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US Senate confirms Kash Patel as leader of the FBI
BBC News ^ | 2/20/2025 | Alys Davies

Posted on 02/20/2025 12:01:04 PM PST by george76

The US Senate has confirmed Kash Patel as the FBI director, with lawmakers voting 51-49 in favour

Trump's controversial choice to run the nation's top law enforcement agency has previously been a fierce critic of the FBI

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: confirmed; fbi; fbidirector; kash; kashpatel; kashpatelconfirmed; patel; senate; trumpmas; ussenate; winning
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1 posted on 02/20/2025 12:01:04 PM PST by george76
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Game on.


2 posted on 02/20/2025 12:02:22 PM PST by Disambiguator
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To: george76
And

Here

We

Go.

3 posted on 02/20/2025 12:03:02 PM PST by mykroar ("It's Not the Nature of the Evidence; It's the Seriousness of the Charge." - El Rushbo)
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To: george76

Now it’s time for Kash to clean house.


4 posted on 02/20/2025 12:04:21 PM PST by circlecity
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Which RINOs voted no?

Murkowski and Collins?


5 posted on 02/20/2025 12:05:04 PM PST by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: george76

The walls are closing in....


6 posted on 02/20/2025 12:06:41 PM PST by wildcard_redneck ( )
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To: george76

Bam!


7 posted on 02/20/2025 12:06:48 PM PST by Fai Mao ( The US government is run by pedophiles and Perverts for pedophiles and perverts.)
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To: SpeedyInTexas

Yet another ping.
Cope and seethe


8 posted on 02/20/2025 12:07:56 PM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: george76

Is still feasible to get Pater Strozk (or whatever his name is) to swing from the gallows?


9 posted on 02/20/2025 12:08:09 PM PST by suasponte137
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To: Dr. Franklin

Correct!


10 posted on 02/20/2025 12:09:29 PM PST by RandFan
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To: george76
Why does the BBC think President Trumps nomination is controversial?

I know rhetorical question.

11 posted on 02/20/2025 12:13:02 PM PST by SKI NOW
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To: george76

YESS!
Now Pam Bondi would better unload good and hard on the deep state. No more excuse to delay indictments.


12 posted on 02/20/2025 12:14:29 PM PST by miniTAX
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Woo Hoo!!!!


13 posted on 02/20/2025 12:14:52 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (Nitzy: New and Improved! Now with only 66% anti-semitic posts!)
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To: george76

Is the thunderstorm finally over?
Bravo for the outcome.


14 posted on 02/20/2025 12:16:16 PM PST by lee martell
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Must be a great time to own a bar near Capitol Hill...the dems will be drinking themselves into oblivion tonight.


15 posted on 02/20/2025 12:16:29 PM PST by bigbob (Yes. We ARE going back!)
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To: george76

Now the fun begins!


16 posted on 02/20/2025 12:17:13 PM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you i9s how they. control you. )
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To: george76

Great news, man of the hour!


17 posted on 02/20/2025 12:17:18 PM PST by existentially_kuffer
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My concern that the anti-Trump Senate Republicans would block Trump’s appointments did not happen.

Now we need to keep pressuring the House and Senate Republicans to get on board and fully support Trump’s agenda to stop waste, fraud, and abuse spending.


18 posted on 02/20/2025 12:19:10 PM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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Great news!

Patel can reform the FBI, direct it to correct the injustices that occurred under Biden and work in unison with Trump's DOJ.

19 posted on 02/20/2025 12:20:56 PM PST by Kazan
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To: Dr. Franklin
Which RINOs voted no? Murkowski and Collins?

No - it was Collins & Cotton. Go figure?

20 posted on 02/20/2025 12:21:15 PM PST by JesusIsLord
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