DNI Tulsi Gabbard targeting "deep state" intelligence leakers with criminal referrals

Tulsi Gabbard, our new Director of National Intelligence, is swinging a sledgehammer at the deep-state leakers who’ve been treating classified information like it’s gossip at a D.C. cocktail party. In a Wednesday X post that radiated “don’t mess with me” energy, Gabbard dropped a bombshell: she’s recommended charges for a pair of leaks, with a third on deck.

“Politicization of our intelligence and leaking classified information puts our nation’s security at risk and must end. Those who leak classified information will be found and held accountable to the fullest extent of the law,” she said, sounding like she’s ready to personally drag these traitors to court. She’s not playing—Gabbard’s got her sights on a recent Washington Post leak about Iran and Israel, which she flagged back in March when she first vowed to hunt down these slime-balls.

“Today, I referred two intelligence community LEAKS to the Department of Justice for criminal referral, with a third criminal referral on its way, which includes the recent illegal leak to the Washington Post,” she added, making it clear she’s got receipts and isn’t afraid to use them. 

No names were dropped, and we’re still waiting to see if the DOJ and FBI will grow a spine and actually pursue charges. Don’t hold your breath, though—those agencies aren’t exactly known for speed.

Gabbard’s not mincing words about the culprits: “These deep-state criminals leaked classified information for partisan political purposes to undermine POTUS’ agenda. I look forward to working with [the DOJ] and [the FBI] to investigate, terminate and prosecute these criminals,” she said, practically daring the swamp to keep testing her. 

This is the same Tulsi who traded her Hawaii congressional seat for a combat vet’s grit and a Senate-confirmed DNI gig under Trump, passing with a 52-48 vote in February. She’s got the scars and the resolve to back up her threats. [Remember how the Left said Trump is afraid of strong, intelligent women?]

Flash back to March, when Gabbard first promised to clean house in the sprawling 18-member Intelligence Community—think CIA, NSA, FBI, and military branches. “Our nation’s Intelligence Community must be focused on our national security mission. Politically motivated leaks undermine our national security and the trust of the American people, and will not be tolerated,” she warned on X, sounding like a Parris Island drill instructor fed up with recruits. 

“Unfortunately, such leaks have become commonplace with no investigation or accountability. That ends now. We know of and are aggressively pursuing recent leakers from within the Intelligence Community and will hold them accountable,” she added.

She even name-checked some of the media’s favorite leaker landing spots: The Washington Post, HuffPost, The Record, and NBC, where some IC weasel spilled U.S.-Russia intel. “Any unauthorized release of classified information is a violation of the law and will be treated as such,” she capped off, basically etching “you’re toast” on every leaker’s forehead.

This all ties back to a messy episode before The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg—yeah, that jerk—bragged about snooping on a Signal chat where Trump officials were hashing out airstrikes on Iran-backed Houthi terrorists in Yemen. He should have alerted the chat that he was mistakenly put there, but he didn't and National Security Adviser Mike Waltz took the fall, blaming his iPhone’s “automated suggestion” feature for the breach. The Trump team swears no classified info was spilled, and the boss is standing by Waltz. 

Still, it’s a bad look, and Gabbard’s clearly done with the excuses and she plans to kick ass.

Bottom line? Gabbard’s on a mission to plug the leaks and restore some semblance of integrity to our intelligence ops. Whether the DOJ and FBI will match her gusto or just shuffle papers remains to be seen. For now, she’s got the deep state sweating—and that’s a beautiful thing. Keep your powder dry, folks.

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Many National Security Council staff fired after Laura Loomer visits White House

The Trump White House just got a spring cleaning, courtesy of activist journalist Laura Loomer, who waltzed into the Oval Office with a stack of opposition research thicker than a D.C. lobbyist’s expense report. 

[H/T The Daily Wire]

Up to ten National Security Council officials got the boot after her visit, and if you believe Axios—who broke the story Thursday—this wasn’t just a random purge. Loomer reportedly handed Trump a hit list of staffers she deemed insufficiently loyal, and the firings followed like clockwork. A source close to the meeting called it “an anti-neocon move,” which is Washington-speak for “someone’s finally draining the swamp, and the alligators are pissed.”

Trump, ever the master of coy confirmation, chatted with reporters aboard Air Force One and didn’t exactly deny Loomer’s influence. “We’re always going to let go of people — people we don’t like or people that take advantage of or people that may have loyalties to someone else,” he said. When asked about Loomer, he didn’t hold back the praise: “Laura Loomer is a great patriot. She’s a very strong person. She makes recommendations and people, and sometimes I listen to those recommendations. I listen to everybody and then I make a decision. She always has something to say and it’s usually constructive … She recommended some people for jobs.” 

Translation: She’s got a loud mouth, a sharp eye, and the president’s ear—deal with it.

The rumor, per Axios, is that Loomer was fuming over “neocons” who’d “slipped through” Trump’s vetting process like cockroaches in a cheap motel. “She went to the White House yesterday and presented them with her research and evidence,” an official told the outlet, adding that three senior NSC bigwigs—plus as many as ten total staffers—got the axe. “Bloodbath” was the word used, and I’m guessing the survivors are updating their LinkedIn profiles as we speak.

CNN, [aka Comedy News Network] never one to miss a chance to clutch pearls, named the fallen: Brian Walsh, Thomas Boodry, and David Feith. Walsh, a former Marco Rubio lackey, was director for intelligence. Boodry, once Mike Waltz’s legislative director, handled legislative affairs. Feith, a State Department vet from Trump’s first term, oversaw tech and security. Sounds like a mixed bag of establishment types who didn’t get the memo that MAGA means business.

The meeting wasn’t a solo act—National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, VP JD Vance, Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, and personnel guru Sergio Gor were all in the room, per the Associated Press. Axios says Loomer’s beef was that these NSC folks weren’t ride-or-die for Trump’s agenda. Fair enough—why keep snakes in the grass when you can mow the lawn?

NSC spokesman Brian Hughes played the “no comment” card, while Loomer herself dodged The Daily Wire’s request for a chat. Instead, she took to X Thursday morning to blast “people in and around the West Wing” for leaking to the “hostile, left-wing media” about Trump’s private powwows. “I want to reiterate how important it is that people who gain access to the White House or the administration respect the privacy of their conversations with President Trump and his senior staff,” she wrote, sounding like the only adult in a room full of gossipy teenagers. 

But she couldn’t resist a victory lap: “It was an honor to meet with President Trump and present him with my research findings. I will continue working hard to support his agenda, and I will continue reiterating the importance of, and the necessity of STRONG VETTING, for the sake of protecting the President of the United States of America, and our national security.” 

Preach, Laura—someone’s got to keep the RINOs from sneaking back in.

Meanwhile, Trump jetted off to Florida with Waltz, Wiles, Gor, and a few other top dogs, per the travel pool. Sounds like the A-team’s ready to keep the MAGA train rolling, while the B-team’s left crying into their résumés. 

Loomer’s got her critics, sure, but if she’s the one sniffing out the disloyal, maybe she’s the pitbull this administration needs. Neocons beware—there’s a new sheriff in town, and she’s not afraid to bite.

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Dem Senator demands entire GOP resign over Signal chat leak

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Former first lady, former U.S. Senator, former Secretary of State, and twice failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, is calling for President Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance, Pete Hegseth, Mike Waltz, all the U.S. Senators and congressmen and women in the Republican Party, as well as the remainder of the administration's cabinet to resign immediately. 

This comes after the Houthi strikes group chat controversy that somehow included TDS sufferer and The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg on the Signal chat, an encrypted messaging app, where the discussion was about striking the Houthis in Yemen.

Goldberg, not considered to be on board with the Trump administration, apple pie, Chevrolet nor the USA later went on to publish the messages on Wednesday.

"How can anyone think that any administration so careless with sensitive information be allowed to continue in office?" Ms. Clinton said. "The next thing you know, they'll destroy the evidence and get away with it unless we do something about it now. And believe me, they have their methods to do just that." 

Although National Security Advisor Mike Waltz took full responsibility for the mishap, this did not suffice in Clinton's mind and she advised him to be very careful, "don't buy green bananas, and watch your back, Mister."

When asked about her own mishandling of classified information on her computer, which she later destroyed with Bleach Bit, the former Secretary of State said "that is pure misinformation. I never would do such a thing."

Former alleged President Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., was also asked about his mishandling of classified information in which he kept top secret documents in his garage where his drug addled son, Hunter, had access as well as the prostitutes he brought to the house. Mr. Biden calmly said, "Amba dilmebabah dee badoo," and walked away.

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POTUS watches airstrikes on Houthis in Yemen as increased US military action continues

The Commander-in-Chief watches military response to Houthis

The White House released photos of our Commander-in-Chief, President Donald Trump watching airstrikes on Iran-sponsored Houthis in Yemen on Saturday. Now that Trump is President and Biden is spending a weekend at Bernie's, the U.S. has responded to defend the terror group's aggression toward shipping in the Red Sea. 

"President Trump is taking action against the Houthis to defend US shipping assets and deter terrorist threats," the White House posted on X, sharing photos of Trump, along with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and National Security Adviser Mike Waltz.  "For too long American economic & national threats have been under assault by the Houthis. Not under this presidency."

Trump wrote in a Saturday TRUTHSocial post that [as Commander-in-Chief] he had "ordered the United States Military to launch decisive and powerful Military action against the Houthi terrorists in Yemen."

"Our brave Warfighters are right now carrying out aerial attacks on the terrorists’ bases, leaders, and missile defenses to protect American shipping, air, and naval assets, and to restore Navigational Freedom," Trump said. "No terrorist force will stop American commercial and naval vessels from freely sailing the Waterways of the World."

It sounds as if the word 'warfighters' has replaced 'warriors' and 'military.' It definitely sounds cooler.

U.S. Central Command [CENTCOM] said Saturday it "initiated a series of operations consisting of precision strikes against Iran-backed Houthi targets across Yemen to defend American interests, deter enemies, and restore freedom of navigation."

State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce [she's not just a Fox News contributor anymore] said in a statement that Mr. Rubio spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday.

"The Secretary informed Russia of U.S. military deterrence operations against the Iran-backed Houthis and emphasized that continued Houthi attacks on U.S. military and commercial shipping vessels in the Red Sea will not be tolerated," Bruce wrote. "Secretary Rubio and Foreign Minister Lavrov also discussed next steps to follow up on recent meetings in Saudi Arabia and agreed to continue working towards restoring communication between the United States and Russia."

The Houthi-run Health Ministry in Yemen said the strikes killed at least 31 people, which is what they were intended to do along with destroying any Houthi infrastructure that could be destroyed.

The Houthis had been firing upon international shipping using missiles and drones at Israel in what they claimed were acts of solidarity with the Arabs in the Gaza Strip, but what we all know is anti-Semitic hatred that has been going on since Mohammad was a corporal.  

The attacks stopped when a make-believe Israel-Hamas ceasefire went into effect in Gaza in January. The Houthis then threatened to renew them after Israel cut off the flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza this month following the Hamas rejection of a U.S. framework for continuing the cease-fire and hostage releases.

Iran has been providing weapons and other military aid to the Houthis and the U.S. Navy seized missile parts made in Iran along with other weapons that were bound for the Houthis.

Gen. Hossein Salami-on-Rye, head of Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, denied his country was involved in the Houthis' attacks.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, in a post on X, urged the U.S. to halt the strikes and said Washington cannot dictate Iran's foreign policy, especially when it came to the, you know, Joooze! "How can we arm the Houthis and destroy Israel if you're going to destroy the arms?" he asked.

Trump asserted that "[T]he Houthi attack on American vessels will not be tolerated. We will use overwhelming lethal force until we have achieved our objective. The Houthis have choked off shipping in one of the most important Waterways of the World, grinding vast swaths of Global Commerce to a halt, and attacking the core principle of Freedom of Navigation upon which International Trade and Commerce depends."

Trump said that the Houthis "have waged an unrelenting campaign of piracy, violence, and terrorism against American, and other, ships, aircraft, and drones."

"Joe Biden’s response was pathetically weak, so the unrestrained Houthis just kept going," he wrote on TRUTHSocial.

Does anyone in good conscience disagree?

Trump said it has been more than a year since a U.S.-flagged commercial ship safely sailed through the Suez Canal, the Red Sea, or the Gulf of Aden.

"The last American Warship to go through the Red Sea, four months ago, was attacked by the Houthis over a dozen times. Funded by Iran, the Houthi thugs have fired missiles at U.S. aircraft, and targeted our Troops and Allies. These relentless assaults have cost the U.S. and World Economy many BILLIONS of Dollars while, at the same time, putting innocent lives at risk," Trump wrote.

"To all Houthi terrorists, YOUR TIME IS UP, AND YOUR ATTACKS MUST STOP, STARTING TODAY. IF THEY DON’T, HELL WILL RAIN DOWN UPON YOU LIKE NOTHING YOU HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE!" Trump said.

Shalom.

The president added, "To Iran: Support for the Houthi terrorists must end IMMEDIATELY! Do NOT threaten the American People, their President, who has received one of the largest mandates in Presidential History, or Worldwide shipping lanes. If you do, BEWARE, because America will hold you fully accountable and, we won’t be nice about it!"

The Houthis have targeted over 100 merchant vessels with missiles and drones, sinking two and killing four sailors, during their campaign targeting military and civilian ships between the start of the Israel-Hamas war in October 2023 and January of this year, when the ceasefire in Gaza took effect, according to the AP. 

And they have the utter audacity to complain that we killed some of their terrorists in response.

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Although the U.S. have attacked the Houthis with the assistance of other nations, Saturday's response was solely American.

The Trump administration re-designated the Houthis as a foreign terrorist organization earlier this month, after the Biden administration had lifted the group's designation in 2021 because he was told to do so by somebody behind the proverbial curtain.

Will we ever know who was running the country into the ground under Biden's tenure?

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Mike Waltz: Zelensky was "incredibly disrespectful"

In a Compromised News Network (CNN) interview Sunday, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz said that the idea the Trump administration "ambushed" Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was "absolutely false" and that it was Z's demeanor and behavior during the meeting that mucked things up. Even Zelensky's body language, his arms crossed tightly across his chest, his facial expressions and the like, gave a message of contempt for Trump and JD Vance, and it was this that derailed the event.

Waltz made the remarks to Dana Bash on “State of the Union” when asked about how things could get back on track between the United States and Ukraine after the blowup in the Oval Office on Friday.

“What was so, I think, stunning to all of us in the Oval Office was that it was not clear Zelensky was going to go to negotiations at all, that he would ever be able to negotiate with Putin, and whether he shared our goal of ending this war,” Waltz said.

“So, what I made clear, as Secretary Rubio and I said, look, this cannot proceed, was that this was a huge missed opportunity for him and for his country,” he added.

Waltz explained that Zelensky could have left the meeting on Friday with a deal in hand as he went back to Europe to meet with President Macron of France and with Prime Minister Starmer of the United Kingdom “where they were talking about European boots on the ground, security guarantees for Ukraine, a positive movement towards ending this war, and having Ukraine and the United States being bound together for a generation economically.”

He said the President was clear that Zelensky will be welcomed back to the White House when he is “ready to truly engage for peace.” It was not clear to the Trump administration that he wanted to negotiate an end to the war with Russia and that Zelensky's  “demands of security guarantees” were a potential roadblock.

“And, further, coming to the Oval Office, with the body language, the shaking of head, the kind of the arms crossed, we just found it incredibly disrespectful,” he said. “We were ready to sign that deal.”

“I want to address directly that this was some type of ambush,” he continued. “It is absolutely false. We had negotiated the minerals deal in the weeks prior. It was difficult, but it was done and finalized and ready to be signed in the East Room.”

This is not the first time Zelensky has rejected the minerals deal with Trump. In fact, it was the third time and the administration was simply fed up with the Ukrainian leader's attitude and his lying.

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National Security Advisor Waltz says US will support additional military ops in Gaza

President-elect Donald Trump’s National Security Advisor Mike Waltz said the US would support additional military operations in Gaza if necessary. He made it clear that Hamas must be destroyed, echoing the rhetoric of Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth.

Waltz spoke with Fox News,”We’ve made it very clear to the Israelis, and I want the people of Israel to hear me on this: If they need to go back in, we’re with them,” he said. “If Hamas doesn’t live up to the terms of this agreement, we are with them.”

Waltz praised the hostage release deal currently being finalized and gave the credit for the agreement to Donald Trump. 

I disagree with the hostage deal as Hamas sees it as a victory, and I see it as a pause in the ongoing attempt for Hamas and their ilk to commit total genocide of the Jews, not only in Israel, but across the globe as Hitler had attempted to do.

“Hamas is not going to continue as a military entity and it’s certainly not going to govern Gaza,” Waltz said.

Waltz reported that he heard that about 25 of the initial 33 hostages slated for release in the first phase are alive. 

“I’m convinced they all would have died if President Trump didn’t come in and say ‘get them out,’” Waltz said.

Waltz discussed the “Trump Effect” and the President-elect’s threat that there would be “Hell to pay” if the hostages were not released before his inauguration on January 20th.

The problem is, the deal sucks, but it shows how Jews respect life and will jump through hoops to get the hostages returned to Israel, dead and alive.

“Hamas knew… they had no choice and they believed President Trump when he said there would be all hell to pay, and any deal that was on the table would just get worse once he was in office.”

“Hamas cannot have a role. ISIS doesn’t have a role. Al Qaeda doesn’t have a role,”Waltz said on a podcast. “It astounds me that people try to put them in some kind of special category. These are hostage-taking, murderous, rapist torturers that never should ever have any role in governing.”

“We shouldn’t subject the Palestinian people to that either,” he affirmed. “We’ll never get to a better future; we’ll never get to a truly stable region if we don’t carve up this cancer.”

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