Temps in NYC today are an unseasonably warm 85 degrees Fahrenheit, so the Farting Rapist Traitor at least won't be able to whine about how cold he is for the umpteenth time.
I saw Biden tear apart a bread roll and take a bite but that environment has got to be one of the most unappealing situations in which to have a meal. Plus the food was probably awful.
I'm not inclined to believe that those seated at the VIP table have the opportunity to do much in the way of eating, but for the record I did observe Vice President Kamala Harris seated next to I believe Trevor Noah enjoying a few small mouthfuls of her supper.
It's not too likely that the food served at this event is gourmet, either. I'm sure it's better than most banquet fare, but nothing prepared in mass quantities is ever particularly high quality.
Lawyers for Hunter Biden plan to sue Fox News ‘imminently’
A letter obtained by NBC News says action is pending because of Fox’s alleged “conspiracy and subsequent actions to defame Mr. Biden and paint him in a false light.”
Lawyers for Hunter Biden plan to sue Fox News “imminently,” according to a letter sent to the network and obtained by NBC News.
The letter, dated April 23, puts the Fox News Channel and Fox News Digital on notice for litigation claims arising from the network’s alleged “conspiracy and subsequent actions to defame Mr. Biden and paint him in a false light, the unlicensed commercial exploitation of his image, name, and likeness, and the unlawful publication of hacked intimate images of him.”
Biden has hired attorney Mark Geragos and his firm to represent him in the Fox litigation efforts. The letter is the second outreach to Fox this month. An earlier letter was hand-delivered to Fox’s counsel two weeks ago, and the network asked for more time to respond, according to a source familiar with Biden’s legal efforts. The network has not yet responded to the letter sent April 23, which included a Friday evening, April 26, deadline to respond, according to Geragos. The letter is signed by Tina Glandian, a partner at Geragos & Geragos working on the case.
Fox News did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The new threat of litigation comes almost a year after Fox News agreed to pay almost $800 million to Dominion Voting Systems to settle defamation claims related to Fox’s airing of election fraud claims in the 2020 election. Fox News also agreed to a $12 million settlement with a former employee who alleged she was pressured to provide misleading information as part of the Dominion case.
Fox is currently facing a $2.7 billion lawsuit brought by Smartmatic, another voting system company that was the focus of Fox News coverage, as well as suits brought by shareholders against directors of the company for allowing the channel to air the allegations during its 2020 election coverage. Fox said in its latest financial disclosures that it will contest the lawsuits, but acknowledges that there could be a “material” adverse impact on the company’s business and financial position.
Unauthorized use of likeness and release of private images, as claims, sometimes aren't as subject to "plaintiff is a public figure" type defenses, depending on where he sues
"Law 2: The probability that a person is stupid is independent of any other characteristic of that person.
Cipolla postulates that stupidity is a variable that remains constant in all populations. Every category you can imagine – gender, ethnicity, nationality, education, income – has a fixed percentage of stupid people. University professors can be stupid. There are US presidents who have been and/or are stupid."
I can post and like others' posts EXCEPT for the one at the top of the thread (made by mvario). I tried to Like it and got a message saying I was blocked from liking this post.
Is that a site problem or did I accidentally make someone mad? This has never happened to me before.
He's gonna go to prison. In fact, I think at about this point Bannon is wishing he'd just surrendered last year and gotten his time out of the way. Every day he wakes up he knows he's one day closer to prison.
It reminds me of an American kid that got caught painting graffiti in Singapore and was sentenced to a caning. The thing is, they put you in jail but don't tell you which day you're gonna get caned. Every day, the guards walk by and look at you and you wonder "IS THIS THE DAY?"
Except it isn't. They keep this up for two or three weeks and then you finally get the caning. The kid said the nervousness of wondering every day if today is the day was way, way worse than actually getting caned.
When I first heard about this, I tried to figure out who in the current majority might be amenable to crackhead internet whackjob arguments about the 16th Amendment not being validly ratified and the feds having no power to tax income absent the 16th. That's not necessary, though, as they can just say the Constitution confers no power to tax wealth.
"Is White House Press Corps Still Hungover From Correspondents Dinner?"
Only the NYT...
vladaknowlton
1d
“The NYTimes blasted me for “actively and effectively avoiding independent journalists”. Hey, if that’s what it takes to get the NYTimes to say I’m active and effective, I’m all for it.”
Faux Propaganda is a crime. Fuck off, Reek.
They keep asking questions they KNOW Karine won't answer. This is all performative nonsense.
World Central Kitchen will resume aid work in Gaza on Monday - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2024/04/28/world-central-kitchen-gaza-resumes-aid/
Wow 😭😭😭
Brave and Compassionate!
They deserve better
WHAR INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION
Reek is present today.
I smelled him come in...
He and Ewic put the lotion on their skin
OT, but on the plus side:
Temps in NYC today are an unseasonably warm 85 degrees Fahrenheit, so the Farting Rapist Traitor at least won't be able to whine about how cold he is for the umpteenth time.
Do people actually *eat* at the WHCD?
I saw Biden tear apart a bread roll and take a bite but that environment has got to be one of the most unappealing situations in which to have a meal. Plus the food was probably awful.
I'm not inclined to believe that those seated at the VIP table have the opportunity to do much in the way of eating, but for the record I did observe Vice President Kamala Harris seated next to I believe Trevor Noah enjoying a few small mouthfuls of her supper.
It's not too likely that the food served at this event is gourmet, either. I'm sure it's better than most banquet fare, but nothing prepared in mass quantities is ever particularly high quality.
Small mouthfuls of supper.
If you're trying to network and you don't plan ahead and eat beforehand, you starve
not Trevor Noah, but Eugene Daniels, the incoming WHCA president. regular contributor to MSNBC
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Daniels
I looked at sample menus, it seems like multiple small courses and good wine...
Nice.
Joe didn't gulp down six Big Macs, Super Sized Fries, Three Diet Cokes and 4 Hot Apple Pies like YOU KNOW WHO!
Donald didn't even go any year he was stinking up the White House
Because in addition to being startlingly corrupt, he's an abject coward
🙄
DO IT HUNTER! DO IT!
Lawyers for Hunter Biden plan to sue Fox News ‘imminently’
A letter obtained by NBC News says action is pending because of Fox’s alleged “conspiracy and subsequent actions to defame Mr. Biden and paint him in a false light.”
Lawyers for Hunter Biden plan to sue Fox News “imminently,” according to a letter sent to the network and obtained by NBC News.
The letter, dated April 23, puts the Fox News Channel and Fox News Digital on notice for litigation claims arising from the network’s alleged “conspiracy and subsequent actions to defame Mr. Biden and paint him in a false light, the unlicensed commercial exploitation of his image, name, and likeness, and the unlawful publication of hacked intimate images of him.”
Biden has hired attorney Mark Geragos and his firm to represent him in the Fox litigation efforts. The letter is the second outreach to Fox this month. An earlier letter was hand-delivered to Fox’s counsel two weeks ago, and the network asked for more time to respond, according to a source familiar with Biden’s legal efforts. The network has not yet responded to the letter sent April 23, which included a Friday evening, April 26, deadline to respond, according to Geragos. The letter is signed by Tina Glandian, a partner at Geragos & Geragos working on the case.
Fox News did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The new threat of litigation comes almost a year after Fox News agreed to pay almost $800 million to Dominion Voting Systems to settle defamation claims related to Fox’s airing of election fraud claims in the 2020 election. Fox News also agreed to a $12 million settlement with a former employee who alleged she was pressured to provide misleading information as part of the Dominion case.
Fox is currently facing a $2.7 billion lawsuit brought by Smartmatic, another voting system company that was the focus of Fox News coverage, as well as suits brought by shareholders against directors of the company for allowing the channel to air the allegations during its 2020 election coverage. Fox said in its latest financial disclosures that it will contest the lawsuits, but acknowledges that there could be a “material” adverse impact on the company’s business and financial position.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/lawyers-hunter-biden-plan-sue-fox-news-rcna149707
Gee, that's too bad.
They gave him nothing to lose so Hunter's gonna rock out with his Strzok out. Do it and don't settle!
"Don't get mad -- get EVERYTHING"
Lawers..... Is Hunter considered a public figure for defamation claims?
Unauthorized use of likeness and release of private images, as claims, sometimes aren't as subject to "plaintiff is a public figure" type defenses, depending on where he sues
Take it all, Hunter
Prince Harry won't settle with Murdoch. Murdoch may have to testify.
Rupert picked the wrong one when he thought he could best Prince Harry 😁
Tsk!
Make it SO.
Christina Bobb is an actual lawyer and she's telling Bannon on his show that she's going to die in prison b/c of the 18 felony counts against her.
Apparently
a) she thinks she's guilty,
and
b) at her law school they don't cover concurrent sentencing
I am ALL THE LOL.
What is wrong with these people?
Her, Jeffrey Clark, Jenna Lewis, Sydney Powell?
Are they delusional 💀?
I got no problem with consecutive.
She was right in the middle of the ninja nonsense in AZ. She'll flip to get out of jail time.
Do you think so?
Lara Trump tapped her as Counsel for RNC Voter Suppression (their euphemism is "election integrity")
so I don't know if she can plead out and also keep that gig
lol
shame
Probably not, she's gonna have to make some choices and their consequences.
Yay
She was right in the middle of the ninja nonsense in AZ. She'll flip to get out of jail time.
I am really glad the 2020s blew the lid off the myth that all lawyers are smart
Before I went to law school, I had this starry eyed idea that it would be full of all these brilliant, interesting people.
So, not as much.
"Law 2: The probability that a person is stupid is independent of any other characteristic of that person.
Cipolla postulates that stupidity is a variable that remains constant in all populations. Every category you can imagine – gender, ethnicity, nationality, education, income – has a fixed percentage of stupid people. University professors can be stupid. There are US presidents who have been and/or are stupid."
`
https://bonpote.com/en/the-5-basic-laws-of-human-stupidity/
Trump's pardon list is growing by leaps and bounds . . .
If you can't do the time do not do the crime.
And keep your eye on the sparrow.
Bannon should join her in prison.
Why isn't he there NOW??!!!!
Three Shirts got pardoned by President Klan Robe but I am pretty sure he's about to catch another case.
Him getting nabbed by the Postal Inspector Service was pretty hilarious.
He's already waiting on a conviction post TFG for a May appeal.
If he's in more trouble I'm all for that...
Just put him in a coffin and put a bunch of chains on it.
Don't forget the cement.
I can post again!! Hooray!!
I can post and like others' posts EXCEPT for the one at the top of the thread (made by mvario). I tried to Like it and got a message saying I was blocked from liking this post.
Is that a site problem or did I accidentally make someone mad? This has never happened to me before.
You know what you did.
And I'd do it again!
Apparently I can only reply, not make stand-alone posts.
I couldn't even reply or even see replies
I was wondering what was happening...
It was like I was stuck in read only
same, the glitch seems to be over now. Those substack gremlins!!!
Taking lessons from diqust's meth addled ferrets
I watched part of the WHCD, and was quite impressed by Doucey's open-mouthed chewing as he nodded his head along to Jost's routine.
OT: I lost the ability to post for five minutes.
Are birb powers back?
Sorry about that; I've got to be more careful with my Infinity Gauntlet.
yeeeeeeees birb
Thamnks uuu
Hi Birb, Chirruupppppp! Fountain is on, come have drinkz with other birbs!
Thamk a goodness, glorp glorp
Good to see u!
OT | More Odor in the Court!
Peter Navarro in the news again . . . he's doing hard time. I guess he never watched "The Wire".
"Peter Navarro’s Latest Attempt to Get Out of Jail Smacked Down by SCOTUS" [ https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2024/04/peter-navarros-latest-attempt-to-get-out-of-jail-smacked-down-by-scotus/ ]
Peter Navarro whining about spending four months in prison is the *real* crisis of masculinity.
Good.
Now why is Bannon still walking free after being convicted for the SAME FUCKING CRIME
He's gonna go to prison. In fact, I think at about this point Bannon is wishing he'd just surrendered last year and gotten his time out of the way. Every day he wakes up he knows he's one day closer to prison.
It reminds me of an American kid that got caught painting graffiti in Singapore and was sentenced to a caning. The thing is, they put you in jail but don't tell you which day you're gonna get caned. Every day, the guards walk by and look at you and you wonder "IS THIS THE DAY?"
Except it isn't. They keep this up for two or three weeks and then you finally get the caning. The kid said the nervousness of wondering every day if today is the day was way, way worse than actually getting caned.
His appeal is in May; his judge let him roam free until then.
How can we have a dozen TFG appeals even to the SCOTUS in the same time frame and this asshole is still "free"?
Go ahead and take your sweet fucking time, appeal judges
Gotta keep the devil
Way down in the hole
. . . with the irises. ;-)
Supreme Court Puppet Master's Consulting Firm Clients Exposed in Leak
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/supreme-court-leonard-leo-crc-advisors-leak-1235011906/
Leonard Leo's consulting firm has worked for the Koch network and a group pushing the Supreme Court to block a billionaire tax.
When I first heard about this, I tried to figure out who in the current majority might be amenable to crackhead internet whackjob arguments about the 16th Amendment not being validly ratified and the feds having no power to tax income absent the 16th. That's not necessary, though, as they can just say the Constitution confers no power to tax wealth.
It's right there in Madison's notes!
ratfucking shitscum
Ｐｈｆｐｂｔｂｐｔｂｐｔｂｐｔｂｐｔｂｐｔｂｐｔｂｐｔｂｐｔ．．．ｆｐｂｔｂ．．．ｆｈｈｐｔｔｔｔｈｓｔｔ！！！
How was that?
I already had the dessert delivered to my room. BYYEEEEEEEEEE!!
Shoot Leonard Leo into the Sun. 20 years ago.
I'll map out the orbital mechanics with Thorsen....
If SCOTUS rules that Presidents have absolute immunity then Joe could just take him up to the gravel pit. 😉
Along with Alito, Gorsuch, Kegstand, and Bony Carrot, please and thank you!
Don't forget Bush's token.
And one more...go Ruben Gallego!
ronaldfilipkowski
23m
Kari Lake has removed the “Pro-Life” heading from her campaign website, and also removed the language “life begins at conception.”
https://www.threads.net/@ronaldfilipkowski/post/C6WoF6huSyu
https://www.meidastouch.com/news/kari-lake-removed-pro-life-from-her-campaign-webpage
"See, what I meant was..."
Krass, kallous koward blatantly demonstrates her vacuity of ANY spine whatsoever.
I assume she's a lock for the nomination? Because I'm hoping Republicans don't wise up and run someone else.
She’s running for the Senate.
She and Noem can team up. "Life begins at conception. It ends in a gravel pit."
"She and Noem can team up."
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With Kennedy (either RFK or the one from Louisiana), so they have a complete set of all three Ks.
Gee, I hope no one got screenshots.
At least her staff is not totally insane.
Kristi gets to be Veep, maybe she can assemble a dedicated gravel pit at the Naval Observatory, something her staff might want to pay attention to.
It'll be preserved afterwards as a monument to her victims, like Auschwitz.
Yet.
Nah, you assholes don't get any take backs now! Own that shit you hypocrites
"Is White House Press Corps Still Hungover From Correspondents Dinner?"
Only the NYT...
vladaknowlton
1d
“The NYTimes blasted me for “actively and effectively avoiding independent journalists”. Hey, if that’s what it takes to get the NYTimes to say I’m active and effective, I’m all for it.”
@potus at the WHCD
https://www.threads.net/@vladaknowlton/post/C6SddAArK6Q
WH should revoke the Times press credentials and give them to a correspondent picked by Howard Stern.
Fuck these guys. They're not even fit for cage liner.
And Sulzburger can fuck all the way off, anti-American scumbag.
Every high school in DC with a paper.....
Stuttering John would be more of a journalist than Peter Baker.
Baba boueey
"You know, because I'm busy Presidenting."
I am not sure what I object to more, the NYT's claim to "independence" or to "journalism."
"Presstitution" is more accurate.
"Ooooh, look at the big brain on Brad..."
This was my favorite non-comment from me today...
they've long ago forgotten the distinction between reporting of events and advocacy
NYT: "We rest on the shoulders of pygmies."
Cannibals (apologies to Idaho).
But his declining mental acuity is so obvious - NYT editorial staff
All the wagons will circle around the poor, put-upon New York Times for Biden saying mean words.
Don Martin bit (the MAD artist):
"The Indians are attacking! Put the wagons in a circle!"
"But we only have one wagon."
"It will be a small circle."
Reminder of Blazing Saddles, also too.
I was absolutely shocked when I finally saw Don Martin's picture and discovered that he was handsome, in a surfer dude way.
https://www.comicartfans.com/comic-artists/don_martin.asp
Right? I would have expected him to have a bulbous nose, a huge jaw, and hinged feet!