Maybe the third time is the charm. President Trump indicates that a deal with Iran has been reached and agreed by all the participating stakeholders.
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President Trump has announced current Southern District of New York U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton for the position of Director of National Intelligence. [Truth Social] This nomination would seem to officially moot ADNI Bill Pulte.
Jay Clayton is a fellow alumnus along with President Trump from the University of Pennsylvania (undergraduate ’88, and law school ’93).
Clayton also was the signatory for the Nicholas Maduro indictment in his USAO position in New York. Clayton was prosecuting the case.
While Clayton holds national security clearances, his nomination position would seemingly ensure Deputy DNI Aaron Lukas remains in position – per statutory guidelines for military intelligence, or similar, requirement within the ODNI office.
[NOTE: Depending on Clayton’s current intelligence status]
PRESIDENT TRUMP – “I am pleased to announce the Nomination of very Highly Respected Jay Clayton, former Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the former Head of Sullivan & Cromwell, one of the most prominent and successful Law Firms anywhere in the World, and the current United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, to be the next Director of National Intelligence and, importantly, to serve in my Cabinet. Few people anywhere in the Legal Community are respected at the level of Jay. I encourage the United States Senate to confirm Jay as soon as possible. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche held a press conference earlier today to outline a series of arrests during ongoing investigations to find thousands of missing unaccompanied alien children. [DOJ Press Release Here]
So far DHS agencies have found approximately 150,000 missing children with around 300,000 still unaccounted for as search and investigative efforts continue. The statistics within the press conference are alarming. WATCH:
DOJ – Yesterday in Cleveland, Ohio, indictments were returned charging three illegal aliens from Guatemala for international smuggling of unaccompanied alien children (UAC) and defrauding the government, while another illegal alien was sentenced to prison for smuggling a UAC to the United States in 2023 and then fraudulently obtaining custody of the child who he then sexually abused.
The indictments charge Maritza Azucena Cahuec Coc, 38, and her brother Carlos Agustin Cahuec Coc, 33, both illegal aliens from Guatemala, for their roles in an international alien smuggling conspiracy, spanning from approximately December 2020 to October 2023, that included submitting multiple fraudulent sponsorship applications to the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) to gain custody of UACs. Gladys Marina Caal Chen, 20, an illegal alien from Guatemala, who, herself, was fraudulently sponsored as a UAC, is charged with making false statements to the government in connection with a UAC sponsorship application.
Keep in mind the FISA (702) extension already passed the House, and the bill is sitting in the Senate where the ever-predictable John Thune is not bringing it up for a vote.
This morning the House tried to pass a short-term FISA (702) extension for three weeks (ending July 2). The measure failed by a vote of 218 to 198. In addition to Democrats, nineteen republicans also voted against it.
The 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. Yes, it’s a rather hypocritical projection within their claim.
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Now, you might ask yourself…. where in the world would the Democrats get the idea that FISA (702) would be used to get “dirt on President Trump’s political enemies.” What would lead them to that suspicion?
As customary, the radical leftists are projecting based on their own conduct. This is the same “702” authority that Barack Obama and Joe Biden previously used to do exactly that political surveillance. We have outlined the entire operation in granular detail citing all of the FISA records that showed exactly what the Obama-Biden group were doing.
Qualifying any comment by saying this is entirely speculation, a few have asked me for opinion.
Gateway Pundit posits the names: GOP Representative Elise Stefanik, GOP Representative Rick Crawford, current Deputy Director of the CIA Michael Ellis, Vice President JD Vance’s national security adviser Cliff Sims, and former GOP Rep Jason Chaffetz.
Names not mentioned in that article include former HPSCI Chairman Devin Nunes or former Representative now U.S. Attorney for North Carolina Dan Bishop.
Without being fully transparent about how I am reaching my perspective, here’s my take on these names.
In the bigger picture, it is very likely that congress will reauthorize FISA (702) surveillance because not doing so is against their interests. That reality creates an unusual dynamic where President Trump can leverage the inevitable outcome for his own political benefit.
PRESIDENT TRUMP – “Just like they did on Border Funding, the Radical Left Dumocrats are trying to take our National Security hostage because of unrelated issues. They should stop playing politics with the safety of our Great Country.
I have named William Pulte to be Acting Director of National Intelligence, who will take over on June 19th, and have asked him to execute the immediate and needed downsizing of the office, reverting staff to their home agencies. At the same time, I am looking for a permanent ODNI Nominee with experience in National Security.
FISA 702 is very important to our Military, and keeping the American People safe, especially during the World Cup and America250 Celebrations. If nothing is done, this important Law will expire this week. I am asking Congress to send me a short-term extension of FISA to provide time for the selection and confirmation of a permanent Head of the Agency. I would like to thank Director Pulte for his time and commitment.” ~ President DONALD J. TRUMP
The Legislative Branch is opposing FISA (702) renewal by using opposition as a narrative to enhance their “orange man bad” credentials. Their opposition is fake. In non-pretending reality we understand the Legislative Branch both wants and controls the dynamics around FISA (702).
Earlier today, President Donald Trump signed the Secure America Act in the Oval Office. The bill provides $70 billion for immigration enforcement, including $38 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, $26 billion for the Border Patrol, and $5 billion to cover unforeseen costs. WATCH:
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The appearance of Senator Rand Paul and House Speaker Mike Johnson together is rather interesting, considering the current internal dynamics behind the FISA (702) issue that puts them on opposite sides – with President Trump in the curious middle.
When the systems of a ‘law and order’ society find no intention, benefit or reasonable expectation of safety from their established construct of government -generally driven by an intentional willingness to ignore the demands of the citizens those officials are expected to represent- eventually people take matters into their own hands.
It is fair to call this the end of the “first follower” phase.
It began when a singular voice stood boldly in righteous opposition to the violence. This person was watched by many.
Then, when that person, the original opponent to the violence is met with brutal isolation and retaliation, a first follower surfaces.
The first follower is the individual who stands up in anger against the retaliation they have witnessed against the singular voice.
The crowd watches the first follower, only at this very consequential inflection point -having watched the previous retaliation- the crowd are now invested emotionally in the outcome of what happens to the ‘first follower.’
The crowd will not accept the same outcome for the first follower. They are in a different mindset, a different frame of mind. Perspectives are completely different in this phase.
Events in Europe are at the extreme side of the first follower phase. However, events in the United States are not far behind. In fact, the reason we are watching events in Europe with such deliberate attention is entirely because our proximity to the violence at hand is not determined by miles; rather, it is determined by mindset.
WARNING of the “do not look away” image below.
Tonight is another primary election in a batch of states including, Maine, South Carolina, Nevada and North Dakota.
One surprise I just noticed is the horrible fibber and gaslighter Nancy Mace failing miserably in her quest for South Carolina Governor. Nancy Mace is in fifth place.
Mace floated in/out of never-Trump world for a while in congress and generally pontificated about things while accomplishing very little. She eventually hung her credibility on the Epstein File stuff. It doesn’t look like that approach worked out too well for her.
If there are other races tonight that you are interested in, feel free to drop your comments and thoughts on the races that you might be watching from your perspective tonight.
Following a very public display of horrific violence, the Irish police are asking citizens not to protest against their beheading too strongly. The last time migrant violence was highlighted, many people in Ireland were upset.
The police request follows a Sudanese migrant who was given asylum and then attacked a man on the street with a knife, slicing his face, neck and back, gouging his eyes and then attempting to use the kitchen knife to saw off his victim’s head.
Following video of the attack becoming viral the police are concerned that too many Irish people will protest against their beheading, and that could be disturbing to the sensitivity of unlawful migrants who may not support taking off the heads of the Irish people.
According to police, not all migrants participate in the stabbing and head chopping, but they do understand the general concern stabbing and head chopping may represent.
Unfortunately, Belfast, Northern Ireland, is up in flames after anti-beheading Irish protesters torched migrant houses and targets across the city. This is in response to the brutal knife attack on the street last night – defying government ministers’ calls for calm. (Daily Mail Article) Apparently, there is a calm way to disagree with the premise that your head can be removed by migrants.
The Irish government is very concerned about anti-migrant sentiment being fueled by the latest visible attack by another migrant. The police are asking people not to share information about the attack, and to support the legal rights of those who are doing the stabbing.
DAILY MAIL – […] Anti-immigrant unrest sprung up in several cities across the UK after Monday night’s attack. A 30-year-old man, described by police as a Sudanese asylum seeker who had been granted indefinite leave to remain, has been charged with attempted murder.
Multiple houses were set on fire in Belfast, along with numerous vehicles, rubble piles and street barricades. These continued to burn as night fell, attended by a vast force of firecrews.