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Kash Patel's girlfriend triggers mockery singing the national anthem at Trump's 250 rally
Patronage in a Patriot CostumeWho Actually Has PowerThis was not a story about a singer “getting a break.” It was a story about access being handed out inside the orbit of presidential power. Donald Trump’s event put Alexis Wilkins, the FBI director’s girlfriend, on a National Mall stage in front of a sparse crowd. That is the relevant fact. The rest is camouflage.Kash Patel runs the FBI. Trump controls the spectacle. Together, they occupy the institutional ground that makes a slot like this possible. Wilkins may have been the performer, but she was not the decision-maker. She was the…
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