themselves and Russia China Iran would be having the last laugh. Remember his naming of Covid as “Chinese Virus” as if that solved the problem of American citizens dying during the pandemic. China had the last laugh: as enemy number 1, it killed over 600,000 American citizens without firing one bullet!
The good thought “Trump cannot be President of USA ever again” and the Americans who suffer the most would be those who voted for him.
It is however a refreshing change from the rest of the Republicans who believe a long dead Jewish man was both God and his son….whose only way to show his overwhelming love for his people was to torture and murder himself and then blame the Jews.
You sound like my late uncle of the 1970s. He used to say things like that, always stand outside the church during weddings etc. He was Jewish as well but not practicing but he did occasionally observe a Jewish religious festival and then break it by eating a large piece of chocolate cake.
Wife, “You said you would atone for your sins! And you eat cake!”
“Well I tried but I could not think of any, so I had cake, and now I can atone for that.”
Those were the days when men were mensch and the women even more so.
Are you Jewish too?
Trumps ridiculous nominations seem designed as a distraction, cover for the real damage he is about to do.
@George
Those nominations are not a distraction to draw the attention away from the damage he will be inflicting. They are (a large part of) the damage: knowledgeable and experienced politicians and civil servants are replaced by hugely incompetent and often immoral sycophants, whose task is not to serve the American people, but to lick Trump’s butt and indulge his every whim without asking questions. The reason for this is simple: many of Trump’s policies will damage America and hurt large numbers of Americans, and conscientious civil servants may put up resistance against the Big Bully because they take their work seriously – so they have to go.
By pre-emptively populating civil services with his loyal cronies he will make certain that civil services will either do his bidding or else simply cease to function. It is now no longer unthinkable that e.g. the FDA and the CDC will be shut down, and even public education is under serious threat. This demolition program of federal public services will probably be one of Elon Musk’s core tasks.
Things like this will be extremely bad for the health and well-being of Americans, especially less affluent Americans.
I like how the professor doesn’t ask people, who can tell him what’s going on, to explain it. He just asserts things and expects us to accept them, when we live here, and he doesn’t. It’s pure lunacy. Or, like many in the United States are, he’s suffering Trump Derangement Syndrome
I am 100% sure he doesn’t know what a presidential ‘stress test’ is, so Trump’s appointments probably confuse and scare him. It’s a pity
For a man with so many MDs and PhD’s and other stuff after his name, he sure doesn’t act very bright
I’m almost starting to understand why King Charles ignores him
I have received this from Kurt Butler via X:
I’ve known Tulsi Gabbard since she was a toddler growing up in my brother’s (Chris Butler) authoritarian cult in Hawaii. The cult consists of a bunch of bigoted (extremely anti-gay), ignorant, anti-science loons who take Vedic scriptures literally and as infallible. Hindu fundamentalism. Tulsi (her name is taken from a “holy” basil) has said that she believes Chris is God’s messenger and she is proud to be the first Hindu congress member. Chris says that the US moon landing must be a hoax because the scriptures say the moon is a heavenly planet with abundant life and the astronauts did not report that.
Chris lives in luxury, with a handful of close aides who wait on him and cater to his every whim, in a beachfront house in Lanikai. They vigorously recruit new members, take all their money and leave them to live in relative squalor. Typical of most cults.
@Edzard
Again professor… your beloved Wikipedia under (Tulsi Gabbard search) stated that Tulsi confirmed her faith as Hindu as a teenager.
Now I see again that Wikipedia confirmed that Tulsi (under the Science of Identity Foundation search) moved away from SIF as a teenager.
“Tulsi Gabbard has since clarified that she considered Mr. Butler “essentially like a Vaishnava Hindu pastor” during her school years [15][16] As a teenager, Gabbard moved away from SIF and “fully embraced Hinduism” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_of_Identity_Foundation
Beyond that sir, the major tenants of SIF faith described in the same Wikipedia link are common beliefs that are adhered to in other major religions of the world.
Kurt Butler wrote:
I’ve known Tulsi Gabbard since she was a toddler growing up in my brother’s (Chris Butler) authoritarian cult in Hawaii. The cult consists of a bunch of bigoted (extremely anti-gay), ignorant, anti-science loons who take Vedic scriptures literally and as infallible. Hindu fundamentalism. Tulsi (her name is taken from a “holy” basil) has said that she believes Chris is God’s messenger and she is proud to be the first Hindu congress member. Chris says that the US moon landing must be a hoax because the scriptures say the moon is a heavenly planet with abundant life and the astronauts did not report that.
Chris lives in luxury, with a handful of close aides who wait on him and cater to his every whim, in a beachfront house in Lanikai. They vigorously recruit new members, take all their money and leave them to live in relative squalor. Typical of most cults.
I’m pretty sure that that vast majority of people would NOT consider Tulsi as “ignorant”. When Tulsi has professed from her lips that she is “anti-gay”… you will have stated correctly. Linking her to a group she has professed to have left as a teenager … that is weak.
Furthermore, you are making a big stretch tying SIF to Hinduism, not the same at all.
I am not tying SIF to Hinduism!
Learn to read!