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FBI Director Kash Patel Files $250 Million Defamation Lawsuit Against The Atlantic, Reporter
FBI Director Kash Patel Files $250 Million Defamation Lawsuit Against The Atlantic, Reporter
FBI Director Kash Patel filed a $250 million defamation lawsuit Monday against The Atlantic magazine and its national-security reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick, escalating a high-profile clash over a Friday article that alleged Patel's "erratic behavior,” excessive drinking, and unexplained absences have alarmed colleagues and raised national-security concerns.
FBI Director Kash Patel speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice on Dec. 4, 2025. Daniel Heuer/AFP
In the complaint, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia,...
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Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog,
Cloaking a fake "market" with artifice to maintain its asymmetrical distribution of wealth and income also cloaks its detachment from the real world.
I often refer to the dynamics of self-correction and self-liquidation. Systems that use feedback to rebalance extremes are self-correcting: rather than accelerate as they approach a cliff, they slow down and reorganize to avoid runaway self-reinforcing feedback (i.e. positive feedback), a.k.a. run to failure.
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