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Kash Patel is defending girlfriend Alexis Wilkins on social media.
Increased scrutiny has fallen upon their relationship after news broke that “Ka$h” had used a government plane to go watch her perform.
To no one’s surprise, Patel has not handled this well. Over the weekend, he threw a tantrum on social media — accusing critics of attacking his much-younger girlfriend.
He has lost the plot. And he has lost the support and respect of outspoken conservatives.
Do NOT criticize Alexis Wilkins, much younger girlfriend of Kash Patel
On Sunday, November 2, Kash Patel tweeted a lengthy rant defending girlfriend Alexis Wilkins.
It is a rant that even staunch conservatives who support the regime say is unhinged, unprofessional, and frankly misses the point.
“The disgustingly baseless attacks against Alexis,” Patel whined, “a true patriot and the woman I’m proud to call my partner in life — are beyond pathetic.”
Intending it as praise, he wrote: “She is a rock-solid conservative and a country music sensation.”
Patel then claimed that she is someone “who has done more for this nation than most will in ten lifetimes.”
“I’m so blessed she’s in my life,” Kash Patel wrote of Alexis Wilkins.
“Attacking her isn’t just wrong,” he claimed, “it’s cowardly and jeopardizes our safety.”
Patel continued his screed, insisting: “My love of family will always be my cornerstone, and you will never tear that down or keep me from them.”
“I and this FBI will stay laser-focused on our mission and continue the reform we promised — rebuilding this Bureau from the ground up,” he added ominously.
Obviously, these new hires will all have to be purged when America begins its long and expensive post-Trump restoration. Even those who aren’t imprisoned for their many crimes will exist under a cloud of suspicion.
He’s sooooo mad
“And to our supposed allies staying silent,” Patel continued menacingly, “your silence is louder than the clickbait haters.”
All of this comes after the scandal of him reportedly using a government jet to watch Wilkins perform a gig at a wrestling match.
Under normal circumstances, this would be a career-ending scandal for an FBI Director. But the deliberate erosion of political norms makes this gross misuse of government resources into much less than it should be.
But instead of losing his job, it appears that Patel has gone on a firing spree within the FBI, including ousting someone who’s been with the Bureau for nearly three decades.
In Trump world, brazen and bold-faced corruption is an intended feature. But even some die-hard conservatives are finding Patel’s hissy-fit embarrassing and unbecoming.
In addition to being an embarrassment to the United States, Kash Patel’s ardent defense of Alexis Wilkins has done something almost as bad:
His nonsense has forced us to agree with conservative commentator Candace Owens about something. This is a grim day.
“I don’t care about Alexis one way or another,” she tweeted with bone-chilling relatability.
“But I want to point out that the head of the FBI is tweeting out in defense of his girlfriend,” Owens noted.
“Not a wife — but a girlfriend,” she emphasized. “We are just not a serious nation whatsoever.”
Yes, this is weird and unprofessional (and he should know better)
Kash Patel stands out from many appointments under Donald Trump’s regime in that he arguably has some qualifications for his post as FBI Director.
After starting his career as a public defender, he became a staff member at the DOJ in 2012.
As you might expect from a Trump appointee, he got into trouble and made statements about his career that are inconsistent with existing records. He also left the FBI in 2017 to act as a political aid.
But has actual job experience, unlike the deputy director of the FBI, whose qualification is being a podcaster and conspiracy theorist.
But none of that makes the FBI Director (and, for the usual clown reasons, acting director of the ATF) ranting in defense of his girlfriend, taking dubious flights on a government jet, and then scrambling to hide future flights any more reasonable or professional.
We expect this sort of thing from, say, prosecutors appointed by an addle-brained Trump because he found them pretty.
Kash Patel Rants in Defense of Girlfriend Alexis Wilkins After Government Plane Scandal … was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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We have sad news to report from the world of music today:
Donna Jean Godchaux, the powerhouse vocalist who has performed with such iconic acts as the Grateful Dead and Elvis Presley, has passed away.
She was 79 years old.
News of Godchaux’s death comes courtesy of a statement from her family, who explain that she passed away at a Nashville hospice facility “after a lengthy struggle with cancer.”
“She was a sweet and warmly beautiful spirit, and all those who knew her are united in loss,” the statement reads (via People).
“The family requests privacy at this time of grieving. In the words of Dead lyricist Robert Hunter, ‘May the four winds blow her safely home.’”
Born in Alabama in 1947, Godchaux joined the Dead along with her first husband, keyboardist Keith Godchaux, in 1972.
She remained with the band throughout the ’70s and continued performing in the decades since, forming the Donna Jean Godchaux Band in 2006.
Godchaux also sang backup vocals on number one hits like Percy Sledge’s “When a Man Loves a Woman” and Elvis Presley’s “Suspicious Minds.”
She also recorded with legendary artists such as Cher, Neil Diamond and Dionne Warwick.
“I was singing from pretty much as soon as I could talk,” she told AL.com in 2016.
“I remember very distinctly when I was 6 years old, I knew I was going to be a singer and I would sit out on my back porch and sing to the top of my lungs every day.”
She told the outlet that singing with Elvis was “one of the most amazing times of my life,” and recalled the King being “so kind to us and encouraging and complimentary… And he looked great. I’m telling you, he was the most gorgeous human being I’ve ever seen.”
“It was great fun,” she said, when asked about touring with the Grateful Dead. “I loved singing with those guys and we had an absolute blast.”
She added, however, that the relationship between couple and band soured rather quickly:
“The band knew we had to be out of the band, and Keith and I had been talking about ‘How in the world do you quit the Grateful Dead?’” she told AL.com.
“It was sad, but it was what needed to happen. It was turning into being not profitable for anybody. We needed to go, and they needed for us to go.”
Keith was killed in a car accident not long after he and Donna formed their own band in 1980.
Our thoughts go out to Donna Jean Godchaux’s loved ones during this difficult time.
Donna Jean Godchaux Cause of Death: Grateful Dead Vocalist Passes Away at 79 was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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