Both Sides: Why we don't fuck with the GOP
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NY & Chicago but everyone needs to be aware.
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Police urge Jewish, other religious communities to be vigilant this weekend as neo-Nazi group declares ‘day of hate’
“At this time, there is no actionable intelligence,” according to the Chicago Police Department. “We continue to actively monitor the situation.”
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I don't like learning that cheesesteaks are unhealthy, but it is what it is.
Murdoch testified Fox News hosts endorsed idea that Biden stole election
(Reuters) - Fox Corp Chairman Rupert Murdoch acknowledged under oath that some Fox hosts "endorsed" the notion that the 2020 U.S. presidential election was stolen, according to a court filing unsealed Monday.
Documents in the case in Delaware State Court show Murdoch and other Fox executives believed Joe Biden fairly beat Donald Trump and that the results were not in doubt.
The acknowledgment by Murdoch is included in a filing from Dominion Voting Systems, as part of the voting technology firm's $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News and parent company Fox Corp over Fox's coverage of the 2020 presidential election.
A five-week trial is scheduled to begin on April 17.
Murdoch's testimony is part of his deposition in the lawsuit, the entirety of which Reuters has not viewed because it remains under seal.
Dominion has argued that internal communications and depositions by Fox personnel prove the network knowingly spread falsehoods about Trump's loss in the 2020 U.S. presidential election in order to bolster its ratings. Fox has argued that its coverage of claims by Trump's lawyers were inherently newsworthy and protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
"Executives at all levels of Fox — both (Fox News Network) and (Fox Corporation) — knowingly opened Fox’s airwaves to false conspiracy theories about Dominion," Dominion wrote in its filing.
Asked by a Dominion lawyer if some of Fox’s commentators had endorsed the idea that the 2020 election was stolen, Murdoch responded, “Yes. They endorsed,” according to the filing.
The latest filing by Dominion opposes Fox's motion for summary judgment, which sought a ruling in the media company's favor that would preempt the need for a trial on certain legal issues.
In its own filing made public Monday, Fox argued that its coverage of statements by Trump and his lawyers were inherently newsworthy and that Dominion’s “extreme” interpretation of defamation law would “stop the media in its tracks.”
“Under Dominion’s approach, if the President falsely accused the Vice President of plotting to assassinate him, the press would be liable for reporting the newsworthy allegation so long as someone in the newsroom thought it was ludicrous,” Fox said.
Dominion sued Fox News Networks and parent company Fox Corp in March 2021 and November 2021 in Delaware Superior Court, alleging the cable TV network amplified false claims that Dominion voting machines were used to rig the 2020 election against Trump, a Republican who lost to Democratic rival Biden.
In a statement Monday, a Fox spokesperson said Dominion's view of defamation law "would prevent journalists from basic reporting and their efforts to publicly smear Fox for covering and commenting on allegations by a sitting President of the United States should be recognized for what it is: a blatant violation of the First Amendment.”
Dominion’s motion for summary judgment was replete with emails and statements in which Rupert Murdoch and other top Fox executives say the claims made about Dominion on-air were false – part of the voting machine company’s effort to prove the network either knew the statements it aired were false or recklessly disregarded their accuracy. That is the standard of “actual malice,” which public figures must prove to prevail in a defamation case.
(Reporting by Helen Coster and Jack Queen in New York; Editing by David Gregorio and Noeleen Walder)
(Reuters) - Fox Corp Chairman Rupert Murdoch acknowledged under oath that some Fox hosts "endorsed" the notion that the 2020 U.S. presidential election was stolen, according to a court filing unsealed Monday.
Documents in the case in Delaware State Court show Murdoch and other Fox executives believed Joe Biden fairly beat Donald Trump and that the results were not in doubt.
The acknowledgment by Murdoch is included in a filing from Dominion Voting Systems, as part of the voting technology firm's $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News and parent company Fox Corp over Fox's coverage of the 2020 presidential election.
A five-week trial is scheduled to begin on April 17.
Murdoch's testimony is part of his deposition in the lawsuit, the entirety of which Reuters has not viewed because it remains under seal.
Dominion has argued that internal communications and depositions by Fox personnel prove the network knowingly spread falsehoods about Trump's loss in the 2020 U.S. presidential election in order to bolster its ratings. Fox has argued that its coverage of claims by Trump's lawyers were inherently newsworthy and protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
"Executives at all levels of Fox — both (Fox News Network) and (Fox Corporation) — knowingly opened Fox’s airwaves to false conspiracy theories about Dominion," Dominion wrote in its filing.
Asked by a Dominion lawyer if some of Fox’s commentators had endorsed the idea that the 2020 election was stolen, Murdoch responded, “Yes. They endorsed,” according to the filing.
The latest filing by Dominion opposes Fox's motion for summary judgment, which sought a ruling in the media company's favor that would preempt the need for a trial on certain legal issues.
In its own filing made public Monday, Fox argued that its coverage of statements by Trump and his lawyers were inherently newsworthy and that Dominion’s “extreme” interpretation of defamation law would “stop the media in its tracks.”
“Under Dominion’s approach, if the President falsely accused the Vice President of plotting to assassinate him, the press would be liable for reporting the newsworthy allegation so long as someone in the newsroom thought it was ludicrous,” Fox said.
Dominion sued Fox News Networks and parent company Fox Corp in March 2021 and November 2021 in Delaware Superior Court, alleging the cable TV network amplified false claims that Dominion voting machines were used to rig the 2020 election against Trump, a Republican who lost to Democratic rival Biden.
In a statement Monday, a Fox spokesperson said Dominion's view of defamation law "would prevent journalists from basic reporting and their efforts to publicly smear Fox for covering and commenting on allegations by a sitting President of the United States should be recognized for what it is: a blatant violation of the First Amendment.”
Dominion’s motion for summary judgment was replete with emails and statements in which Rupert Murdoch and other top Fox executives say the claims made about Dominion on-air were false – part of the voting machine company’s effort to prove the network either knew the statements it aired were false or recklessly disregarded their accuracy. That is the standard of “actual malice,” which public figures must prove to prevail in a defamation case.
(Reporting by Helen Coster and Jack Queen in New York; Editing by David Gregorio and Noeleen Walder)
most people don't know this but that is exactly what it says
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed
Still-indicted Texas AG files suit to shutter most of the federal government
Still-indicted Texas AG files suit to shutter most of the federal government
Regretfully, still-indicted Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is at it again. It's still not clear why Paxton even remains in office, seven years after he was indicted on felony state security fraud charges and two years after multiple top...
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Has there ever been a need to see the Secretary of TRANSPORTATION before?!?! Like can anyone name the last two SoT's before Pete Buttigieg off the top of their heads? Just seems weird that disasters have happened before and folks sat on the edge of their seats waiting for what the SoT had to say.
Mitch mcConnell's wife Chow but nobody else. BTW De Soto is not cheap area.
Pete might run for office in the future so they are trying to soil his record. I find it funny how the governor of the state who is republican is getting a pass.
Hilrarious when they asked if he's been in contact with the President and he said; Yes and the President has offered anything that we need! Reporters replied if he took this administration up on their offer and he goes; I haven't called him back yet.
More than likely he was blowing him off to have The Don swoop in with his water!
That's right! But I couldn't pick her out of police lineup with her and 7 other black dudes!!!
Have to wait and see if those jobs actually materialize or if this is just another phantom Foxconn plant. Pete, even if it opens tomorrow Kansas still won't vote for you, or biden.