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Heckuva job, Kashy.
Last edited Thu Feb 26, 2026, 01:08 AM - Edit history (1)
Kash-y And The Jets
Wonder if anyone will lose their job for this insult to Charlie Kirk?
DOKTOR ZOOM
FEB 25, 2026
Now there’s a transparency I’ll be getting some use out of…
Worldwide party animal, social media shitposter, and occasional FBI Director Kash Patel has somehow gotten himself into a spot of bother over his trip to Milan, where he personally protected all the USA athletes from terrorism, or at least had a fun vacation on the public dime and chugged beer with the men’s hockey team. PBS headlined its AP coverage of the story with typical PBS solemnity: “Patel’s appearance at U.S. men’s hockey celebration renews scrutiny of FBI director’s travels.”
That story notes that the always-annoying White House comms director Steven Cheung told a reporter, annoyingly, “don’t be mad because America won,” so there. ... But yes, Patel’s latest jet-fueled adventure has renewed that scrutiny, and it’s once more resurrected that 2023 clip of Patel complaining] about then-FBI Director Christopher Wray traveling on the very same Department of Justice Gulfstream G550 business jet Patel can’t seem to get by without.
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Wonder if anyone will lose their job for this insult to Charlie Kirk?
DOKTOR ZOOM
FEB 25, 2026
Now there’s a transparency I’ll be getting some use out of…
Worldwide party animal, social media shitposter, and occasional FBI Director Kash Patel has somehow gotten himself into a spot of bother over his trip to Milan, where he personally protected all the USA athletes from terrorism, or at least had a fun vacation on the public dime and chugged beer with the men’s hockey team. PBS headlined its AP coverage of the story with typical PBS solemnity: “Patel’s appearance at U.S. men’s hockey celebration renews scrutiny of FBI director’s travels.”
That story notes that the always-annoying White House comms director Steven Cheung told a reporter, annoyingly, “don’t be mad because America won,” so there. ... But yes, Patel’s latest jet-fueled adventure has renewed that scrutiny, and it’s once more resurrected that 2023 clip of Patel complaining] about then-FBI Director Christopher Wray traveling on the very same Department of Justice Gulfstream G550 business jet Patel can’t seem to get by without.
Kash Patel in 2023: “I’m just saying [FBI Director] Chris Wray doesn’t need a government-funded G5 jet to go to vacations. Maybe we ground that plane. ,000 every time it takes off. Just a thought.â€
— FactPost (@factpostnews.bsky.social) 2026-02-23T14:52:20.050728182Z
(Patel charged taxpayers approximately ,000 so he could take a private jet to Milan)
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N708JH Aircraft Registration
Aircraft Summary
Summary2019 GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE CORP GV-SP (G550)
Fixed wing multi engine
(20 seats / 2 engines)
OwnerUNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
WASHINGTON , DC, US
(Government)
Airworthiness ClassStandard/Transport
Serial Number5599
EngineROLLS DEUT BR700-710C411 (Turbo-fan)
Thrust: 15385lbs
WeightOver 20,000lbs
SpeedNot defined
Mode S Code052271426 / A97316
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Aircraft Summary
Summary2019 GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE CORP GV-SP (G550)
Fixed wing multi engine
(20 seats / 2 engines)
OwnerUNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
WASHINGTON , DC, US
(Government)
Airworthiness ClassStandard/Transport
Serial Number5599
EngineROLLS DEUT BR700-710C411 (Turbo-fan)
Thrust: 15385lbs
WeightOver 20,000lbs
SpeedNot defined
Mode S Code052271426 / A97316
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to go on vacations, but Kash Patel does. See?
