Now the Press Claims Kash Patel Desecrated a Historic War Site, and Disprove Themselves In the Process

There is a desperate pattern emerging in the press regarding FBI Director Kash Patel. There is a growing tendency to see/hear a claim of outlandish behavior involving Patel and then rush to publication without maybe committing a modicum of research or striving to apply calm, rational thought to the matter. But then again, if they commit to researching the story, they run the risk of discovering information that would completely derail their hit piece. Best to just allude to these items in a minimalist fashion and bury them under waves of outrage.

For the latest, we have Patel allegedly desecrating the site of the Pearl Harbor memorial, the site of the sunken U.S.S. Arizona. Based on the reactions across social media, you are led to believe Patel was in a pool float with zinc oxide on his nose and slamming hurricanes while taking a dip at the historic site. The media coverage is notable in that it heightens the visit as outrageous, has the expected voice(s) of outrage from convenient expert(s), and only lightly touches on the disqualifying details of the trip. Let’s strap on the dive fins and jump right into this mess.

The histrionics begin with an Associated Press report:

When Kash Patel visited Hawaii last summer, the FBI took pains to note the director was not on vacation, highlighting his walking tour of the bureau’s Honolulu field office and meetings with local law enforcement.

Left out of the FBI’s news releases was an exclusive excursion that Patel took days later when he participated in what government officials described as a “VIP snorkel” around the USS Arizona in an outing coordinated by the military. The sunken battleship entombs more than 900 sailors and Marines at Pearl Harbor.

Of note is the use of the term “V.I.P Snorkel” in the headline. It is something that needs to be mostly avoided in order to build up the offensiveness. Another reveal is seen in this sentence: “With few exceptions, snorkeling and diving are off-limits around the USS Arizona.” That is a curious little qualifier included there. So we have an admission that this might take place on occasion, something indicated by the inclusion that this was a V.I.P. venture, indicating official oversight. 

The New York Times also got in on the outrage game, and it, too, had to grudgingly provide that Patel was not exactly crashing the site in a neon dive mask after taking his Jet Ski out to the location.

The F.B.I. said that Adm. Samuel J. Paparo Jr., the head of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, invited Mr. Patel to Pearl Harbor. The idea of a high-ranking government official receiving an escort from the SEALs for a recreational swim near the tomb is “horrifying,” said William M. McBride, a Navy veteran and professor emeritus of history at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. 

I’m sorry, how is that again?! He received an escort to the location, with Navy SEAL guides, on a VIP excursion, after he was invited there by the Admiral of the Pacific region. That sounds more like a guided tour by military officials. And, these outlets also bury the fact that this is not all that uncommon.

Said the AP: “Still, since at least the Obama administration, the Navy and the park service have quietly allowed a handful of dignitaries, including military and government officials responsible for management of the memorial, to swim at the site.”

Said the NY Times: “Officials from the Navy and the Defense Department said VIP “tours” near the Arizona were common, but they declined to say how often they take people snorkeling. 

And, just for good measure, even PBS, in its uniform condemnation article, had to admit this was the case: “Since at least the Obama administration, the Navy and the park service have quietly allowed a handful of dignitaries, including military and government officials responsible for management of the memorial, to swim at the site.”

Now the question to ask is, if diving at this location is such a “horrifying” act to undertake, why has it not raised the hackles of anyone in the press since…the Obama administration? I believe we can all ascertain that the answer to this question is that they are not outraged by the activity, but by who it was that engaged in such. As proof, PBS spoke with former Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller, who said he had taken one of these excursions at the site while serving, and we never received this media scrum as a result.

The press is in a concerted effort to bring down Kash Patel. This latest non-troversy derives from poring over emails they obtained in FOIA requests, and the “VIP Snorkel” caught their attention. So they plunged forward with accusatory coverage, using that as cause to pen a lengthy screed recanting all of Patel’s other problematic reports. The amusement is in the desperation. 

https://redstate.com/bradslager/2026/05/17/now-the-press-claims-kash-patel-desecrated-a-historic-war-site-and-disprove-themselves-in-the-process-n2202420

Ken Paxton Scores Historic Win Against the Transgender Movement

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has scored a historic win after negotiating a fraud settlement with a Houston area hospital that will create the U.S.’s first-ever detransition clinic.

Further terms of the settlement require Texas Children's Hospital to pay $10 million for “billing Texas Medicaid for unallowable and illegal ‘gender-transition’ interventions, including by using false diagnosis codes,” and secured the terminations and revocation of credentials for five Texas doctors who performed transition interventions.

“Today is a monumental day in the fight to stop the radical transgender movement,” said Paxton in a press release. “This historic settlement reflects an institutional and fundamental cultural shift away from radical ‘gender’ ideology. In addition to helping establish the first-ever Detransition Clinic and securing millions, this settlement will ensure that the deranged child mutilators who hurt our kids are fired and held accountable.”

Paxton’s announcement also revealed that, for the first five years of operation, detransition services conducted by the new clinic would be offered free of charge.

The historic agreement comes just days before Paxton will face off against incumbent Sen. John Cornyn for the U.S. Senate seat in Texas. Early voting will open on Monday, May 18.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/05/17/ken-paxton-scores-historic-win-against-the-transgender-movement-n2676207

Russian Media: Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Agencies Preparing To Arrest Zelensky’s Wife Elena – Kiev Authorities Deny Report

Olena (Elena) and Volodymyr Zelensky 

Is Zelensky’s wife the next domino to fall?

Ever since Kiev regime leader Volodymyr Zelensky failed at curbing the power of Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies NABU and SAPO, the rampant corruption that is allegedly taking place in his government began to be exposed.

With Zelensky’s close friend and partner Timur Mindich fleeing justice and hiding in Israel, the number of Kiev regime figures who were fired and are facing investigations/indictments is long – and growing.

Fugitive Timur Mindich and his partner, Volodymyr Zelensky

So far, these are the fallen ones: Herman Galushchenko – former Minister of Energy and former Minister of Justice; Svitlana Hrynchuk, former Minister of Energy; Oleksiy Chernyshov, former Deputy Prime Minister; Mykola Solskyi, former Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food; Andriy Pyvovarsky, former Minister of Infrastructure; Andriy Smyrnov, former Deputy Head of the Presidential Office.

And, of course, Andriy Yermak, chief of staff and right-hand man to Zelensky, formerly the second most powerful man in all of Ukraine, who has been indicted and ordered to pre-trial arrest.

But now, things may get much worse for Zelensky.

Today, Russian outlet RIA Novosti is reporting that the arrest of Zelensky’s wife, Olena (Elena), is being prepared by NABU and SAPO, who reportedly have ‘ample ground’ for detaining her.

The anti-corruption officials are reportedly deciding ‘on which of the many cases to detain her’.

Needless to say, we have to take this news with a pinch of salt, and in Kiev they are denying this report.

RIA Novosti reported:

“NABU and SAP are completing an investigation against Volodymyr Zelensky’s wife Elena, Russian law enforcement agencies told RIA Novosti.

‘Reasons for the detention of the wife of Zelensky, Anti-corruption bodies have plenty of them. Currently, the question of which criminal case should be the first is being decided’, the agency’s interlocutor said.”

The Russian source for the report says that Zelensky is aware of the movement, and is pleading with Western partners who are said to control these agencies.

“’Ukrainian political strategists recommend that their boss officially and publicly divorce, and launch the thesis in the media that since 2019, Elena has not actually seen her husband. Zelensky himself considers this situation solely from the point of view of image losses’, he added.”

Read more:

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/russian-media-ukraines-anti-corruption-agencies-preparing-arrest/

Comey Tells Legion of Deep State Prosecutors to “Hang On” and Wait For President Trump to Leave Office

Embattled former FBI Director James Comey on Sunday called on the legion of Deep State prosecutors to “hang on” until Trump leaves office.

Comey appeared on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday to trash the Trump Administration as he awaits his trial.

This is Comey’s third media appearance since a grand jury from the Eastern District of North Carolina indicted him on two felony counts:

COUNT ONE: Knowingly and willfully make a threat to take the life of, and to inflict bodily harm upon, the President of the United States;

COUNT TWO: knowingly and willfully did transmit in interstate and foreign commerce a communication that contained a threat to kill the President, Donald J. Trump

Read the indictment here.

James Comey has insisted that he is innocent.

On Sunday, Comey told the legion of Deep State prosecutors to “hang on” for 2 and a half more years so they can rebuild the Justice Department.

“If you’re bragging about forcing out career prosecutors and agents because the president doesn’t like a lawful investigation they conducted, something is seriously broken at the top,” Comey said.

“I’m urging them, hang on two and a half years, and then we can rebuild these institutions,” Comey added.

Comey’s call to the Deep State prosecutors comes after former CIA Director John Brennan admitted there is a “legion” of operatives in the DOJ and CIA resisting Trump’s orders.

“There’s still a legion of professionals in the law enforcement environment, Department of Justice, as well as the CIA and other places,” Brennan said last week to MSNOW host Nicolle Wallace.

“The ones who are refusing to follow politically motivated prosecutions, those who are refusing to support any type of political activities in the part of the Trump administration that are inconsistent with the authorities, the responsibilities of the intelligence community, law enforcement community, and Department of Justice,” Brennan confidently said to Nicolle Wallace.

“So, we have to rely on these individuals to stand up to their professional responsibilities and also to courts, to the judges…” Brennan said.

They don’t even hide it anymore.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/comey-tells-legion-deep-state-prosecutors-hang-wait/

The WHO Drums Up Fear With Ebola After Hantavirus Scare Fails

One of the biggest mistakes globalists made in their bid for perpetual medical authoritarianism during the Covid pandemic was reveling a bit too much.  Numerous high level officials from the WEF, WHO, the Imperial College of London and an army of politicians were giddy with excitement and bragged publicly about all the power they were going to grab as the masses huddled in fear of a virus with a 99.8% average survival rate.

This arrogance cost them, triggering an awakening of millions of former skeptics who are now avid “conspiracy theorists”.  Today, the ability of the elitist class to sucker the populace into a new pandemic theater is greatly reduced.

No one believes them anymore.  And even if there was a legitimate biological threat, no one is going to trust an corrupt organization like the WHO to solve the problem.

We have see the consequences of the covid farce with the recent Hantavirus scare, which has failed to inspire any noticeable reaction from the public.  As we noted a few days ago, the WHO has been exposed as a perpetrator of pandemic disinformation and is no longer trusted by the public.

The US under the Trump Administration has exited the organization on these grounds, and as a result the WHO has lost at least 20% of its total funding.  It is now facing dire financial conditions.  In response, the UN and the establishment media have been running a spin campaign to present the WHO as indispensable.

For Hantavirus, the spread from human to human is rare and only occurs with the South American (or Andes) strain.  Contraction is difficult, with the virus passing from one person to another through “prolonged contact” often involving bodily fluids”.

The hysteria over Hantavirus has not materialized and the story is quickly fizzling out.  In response the WHO and Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus are taking to the media again to announce a new “Ebola threat” in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Tedros is calling for “global solidarity” (and more funding) in response to the outbreak which has allegedly infected 13 people so far.  It should be noted that the DRC has had at least 17 Ebola outbreaks since the 1970s and none of them have led to a global pandemic threat.  The rhetoric of “global unity” is familiar, with much of the same language used during the covid pandemic.

The last time the US had a “close call” with Ebola was in 2014 when the CDC identified over a dozen carriers in the US, and two deaths.  The end result?  Nothing happened, despite a media firestorm asserting that a deadly plague was just around the corner.

This is not to say that dangerous outbreaks are never going to happen, but it is rather convenient that the WHO is losing substantial funding and sway in geopolitics, and suddenly, common outbreaks are being treated like looming disasters in the media.

https://thelibertydaily.com/who-drums-up-fear-ebola-after-hantavirus-scare/