Senate votes to confirm Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence

[CentralMass]

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/12/politics/tulsi-gabbard-confirmation-vote-senate/index.html

[Dave Bowman]

1. It's odd to see the words "Tulsi Gabbard" and "intelligence" in the same sentence.

[niyad]

4. exactly!

[niyad]

2. The coup is complete.

[CentralMass]

7. With Hegseth and Gabbard in, it is alarming.

[Ken Mosul]

3. 100% straight party-line vote. Why do we bother anymore?

[niyad]

5. Welcome to our DU family.

[rasputin1952]

8. Because we are the...

People, in "We the People..".

Smug GOP asshats are not "people", they are animatrons.

[Lulu KC]

11. What's the alternative?

Everything worth doing can be a bother sometimes. Marriage, children, gardening, owning a pet, standing up for what's right? All a big pain in the wazoo.

[rasputin1952]

6. WTF!!!

Are we looking at a revolution against this nightmare of this maladministration?

Caveat: This NOT a call-to-arms.

[Hope22]

9. At some point the R's will have to be branded collaborators in this coup.

Seems there would be nothing to do but round them up along with the author of 2025, VP, ‘pres’, and any other players confessing to this debacle. When is enough, enough!

[Dulcinea]

10. The silver lining (and there is one)

None of these people will stay in their jobs for long, if past history is any indicator. No one works for the Fascist Felon for long.