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Miles Archer

(23,686 posts)
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 04:57 PM 12 hrs ago

Patel goes for the GOTCHA! own the media sick burn but comes off more like a little crybaby who needs a drink

Kash Patel has broken his silence on a bombshell story about his chaotic leadership of the FBI with a public “memo to the fake news” insisting it doesn’t bother him.

The FBI director, 46, put up a defiant front after multiple sources were quoted by The Atlantic alleging that his erratic behavior within the agency has alienated officials.

“Memo to the fake news - the only time I’ll ever actually be concerned about the hit piece lies you write about me will be when you stop,” he wrote in an X post on Saturday.

“Keep talking, it means I’m doing exactly what I should be doing. And no amount of BS you write will ever deter this FBI from making America safe again and taking down the criminals you love,” he continued.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/fbi-director-kash-patel-melts-down-over-hit-piece-lies/

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Patel goes for the GOTCHA! own the media sick burn but comes off more like a little crybaby who needs a drink (Original Post) Miles Archer 12 hrs ago OP
"I don't care: I'll just have another drink" struggle4progress 12 hrs ago #1
There's a song for that... 2naSalit 12 hrs ago #3
Hmm... 2naSalit 12 hrs ago #2
"the criminals you love" Skittles 11 hrs ago #7
Excuse me while I puke in my shoe. magicarpet 12 hrs ago #4
Thats an "I know you are, flying rabbit 12 hrs ago #5
That was my same thought. yellow dahlia 10 hrs ago #11
The Straits of Vermouth. surfered 11 hrs ago #6
*SNORT* Skittles 11 hrs ago #8
I agree. My uncle died from it. surfered 11 hrs ago #9
my brother died of alcoholism at age 48 Skittles 11 hrs ago #10
About the same. Drunk, he fell (passed out?) in thegarage, hitting his head, with the car motor running and asphyxiated. surfered 8 hrs ago #14
horrible Skittles 8 hrs ago #15
Yes! His son, my cousin, was only 13-14 years old. Grew up without father. surfered 8 hrs ago #16
That's weak, Googley Eyes GenThePerservering 10 hrs ago #12
Little Kash Horner sat in a corner mercuryblues 10 hrs ago #13
Haha probably not for very much longer... Volaris 6 hrs ago #17

magicarpet

(18,867 posts)
4. Excuse me while I puke in my shoe.
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 05:19 PM
12 hrs ago

There,.. Feeling better.

Next round of drinks is on me.

Says KKKa$$$$h Patel.

(hiccup)-(burp)-(puke)

Skittles

(172,164 posts)
8. *SNORT*
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 06:14 PM
11 hrs ago

I'm usually sympathetic to alcohol issues but not with that Trump humping POS.

surfered

(13,768 posts)
14. About the same. Drunk, he fell (passed out?) in thegarage, hitting his head, with the car motor running and asphyxiated.
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 09:15 PM
8 hrs ago

GenThePerservering

(3,494 posts)
12. That's weak, Googley Eyes
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 07:37 PM
10 hrs ago

Unlike The Atlantic's statement: My reporting is accurate and we have excellent attorneys.

mercuryblues

(16,466 posts)
13. Little Kash Horner sat in a corner
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 07:40 PM
10 hrs ago

drinking his whiskey and rye
stuck in his tongue
and said I run the FBI.

Volaris

(11,742 posts)
17. Haha probably not for very much longer...
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 11:13 PM
6 hrs ago

If he's not subpoena by weeks end for Congressional testimony, imma be pissed...this isn't a jump ball for oversight, it's a fucking slam dunk. Dems need to get on this Monday morning and cut this fucker into little pieces for dear leader to watch on fox news.

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