And has been implicated in Russian criminal activity in the United States.

It's the weirdest and most disturbing candidacy I've ever seen.

My ears perked up because she funneled half a million dollars to a gentleman who lives in a cabin in rural Washington state, not far from my home, and who appears not to have done any work for that half million dollars. He grew up in the science of identity cult. Money laundering is the official business of the cult.
https://culteducation.com/group/1298-science-of-identity/35033-why-is-tulsi-gabbard-paying-this-obscure-consultant-big-bucks.html

I'm been suspicious of her for a long time, but it appears she is far worse than I'd imagined. If we ever learn the entire story, I'm sure it will be a real shocker.

If she is loyal to a certain group all is excused and facts be damned. It happens often with this group.

I’ve learned a lot about her on DU. Clearly she’s an operative

But I think that because her business is money, she realizes that the support from the bots will increase her bottom line. That's my theory, but then again, I come at her from a background in new religious movements AKA cults.

There isn't necessarily a direct connection to Russia, but that she will do whatever reaps the most benefits in the long run. If this was a movie, it would probably be too far-fetched to be taken seriously. What else has this cult done?

Worships the socalled leader of the cult, a guy that has mixed Krishna and Christianity into an un-recognizable mishmash of bullshit. Someone posted one of the leader's sermons here, I listened for a few minutes and my reactions moved from eye-rolling derision to mouth-dropping surprise that anyone would believe that guy's bullshit.

The Chris Butler people, who worship him, pretend that they are Hindu and pretend that their group was affiliated with the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.

The only thing that Chris Butler took from the Hare Krishnas was the doctrine of what it means to be a bona fide guru. He took the concept and applied it to himself and decreed that he himself was the path to God and was God. Worship of Chris Butler will lead to immortality.

Children who were raised in the cult never celebrated Hindu holidays, and they never read the Vedas or any Vedic doctrine.

The first thing they usually attack people with is an accusation of being anti-hindu. I tend to mop the floor with their ignorance, as they are not prepared to speak to someone who actually understands vaishnava beliefs.

Also, I'm a little combative.

Thank goodness

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No wonder Gabbard seems so 'off.' Being in a cult will do that to you.

When that 3:00 AM call comes in, Tulsi will answer 'present'.

Meanwhile certain "Bernie or Bust" discussion boards which previously touted "Sanders/Gabbard 2020" have removed her photo.

Founded by Chris Butler who now has a very Guru like name I can't even pronounce.

Seems very much like all the other very weird religions...more isolation is involved in this one though.

Just remember there is absolutely no valid evidence for a god of any kind and yet we give these crazy people tax exemptions. That's why we have so many cults...they make money off religion.

If I claim to see magical pink blobs that control the world, would you give me tax exemption too?

The only piece he took from them was the belief that a bona fide guru can overcome karma for his followers. They blanket reject every belief of the international society for Krishna consciousness, and people raised in the cult have reported that they never read the Vedas or gitas or engaged in any Hindu holiday observance. They had Christmas trees, and they listened to Chris Butler's sermons on random topics.

I've never joined them because I do not like religious fundamentalism. Last year, for instance, I was reading one of Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada's books and loving it, and then I happened to read an interview with a ISKCON cleric decreeing that it was blasphemy to say that the lunar eclipse was a physical phenomenon caused by the shadow of the earth. Rather, we are required to believe that a demon has eaten the moon temporarily. Literally. And that kind of fundamentalism never makes me happy.

ISKCON has a mixed history. Lots of wonderful, wonderful spiritual seekers. Lots of authoritarian abuse.

Edit: also the doctrine that they cannot associate with people who are not members.

That is all I will say about one who does make my prioritized ones.

Anyone beloved of RT and PUtin and Assad is not our friend or a friend of democracy in general.

That she's got other issues, a cult, is not surprising based on what we've seen from her.

I smelled a rat way early but didn’t exactly know why.

People need to know this background and be fully informed.

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