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Today in Politics, Bulletin 385. 5/22/26
MeidasTouch
@meidastouch.com
· 1m
Tulsi Gabbard forced out as DNI. Trump's $1.8B slush fund sparks screaming matches. Marge Greene warns Trump is normalizing the idea of canceling elections. Thom Tillis fires back. Colbert's final night. And much more in today's Bulletin.
Tulsi Gabbard forced out as DNI. Trump's .8B slush fund sparks screaming matches. Marge Greene warns Trump is normalizing the idea of canceling elections. Thom Tillis fires back. Colbert's final night. And much more in today's Bulletin.
— MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) 2026-05-22T22:07:29.794Z
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… Reuters says Gabbard is not being honest about her reason for leaving: “Gabbard said her husband had been diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer and that she was stepping away from her role to help him. A source familiar with the matter said that Gabbard had been forced out by the WH.”
… Putting those two things together, my read is that Trump fired her shortly after her husband was diagnosed with bone cancer. Which is definitely something he would do since he has reportedly been furious at her because she is against the Iran war. His diagnosis made it the perfect time for Trump’s vindictive nature to come out.
… Reuters: “Trump’s election-security czar last year sought to ban voting machines used in more than half of US states by asking whether the Commerce Dept could declare their components national-security risks. WH adviser Kurt Olsen, a lawyer Trump has tasked with proving widely debunked election-rigging conspiracy theories, pushed the plan to target Dominion Voting Systems machines.”
… “The idea emerged as Olsen and other officials brainstormed about how the federal govt could take control over elections from US states, an idea publicly aired by Trump. Olsen wanted a national system of hand-counted paper ballots, a frequent Trump demand some election-security experts say would be less accurate and potentially riskier than the current system of machines with auditable paper trails that almost all cities and states use.”
… Reuters says Gabbard is not being honest about her reason for leaving: “Gabbard said her husband had been diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer and that she was stepping away from her role to help him. A source familiar with the matter said that Gabbard had been forced out by the WH.”
… Putting those two things together, my read is that Trump fired her shortly after her husband was diagnosed with bone cancer. Which is definitely something he would do since he has reportedly been furious at her because she is against the Iran war. His diagnosis made it the perfect time for Trump’s vindictive nature to come out.
… Reuters: “Trump’s election-security czar last year sought to ban voting machines used in more than half of US states by asking whether the Commerce Dept could declare their components national-security risks. WH adviser Kurt Olsen, a lawyer Trump has tasked with proving widely debunked election-rigging conspiracy theories, pushed the plan to target Dominion Voting Systems machines.”
… “The idea emerged as Olsen and other officials brainstormed about how the federal govt could take control over elections from US states, an idea publicly aired by Trump. Olsen wanted a national system of hand-counted paper ballots, a frequent Trump demand some election-security experts say would be less accurate and potentially riskier than the current system of machines with auditable paper trails that almost all cities and states use.”
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-politics-bulletin-385-52226