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Ass Patel Makes His First Move

New FBI Director Kash Patel has told senior officials that he plans to relocate 1,000 employees at FBI headquarters to field offices around the country and move an additional 500 to a bureau facility in Huntsville, Alabama, according to a person with knowledge of the discussions.

The plans were communicated Friday, the same day Patel was sworn in at the White House. They reflect his long-stated determination to reduce the FBI’s footprint in Washington and have more of a presence in offices in other cities.

Nothing says "let's save government money" like spending several million bucks to relocate employees and their families for some bullshit half-baked political reasons. This could be the dumbest move since Chimpy started the process to close the Plum Island research facility.

CPAC Is a Haven for Nazis

Steve Bannon flashed a Nazi salute at CPAC and was cheered for doing so.

When someone tells you that they're a Nazi, believe them.

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Because It's Friday

CT Antique Machinery Association.

Couch-Boy Publicly States That the Felon-in-Chief Is Fragile

Free speech champion JD Vance warned Volodymyr Zelensky against “badmouthing” Donald Trump who has branded him a “dictator”.

The US Vice President, who lectured European leaders at the Munich Security Conference, on the need for free speech, with flawed claims, stressed that publicly denouncing Trump is an “atrocious way to deal with this administration”.

President Zelenskyy said that the Dictator of Mar-a-Lago is living in a "disinformation space," which was the "badmouthing" that the Faux Hillbilly was whining about. The obvious fact that the Short-Fingered Vulgarian believes Russian propaganda about who began the war and other points is beyond dispute by any rational person.

People who are in politics generally have thick skins. They know that taking critcism is part of the job. But not The Fat Old Felon, oh, no.

And neither does the South African Nazi. When an astronaut dared to correct him, he threw a hissy fit and demanded that the ISS be de-orbited.

I don't know if both of them are malignant narcissists who can't stand anyone telling them "no", or if they are just rich clowns who are high on their own supply. Or both.

Republicans Think That This Post is Illegal

They seem to believe that informing people of their rights is a crime.

So here goes.

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You know how to tell that Zelensky isn't a dictator? If he was, Trump would be far more solicitous towards him. Look at how Trump interacts with authoritarians like Putin, Xi and Kim vs how he interacts with democratic allies. It's night and day. Trump likes and admires dictators.

On Commenting on Political Matters, Both Here and Elsewhere

You should ask yourself two questions:

1. Was I eligible to vote in the last election?
2. Did I vote?

If the answer to the first one is "no", or if the answer to both question is "yes", then sound off.

If the answer to the first question is "yes" and the answer to the second question is "no", then consider shutting the fuck up until November, 2026.

However much you think your vote doesn't count, it does. 90 million Americans were eligible to vote in 2024 and, for whatever reason, couldn't be bothered to do that one act of citizenship. An act of citizenship that people have been killed over. An act of citizenship that a majority of Americans were once forbidden to perform, either by intimidation or by the law (and still are, in more and more states).

But you, you special snowflake, couldn't get off your dead ass and vote.

Note that I'm not making this contingent on for whom you voted. Regardless of what I think of Der Drumpfenführer, those who voted for him are mostly honorable citizens (neo-nazis notwithstanding) who exercised their rights as citizens.

To those who could have voted but didn't: Your opinions on political matters are without value.

You didn't vote.

Shut the fuck up.