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beb's avatar

It's a toss-up for most In Over Their Head Secretary between Patel and Kegsbreath.

innocentbystander's avatar

Deja vu all over again. Back in the Pre-digital Age. a college prof & his pals boosted ALL the files - including the 'secret' COINTELPRO news - outta the FBI office in Media, PA. J. Edgar then totally lost his rag and launched a nationwide dragnet for the perps, which failed in spectacular fashion. Subsequently, the files were (selectively) leaked to the Press and upward & onward to Congress. True story. Big fan; lotsa shit. Hoover later died of chronic frustration unkeened, unkirked and unknelled.

Darrell Leland's avatar

Somewhere in hell J Edgar Hoover is in a boiling stew pot full of boiling tutus, forced to watch how Kash Patel is running things at the FBI. Over and over he mutters;

"Ow. Nooooo! He's so hot. Ow! Noooo..."

UncleTravelingMatt's avatar

I probably haven't seen or heard from an FBI agent in over a year, which is unusual, since I have a lot of contacts with the local tribes. I couldn't even tell you the name of an SA currently working on the Nez Perce, Coeur d'Alene, Umatilla, or Spokane reservations. They used to drop by every few months just to say hi, tell me what they were up to, see if I knew where someone was hiding, etc.

Dorothea is a Democrat's avatar

Unless said hiding person had committed some kind of aggression towards trump, they would not care.

Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

Since we're talking out on the Reservation, there's a good chance said hiding person might be nonwhite. That'd be worth their while.

James's avatar

But definitely NOT a furriner, so maybe not.

Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

I dunno. ICE has tried to deport indigenous peoples.

OrdinaryJoe's avatar

Maybe those FBI agents who got demoted can get assigned to culling through the Epstein files and reversing all the phony blackouts so the files can be released?

Stephen St John's avatar

Patel is such an arrogant, nasty little shit. Which, I think, is one of the requirements to be in the Trump administration.

The Horned Tulip God's avatar

So in this case, is "spend more time with his family" code for rage-quitting or actually getting fired? Because it could go either way.

Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

He thought Kash was going to flame out because he's so incompetent, and the number two guy with actual knowledge and experience would get the job.

He's not getting the job and now has the possibility of facing some hard questions on camera under oath next year if the Democrats take over.

Flashman's avatar

We can't exclude the possibility that it means, spending more time with his sheep, in this FBI.

SterWonk's avatar

> The FBI says the hackers got into its systems by exploiting vulnerabilities in FBIJobs.gov, the online portal where people can apply to work for the Bureau.

Why, in the name of Zeus BUTTHOLE!...[*] did a public-facing portal have the ability to access internal systems?!?!!!

[*] In the words of FBI Special Agent Stanley Goodspeed: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117500/quotes/?item=qt0333437&ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Jessica's avatar

At one time I worked for a three letter agency Down Here. It had a public-facing portal that was air-gapped from the internal systems and set up as a honey trap.

Sherry's avatar

Hire clowns, get a circus. All of these heads of agencies are way out of their depth. The damage that they are doing will take years to correct.

Probably posted somewhere but I hear that Mike Lee is perfectly happy to let the Orange Asshole tear down The Kennedy Center.

Dorothea is a Democrat's avatar

Neither Mike Lee or donald trump get to decide. Also, too, fuck Mike Lee.

SterWonk's avatar

> It’s like if the Irish mob shook down Satriale’s for protection money.

That's how you start a gang war.

Oh, I'm sorry: Irish and Italian, in the 21st century; both groups are considered "white", so that would be a "mob" war. ("Gang"s are for brown and black people.)

Zyxomma's avatar

Ta, Gary. I was today years old when I found out the FBI is no longer a serious federal agency. No, that's not true; I've kept up with "developments" there via bluesky and Wonkette. The Millers are welcome to go fuck themselves off into the sun. No one would miss them. ETTD.

Oy!'s avatar

Speaking of piece of human shit Sen Mike Lee . . .

"US senator blocks bill to ban Trump from demolishing Kennedy Center without Congress’s approval"

"Mike Lee, of Utah, objected on Monday night when the Oregon Democrat Jeff Merkley asked the Senate to pass the Protecting Presidential Memorials Act by unanimous consent. The bill, co-written with the Alaska Republican Lisa Murkowski, would have banned the demolition of any presidential memorial designated by Congress, including the Lincoln and Jefferson memorials, unless lawmakers explicitly approved it."

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/sep/29/bill-trump-demolish-kennedy-center

Fifth Dentist's avatar

Talk about having your tongue up PAB's intestine...

Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

Can you imagine what the prep's like before Trump's colonoscopy?

There's a lot up there.

James's avatar

Not for long. Besides, the guy is basically a walking colonoscopy prep on a normal day.

Bagels of Doom's avatar

ShinyHunters also have a very cool ascii logo.

42tontom's avatar

Yes, yes it’s a clown show. But look how effective these clowns are at enacting the agenda of Project 25. Look at the billions of dollars that the Trump family is grifting and stealing.

Bagels of Doom's avatar

See, also, weaponized incompetence

Trux Mint In Box's avatar

Assuming they don’t have a landline and based on the fact that they specifically said “called Katie Miller” then this would be prank calls to a cell phone right? Couldn’t you just not answer the phone if you don’t know the number? Or block it? Is there some old rotary phone in their house?

Sojourner44's avatar

Missouri has developed quite a reputation lately for putting scummy creeps in office, from dogcatcher to senator.