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https://x.com/MadeInCanada_eh/status/1815747098458943813Former FBI agent Peter Strzok reaches $1.2 million settlement with DOJ: Lawyers
Source: ABC
Former FBI agent Pete Strzok, who was fired from the bureau in 2018 after his disparaging text messages about Donald Trump were made public, has reached a settlement with the Justice Department over his claims that his privacy rights were violated, according to his lawyers.
According to Strzoks lawyers, the U.S. government has agreed to pay Strzok $1.2 million.
In his 2019 lawsuit, Strzok and his lawyers argued that the FBI and DOJ unlawfully disclosed his private text messages disparaging Trump before and after the 2016 presidential election -- including the time frame during which Strzok helped lead the agency's investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's private email server and Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
Trump, who made Strzok a frequent target on social media, argued that Strzok's political bias tainted the early stages of the Russia investigation.
Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/former-fbi-agent-peter-strzok-reaches-12-million/story?id=112318094&cid=social_twitter_abcn
https://x.com/ABC/status/1816952709074808960
JD Vance tries, fails to clean up his 'childless cat ladies' mess
Addressing his childless cat ladies controversy, Vance wants people to know he has "nothing against cats." The Republican is badly missing the point.
https://x.com/stevebenen/status/1816923428571476317
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/jd-vance-tries-fails-clean-childless-cat-ladies-mess-rcna163862
The future senator specifically included Vice President Kamala Harris who has step-children, but no biological children of her own in his societal condemnation.
https://x.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1815503440983867598
......As part of an apparent attempt to put things right, the Ohioan sat down with Megyn Kelly today and addressed the controversy, arguing:
Obviously, it was a sarcastic comment. Ive got nothing against cats. ... But look, this is not people are focusing so much on the sarcasm and not on the substance of what I actually said, and the substance of what I said, Megyn, Im sorry, its true. It is true that weve become anti-family. It is true that the left has become anti-child.
I have a hunch this wont make matters better. For one thing, for Vance to say he has nothing against cats suggests hes under the impression that the controversy is feline-related. Its not. The underlying question is about whether he has something against women, not something against cats.
For another, his 2021 comments were many things, but they werent sarcastic. On the contrary, he appears to have doubled down on the comments that sparked the controversy in the first place.
Finally, if Vance has credible evidence of liberals being anti-child, hes kept it well hidden.
I can appreciate why the vice presidential hopeful is trying to clean up his mess, but Vance has had plenty of time to work out a defense, and if nothing against cats is the best he can come up with, the Republicans problem is likely to linger for a while.
Team Trump pushes back against FBI's Wray on assassination attempt
When it comes to Donald Trump's shooting injury, his team is trying to push back against FBI Director Chris Wray. It's not going especially well.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-ronny-jackson-pushes-back-fbi-chris-wray-assassination-shooting-rcna163840
The trouble began when Wray testified that theres some uncertainty surrounding the precise nature of Donald Trumps injury from the recent assassination attempt in Pennsylvania. I think with respect to former President Trump, theres some question about whether or not its a bullet or shrapnel that hit his ear, the FBI director told lawmakers......
An Associated Press report noted last week that the public was still in the dark over the extent of his injuries, what treatment the Republican presidential nominee received in the hospital, and whether there may be any long-term effects on his health. Trumps campaign has refused to discuss his condition, release a medical report or records, or make the doctors who treated him available, leaving information to dribble out from Trump, his friends and family.
Eventually, Team Trump issued a statement from Jackson a scandal-plagued former White House physician with serious credibility problems instead of from one of the physicians who actually treated the former president after the incident.
Now, theyre promoting another statement from Jackson, as part of an apparent effort to push back against Trump's handpicked FBI director.
Again, something hit Trumps ear. Based on everything we now know, Im very much inclined to believe that it was a bullet. But whats baffling is why the Republican and his operation are so resistant to transparency.
Jacksons latest statement said hes reviewed the relevant medical records from Butler Memorial Hospital. Terrific. Why not show those same records to the public and put an end to the speculation? Whats more, why not make doctors who treated Trump available to journalists, instead of relying on a controversial member of Congress?
If you want to read the except from Jackson/Johnson's latest letter go to the link. I did not feel like copying this except
Former FBI agent Peter Strzok is getting $1.2 million from a settlement with DOJ over the release text messages
https://x.com/kyledcheney/status/1816947873151328477![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GTcYdhkWYAAZ2pO.jpg)
Biden's vision for America is clear, and it couldn't be further from Trump's
In a speech that was a tentpole of patriotism and selfless service, Biden put our republic over his own personal ambition.
https://x.com/MarcuswevansSr/status/1816695483823456435
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/biden-speech-sacrifice-autocracy-democracy-trump-rcna163695
It was a timeless speech about a very specific moment. Biden talked about the situation he inherited from former President Donald Trump: the worst pandemic in a century, the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and the worst attack on our democracy since the Civil War all simultaneously, thats what he walked into.
But he also talked about where things stand now, his personal ambition and his belief that his record does warrant a second term. He wants a second term you hear that when he talks about what he plans to do these next six months. But Biden also acknowledges that ambition cant be bigger than the needs of the nation and the needs of the nation to stay with this form of government what he called one of the greatest ideas in the history of the world.
Bidens speech was a tentpole in terms of what patriotism and selfless service look like. He posits a view of the presidency that is directly opposite to the idea of authoritarianism and autocracy. He talked about being in the Oval Office, about the portraits of presidents past who surround him, and he said: I revere this office. But I love this country more.......
Bidens voice may be faltering, his delivery may not be as strong as we remember it even at the beginning of this term but his vision is clear. He understands that the moment were in is about whether or not we continue as a republic, and thats not a hyperbolic thing to say. Hes saying its not about me; its about whether or not were going to stay the United States of America.
Harris for President-Buyer's Remorse: Trump's VP Pick Already a Disaster
https://x.com/AlexBWall/status/1816862484466155679![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GTbKTnAXIAAVbhI.jpg)
When you turn Donald Duck's head upside down you get TFG
https://x.com/JimGBoyle/status/1816891881894347159![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GTbliXcbQAAH7wA.jpg)
Growing number of Republicans see JD Vance as the wrong VP pick
It's not a great sign for JD Vance that Democrats seem far more excited about his role on Donald Trump's ticket than his fellow Republicans.
https://x.com/stevebenen/status/1816855912474099745
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/republicans-see-jd-vance-wrong-vp-pick-donald-trump-election-2024-rcna163788
This was not the only such report. Axios reported yesterday that some Republicans are second-guessing the former presidents selection, with one House GOP member explaining that Vance was the only pick that wasnt the safe pick. And I think everyone has now realized that.
The same report quoted another House Republican saying the feeling withing the conference is that Vance doesnt add much to the partys ticket.
The Hill, meanwhile, published a related report of its own overnight.
A number of House Republicans are privately bashing former President Trumps selection of Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) as his running mate, warning that the pick will not help and could hurt the partys chances of winning in November.
The article quoted one GOP lawmaker who called the Ohioan the worst choice of all the options. Another told The Hill, I think if you were to ask many people around this building, nine out of 10 on our side would say hes the wrong pick. [Vance is] the only person who can do serious damage......
But Trump picked him anyway at least in part because Trump assumed he was poised to win anyway. As the former president saw it, with an inevitable 2024 victory in hand, there was no harm in running up the ideological score, satisfying the MAGA base, and establishing greater control over the Republican Partys vision for the foreseeable future.
That, of course, was when the GOP nominee thought a relatively easy victory over Biden was at hand. As of five days ago, things are suddenly ... different.
All of this obviously matters in an electoral context, but the developments also say a great deal about Trumps judgment, and none of its good.
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