Kash Grabs Trump’s Defamation Playbook

卡什借鉴了特朗普的诽谤策略

What A Day

2026-04-23

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FBI director Kash Patel has sued The Atlantic for $250 million. It comes after the magazine published an article alleging that Patel is frequently drunk on the job and that his security team has had difficulty waking him on multiple occasions. Still, The Atlantic isn’t backing down, writing in a statement, “We stand by our reporting on Kash Patel, and we will vigorously defend The Atlantic and our journalists against this meritless lawsuit.” But we've seen this move before, and it appears Kash is simply taking a page out of President Donald Trump’s book. Trump himself has sued the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times for stories and polls he didn’t like. To talk more about the litigious Trump administration, we spoke with Oliver Darcy. He’s the founder of Status, a nightly newsletter focused on the media. And in headlines, Dr. Mehmet Oz says Trump’s testosterone is top tier, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt recites Iran war talking points, and Republicans are losing at their own redistricting game. Show Notes: Check out Status – https://www.status.news/ Call Congress – 202-224-3121 Subscribe to the What A Day Newsletter – https://tinyurl.com/y4y2e9jy What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcast Follow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/ For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/whataday
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  • It's Thursday, April 23rd.

  • I'm Jane Koston, and this is What A Day, the show learning some new math via President Donald Trump.

  • Here's Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Explaining this new math to Massachusetts

  • Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday.

  • Doesn't Trump have a different way of calculating?

  • There's two ways of calculating percentage.

  • If you have a $600 drug and you reduce it to 10, that's a 600% reduction.

  • That is actually a 98.3% reduction.

  • But what do I know?

  • I didn't take math at Trump University.

  • On today's show, Republicans' redistricting agenda isn't exactly going to plan.

  • And Medicare and Medicaid Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz talks about Trump's testosterone.

  • A sentence I never thought I'd say.

  • But let's start with the media.

  • FBI Director Kash Patel sued The Atlantic on Monday for $250 million.

  • This is after the magazine published an article last week alleging that Patel is frequently drunk on the job

  • and his security team has had difficulty waking him on multiple occasions.

  • Something you definitely want in an FBI director.

  • Patel made its case at a press conference on Tuesday.

  • I'm on the job.