1. United States
2. Tenn.
3. Letter

Do everything in your power to block Bill Pulte from serving as Director of National Intelligence. Trump himself admitted the appointment "is not going to be permanent" — so why are we gambling national security on a housing finance regulator with zero intelligence experience while tensions with Iran are escalating? Congress created the DNI role after 9/11 specifically to prevent intelligence failures. The law requires "extensive national security expertise." Pulte has none. His qualifications appear to be loyalty to Trump and a willingness to make baseless fraud accusations against Letitia James, Lisa Cook, and Adam Schiff. Even Senate Majority Leader John Thune said it plainly: "We don't need a weaponized DNI. We need professionals there." If Republicans are saying this out loud, the situation is serious. Democrats have threatened to block FISA surveillance authority unless this appointment is reversed — use that leverage. Pulte can serve up to 210 days under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act without Senate confirmation. That is 210 days of a loyalist filtering what the president sees in his daily intelligence brief. History shows what happens when leaders surround themselves with yes-people instead of experts. Don't let that happen here.