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  "path": "/2026/05/11/kash-patels-leadership-is-pretty-much-just-libel-lawsuits-and-lie-detectors/",
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  "textContent": "Kash Patel is one of the rare Trump political appointees who actually has some experience that might be useful in his current position. But it wasn’t his past experience as a federal public defender and prosecutor that prompted Trump to elevate him to the post of FBI Director. Instead, it was his willingness to engage […]",
  "title": "Kash Patel’s ‘Leadership’ Is Pretty Much Just Libel Lawsuits And Lie Detectors"
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