Today at 10:00am EST, CIA Director nominee John Ratcliffe will appear before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence to answer questions about his nomination. Ratcliffe has numerous allies in the Intelligence Community including Chairman Tom Cotton and Vice-Chair Mark Warner. Resistance level, very low.
John Ratcliffe, a former Texas congressman who served as the director of national intelligence for President Trump in the first term, is now tasked with leading the second most prestigious and capable intelligence agencies in the world. As CIA Director Mr. Ratcliffe would have an influential position on matters of national intelligence and would likely not lie to President Trump unless it was necessary to retain the integrity of the silo he leads. Livestream Links Below:
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He was my congressman in Texas. We played golf at the same course. He always walked and carried his bag. Great guy. Very calm and stoic. I wish him immense luck this morning!
Decent temperament, I agree. In this Swamp, that gets subsumed, oftentimes.
I’m sure that Mr. Ratcliffe is an affable gent out in public. Calm, stoic, friendly-those are all admirable traits. He’s still a card carrying member of the UniParty.
Both wings of the UniParty Team will read from the script and play their parts during the confirmation charade, and Ratcliffe will be confirmed.
After confirmation Ratcliffe will begin playing his part-lying to President Trump when “necessary to retain the integrity of the silo he leads.”
That’s what obedient functionaries of the UniParty and the Deep State do. Ratcliffe is exactly that kind of functionary.
I don’t fully, or at all really, trust him – he seems like what used to be called “a weak sister.” but I can’t do anything about it.
Trust has to be earned. I don’t trust anyone unless/until they’ve earned that trust. What ‘seems’ one way on the surface may actually be quite different than what one thinks. Please see my comment to Bruce Gordon above. Thanks.
HOW do you know he’s part of the UniParty? Maybe any pick can be deemed part of the UniParty. I don’t buy it. I have great respect for Ratcliffe. We will see and time will tell. Maybe our whole country is part of the UniParty, since it’s made up of imperfect humans beings.
We need a full blown nationalist at this point who will just start deleting departments in the federal government, demanding fealty, and ending immigration. We’re still getting millions and millions of immigrants a year even with a republican, we’re going to die as a nation unless someone comes along as a TRUE outsider. Supporting more uniparty nonsense will get us nowhere and as much as I hate to say it, that’s all Trump have shown us in recent history.
We need the reincarnation of the Teddy Roosevelt.
He was my congressman as well. I contacted him and asked him to not support Boehner and he sent a very weasely reply about how he needed to in order to get on the committees where he could make a difference.
how many docs got declassified when Grinnell was acting DNI vs when Ratcliffe was actual DNI
Why was he acceptable to the SSCI?
He and Mark Meadows went to the same school of sliminess
I’ve heard good things about Meadows; If he was slimy, why was he prosecuted by Democrats?
Ratcliffe was a Senator so I assume this will be easy.
A representative. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn were and are the Sen. Anyway, he has an (R) next to his name, so the dems will smear him. It’s what they do.
It’s what the UNIPARTY does. There is no such thing anymore as a Republican Party standing in opposition to the Democrats.
The Democrats smear and the Republicans pretend to not like it. But the Republicans don’t take ANY meaningful action to oppose the Democrats.
That’s because they’re all on the same team-the “Anti We The People Team,” also known as the UniParty.
We all need to stop pretending that there are two political parties in opposition to each other in America anymore.
Here’s the opposition party for decades. Lol
What type of reptile is that? Our children had a tortoise that looked like that. He ran away from home.
Go to the Galapagos Islands. You’ll see hundreds of them.
So is that a Galloping Galapagos?
The rinoRat Rube Rubio, Gang of 8 as soon as elected to the Senate, stabbing his Tea Parfty voters in the back……. no different than Linshay or McCuckold & other Repubs.
Ratcliffe was one of the few who supported Trump when he was engulfed in the Russia hoax. I consider him a patriot right up there with Nunes.
His appearances with Bartiromo were key to bringing around those in this country who do not read here.
Thank you! I have great respect for Ratcliffe. Time will tell as to the kind of job he does. I don’t think anyone here has a crystal ball with which they can see into the future. Yet the negative speculations about all or most all of the R party are plentiful on this thread. Maybe I’m all wet. But I have to take issue with the idea of little or no hope at this point.
I don’t think the R party should be all lumped into one smeared team. Maybe you’d do a better job as a senator or whatever? I don’t see anyone other than human beings to choose from.
Seems to be plenty of comments on this thread doing some smearing.
Congressman not Senator
As CIA Director Mr. Ratcliffe would have an influential position on matters of national intelligence and would likely not lie to President Trump unless it was necessary to retain the integrity of the silo he leads….
so pretty much all the time then….
Damned with faint praise … The CIA has never not been an institution undermining AMERICAN national security. Exactly what good is it doing the American people? Is Mr. Ratcliffe going to ‘reform’ it? No? Then disband it.
Ask the bros Musk and Ramaswamy to do away with it.
Ratcliffe already failed as DNI, no significant FISAgate disclosures or prosecutions, we’re getting the swamp……….AGAIN.
Just like that! Lickety-split. That ought to be real easy I’m sure. How do you know he won’t reform it? You know for sure he won’t? You know what will happen tomorrow, and next week, and next month? You know what humans will do before they do it?
I watched what he did at the DNI, I mean nothing happened. He had the entire FISAgate 702 scandal laid bare and he could have exposed it all in the WIDE open (like Trump unfortunately) and nothing was laid on the table and nobody was prosecuted. I just don’t expect zebras to regularly change their stripes in such drastic ways.
Bingo; “…unless it was necessary to retain the integrity of the silo he leads…”
The telling dagger-through-the-heart about Ratcliffe, although he has lots of fans on this forum. I remember him well from his several appearances with Maria Bartiromo during Trump’s first 4-year term, he was all hat and no cattle, I think the SD’s phrase is a perfect assessment of him. Time and events will tell.
Well, has he lied to President Trump already? Or are comments here just figuring on that happening according to opinions?
Here is a preview of the democrats at the confirmation hearings.
https://sl.bing.net/ig74AheVeoK
Sundance since you said he will lie to Trump if he needs to protect the integrity of the silo he will be in charge of what leads you to make that statement? You know it means he can’t be trusted. And if true how come Trump nominated him then? And why is he like that? Maybe you could write an interesting article here on the website about this. It is very disturbing to me if what you stated is true. And won’t Trump find out if he lies to him and then won’t he fire him?
McConnell is picking the nominees. Trump may have a strategy here, but not the initiative.
McConnell is not even there, as far as I know. He left in November after a fall…. could barely walk.
Thune is now the Leader of the Senate and I am not sure if he is doing the same as McConnell did.
Wanna bet the Senate Campaign Committee funds account is still held by McConnell? I would.
The people who pay into that fund want McConnell or a McConnell clone.
It’s still McConnell’s Senate.
He controls nothing. He can barely function.
Barely function, for these fools that’s all the better; we are governed by senility, incompetence, and fools in both parties; hopefully change is coming on 01/20/2025, but DJT can’t do it all without support and assistance.
Hm. You’re right about the support and assistance. GOP means government of the people. Seems to me that government is actually a reflection of the people. We do well to support the President we elected and wanted and still want rather than complaining about all the imperfections of the humans he chose for his cabinet. I doubt there’s ANYone he’d choose that SOMEone wouldn’t complain about. Seems to be human nature.
That one.
We will see. Time will tell. I don’t think we have long to wait.
LOL
No he isn’t.
Is he now? Can that be documented?
Ratcliff is the “face” of a “covert” agenda against the “deep state”– this BETTER BE the purpose of Pres Trump’s nomination. We will not discover tue/false ness until some time after Radcliff is “in-place”.
If the purpose is merely reform (v radical “adjustment”) and if domestic spying and infiltration of domestic politics continues, then major efforts on the part of patriots and mules will be the order of the day….
So help me God.
All good questions. I am also disturbed. But the last time I checked, no human being has been able to know what happens in the future. Best we can do is speculate about what could happen or might happen.
My gut mind axis feels good about this one.
Sunlight is a disinfectant.
When all classified info is finally released for the public to disseminate regarding JFK and RFK, possibly then USA awakes and the House of Cards comes tumbling down.
May it happen soon.
Disclosure is the key — glad you brought this forward.
What is the “process” when consent is withdrawn (correctly withdrawn and legitimately/necessarily done)?!
“…now tasked with leading the second most prestigious and capable intelligence agencies in the world. As CIA Director…”
lol, the second most! Got me a good chuckle over this.
“As CIA Director Mr. Ratcliffe would have an influential position on matters of national intelligence and would likely not lie to President Trump unless it was necessary to retain the integrity of the silo he leads.”
So president Trump will be briefed on things other than the taboo silo.
If this is so President Trump will be out of the loop of real intel.
I think I just jumped into the rabbit hole silo again.
Wow its dark in here.
Oh wait i see a rabbit coming my way.
Huge pivot by Ratcliffe, via Lankford, on 702. Dear Lord, we are so screwed with these people
Smooth sailing ⛵️ here
Proud uniparty member who let’s us down in the past
One of the least consequential nominations to be confirmed by the Senate. Thanks to black budgets and how compartmentalized the CIA is structured, there are still operational units hanging around from the Bush era. The person confirmed by the Senate isn’t really in charge of what matters if you catch my drift.
The Deep State is only worried about the DNI since that position can control funding for the entire Intel Community. A maverick DNI could do real damage to the Deep State’s power and influence. That’s why the Senate is keying in on Tulsi and playing games with her.
I had to turn it off right after Warner spoke Because he was basically requiring Ratcliffe to protect the IC At all costs. IC is not in the constitution. “National Security” is not a Branch of the federal government. It does not supplant the Executive Branch. And yet they are requiring this position to defy the president (and the will of the people) if it doesn’t agree with protecting the interests of the IC. They are not hiding it anymore. He and the IC can GFT.
You forgot to add “in the face” which apparently is required now that Musk is on the team.
So I tuned into the Radcliffe hearing live and when I heard Kirsten (moms can be lethal too!) Gillibrand making nice with him, I turned it off.
He’s as good as approved!
I am struck by the cordial atmosphere of the democRat seantors towards Radcliff as opposed to Hegspeth and to a lesser degree Bondi. Kash Patel’s confirmation will have fireworks like the 4th of July, imo.
In my very limited view, I do support Radcliff as Director, but also do not expect much if any dirty laundry exposures. Ukraine & Afghanistan CiA enterprises would be nice to know about.
I can only surmise the democRat senators have taken Sen Scummer’s advice to heart. Some Agencies are just not to be messed with regardless of nominee.
The Democrats are more cordial to Ratcliffe than to Hegseth because Hegseth is not (yet) controlled by the UniParty. Ratcliffe is controlled by the UniParty.
After listening to all of the different hearings, it seems the dems are less antagonistic. Perhaps they got feedback on how poorly they did with Hegseth. We shall see how they do with Tulsi and RFKJr.
“Mr. Ratcliffe….would likely not lie to President Trump unless it was necessary to retain the integrity of the silo he leads.”
Why would Ratcliffe lie when his duty is to POTUS? Why would “the integrity of the silo he leads” take precedence over his duty to the Commander-in-Chief? The SCOTUS recently ruled that the person of the President IS the Executive branch. How is a department within the Executive branch more important than telling the President the truth??
Good question.
I realize this is sarcasm but you really should indicate it as such as some might take you seriously. I enjoyed the humor!
Great questions!
Why are demoncrat senators so ugly? And the women are no better.
Does satan deliberately make his advocates that way, or were they always ugly?
We should be told..
we have some really ugly republican senators like collins and murkowski to name a few.
Hey be nice to our old broads! In their day……..
They aren’t really republicans, they just get elected as republicans, hence the name RINO.
And they are ugly!
They aren’t really Republican.
They’re Senators. A vile, dispicable set of miscreants. They all are under the thumb of the IC. Every living one of them.
I believe your comment is much more important than most realize.
Darkness and evil infused spiritually eventually transform the eyes, heart, and body — so have physical markers.
Count on it.
You are so right, James! The UniParty politicians in DC, for the most part, have been taken over by Satan.
Regardless of their previous religious beliefs, most now worship the false gods of money, power and sexual immorality. All false gods are put in front of us by Satan for his purposes.
Worshiping false gods corrupts our minds, our souls and our bodies. Ugliness spreads from the inside out.
This is why America’s Founding Fathers repeatedly stressed the importance of a strong national faith in God, lived out individually by each citizen. That’s the only way to reverse this ugliness and heal our land.
This is the first thing you’d said that I agree with. I have hope for revival of hearts. That begins with each of us.
Like the Picture of Dorian Gray.
I think it’s because the kind of person who gets into politics is often the kind who didn’t enjoy much popularity in high school because they lost the genetic lottery (they’re acting out their version of Revenge of the Nerds)
The nominees with bipartisan support and easily confirmed are not our friends.
Although this is “true” by history — If I learned anything since 2015, then I know Trump is the “master/genius” of covert-ops/deception against the deep state.
Let’s see how this plays out going forward.
My overview is that Trump is in TOTAL control of the confirmation process.
No hopium involved – detailed analysis of events.
Thank you! Agreed! After all, Trump only has human beings to choose from for his teams.
One positive, Ratcliffe got a dig at pencil neck. Warner is another creepy guy. Put him and Whitehouse in the same movie, you have a horror hit. Boggy Creek Swamp monsters Mark and Sheldon.
See 50:00 mark
https://www.c-span.org/program/senate-committee/cia-dir-nominee-john-ratcliffe-testifies-at-confirmation-hearing/654422
That was a nice little dig, albeit subtle.
He seems a genuine maga man.
He seems genuine.
Love this guy
“…tasked with leading the second most prestigious and capable intelligence agencies in the world.”
I differ here… the agency is neither capable nor prestigious. It’s abominably evil.
Didn’t this guy already serve once and prosecute/fire nobody? I’m concerned about these picks
Status of CIA Corruption — Information Gathering HUMINT–Politicization of Intel gathering/targetting
Shawn Ryan posted 3hrs ago (12:30pm eastern)
Go to 2:24:30 Politicized Intel through “You don’t collect information based on threats: you collect based on politics”(!) all the way to end (Chess, pro-active, Leadership).
Highly related to what is NOT being talked about in Radcliff hearings but at the same time being talked about behind the curtain.
Trump knows If I know. Back channel intel to Trump is robust and well beyond what “we” think it is.
No Pretending.
No Hopium.
Both wings of the Swamp Uni-party will support Ratcliffe. What does that tell you?
I’ve never really trusted Radcliffe. I can’t give a good reason, just a feeling. Nobody attacks him so there’s that. If he was doing something good he would be attacked.