Tulsi Gabbard. Once a Democratic congresswoman with a military background, she became a pariah with a microphone. In a recent interview on Rumble, which mainstream media prefer to ignore rather than refute, she did something rare: She fearlessly confirmed what for years has been dismissed as “disinformation,” “Russian propaganda,” or “dangerous conspiracy theory.”

By Max von Kreyfelt
Gabbard, appointed Director of National Intelligence by U.S. President Donald Trump, surprised friend and foe by stating that the U.S. government has funded gain-of-function Biolabs, and yes, also in Ukraine. And no, this isn’t fiction from a fringe Telegram channel—insiders with clearance have confirmed it.

Matters the Administration of Joe Biden, and Anthony Fauci (until 2022, the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the chief medical advisor to Biden) categorically denied. Now it turns out everyone dismissed as a conspiracy theorist was right.

It’s a pattern we should recognise by now. First comes denial. Then ridicule. Then censorship. And only when the facts can no longer be suppressed do we hear the phrase: “We already knew that.”

But let’s pause to consider what this means: the government of the world’s most powerful nation is financing experiments that make viruses more lethal—in foreign labs, with taxpayer money, and without public debate. And when questions are asked, the messenger is neutralised.

This isn’t policy. This is biopolitics with a velvet glove—and a syringe in the other hand.

Once again, the so-called “conspiracy theorist” turns out to be not a lunatic, but a concerned observer ahead of their time. We live in an era where framing is more important than facts, where a message only matters if it comes from the “right” side. Tulsi is considered “wrong,” so what she says must not be true, even when it is.

This case reveals the collapse of public discourse above all. The absence of lawmakers with the courage to ask fundamental questions, the scarcity of journalists who value their oath to truth over their contract with a media conglomerate, and the lack of outrage that isn’t dictated by party lines underscore the situation's urgency.

Instead of opening the cesspit, a lid is placed over it with the label “conspiracy.” But the stench remains. And some people - like Tulsi Gabbard - still dare to smell it.