Rachel Maddow became one of the wealthiest TV personalities in the history of political entertainment by spouting insane conspiracy theories about Russia coming to turn off the heat for people in North Dakota, but credit where due: she got this one right back in 2012: #FirstEver
"Good news!" -- Rachel Maddow about @TulsiGabbard in 2015, the year before this "far-right" figure resigned her position as DNC Vice Chair to denounce Debbie Wasserman-Schultz for cheating for Hillary Clinton and so that she could endorse the far-right candidate Bernie Sanders.
The fact that *this* person is routinely called "far right" in our political discourse -- just years after she endorsed Bernie Sanders for President and then Biden over Trump -- is reflective of how bereft of meaning these labels are, how their only function is punitive:
I've always had disagreements with Tulsi on issues, including foreign policy. I asked her about some in this interview I conducted with her in 2019, in DC, when she was still in Congress.
But calling her -- or Russell Brand -- "far right" is madness.
But calling her -- or Russell Brand -- "far right" is madness.
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