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But for him to do it today\u2014in front of the families of victims on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the most devastating terror attack in American history\u2014is particularly inappropriate. FBI Director Kash Patel was so upset about being criticized on social media that he directed bureau agents to find offending accounts and respond to them.On Thursday, journalist Seth Hettena found texts released by the FBI under the Freedom of Information Act showing conversations where Patel ordered the FBI\u2019s Assistant Director for Public Affairs, Ben Williamson, to respond to a X poster with the name \u201cIfindretards.\u201dThe February post said Patel\u2019s \u201cretard rating just went to all time highs. Congratulations Kash.\u201d Patel thought the post warranted a reply, and pressured agents to \u201ccontinuously\u201d respond with the bureau\u2019s \u201crecord year results.\u201d Hettena simulated how the text exchange would look on an iPhone:When Williamson protested that responding to @IfindRetards would \u201clook bad\u201d on Patel, the director responded that \u201cit\u2019s not about them, it is about the number of views, because people see it and need to be seeing our stats.\u201dIt\u2019s quite a waste of FBI resources to go after an online troll, but Patel has been overly concerned with social media throughout his tenure, revealing sensitive information from multiple investigations including the Charlie Kirk assassination. Patel isn\u2019t particularly concerned about the bureau\u2019s resources, either, having used them to jet-set around the world partying and hanging out with his singer girlfriend.Patel only has his job because of his loyalty to President Trump, publishing an enemies list before Trump was elected in 2024. Since he was narrowly confirmed by the Senate last year, Patel\u2019s stewardship of the FBI has been marked by scandal after scandal, and he quickly lost the confidence of the agents under his command. Right now, the only reason Patel still has his job is that he hasn\u2019t lost the confidence of the president. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was reportedly furious after a rogue aide got himself out of trouble by calling someone high up in President Donald Trump\u2019s team, The Daily Mail reported Thursday.In late July, Gavin Wax, the chief of staff to the undersecretary of public diplomacy and public affairs at the State Department, was reportedly placed on leave after he hosted a group of pro-Kremlin Serbian politicians in an executive dining room. Wax was previously placed under investigation for allegedly assaulting someone inside an elevator at the State Department offices. In order to save his job, Wax made a Hail Mary call to Boris Epshteyn, Trump\u2019s senior personal counsel, one source told the Mail. The president\u2019s top lawyer stepped in to prevent Wax from being fired, five senior administration officials told the publication. Rubio was infuriated that he couldn\u2019t fire Wax, and has since made it clear that Wax is not welcome in his department, according to three senior administration sources.\u201cIt signals to everyone else in the department that if you have the ear of someone close to the president, you are untouchable no matter what you do,\u201d one State Department official told the Mail. Wax also has reportedly been able to use Natalie Harp to make inroads with Trump.President Trump led his fans in a bizarre pledge at the Republican midterm convention in Dallas Thursday night.\u201cPlease raise your right hand. I pledge, to the greatest president in the history of the United States, that loves us so much he can\u2019t even breathe, that I will go out with my family, my friends, I\u2019ll do it any way, I don\u2019t care if I\u2019m registered or not, I\u2019m gonna try and cheat like hell like they do, there\u2019s never been bigger cheaters, they don\u2019t care. I am gonna go out and I\u2019m going to get my friends and family and we are going to vote on November 3rd, or we are going to vote before that!\u201d Trump had the whole crowd repeat after him,Trump: \"Please right your right hand. I pledge to the greatest president in the history of the United States. That loves us so much he can't even breath. That I will go out with my family, my friends, I'll do it any way -- I don't care if I'm registered or not, I'm going to try\u2026 pic.twitter.com/ywiYe8ZIdu\u2014 Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 11, 2026 It was blatant, cultlike behavior, and Trump\u2019s MAGA base seemed to eat it up. The \u201ccheat like hell\u201d line proves that Trump\u2019s rants about election fraud have always been self-serving, as he doesn\u2019t care about any laws as long as he wins.The Republican midterm convention got off to a poor start Wednesday, with rows of empty seats at the American Airlines Center outside of Dallas. Trump attempted to make news by pledging to give $5,000 to every American adult if Republicans hold on to Congress after November\u2019s elections, an apparent bribe to get people to vote for him. But that might not be enough, as even some of his most ardent supporters aren\u2019t buying it.The midterm convention was mocked online as a \u201cTrumpalooza,\u201d with Republicans forced to desperately fill seats at the last minute. It\u2019s a sign that all Trump has left is his small cultlike base, and that may not be enough to save the GOP\u2019s political fortunes in November.President Trump got in the face of ABC\u2019s Rachel Scott after she asked him a question about the rationale behind his national midterm voter bribe.\u201cMr. President, on the checks: The U.S. is still $40 trillion in debt. If your economic policies are working, why do you need an incentive for people to turn out to vote?\u201d she asked Thursday night.\u201cI didn\u2019t do it for turning out the vote, I did it as a reward for people having to put up with five years and four years of a horrible situation caused by Biden,\u201d Trump replied. \u201cYou look at the border, you look at the crime.... It\u2019s almost a reward for the people having to put up with Biden\u2019s policies.\u201d\u201cBut you also offered checks through\u2014\u201d\u201cNot you. Not you!\u201d Trump snapped, leaning in threateningly close to Scott. \u201cHey, not you,\u201d he said again with a snarl. \u201cYour network \u2026 you\u2019re the worst.\u201dQ: On the checks, we have $40 trillion in debt. If your economic policies are working, why do you need an incentive for people to turn out to vote?TRUMP: I'm doing it as a reward for people having to put up for five years and four years of a horrible situation caused by Biden\u2026 pic.twitter.com/Iq4LpS1pNt\u2014 Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 11, 2026 This is not the first time Trump has crashed out after being asked a tough question by a woman. In April, he yelled \u201cQuiet, quiet, quiet!\u201d at CNN\u2019s Kristen Holmes, calling her disrespectful for asking a pertinent question about U.S. relations with North Korea. 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