Sunday, 13 September 2026

Patel Ordered FBI Agents To Rebut Twitter Bot Calling Him A ‘Retard’

FBI Director Kash Patel has once again conclusively demonstrated he is unfit and unqualified for his job. The fact that he was not fired long ago speaks volumes about Donald Trump’s unfitness, too.

In addition to Patel's reported drunkenness, neglect of duties and shocking incompetence, he seems more interested in protecting his image than Americans.

The latest evidence comes from a telling anecdote via The Telegraph. The article reported that Patel ordered FBI agents to spend their important, taxpayer-funded work time on rebutting a tweet.

“The post, shared by an account called ‘Retard Finder’ with the username ‘ifindretards’, included a picture of Mr Patel alongside the caption: ‘His retard rating just went to all-time highs. Congratulations Kash,’” The Telegraph said.

Patel reportedly told the FBI’s assistant director for public affairs to find and rebut all such posts. He was not dissuaded by Assistant Director Ben Williamson’s advice that it “would look bad” for Patel, that the post had not gone viral, and that it appeared to have been shared by a bot account. Instead, Patel insisted that the FBI should spend time bolstering his ego because “people see it and need to be seeing our stats”.

Critics claim Patel “is unusually preoccupied by his personal image,” The Telegraph noted.

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Saturday, 12 September 2026

Tarlov Mocks 'Betas' At GOP Convention For Staring At 'Half-Naked Socialist'

During a discussion on this Friday's The Five on Fox, where most of the hosts were doing some heavy revisionist history on what actually occurred there, Jessica Tarlov injected some reality into the conversation with this dig at how ridiculous they were for posting the "half-naked" picture of streamer Hasan Piker up on their jumbotron.

WATTERS: There was some concern, Jessica, even among Republicans, that they weren’t gonna be able to pull the convention off, but it does seem they did a pretty good job.

TARLOV: Yeah, well, they got all the best photos of Hasan Piker in a Speedo so —

WATTERS: I missed that.

TARLOV: You missed the banana hammock situation?

WATTERS: I missed that.

TARLOV: They used it both nights.

WATTERS: No, I didn’t catch it.

TARLOV: That’s how ripped he is, for a bunch of betas standing around looking at a half-naked socialist.

Watters lies as easily as he breathes. There's no way he didn't see that. Tarlov went onto rip JD Vance for the racist "dirty" immigrants remark, and Trump for his pathetic $5000 bribe attempt.

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OpenAI’s Sam Altman says it would be ‘ill-advised’ to go public in 2026

While OpenAI has filed confidentially for an IPO, the company will not be going public this year, according to CEO Sam Altman.

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Tesla says it will finally unveil the second generation Roadster on October 1

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Friday, 11 September 2026

Final, final, final call for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Side Events

The absolute last chance to apply to host an official Side Event during TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is tonight, September 11, at 11:59 p.m. PT.

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