Latest / Systemic Error Podcast
Analysts suspect the worst after Trump drops unprecedented overnight 'bombshell'
Trump’s Unelected Intelligence Pick and the Senate’s Useful WeaknessThe Actual StoryDonald Trump tried to keep Bill Pulte in the acting DNI job after backing away from a formal nomination and substituting Jay Clayton, then announced he was “cancelling” Clayton’s hearing even though he has no authority to do that. That is the core fact pattern. Everything else in the coverage is decoration around a simple institutional truth: Trump wants the intelligence apparatus in a posture he can personally control.Power, Not ProcessThe actor with actual institutional power here is the president, but not…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.