{"id":47354,"date":"2026-04-21T13:39:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T13:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/21\/house-republican-on-patel-reported-alcohol-use-as-long-as-it-doesnt-affect-his-job-im-cool-the-hill\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T13:39:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T13:39:00","slug":"house-republican-on-patel-reported-alcohol-use-as-long-as-it-doesnt-affect-his-job-im-cool-the-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/21\/house-republican-on-patel-reported-alcohol-use-as-long-as-it-doesnt-affect-his-job-im-cool-the-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"House Republican on Patel reported alcohol use: \u2018As long as it doesn\u2019t affect his job \u2026 I\u2019m cool\u2019 &#8211; The Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxPYW5TVjRsbEZnNU5lLXAwVVZuZ0NYY0hvTGM2MjFUV3A5YWVXdjVrd0pDclYxSVQ1aHA2S0wwMTZTTXlLZ1p4enJDOHVhTm1JSkdhYXRKc3hYMkI2ZnhaeFJ5Yl9oY2duOHNTR3hPcllkcWJUc2Y1aW00Q2c2V0V2SnpQYTZqcDJMb2swNGFBbEtQWmNCV0JLWFZ2d1RMTGoz0gGmAUFVX3lxTFBrV2ViWnhIWXNYU1lVeHRtWmc0MW1MYk1NQ0tYdnV2dERlNHJsWnFadFdCaVEzYXJ6WUc5WTVsMm5mcHVMUkozWFp0emN1bVBTYno5OVZIZ0MtRDMzampKZEJycHdyZWthQVd5S256cnZQN2FnNUkybHJBd0I1ZVlHSUFqQ3BVUFZacllzZU9PUS1aeWY0NjZMT0I5YTE1RmF6cGJjMGc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">House Republican on Patel reported alcohol use: \u2018As long as it doesn\u2019t affect his job \u2026 I\u2019m cool\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Hill<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxPSWJyRy1fU3hZVVJRaVBLNURoQUR1TEZDTlNqSGViTVg3ZHBOcE5oV2FubzM5RDgydlNkUmdZX2pZVWt3OE1zZXJGUUJRdFBXeFRWM3hvaFhTenYwMzFfT09DN3pveXdraFh5TENtelJ4eWpsVGJaTHFTdWNZalNobm1lZWpUeXRpTWlrLXo1QW4wcWtiZkd1YXpR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">The FBI Director Is MIA<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Atlantic<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi0gFBVV95cUxPdmFIQVlKUVQyb1pGMHVQbVkzdnBMdDdUWkUtLUxteWt1aTN0LUMzblJjTklPWG5aZnJvaU83aVByQ2F6R0h4T1dZbEdpTGNlTWRjbl9lRkx2VUlqTS1EWWx5elhXZHhUOXRlZGJ2QkF3enRLenZ5YXJGc3Z5ak5qWjRzVnlHTDJUVi1wYjljSDhOQTM4cHRhWUdTb1dNOXcyQVdiSVNTczVkZEEzTEJnZ3BBQzJZZ0JCOF9ub29RaVFWOUl6bEhfV1RqcHlpZVc1ZGc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Senate Democrats seize on new allegations against Patel, press DOJ to preserve documents<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">MS NOW<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxOdFlmR1RzcHNNaU1FMUZ2eTNwdHd6R3ZPekhrTnEtektnakhlR3dSY3V3UVFKVGpyeXVZOXAwMUVSXzFSbGQybE5KOEdEd1lZRGEwX0E0Ty1KbUdCU2k4dFc4bHFpcWs2dUprYWRDY3JSVjRUWi1kWmM2M0wwLTgzdnY5bGFhYWpPdmViOFdGcw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">FBI director Kash Patel files $250M defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihgFBVV95cUxPNllFaHV6UnR5TWFoSXo5V2NqRXBqbDVSQ1UxZ2hUTjIyT0tWRGNGZFhlbWpicHd6eDlKUG1HV1dmVEdjM2hmSjFUSmtMbXpRZEE1aUhXVmhKZEZWd2lGNWUwRmJrWE9kN0h5LVhral9jSzBUQS14NF9tZUF6Nm02ZXF2X0poUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Jimmy Kimmel Refers to Kash Patel\u2019s Job in the Past Tense<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republican on Patel reported alcohol use: \u2018As long as it doesn\u2019t affect his job \u2026 I\u2019m cool\u2019&nbsp;&nbsp;The Hill The FBI Director Is MIA&nbsp;&nbsp;The Atlantic&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/21\/house-republican-on-patel-reported-alcohol-use-as-long-as-it-doesnt-affect-his-job-im-cool-the-hill\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47354\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}