1. This "Tulsi Gabbard is being groomed to be a Russian asset" thing is another depressing example of how a subset of centrists & liberals have allowed CIA cosplaying to replace the actual work of politics.
2. Part of the problem is the term "asset" is deliberately vague, covering both those actively being compromised by foreign powers & those promoted by foreign power (which is not something can control). This was the logic FBI used to spy on antiwar movement.
3. Let's see how the logic plays out. a) main evidence Gabbard is Russian asset is Russian bots promote her b) Gabbard gained 50,000 followers after Clinton attack c) so is Clinton a Gabbard asset (and by extension a Russian asset)?
4. Which is not to defend Gabbard's politics. She's an Islamophobic ultra nationalist who wants "war on terror" to be fought with drones & commandos. But that's congruent enough with centrism that she doesn't get attacked on it.
5. Some more thoughts on the real trouble with Tulsi. thenation.com/article/clinto…
