Kash Patel has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/04/kash-patel-fbi-director-drinking-absences/686839/
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/04/kash-patel-fbi-director-drinking-absences/686839/
15 Comments
anachronist@midwest.social · 17 pts · 143d
It'll be funny if fascism ends up failing in the USA not because of "our norms" or "our institutions" but because these particular fascists are a bunch of messy, incompetent queens.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 2 pts · 142d
Eh, that's what they were last time too
RaoulDuke85@piefed.social · 3 pts · 142d
Himmler put his masseuse in a prominent role in the military.
BenLeMan@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 143d
It's not just these particular fascists. Fascists are always washed up bums that get off by punching down. Which is why I'm so baffled about how they get (re)elected.
Then again, as wary as I am of conspiracy theories, the current generation of fascists have powerful enablers. Maybe previous ones as well, IDK.
Pandantic@midwest.social · 4 pts · 142d
Could it possibly be that he was never qualified for the job and is now stress-drinking and skipping work to cope?
downhomechunk@midwest.social · 3 pts · 143d
Anyone got an archive link?
childOfMagenta@jlai.lu · 1 pts · 143d
https://archive.ph/s4W3F
Spacehooks@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 143d
How can I line myself up for the job so I can leak the files?
seathru@quokk.au · 2 pts · 143d
www.usajobs.gov
I don't even think they are checking refrences at this point.
Spacehooks@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 142d
Americans apply and resistance from the inside! Can't let the government be full of nazis and cowards.
yuknowhokat@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 141d
Last I heard, there is a loyalty test involved. Where they are even hiring since the hiring freeze.
MagicShel@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 143d
I can only imagine their concern. After all, he alarms me when he's present and fully sober. I imagine it's a lot of work keeping up with cognitive dissonance. And one can hope he is kept awake at night fearing what will happen to him when the rule of law returns.
I would never wish rape on anyone, but I do hope he has nightmares about large cell mates.
Krudler@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 143d
You twisted little weirdo who would never advocate rape but advocates rapes.
yuknowhokat@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 141d
Is it bad to hope for turnabout? I mean, what he's done being done to him?
Formfiller@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 142d
You mean hiring Don jr’s coke dealer to run the FBI was a bad idea?