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Keystone Kash pre-hearing shadowboxing and pep talk (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 5 days ago by AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
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Keystone Kash’s Bonkers Self-Help Notes Captured on Camera

Kash Patel exposes deeply embarrassing note during House grilling

The notes, written in blue pen in Patel’s own handwriting on personalized stationery labeled ‘Director Patel’, read like affirmations.

‘Good fight with Swalwell. Hold the line. Brush off their attacks. Rise above next line of partisan attacks.’

The mockery went viral as critics zeroed in not just on the cringe factor, but on the vanity of having a personalized notepad with his own letterhead.

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[–] primrosepathspeedrun@anarchist.nexus 53 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Let's bully this man until he proves Epstein wasn't murdered via re-enactment.

[–] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 36 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Bully? This guy is supposed to be protecting us. That is literally his only job. To protect all of America, all he has to do is just tell the fucking truth. Who is he protecting instead?

Netenyahu, Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, and Peter Thiel, as well as the banks that helped fund them like JP Morgan, BNY, Bank of America and Deutsche Bank.

Jeffrey Epstein was linked to the upper echelons of wealth and politics – but where did he get his fortune?

Dem Orders Congressional Probe Into Epstein and Peter Thiel’s Relationship

Maybe if he would just do the thing he promised America he would do, instead of covering for the people that probably had Epstein murdered, he wouldn't have to worry about people making jokes on the internet.

Also Kash Patel:

[–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 5 points 5 days ago

I think Patel deserves the same free speech protection Kirk presently has

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 31 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Kash recently recited the alphabet to avoid answering the question and thinks he was rising above lmao.

“Use the alphabet!” Patel uttered. “No? A, B, C, D, E, F... don't want to do it?”

Watch it, it's even worse than you think. https://www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epstein-2674003360/

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Does this fuckwit know that he is brown and if caught in the street ICE would round him up, and I sure somewhere on Stephen Miller list is this Kashs name. Why protect people who look at you and actively hate you for your skin color? Seriously how much hate do you have for yourself?

On a side not he always looks stoned or fucking crazy what is with this guy?

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 27 points 5 days ago

It really feel like this is all one giant blackmail ring with just about every CEO and politician caught up in it. It is kind of scary to realize everyone is compromised. Can we get all new people please?

[–] ReiRose@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago (2 children)

What's this?

[–] adhocfungus@midwest.social 4 points 3 days ago

Clearly it's the indecipherable logo of a death metal band. "CORRUPTED", maybe? Or "SPINAL LACK"?

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 days ago

Strange. Like a tribal tattoo sort of shape.

[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Do we know these were written after, or if these were reminders of the objective of this hearing from his advisors?

To me these sound like objectives going into the hearing.

  • "Have a good fight with Swalwell"
  • "Hold the line on Epstein."
  • "Brush off their attacks."
  • "Rise above next line of partisan attacks."

I guarantee he was coached on this shit.

[–] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 14 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

It seems like he was coached. Not sure if you like podcasts but the season of Fiasco about the Iran Contra has an episode all about Oliver North's hearing, and how somebody clearly put a lot of effort into shaping America's perception with little subliminal strategies (like camera angles, delivery of snappy "lines" in response to questions asked by Congress) when he took the stand.

Public persuasion and narrative control by the right is something that they've been pretty skilled at since the Heritage Foundation first came to power under Reagan. The creator of Heritage was actually a broadcast journalist and press secretary before he started the think tank. He was constantly trying to use his connections to the media to manipulate the public and smear his opponents. I think that's one of the most interesting aspects of neocon history and strategy that nobody has ever really paid much attention to at a cost to our country.

Anyway, it looks like they may have tried to do the same with Kash Patel but failed:

Not sure about when he took the notes, but this article says he took them during the hearing

[–] Matrix6664@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

If you watch the hearing, they were passed to him during the hearing during multiple intervals. It also shows that these were being written down during the hearing.

[–] Darkard@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago

I mean, the incredible effort he's putting in to protect the names of pedophiles makes me think his name is on the list too and that's the only reason he got the job.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago

I can only imagine little Kash pridely showing his mommy those papers with his name in it.

His mommy must have been so proud of her little boy; Director Patel.