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Yahoo
2 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Patel: ‘I won't be lectured' by Comey
FBI Director Kash Patel dismissed criticism from one of his predecessors, James Comey, who recently suggested Patel was ill equipped to run the bureau. In an interview Wednesday on Fox News's 'Special Report,' host Bret Baier asked Patel about Comey's recent Instagram post of shells arranged to form '8647,' in what many supporters of President Trump's said was a threat on the president's life. Others suggested the message could have been a call to oust Trump from power. Comey insisted, however, that he did not arrange the seashells himself — merely took a photo of it — and that he would never call for violence. He subsequently removed the post. 'You know, the FBI is bigger than any leader it's ever had or ever will have,' Patel said about the post. 'And James Comey is a private citizen, and he can walk around the beach and talk about seashells and Crayola crayons for all I care about and talk about how we're the conspiracy theorists.' 'But I'll just remind the American people of one thing,' he continued. 'When that man was the leader of the FBI, he perpetrated the largest criminal conspiracy, packaged political information from overseas, took it to a federal FISA court and illegally surveilled a political opponent.' 'So, I won't be lectured on how to run this FBI from that man,' the FBI chief added. Earlier that day, Comey had made an appearance on CNN and raised questions about Patel and Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino's leadership abilities. The former FBI director said he's not confident in the agency's leadership but that he has faith in the career officials there. 'I hope the career people are able to support the director and the deputy director,' he said, referring to Patel and Bongino. 'There are lots of people in the FBI who know what they're doing. I hope these two guys are letting them guide them.' Comey, appointed by former President Obama in 2013, noted he lacks confidence in the leaders themselves. 'Nothing in their life or their career gives me confidence that they know anything about leading an organization like that,' Comey said. 'And so, I would have serious doubts.' 'I bet they do internally … have doubts. Great. Let the people who know what they're doing give you advice, and listen to them,' he added. Trump ousted Comey from his post leading the FBI in 2017, and the two have been vocal critics of each other since. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Hill
2 days ago
- Politics
- The Hill
Patel: ‘I won't be lectured' by Comey
FBI Director Kash Patel dismissed criticism from one of his predecessors, James Comey, who recently suggested he was ill equipped to run the bureau. In an exclusive interview Wednesday on Fox News's 'Special Report,' host Bret Baier asked Patel about Comey's recent Instagram post of shells arranged to form '8647,' in what many supporters of President Trump's understood to be a threat on the president's life. Others suggested the message could have been a call to oust Trump from power. Comey insisted, however, that he did not arrange the seashells himself — merely took a photo of it — and that he would never call for violence. He subsequently removed the post. 'You know, the FBI is bigger than any leader it's ever had or ever will have,' Patel said about the Instagram post. 'And James Comey is a private citizen, and he can walk around the beach and talk about seashells and Crayola crayons for all I care about and talk about how we're the conspiracy theorists.' 'But I'll just remind the American people of one thing,' he continued. 'When that man was the leader of the FBI, he perpetrated the largest criminal conspiracy, packaged political information from overseas, took it to a federal FISA court and illegally surveilled a political opponent.' 'So, I won't be lectured on how to run this FBI from that man,' the FBI chief added. It was not immediately clear what criticism Patel's remarks were addressing, but earlier that day, Comey made an appearance on CNN and raised questions about Patel and Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino's leadership abilities. Comey said he's not confident in the FBI leadership but said he has faith in the career officials there. 'I hope the career people are able to support the director and the deputy director,' Comey said, referring to Patel and Bongino. 'There are lots of people in the FBI who know what they're doing. I hope these two guys are letting them guide them.' The former Obama administration official noted that he lacks confidence in the leaders themselves. 'Nothing in their life or their career gives me confidence that they know anything about leading an organization like that,' Comey said. 'And so, I would have serious doubts.' 'I bet they do internally about whether they have doubts. Great. Let the people who know what they're doing give you advice, and listen to them,' he added. President Trump ousted Comey from his post leading the FBI in 2017 and the ex-director has since been a vocal critic of the president and vice versa.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Social media howls over Kash Patel's way-too-big chair in interview
Kash Patel faced harsed mockery on social media after appearing on Fox News Wednesday sitting in a chair that was too big for the FBI director. 'Fox News .... Why did you put Kash Patel in such a high chair? He looks tiny!' giggled one X user . 'No way this wasn't intentional,' fellow X user Evan Kapitansky responded. 'Surely other chairs were available in the building??' said the original user. 'Who thought it was a good idea to put Kash Patel in this chair? He looks ridiculous,' a third critic noted. Unfortunately, the over-sized chair distracted from the interview. Patel told Fox News that his agency would be transparent in its investigation of the assassination attempt against President Donald Trump last summer. "I don't know that there's more to know, but you're going to know everything we know," he insisted as he pushed back against conspiracy theories, and vowed that Americans would learn the truth. "We take assassination attempts, especially of the president of the United States, extremely seriously," he told Fox's Bret Baier. "And we don't feel that the American people have been given the information they need on that. And we're digging through the files, and we're getting them a more robust picture of what happened and whether or not there were any connections." There was little focus on social media on Patel's words, and more emphasis on his stature. 'The optics of Kash Patel seated on a high chair across Bret Baier. How tall is Kash?' one X user said. 'Kash looks like a kid in a high chair.' Washington Post tech reporter Drew Harwell wrote on BlueSky: 'Serious issues discussed during this segment so I'm sorry, there's nothing funny about FBI Director Kash Patel sitting atop a high chair like a big boy, kicking his feet lackadaisically.' Bradford Peterson added: 'Whoever did the advance work for this Kash Patel interview is about to find themselves with a one-way ticket to Guantanamo.' Patel, meanwhile, also slammed former FBI Director James Comey, saying, 'I won't be lectured on how to run the FBI by that man.' The current director went after Comey after he posted a picture of seashells on a beach spelling out the number '86 47.' Some have seen the Instagram post as calling for violence against Trump, the 47th president. However, 86 is usually used as a term to mean that someone should be removed from a bar or a restaurant for misbehaving, or to remove an item from a menu. Comey has said that to view his Instagram post as a call for violence against Trump is 'crazy.' He has since deleted the post. 'Even if I think it's crazy, I don't want to be associated with violence of any kind,' he said on MSNBC. Patel claimed on Fox News that Comey's post has led to 'copycat' threats. He noted that Comey 'is a private citizen and he can walk around the beach and talk about seashells and Crayola crayons for all I care about, and talk about how we're the conspiracy theorists.' 'Do you know how many copycats we've had to investigate as a result of that beachside venture from a former director?' Patel asked the Fox News host. 'Do you know how many agents I've had to take offline from chasing down child sex predators, fentanyl traffickers, terrorists?' 'Everywhere across this country, people are popping up on social media and think that a threat to the life of the president of the United States is a joke, and they can do it because he did it,' he added. 'That's what I'm having to deal with every single day ... because he thought it was funny to go out there [and] make a political statement.'
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Social media howls over Kash Patel's way-too-big chair in interview
Kash Patel faced harsed mockery on social media after appearing on Fox News Wednesday sitting in a chair that was too big for the FBI director. 'Fox News .... Why did you put Kash Patel in such a high chair? He looks tiny!' giggled one X user . 'No way this wasn't intentional,' fellow X user Evan Kapitansky responded. 'Surely other chairs were available in the building??' said the original user. 'Who thought it was a good idea to put Kash Patel in this chair? He looks ridiculous,' a third critic noted. Unfortunately, the over-sized chair distracted from the interview. Patel told Fox News that his agency would be transparent in its investigation of the assassination attempt against President Donald Trump last summer. "I don't know that there's more to know, but you're going to know everything we know," he insisted as he pushed back against conspiracy theories, and vowed that Americans would learn the truth. "We take assassination attempts, especially of the president of the United States, extremely seriously," he told Fox's Bret Baier. "And we don't feel that the American people have been given the information they need on that. And we're digging through the files, and we're getting them a more robust picture of what happened and whether or not there were any connections." There was little focus on social media on Patel's words, and more emphasis on his stature. 'The optics of Kash Patel seated on a high chair across Bret Baier. How tall is Kash?' one X user said. 'Kash looks like a kid in a high chair.' Washington Post tech reporter Drew Harwell wrote on BlueSky: 'Serious issues discussed during this segment so I'm sorry, there's nothing funny about FBI Director Kash Patel sitting atop a high chair like a big boy, kicking his feet lackadaisically.' Bradford Peterson added: 'Whoever did the advance work for this Kash Patel interview is about to find themselves with a one-way ticket to Guantanamo.' Patel, meanwhile, also slammed former FBI Director James Comey, saying, 'I won't be lectured on how to run the FBI by that man.' The current director went after Comey after he posted a picture of seashells on a beach spelling out the number '86 47.' Some have seen the Instagram post as calling for violence against Trump, the 47th president. However, 86 is usually used as a term to mean that someone should be removed from a bar or a restaurant for misbehaving, or to remove an item from a menu. Comey has said that to view his Instagram post as a call for violence against Trump is 'crazy.' He has since deleted the post. 'Even if I think it's crazy, I don't want to be associated with violence of any kind,' he said on MSNBC. Patel claimed on Fox News that Comey's post has led to 'copycat' threats. He noted that Comey 'is a private citizen and he can walk around the beach and talk about seashells and Crayola crayons for all I care about, and talk about how we're the conspiracy theorists.' 'Do you know how many copycats we've had to investigate as a result of that beachside venture from a former director?' Patel asked the Fox News host. 'Do you know how many agents I've had to take offline from chasing down child sex predators, fentanyl traffickers, terrorists?' 'Everywhere across this country, people are popping up on social media and think that a threat to the life of the president of the United States is a joke, and they can do it because he did it,' he added. 'That's what I'm having to deal with every single day ... because he thought it was funny to go out there [and] make a political statement.'
Buzz Feed
6 days ago
- General
- Buzz Feed
One In A Trillion Photos
Have you ever witnessed a really incredible moment or wildly interesting thing that was so unbelievable that you wanted to share it with the world? Well, A LOT of people on Reddit have, and luckily, they happened to have a camera on hand, too. Here's what they shared: This entire five-pack of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups that had NO peanut butter in it... ...and this image of the continuing saga — a package of FIVE JARS of just Reese's peanut butter that they sent OP as compensation for the PB-less cups: This camera-less iPhone that was issued to someone that works at a nuclear plant where there are no cameras allowed: This person whose son inherited their joined together toes: "I know what this is called cuz of a book I read when I was younger, syndactyly! It was a major plot point in the Dean Koontz novel, Life Expectancy."—Dante_Sen_511"Ooo, did not know that. The only thing I know is it was an abnormality when I was born but is now only a variation in the norm."—Microwavehead (OP) This person who was born without finger or toe prints: This penny someone found that had rolled around in a dryer baffle for so long that it actually lost its copper plating: And this zinc-coated steel penny, which according to one Reddit user, "were produced in 1943, during World War II, when copper was in short supply. Not terribly valuable, but a neat coin." The more you know: These Honda Civics, from four different generations, lined up in order of age and all in white: This toilet paper roll that has two cardboard tubes in it: This edge piece from a bag of Goldfish crackers, which I would 100% want to eat: This abnormally thick Dorito someone found in an otherwise normal packet, which apparently almost broke their tooth when they tried biting into it: This only red, full rainbow, which looks like something out of a horror film: And this person who actually managed to find the end of a rainbow, though sadly, no pot of gold: This person who wanted to share a photo of their VERY unique ability to grip things ~backwards~: These three girls sitting in the same row, wearing the same color sweater, and having the same colored hair. Talk about a glitch in the matrix: This very rare (and very real!) $500 bill. They were last issued in 1969 FWIW: And this 1969 dollar bill with a "00000001" serial number: This photo of a pack of 110-year-old Crayola crayons that someone found in the back of a family secretary desk: This person's hexagon vein structure on their wrist: And this person's vein that turns at a 90 degree angle (how and why is this happening?!): This person who cut into their egg and was quite shocked to discover it had no yolk. Apparently, this kind of egg has many different nicknames including "fart egg." LOL: And this egg someone poached that also came out looking like a human heart, which is giving me the creeps TBH: This image of a gravestone that's shared by twin sisters — one who lived for just two days, and the other for 101 years: This person who noticed that the hotel they were staying in actually has "pizza" on speed dial. In case you're wondering, it turns out the call goes to Papa John's: This person who went into Panda Express for some orange chicken, but came out with a copy of the restaurant's sales report instead. The restaurant accidentally printed it out and gave it to them with their receipt: Also, as one commenter noted, this is likely a whole month-to-date statement, in case you're wondering. This person who bumped into not one, but TWO strangers with the same exact tattoo as them: This person's fish that has a hole through its whole body but seems to be functioning perfectly fine regardless. According to the owner, "100% fine!! Eating and swimming. He has been like this for almost a year now." A happy ending: This cat's fur which appears to have the word "NO" circled in its pattern, which is a very cat thing to have: This person who has only four fingers on their left hand, and has an index finger instead of a thumb: "Is it weird that I'm more interested in the length of your fingers; they are long as shit."—Lord_Zebra"I get that a lot; it helps for piano." —evan4765 (OP) The way this person inadvertently created their kitchen counter pattern with some seasoning on this plate: This person who discovered one of their teeth has just one big, single root instead of four smaller ones after having it removed. They later explained, "I just had this one pulled. The x-rays confirmed that almost half my teeth look like that." Yikes: The silhouette in this ice cube that looks like a Disney princess: This person's laundry pod that's actually missing the detergent: This person who inherited their grandma's sewing supplies, then realized they had actually bought the exact same buttons that her grandma did over 35 years ago: This apple that has two stems in it which raised many questions from other Reddit users like, "Does it then have core running in both directions? Would the seeds be dispersed surrounding just the center or both ways?" Now I have questions, too: The way this person's leggings, which have quite a unique pattern, matched the chair at their vacation rental perfectly: This alligator, named Bob, that was born without a tail, and basically has a little "bum" in its place: This person who accidentally squished their glasses into their eyeball, which then captured a perfect imprint of their eye, including the cornea. OP explained, "Actually more shocking than painful. I think the concave glass made it less painful than other eye impacts I've had." Wild: This Ritz cracker that seemingly has a "nose": This perfect salt crystal someone found in their sea salt packet: This bizarre doomsday cloud formation that someone saw in the skies of Bursa: This person who inherited a small gap between their middle and ring finger from their dad. (They also noted both hands are like this.) "Shoutout to everyone else who immediately looked down at their hand after seeing this."—Cichlidsaremyjam The way you can track a thorn that's been traveling through this person's nail: This person's baby who was born with natural blonde highlights. A ~true~ y2k baby: This cup lid that flattened out after being left out in the sun in someone's car for a couple of days: This person whose pinky finger on their left hand has an extra joint crease but NO extra joint: "I have the same thing. It's weird to look at, but does nothing for me."—JeebusCrispy And the way this person's thermal nail polish changed colors on the finger they got a papercut on (apparently from the heat of their blood rushing to help that area heal!): This person who was casually reading a book, when they saw their exact same door — which is quite a unique design — in the book: This lizard just hanging out on a sponge using it as a raft in the sink: And finally, these three people who got dealt the same poker hand (and showing with notes that the odds of that happening is roughly 3.9 in a billion):
