05/08/26 Bourbon, Blockades, and Bad Maps

It’s Friday, and the chaos is leaking from every corner: Kash Patel’s FBI is reportedly polygraphing its own people, chasing leaks to journalists, and defending him over a story about personalized whiskey bottles. Meanwhile, U.S. intelligence says Iran may be able to ride out Trump’s Hormuz blockade for months, and Tennessee Republicans push a new map aimed at carving up the state’s last Democratic House seat. Same story, different scandal: paranoia at the FBI, pressure abroad, and power grabs at home.