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- Kash Patel Fires Off Missive ‘To The Fake News’ In Wake of Bombshell Report
AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) FBI Director Kash Patel fired off a missive “to the fake news” on Saturday in the wake of a bombshell report in The Atlantic. The outlet ran a piece by Sarah Fitzpatrick on Friday claiming that Patel had a “freak-out” when a computer glitch convinced him he had been fired. The article also said Patel “has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences.” “Early in his tenure, meetings and briefings had to be rescheduled for later in the day as a result of his alcohol-fueled nights, six current and former officials and others familiar with Patel’s schedule told me,” Fitzpatrick wrote. Shortly after the article came out, Patel wrote on X, ““[S]ee you and your entire entourage of false reporting in court. But do keep at it with the fake news, actual malice standard is now what some would call a legal lay up.” FBI media adviser Erica Knight called the piece “fabricated” and added, “Lawsuit is being filed.” Patel then addressed the entirety of what he called “the fake news” on social media, writing: Memo to the fake news – the only time I’ll ever actually be concerned about the hit piece lies you write about me will be when you stop. Keep talking, it means I’m doing exactly what I should be doing. And no amount of BS you write will ever deter this FBI from making America safe again and taking down the criminals you love. Earlier this month, Fitzpatrick reported that President Donald Trump could fire Patel any day, and that top Trump administration officials have been discussing who will replace him at the bureau. “Based on what you’re hearing, is your understanding that that is still the case?” CNN’s Boris Sanchez asked Fitzpatrick on Friday. “So, people close to the director have said that he himself has expressed that he believes that he is about to be fired or that is imminent,” Fitzpatrick replied. She added, “So, yes, this is widely, widely discussed, I think, within Washington, behind closed doors. In fact, there are senior administration officials who are openly discussing who will be the next FBI director.” The post Kash Patel Fires Off Missive ‘To The Fake News’ In Wake of Bombshell Report first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - Pope Leo Shoots Down Trump Feud ‘Narrative’ In Papal Plane Gaggle With Repor...
(Photo by Eric Vandeville/Abaca/Sipa USA) (Sipa via AP Images) Pope Leo XIV on Saturday said he had no desire to amplify the “narrative” he and President Donald Trump are locked in an ongoing feud – despite the two men trading their fair share of shots in the press recently. The pope said it was it was “not in my best interest at all” to publicly debate the president on the Iran war, while speaking to reporters aboard the papal plane as he flew from Cameroon to Angola. “There’s been a certain narrative that has not been accurate in all of its aspects, but because of the political situation created when, on the first day of the trip, the president of the United States made some comments about myself,” Pope Leo said. He continued, “Much of what has been written since then has been more commentary on commentary, trying to interpret what has been said.” His remarks come after the Trump-Leo feud was perhaps the biggest story of the last week, following the president’s searing social media rant against the pope on April 12. Trump ripped Leo for being “WEAK” on crime and the issue of a nuclear Iran, before adding he was a bigger fan of the pope’s brother, Louis Prevost, because he is a “big MAGA person.” Trump’s post followed Pope Leo ramping up his criticism of the Iran war the week prior. The pope condemned Trump’s threat to wipe out a “whole civilization” in Iran if its theocratic leaders did not make a deal, calling it “truly unacceptable.” He then spoke out against the war three days later, saying, “God does not bless any conflict.” Trump declined to apologize for his post against the pope last week, saying, “there’s nothing to apologize for. He’s wrong!” The president has also said the pope should be upset about tens of thousands of Iranian protesters being killed by the country’s theocratic regime. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) backed up Trump while speaking to reporters on Wednesday, saying that if the pope is going to weigh in on political topics, he “should expect some political response.” Trump seemed to be aiming to tone down the war of words on Friday, telling reporters, “I have nothing against the pope… the pope can say what he wants, and I want him to say what he wants. But I can disagree.”The post Pope Leo Shoots Down Trump Feud ‘Narrative’ In Papal Plane… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - ‘Absolute Chaos’ in Strait of Hormuz MS NOW Reports as Iran Fires On Multipl...
MS NOW contributor Inzamam Rashid reported on Saturday that the Strait of Hormuz has been hit with “absolute chaos and complete disruption” as Iran has fired on multiple vessels. Rashid reported from Dubai after Alex Witt announced there was “chaos unfolding in the Strait of Hormuz.” President Donald Trump announced this week that the Strait of Hormuz, where roughly 20% of the world’s oil supply moves through, was now open, but reports quickly indicated that ships were being targeted by Iranians. Mohammad B. Ghalibaf, Iran’s speaker of Parliament, announced on Saturday that the Strait is closed due to the United States continuing its “blockade.” Rahid reported on multiple incidents of ships being targeted after Trump’s announcement. Radhid reported: There’s absolute chaos and complete disruption in the Strait of Hormuz today. And there has been throughout the whole day today because, as you said this morning, it was open. There were ships passing through, probably the most number of ships that we’ve seen pass through the Straight of Hormuz ever since this war began seven weeks ago. And then now, of course, with Iran shutting down the Strait, it’s essentially put those shutters right down again. And we are seeing ships making u-turns and return back to anchoring in those waters. And we’ve seen some danger on the waters today as well. Three separate incidents, and two particular attacks towards vessels in the water by the Iranian military. The first one, Iranian gunboats heading towards an Indian vessel, an Indian tanker, which was fired towards by the Iranian military. And then a separate attack on yet another Indian container ship this time was also targeted and there was damage on that ship. So all of these issues in the Strait of Hormuz will clearly have an impact on peace negotiations between the US and Iran, because we know the Strait of Hormuz was a huge sticking point in the conversations that JD Vance had when he visited Pakistan. Trump said on Saturday morning as reports broke about the attacks that things were “working out well” with Iran as the war continues. “We have very good conversations going on. It’s working out very well. They got a little cute, as they have been doing for 47 years. Nobody ever took them on. We took them,” he said, adding, “they wanted to close up the strait again, you know, as they’ve… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - CNN Never Trumper Warns Against Embracing ‘Losers, Liars, and Grifters’ Like...Despising President Donald Trump is not a good enough reason for Democrats and “Never Trump” Republicans to suddenly embrace a particular politician or pundit, CNN political commentator S.E. Cupp argued during Saturday’s episode of Table for Five. She made her case after CNN played a clip of Pete Buttigieg saying Democrats should embrace Republicans who have turned on Trump, arguing the party’s message “cannot be ‘I told you so'”; CNN also played a clip of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) telling Pod Save America’s Tommy Vietor that Trump fan-turned-hater Marjorie Taylor Greene deserves some “credit” for being “done” with the president. Cupp said she isn’t down with it. “I don’t like this conversation where it’s like, well, ‘shouldn’t we give them credit?’ No! no! No credit, No credit!” Cupp yelped. “It’s the 11th hour. It’s the 11th hour of this. He is a lame duck. He is gone in two years. What took you so long?” Her co-panelist and fellow Never Trumper John Avlon got a kick out of Cupp as she was going off. “I have been out in these streets since 2015 opposing this un-American, anti-democratic, fascistic garbage. And while at the same time, these people that they’re mentioning, the Marjorie Taylor Greenes — name them, it’s a long list — they have been defending it for fun, for money, for clicks, for fame.” She continued, “Not all converts are created equal. We — it’s not just for Democrats to decide, it’s for Never Trumpers who are conservative as well — to decide we should not be aligning with people who are losers, liars and grifters who have only come to see the light because either it’s politically expedient or it’s profitable or whatever.” Cupp’s remarks come after Greene and Trump have been trading shots for months now, following Greene initially splitting with the president last year when she complained he wasn’t doing enough to release files related to convicted child sex predator Jeffrey Epstein. Trump branded her a “traitor” afterwards and said she is “very dumb.” The ex-lawmaker has continued to bash Trump as well, including when she called for the president to be removed via the 25th Amendment earlier this month. Watch above via CNN.The post CNN Never Trumper Warns Against Embracing ‘Losers, Liars, and Grifters’ Like MTG first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
- ‘Yay!’ Megyn Kelly Shreds Trump With Sarcastic Praise Over Strait Deal YouTube and Sirius XM host Megyn Kelly shredded President Donald Trump over his announcement of a deal to open the Strait of Hormuz, “cheering” the accomplishment of opening the strait that was already open before the war. Friday was a big news day, as Trump announced developments in the Iran War via a series of social media posts. In addition to a ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel, the president said the Strait of Hormuz would be opening immediately, never to close again. As the news filtered out, media reports and Iranian sources contradicted some of Trump’s claims. On Friday’s edition of Sirius XM’s The Megyn Kelly Show, the host slammed Trump at length over the deal — and that was before Iran started attacking tankers again: SIRIUSXM HOST MEGYN KELLY: President Trump, in one of his posts today, called it the Strait of Iran, which is probably the best Freudian slip he’s had in weeks. Yeah, it wasn’t really before. It was an open Strait of Hormuz used by everybody in the Middle East and beyond. Now it’s the Strait of Iran! Now they’ve realized they’ve got an economic pressure point they can unleash on us. And we’re keeping our ships there now to make sure that they don’t do anything, you know, no funny business while we wrap this thing up. But at some point, our destroyers are going to leave. And we’ll see how many times we have to go through this now with Iran as things ratchet back up. Cause they’ve realized that they have a very powerful tool that hurts us that they never used or realized before. This is brand new. So now, yay! We’re ending the war by getting them to open up to Strait, which was open before we even started the war! Great! And we’re getting them to promise that they’re not going to pursue a nuclear weapon. Which was something that the now dead Ayatollah had already issued a fatwa against. And we’re getting them to give their nuclear dust, which President Trump himself told us was buried several feet underground as a result of our bombing of the three nuclear sites to maybe a third party, possibly back to us. That’s what we want. He told us we didn’t have to worry about it because we have eyes on it via satellite and it’s all buried deep in the ground. But now it’s a huge deal… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
- Trump Dropping New Bible Reading After Week of Pope Fights and Jesus Fracases
(AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) President Donald Trump is dropping a two-minute recorded reading of an Old Testament Bible verse about remaining “humble,” after a week of angering Christians with his Pope battle and Jesus memes. Trump’s recording is part of a week-long celebration organized by Washington, D.C.’s Museum of the Bible, in which close to 500 readers will be heard reciting verses from Genesis to the Book of Revelation. Trump began offending critics last week by arguing with Pope Leo XIV via social media after the pontiff criticized his immigration policies and war with Iran. The president went on to post an A.I. image that appeared to depict him as Jesus Christ healing a sick man that even die-hard MAGA supporters denounced. Trump said during an Oval Office presser that he thought the image was of him as a “doctor,” before firing off another meme of an embrace with Jesus to tick off the “radical left lunatics.” For the Bible celebration, the president will be heard reading from Second Chronicles 7:14, which says: If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. Event organizer Bunni Pounds described the verse thusly: “It’s a scripture about repentance. None of us are perfect.” The White House positioned the event as part of America’s 250th anniversary with a press release titled, “Presidential Message Commemorating 250 Years of the Bible in America.” “From Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the New World and the first permanent English-speaking settlement at Jamestown to our founding in 1776 and to the present day, the Bible has been indelibly woven into our national identity and way of life,” the press release said. Several Trump cabinet officials will also participate in the scripture readings, including, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins.The post Trump Dropping New Bible Reading After Week of Pope Fights and Jesus Fracases first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
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