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bigtree

(94,577 posts)
Wed May 6, 2026, 10:10 PM 5 hrs ago

Trump and republicans have created their own culture of corruption

...complete with taxpayer-sponsored enforcers.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1
BREAKING from The Atlantic:

Kash Patel has given out bottles of a personalized whiskey to FBI staff as well as civilians he encounters in his duties, according to eight people, including current and former FBI and Department of Justice employees and others who are familiar with Patel's distribution of the bottles.


https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/05/kash-patel-fbi-bourbon/687066/









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Trump and republicans have created their own culture of corruption (Original Post) bigtree 5 hrs ago OP
Taxpayers are probably covering the cost of these personalized bottles and "Cash" is getting the cash... wcmagumba 5 hrs ago #1
America's government is being trashed BlueWaveNeverEnd 5 hrs ago #2
These cretins are so smarmy UpInArms 5 hrs ago #3
Great diction but I think they can go even lower vapor2 4 hrs ago #5
I retired from local government work not so very long ago, tanyev 5 hrs ago #4
If you can stomach it...here is the swag from his website progressoid 2 hrs ago #6

wcmagumba

(6,556 posts)
1. Taxpayers are probably covering the cost of these personalized bottles and "Cash" is getting the cash...
Wed May 6, 2026, 10:19 PM
5 hrs ago

UpInArms

(55,250 posts)
3. These cretins are so smarmy
Wed May 6, 2026, 10:37 PM
5 hrs ago

Every time I think I cannot be more disgusted, they prove they have another level of low

tanyev

(49,551 posts)
4. I retired from local government work not so very long ago,
Wed May 6, 2026, 10:40 PM
5 hrs ago

an entity which required all employees to turn in all entity-branded apparel upon leaving so you could not present yourself as an entity employee after your departure. You could also get in a lot of trouble if you drank alcohol on entity time or while wearing entity identification. They would have had a sh** fit over someone purchasing alcoholic swag with their job title on it.

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