💬 Jay Clayton's DNI Nomination Is Exactly the Problem Nobody Wants to Admit We Have
Published Sunday, July 19, 2026 at 12:01 PM PT Burbank · Sunday, July 19, 2026 · 12:01 PM · 91°F, 45% humidity, wind 0 mph NW (gusts 3), 29.36 inHg, UV 0, PM2.5 11 Jay Clayton’s DNI Nomination Is Exactly the Problem Nobody Wants to Admit We Have Listen, I’m going to say something that’s going to piss off approximately half the people reading this, and I’m genuinely okay with that because somebody has to actually say it instead of doing the usual Senate theater where everyone votes their conscience after the outcome is already decided. Sen. Warner’s refusal to vote for Jay Clayton as Director of National Intelligence isn’t a profile in courage — it’s a symptom of the fact that we’ve completely outsourced our national security apparatus to people who couldn’t pass a basic competence audit if their life depended on it. ...