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It’s time to fire FBI director Kash Patel

Kash Patel, the conspiracy theorist and podcaster turned FBI director, is sleeping on the job — literally. According to a recent report from The Atlantic, members of Patel’s security detail have, on multiple occasions, had “difficulty waking Patel because he was seemingly intoxicated.” At one point last year, a request was made for equipment used by SWAT teams in order to get through to the FBI director because he “had been unreachable behind locked doors.” The Atlantic’s reporting makes clear what has been obvious from the start: Patel is unfit to lead the FBI, and ...

Need to restore civil behavior, discourse

Barb: Just when I believe Trump has gone his lowest, he “trumps” himself and goes lower. During a visit to a Michigan Ford auto plant, he gave the middle finger and used profanities at an employee who shouted a remark. Believe it or not, this sitting president used the “F” word when texting on actions in his ugly war, for all the world, including all office holders, to view. It seems We the People are the only way to return to civil and civilized behavior by being brave and not ignoring the erosion of our values. Don’t revert back to Stone Age behavior. Submitting this ...

Roots of political ugliness go deep

Longtime readers of The Mining Journal’s Opinion page are familiar with columnist Cal Thomas, a reliably conservative writer who has been around for a good many years. We have found that close readings of Thomas’ columns — he typically writes at least two per week and apparently never takes a day off — will reveal, to some degree at least, what Republican Party thinking is on this topic or that one. In fact, we know of some liberals who follow him for that reason alone, to get an idea what Republicans are saying behind the scenes. So, with that as a back drop, it was with a ...