Kash Patel is a Joke

And not a very funny one.

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FBI Director Kash Patel managed to embarrass not just himself, but the entire United States yesterday by using taxpayer dollars to fly a private jet to Milan to celebrate with the men’s hockey team.

And here’s the thing: I was genuinely excited to watch that game. I woke up early, grabbed coffee and donuts for my family, parked myself on the couch, and watched. It was awesome. Every time the American goalie shut down a Canadian shot, it was electric. You could feel how pumped everyone was — on both sides. It was one of those rare, exciting sports moments that reminds you why sports matter in bringing people together.

And then, during a moment meant to unify the country, this administration inserted itself into it once again. Because under this administration, nothing is allowed to simply belong to the public. Every moment has to orbit them.

There are two things I want to drill into in this rant:

First, under this administration, everything has to be political. Everything.

Second, the smug, shameless abuse of power and taxpayer dollars.

On the first point, I’m exhausted. I’m sick and tired of every single thing in this country turning into a political circus. I’m sick of Donald Trump and his administration being shoved into every space, every event, every moment that’s supposed to belong to the public. And in this case, it belonged to the US Men’s Hockey Team. It’s aggressively frustrating.

Look at the Super Bowl halftime show a few weeks ago. The entire conservative movement lost its mind because Bad Bunny — who they don’t consider a “real American” because he’s a US citizen from Puerto Rico — performed. So what did they do? They created their own “pro-America” halftime show sponsored by Turning Point USA. And the best they could come up with was Kid Rock. The same loser they’ve been trotting out for two decades.

It was embarrassing. Something that should have been unifying — the Super Bowl, a gold medal, a national sports moment — got dragged into another manufactured culture war. And that’s not an accident. The division comes from people who benefit from division. They want us at each other’s throats. They want an Olympic gold or a championship game — moments they had absolutely no hand in — to be credited to them, their movement, or Donald Trump’s presidency. They want every celebration to become another excuse for us to scream at one another.

It’s the same playbook every time: take something that belongs to everyone, turn it into a loyalty test, and center yourselves in it.

And while the outrage machine hums, real accountability stalls.

These are the same influencers out there defending Jeffrey Epstein, running interference for Kash Patel during this cover-up, carrying water for billionaires while the middle class gets stripped for parts.

The top 1% of the 1% now has more wealth than the entire middle class, while the Epstein class gets away with abusing kids. And instead of focusing on that, they want you furious that Bad Bunny spoke Spanish.

Who the hell cares?

Regular people don’t care. We want to enjoy our lives. We want to sit on the couch, eat donuts, cheer for our team, and feel connected to something bigger than politics. But they can’t allow that. They need the outrage machine running 24/7 because if we’re exhausted and distracted, we’re not paying attention.

But distraction is the point. If you’re exhausted and fighting your neighbor, you’re not paying attention to who’s protecting whom, and you’re less likely to realize that the commonalities you and your neighbor share far outweigh your differences at the ballot box.

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Now the second point: Kash Patel is an embarrassment to the FBI.

He has no business being in that job. He’s not a workhorse — he’s a show horse.

He’s an influencer running one of the most powerful law enforcement agencies in the world, and he’s running it like it’s a podcast brand. Clicks over cases. Optics over outcomes. Visibility over vigilance.

When news broke about the assassination of Charlie Kirk, Patel didn’t project steadiness — he projected himself. He tweeted repeatedly about catching the suspect, inserting his name into an active investigation.

Real law enforcement professionals protect cases. They don’t perform them. And they don’t insult the dedicated FBI investigators doing the actual work with their ego.

That’s the problem. We now have people in powerful national security positions who built their brands on podcasts, outrage, and flattery in lieu of competence. Loyalty has become the qualification and attention the currency.

Patel knows Trump won’t fire him. He’s protecting on the Epstein files. Because he knows that when loyalty is the job requirement, accountability loses its place.

So yes, he acts like someone untouchable. He hops on a taxpayer-funded jet and flies to Milan to chug beer with Olympians — people who actually earned their moment — and makes himself part of the frame.

I’m not even mad at the players. Most of them probably had no idea who he was or that he was going to show up in their locker room. To them, he was just another guy trying to climb into the celebration — until he FaceTimed the president, who somehow managed to insult the women’s hockey team in the process.

And that’s the point.

This isn’t about hockey. It’s about power — and what happens when the people entrusted with it treat it like a stage.

This administration tells you the country is broke.

No money for cancer research.

No money for school lunches.

No money for Medicare.

No money for Medicaid.

We’re told austerity is necessary. Sacrifice is patriotic.

But there’s always money for a private jet.

Every time that jet takes off, it costs roughly $15,000 just to get airborne — before you factor in flight time, security, and luxury hotels. And I promise you he wasn’t at a La Quinta.

And it’s not just him. Kristi Noem’s private jet scandal. The absurd makeup room at the Pentagon so Pete Hegseth can do TV hits. Hanging fascist-looking signs of Trump’s ugly mug in front of the DOJ. The ballroom. The endless stream of vanity projects and political retribution campaigns. It’s exhausting.

Nothing happening in Donald Trump’s Washington is about improving your life. It’s about centering themselves in every experience. Kash Patel is living his best life on your dime. And he’s doing nothing to keep you safe.

He promised to work tirelessly to bring Nancy Guthrie home. Funny — he looked pretty energized chugging beers in Milan. I don’t see him taking down drug traffickers. I don’t see him dismantling terrorist networks. I don’t see him going after the Epstein class who abuse children. I see him protecting Donald Trump.

He should be under investigation for lying to Congress, by the way. He won’t be — because he’s betting on a pardon when this is all over. Loyalty buys protection. That’s the game.

At the end of the day, yes — this is about a guy going to a hockey game.

But it matters because it’s never just the hockey game. It’s the constant need to insert themselves into everything. To exhaust us. To normalize the abuse. To make corruption feel acceptable.

They abuse taxpayer dollars. They abuse their power. They abuse the trust placed in them.

It’s disgusting. It’s everything wrong with Donald Trump’s Washington.

And when November comes, and the reckoning arrives, I hope every Democrat who takes power in 2027 is ready to launch full, brutal investigations and expose exactly who these people are.

I, for one, cannot fucking wait.