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Friday, June 19, 2026

President Donald Trump's pick for acting director of national intelligence, Bill Pulte, showed up at his new job a day early on Thursday after asking for a list of every employee ...

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NEWS: Trump just pulled the plug on Jay Clayton's DNI confirmation hearing scheduled for today, delaying a vote that had bipartisan support. He says Bill Pulte will remain Acting DNI until Jamie McDonald is confirmed as U.S. Attorney for SDNY.

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-- MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) 9:01 AM · Jun 17, 2026

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"The deeply resented and under-qualified lickspittle previously asked ODNI staff if he could bring the President's Daily Brief (PDB) to his house, raising five-alarm bells among USIC officials. That briefing is a highly classified set of intelligence on key national security matters of the day. Good-for-no-one Bill Putz also asked about his level of security clearance-- "whether it was a top-secret" [D'uh] and if he had access to a government plane." [Huh?]

#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-06-19 11:30 AM | Reply

Can't have anyone with intelligence in our government.

#2 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-06-19 11:33 AM | Reply

Hi Clownshack

You said it. And this doofus doesn't know anything about the USIC other than watching TV shows and movies, hence his idiotic questions.

Since June is Pride Month, I may use one of my allocations to write a non-political cultural OP.

But if nobody is going to read it-- sniff-sniff-- I shan't....

#3 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-06-19 11:38 AM | Reply

The entire point of this administration is to weaken the United States militarily, intelligence wise, health wise and economically.

Putin got a great deal on his purchase of Dum Donny.

#4 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-06-19 01:24 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

That fat stupid fuck can't fire anybody. FFS.

#5 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-06-19 01:55 PM | Reply

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