What the Hell Was Tulsi Gabbard Up to in Georgia? – The Friday AM Quickie 2/6/26

By Corey Pein — Feb 6, 2026

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THE BIG NEWS

Trump's Intel Director Is Meddling in US Elections

It's been a while since we checked in on former homophobic cult member-turned-Democratic House Rep.-turned-Trump regime Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. Reports from the first year of Donald Trump's second term suggested she was sidelined on foreign policy matters, but was still, like other regime officials, primarily concerned with sucking up to her boss. More recent developments show how far she's gone in that department.

The New York Times reports that the regime's story keeps changing about what Gabbard was doing leading an FBI raid on an election center in Fulton County, Georgia, last week. On Wednesday said Trump said he didn't know what Gabbard was doing there, then yesterday he said Attorney General "Pam [Bondi] wanted her to do it." But the Times' sources say Trump personally ordered Gabbard to lead the search in Atlanta, "during which agents seized truckloads of ballots cast in 2020," which the County now wants returned. The thing is, as DNI, Gabbard isn't legally supposed to be involved in domestic law enforcement – and this naked attempt to rewrite election results to please Trump doesn't even count as lawful policing.

It turns out Gabbard has been pretty busy. Reuters and CNN report that she also led a spurious investigation last spring into Puerto Rico's voting machines – which, again, seems well outside her purview. Her conduct has raised alarms within the government. As the Wall Street Journal reported this week, a whistleblower complaint filed last May claims she buried a critical intelligence report for political purposes. But Republicans the House and Senate yesterday took steps to bury that whistleblower complaint, calling it "an attempt to smear Gabbard’s reputation." Seems like she's doing a pretty good job of that on her own!

Meanwhile, Oregon Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden – a key watchdog of the intelligence community – sounded his so-called "Wyden siren" this week with a public letter expressing "deep concern" with unspecified, secret "CIA activities." As Wyden watchers note, he "only talks like this when the spies do something real bad." Maybe we'll find out the specifics in a few years.

MORE STORIES TO WATCH

Elections Roundup: 'Oh My Goodness' – Leftist Analilia Mejia Leads in New Jersey House Race

Report: AIPAIC Is Pouring Dark Money Into Illinois House Primaries "Two groups, Elect Chicago Women and Affordable Chicago Now, just blinked into existence in recent days and quickly started six-figure television buys backing three candidates in key Chicago-area races over Democratic primary opponents, including progressives who have been critical of Israel." via NBC News, the Chicago Sun-Times, and Politico.
Texas Democratic Infighting Overshadows Special Election Victory Despite being massively outspent by his Republican opponent, Taylor Rehmet flipped a state Senate seat in a massively pro-Trump district with a grassroots campaign focused on working-class issues without selling out social minorities. via the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Houston Chronicle.
Los Angeles Mayoral Race Is 'in an Extraordinary State of Flux' Ahead of Filing Deadline One candidate who isn't dropping out is democratic socialist and community organizer Rae Huang, billed as "LA's Mamdani." via the Los Angeles Times, LA Magazine, and ABC 7.
Democrats Plan General Strike, Legal Challenges to Fight MAGA Interference in Midterms "We need to make sure that we have an ultimate response to that which, I believe, has to be a true national strike," says Arizona Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego. "If they try to overthrow our democracy, if you are allied with democracy, do not go to work. If you're a pilot, do not show up. If you drive a train, do not show up. If you're a teacher, do not show up. We grind the country to a halt." via the Guardian, The American Prospect, and NBC News.

Trump Moves to End Protections for 50,000 Federal Workers

The Wall Street Journal reports that the Office of Personnel Management issued a rule yesterday that will make it easier for Donald Trump to punish or fire senior federal workers who might disagree with him or his far-right extremist policy agenda. OPM Director Scott Kupor claims the new rule is intended to prevent "sabotage." But as HuffPost notes, the rule could be used to fire a civil servant who says climate change is real. American Federation of Government Employees President Everett Kelley says the rule "is a direct assault on a professional, nonpartisan, merit-based civil service and the government services the American people rely on every day," adding that it makes workers "more vulnerable to pressure, retaliation, and political interference, which is exactly the opposite of what the public is asking for right now."

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Senate Republicans Stonewall Modest Democratic Proposals to Rein in ICE Meanwhile in Minnesota, observers say the limited drawdown of occupying federal forces hasn't changed the situation on the ground. via the Associated Press, the New York Times, ProPublica, and HuffPost.
Bum Deal: New 'TrumpRx' Website Offers Drug Discounts for Those Who Can Pay Cash Without Using Insurance "TrumpRx is designed to help Big Pharma keep its prices high by diluting the bargaining power of insurance companies, weakening an important check on pharma," explains Public Citizen Access to Medicines director Peter Maybarduk. via Politico and the Washington Post.
US and Russia Resume Military-to-Military Communication as Key Nuclear Treaty Lapses Meanwhile, acting on a Ukrainian request, Nazi-saluting oligarch Elon Musk cut off the Russian military's access to Starlink internet services, raising the question of why he allowed it in the first place. via the Washington Post, The Nation, and the New York Times.
Two Democratic Veterans Who Urged Servicemembers to Disobey Illegal Orders Refuse Interview in Regime Probe Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan and Rep. Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania are refusing to comply with a Justice Department "voluntary interview"; Slotkin advised Attorney General Pam Bondi and US Attorney Jeanine Pirro to retain their records in the event she sues them for infringing on her Constitutional rights. via NBC News, the Associated Press, and the Washington Post.

SOME NUMBER

50 percent

That's how much the price of Bitcoin has declined from its peak of $126,000 in October, the New York Times reports. Cryptocurrency and tech stocks more broadly suffered sharp declines yesterday. The crash has nothing to do with the revelations, reported by the Times, the Washington Post, and NBC News, that the late elite sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was deeply involved in Silicon Valley and was an early investor in the crypto company Coinbase.

ON THE SHOW TODAY

2/6: Sam and Emma are in the studio today; the guests will be Jeet Heer, national affairs correspondent for The Nation and host of the Time of Monsters podcast, and Dan Osborn, independent candidate for the US Senate in Nebraska.

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PARTING WORDS

"No. This is ridiculous. These naming rights aren't tradable as part of any negotiations, and neither is the dignity of New Yorkers."

-- New York Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, responding in a statement yesterday to the news that Donald Trump has been holding up federal funding for a massive New York-New Jersey rail project on the condition that both Washington-Dulles International Airport and New York City's Pennsylvania Station be renamed in his honor. According to Politico, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer refused Trump's demand, first reported by Punchbowl News.

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