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I bet Trump will back off…Senate will tank FISA 702 if he's kept on.

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What's the connection with Pulte and FISA 702?

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It's largely that DNI runs it, and enough Senators loathe Pulte, that they'll prefer to tank FISA rather than see him stay in that role.

From Sen. Tillis' questioning of Sec. Bessent at Senate Finance:

"Did you actually tell [Bill] Pulte you were going to punch him in the face?"

"No sir, I actually said I was going to kick his ass."

"Good...I share the emotion."

— Colin Wilhelm (@colinwilhelm) June 3, 2026

That's what I can't figure out; besides Trump he is not well-liked in the Administration.

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That's what I can't figure out; besides Trump he is not well-liked in the Administration.

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This sounds more snarky than I mean, but, you answered your own question.

Trump's opinion is the only one that matters…he prizes loyalty above all else…and Pulte has met that mark.

The one additional add here…is if DNI really mattered then I think you'd hear more coming from Pete and Rubio (you aren't).

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That's what I can't figure out; besides Trump he is not well-liked in the Administration.

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Not being liked by anyone else only makes Trump like him more.

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torrid said:

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He's not looking for previous national intelligence work, he's looking for personal loyalty.

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There are several posters on this very site if blind allegiance and bootlicking is the only qualification (which of course is true)

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That's rich coming from a lib. Your party is full of NPCs who riot, kill and are brainwashed to believe what their overlords tell them to believe.

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Me a lib? Hilarious. Great analysis Sherlock.

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I am sorry. You're a "concerned moderate" who totally isn't a lib. You probably stump for other hardcore conservatives like Dade Phelan, Lisa Murkowski, etc.

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He's not looking for previous national intelligence work, he's looking for personal loyalty.

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There are several posters on this very site if blind allegiance and bootlicking is the only qualification (which of course is true)

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That's rich coming from a lib. Your party is full of NPCs who riot, kill and are brainwashed to believe what their overlords tell them to believe.

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Me a lib? Hilarious. Great analysis Sherlock.

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I am sorry. You're a "concerned moderate" who totally isn't a lib. You probably stump for other hardcore conservatives like Dade Phelan, Lisa Murkowski, etc.

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Nope - not even close. But keep trying. I'm sure your Dear Leader appreciates your efforts.

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He's not looking for previous national intelligence work, he's looking for personal loyalty.

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There are several posters on this very site if blind allegiance and bootlicking is the only qualification (which of course is true)

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That's rich coming from a lib. Your party is full of NPCs who riot, kill and are brainwashed to believe what their overlords tell them to believe.

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Me a lib? Hilarious. Great analysis Sherlock.

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I am sorry. You're a "concerned moderate" who totally isn't a lib. You probably stump for other hardcore conservatives like Dade Phelan, Lisa Murkowski, etc.

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Nope - not even close. But keep trying. I'm sure your Dear Leader appreciates your efforts.

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Your posting history says otherwise. You have a severe case of TDS and only support RINOs like Massie. Oh, but you're a hardcore conservative!

You can look at my posting history and see I am a DeSantis guy. I am super happy Trump won, and while I don't agree with him on everything, he's fighting the swamp. We haven't ever had a fighter in my forty-six years on earth like Trump. Maybe Reagan was close, but he didn't have near the outright daily opposition. The only people who are fighting Trump, are liberals, because they don't want change.

There isn't such a thing as a polite or righteous conservative anymore. Either you're for this country or you are a damn liberal. The libs vote lockstep. You fight fire with fire and if you were a true conservative you would stop disagreeing with fighting true evil. As a DeSantis guy, I bought in. You didn't buy in because you're a liberal.

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Your posting history says otherwise.

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Tell me about your in depth research into my 30 year-ish posting history on this site. I'll wait.

You're just emotional because someone has the audacity to disagree with your point of view on some things and questions your boy (who, by the way, I voted for twice).

Liberals get emotional like that a lot. So I guess you have that going for you.

The rest of your diatribe is too nonsensical and, frankly, idiotic, to waste time on.

Have a good one (or at least try).

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Your posting history says otherwise.

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Tell me about your in depth research into my 30 year-ish posting history on this site. I'll wait.

You're just emotional because someone has the audacity to disagree with your point of view on some things and questions your boy (who, by the way, I voted for twice).

Liberals get emotional like that a lot. So I guess you have that going for you.

The rest of your diatribe is too nonsensical and, frankly, idiotic, to waste time on.

Have a good one (or at least try).

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I don't have to look back thirty years to paint the picture.

The rest of your post is Marxist: Accuse your enemies of what you are doing.

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A tract house builder with a unique perspective...

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Looks like a Christian was appointed. Morals are needed within the intelligence community.

Watch.

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Pulte is a clown

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Like a scary one? Balloon animal making one? Rodeo? John Wayne Gacy?

I think, actually hope, what we are seeing is a continued tightening of the circle and having multiple cabinet and alike positions be consolidated.

Its easier this way and he does not need to rely on congress and specifically the senate confirmation process to get it done.

Something like "Tulsi is out now and I really do not need a DNI guy, I would give it to Marco but the memes are taking the spotlight from me. So let's go with Pulte and watch the libs 'reeee'".

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I bet Trump will back off…Senate will tank FISA 702 if he's kept on.

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TRUMP: PULTE WON'T BE PERMANENT INTELLIGENCE CHIEF

— Erik Wasson (@elwasson) June 4, 2026

… As predicted…

Nothing is believable until Walter Bloomberg posts on X what Trump is thinking's

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Pulte is a clown

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Like a scary one? Balloon animal making one? Rodeo? John Wayne Gacy?

I think, actually hope, what we are seeing is a continued tightening of the circle and having multiple cabinet and alike positions be consolidated.

Its easier this way and he does not need to rely on congress and specifically the senate confirmation process to get it done.

Something like "Tulsi is out now and I really do not need a DNI guy, I would give it to Marco but the memes are taking the spotlight from me. So let's go with Pulte and watch the libs 'reeee'".

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I bet Trump will back off…Senate will tank FISA 702 if he's kept on.

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TRUMP: PULTE WON'T BE PERMANENT INTELLIGENCE CHIEF

— Erik Wasson (@elwasson) June 4, 2026

… As predicted…

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Trump hasn't backed off. Pulte was named acting director. He still is.

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He's not looking for previous national intelligence work, he's looking for personal loyalty.

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There are several posters on this very site if blind allegiance and bootlicking is the only qualification (which of course is true)

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That's rich coming from a lib. Your party is full of NPCs who riot, kill and are brainwashed to believe what their overlords tell them to believe.

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Me a lib? Hilarious. Great analysis Sherlock.

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I am sorry. You're a "concerned moderate" who totally isn't a lib. You probably stump for other hardcore conservatives like Dade Phelan, Lisa Murkowski, etc.

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Nope - not even close. But keep trying. I'm sure your Dear Leader appreciates your efforts.

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Your posting history says otherwise. You have a severe case of TDS and only support RINOs like Massie. Oh, but you're a hardcore conservative!

You can look at my posting history and see I am a DeSantis guy.

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Whose sock are you then, the account you are using is only a couple years old.

Not like these positions matter anyway. Trump himself has said he gives out these appointments as favors. But hey I guess we're supposed to support cronyism in government rather than picking the best candidate for the job now.

President Trump says he put Joe Kent in a Senate confirmable prominent counterterrorism position because he was “feeling sorry for him” after his wife died and he lost two elections. He also mocks Kent for remarrying “quite quickly” after losing his wife. pic.twitter.com/LBVagMVzcV

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) April 16, 2026

Trump "backing down" with a hatchet

TRUMP ORDERS ACTING DNI BILL PULTE TO BEGIN MASS FIRINGS AT INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES

TRUMP DEEMS OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE “UNNECESSARY” AND TOO LARGE

— *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) June 5, 2026

Well, that didn't last long.

https://apnews.com/article/jay-clayton-pulte-trump-national-intelligence-director-b9a89bd3f1cb9c70fcca79de4c42cc99

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President Donald Trump said Thursday he is nominating Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and a former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, a director of national intelligence.

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what didn't last long?

Pulte was only named acting director. Never got tabbed for actual job

Pulte scheduled for the job on the 19th, but FISA shot down over his pending job shift and hearing for the new guy scheduled for the 16th. What a mess.

'Democrats are claiming their lack of support surrounds the appointment of Bill Pulte as Acting DNI effective June 19, and their concern that Pulte will weaponize the FISA (702) authority to conduct political surveillance.

Methinks they doth protest too much.…

— =Orange= (@LynwoodTalks) June 11, 2026

Thune of course sitting idly by in his office doing nothing useful at all.

Lots of people think DNI is a bloated and largely unnecessary layer of bureaucracy. It has little actual power but is inserted amongst agencies to…um…shuffle documents amongst them?

It has no active arm that does any front line gathering, investigation, or primary analysis. The sentiment is they need someone to come in and pare it down to what useful functions is serves only and get rid of the rest of the bloat.

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what didn't last long?

Pulte was only named acting director. Never got tabbed for actual job

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Looks like it's going to last a little longer

I'd say a lot longer. From page 2:

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and this 210 days will probably be longer, because if Trump nominates someone for the actual DNI post, then until thats acted on by senate the Acting stays in the job.

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They are scared of Pulte for some reason. So maybe I need to revisit my questioning of Trump putting Pulte as DNI as I stated in OP.

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They are scared of Pulte for some reason. So maybe I need to revisit my questioning of Trump putting Pulte as DNI as I stated in OP.

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Agreed. And Trump is either playing checkers or chess here, I dunno any more than Sean Spicer to that point.

.@seanspicer What is Trump doing pulling Clayton’s hearing? “It’s a great question cause I don’t know. I kept thinking about this, is this chess or checkers? He needs Poulte in there for 24-48 hours to get all the good stuff.” pic.twitter.com/F1tYTWHLRR

— The Huddle (@theDChuddle) June 17, 2026

I dunno, I feel like someone in left field GA trying to see what the umpire is calling.

He pulled the hearing to delay the vote. Means Pulte stays acting for longer time once he's in

Well sure, he gets 210 days as acting, and if no one is confirmed he can get another 210 days. I know he doesn't have the background for the job but I don't understand the passionate fear of what he will do starting on July 1. It's not all that important of a job imho, largely just gathering reports for POTUS.

Indeed. pic.twitter.com/USeNKDF5Eb

— Are we there yet? (@Jesse571795) June 17, 2026

It's not like he's a card carrying communist a la John Brennan that will bring the republic down if he gets a chance.

JUST IN: Acting U.S. spy chief Bill Pulte reportedly plans to fire hundreds of staff.

— Polymarket (@Polymarket) June 19, 2026