During a Senate hearing to review the FBI’s FY2026 budget request, Director Kash Patel was forced to admit that, despite the law requiring it, he had no such request ready to review.
This surprising development came during an awkward back-and-forth with Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the ranking Democrat and Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, which oversees and approves budget requests.
Senator Murray reminded the FBI Director that the budget request was legally required “last week,” and after the director responded, she surprisedly added, “And your answer is you just understand you’re not going to follow the law?”
Oh my God…it’s not resting removed face I’m just thinking… When I read that sentence I was like okay I totally get this person’s reality. I’m so tired of hearing smile more
It is why I wear a mask all the time now. I don’t have to remember how to emote correctly, which is very helpful since I am autistic.
EDIT: Wow, my internet dropped or something as I was posting this, duplicated a few times, and my clipboard has now just lost the text I tried to copy paste out of it… derp.
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Yep that’s my experience too…Once people realize ilmy face does not = my emotional state, things are better.
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This has been my experience… forever.
Not autistic, but light sensitivity, tinnitus and chronic pain make me look angry basically all of the time. And since I’ve had all of those since I was a kid, I’ve been hearing variations of “what’s wrong”, “are you OK” and “are you angry” for the past 45 or so years.
I now just describe it as resting removed face and let people do with that as they will.
Also, “empaths” fucking suck. Spare me your vast insights gleaned from dodgy authors. I just don’t care.