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How the hell did this guy get a white nationalist group to let him speak at one of their events???

A more relevant question is why was he hired by Marco Rubio. But yeah, I guess he's an "honorary" like Kanye

I was watching comedian Nimesh Patel absolutely roast Kash Patel. Apparently a lot of Americans from the Gujerati Patel caste (which Kash belongs) have openly disowned him for his disgraceful claims. I feel sorry for his parents, they were being pointed out during hearings in Congress and I am not sure they realise the publicity he is getting isn't flattering.

While I think caste systems - Hindu or otherwise - are despicable, I'm glad to know the one he belongs to is contemptuous of him.

To bad this website does not have a vomit emoji, so I guess it will have to be

I thought that one was upchucking.

Yeah for context, the Patels are a caste/community who are engaged in commerce overseas and often the people you see running convenience stores, 7-11s and petrol stations. they are numerous enough to have a show made about them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meet_the_Patels

And yes, Kash is from this community. I am sure there's a few Patels who are wearing his likely appointment as a badge of honour for their caste/community but especially younger people from this community (Like Nimesh) would rather keep their distance.

Caste in India was actually banned in 1948 but like racism in America people still identify themselves by their caste. Race classifications in the western world are also despicable but that doesn't stop people from identifying themselves as "White" even in 2025.

I hadn't known caste distinction no longer existed in India. Doesn't surprise me, though, that some still cling to it.

The GOP-controlled Senate on Wednesday voted to confirm Tulsi Gabbard to be President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence, putting the former congresswoman in charge of the sprawling U.S. intelligence community.

The 52-48 vote was largely along party lines, with nearly all Republicans present voting in favor of Gabbard. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., the former longtime GOP leader who has clashed with Trump, was the only Republican who joined all Democrats in voting against her.

Gabbard’s confirmation is a win for Trump and represents yet another example of his dominance over the GOP, where few have shown a willingness to step out of line.

the end, McConnell was the sole Republican to buck Trump and vote no on Gabbard. In a scathing, lengthy statement after the vote, McConnell said it was apparent Gabbard was not prepared for the job and demonstrated a "history of alarming lapses in judgment."

“The Senate’s power of advice and consent is not an option; it is an obligation, and one we cannot pretend to misunderstand. When a nominee’s record proves them unworthy of the highest public trust, and when their command of relevant policy falls short of the requirements of their office, the Senate should withhold its consent," McConnell said, specifically sounding the alarm about Gabbard's remarks about Snowden, Chinese aggression and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

"In my assessment, Tulsi Gabbard failed to demonstrate that she is prepared to assume this tremendous national trust."

Moderate Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, a member of the Intelligence Committee and a key GOP swing vote, was one of the Republicans who had raised concerns about Gabbard but threw her support behind her just days after her confirmation hearing. Collins helped write the 2004 legislation that established the DNI position.

“The Office of the Director of National Intelligence … has become far larger than it was designed to be, and Ms. Gabbard shares my vision of returning the agency to its intended size,” Collins said in a statement this month. “In response to my questions during our discussion in my office and at the open hearing, as well as through her explanation at the closed hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee, Ms. Gabbard addressed my concerns regarding her views on Edward Snowden.”

Democrats were sharply critical of Gabbard, suggesting Republicans were more concerned about not angering Trump than national security.

“Instead of speaking fact and truth, Ms. Gabbard repeatedly speaks the language of falsities and conspiracy theories,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said on the floor Tuesday. “The director of national intelligence must be strong against America’s adversaries. But Ms. Gabbard has spent her entire career sympathizing with the likes of Vladimir Putin and Bashar Al Assad.”

The director of national intelligence oversees the 18 agencies that make up the U.S. intelligence community, including the Central Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency. The DNI also advises the president on intelligence matters.

Gabbard, 43, an Iraq war veteran, has served for more than two decades in the Army Reserve. She had been a longtime Hawaii Democrat, serving in the state House and on the Honolulu City Council. She went on to represent Hawaii in the House of Representatives from 2013 to 2021. After she unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, Gabbard endorsed Joe Biden over Trump.

But she soured on the Biden administration and left the Democratic Party in 2022. Last October, Gabbard announced she was joining the Republican Party and endorsed Trump, appearing with him on the campaign trail in the run-up to the 2024 election.

Senate votes to advance RFK Jr.'s health secretary bid
The Senate also voted along party lines Wednesday to advance the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s unorthodox pick for health and human services secretary. The 53-47 vote puts Kennedy on a path to be confirmed by Thursday morning.

People will look back at this time in American history and ask why the Republican majority had been so gutless and malleable.

It makes more sense when you view them as complicit and aiding and abetting, rather than gutless and malleable.

They're not innocent victims, they're co-conspirators.

People will look back at this time in American history and ask why the Republican majority had been so gutless and malleable.