Law & Crime reports: Citing the First Amendment right to “engage in political speech,” a judge has ruled that Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado cannot dodge a defamation lawsuit filed against her by political activists critical of her during her 2022 reelection run. The 55-page ruling handed down by U.S. Magistrate Judge Kathryn Starnella on June 9 breathed new …
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The Washington Post reports: The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a California lawyer’s free-speech claim that he may trademark the double-entendre phrase “Trump Too Small” for use on T-shirts criticizing former president Donald Trump. The Biden administration asked the justices to uphold the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s decision to deny the trademark application from attorney Steve Elster because federal …
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CNBC reports: Donald Trump on Thursday brought up the idea of imposing an “all tariff policy” that would ultimately enable the U.S. to get rid of the income tax, sources in a private meeting with the Republican presidential candidate told CNBC. Trump, in the meeting with GOP lawmakers at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington, D.C., also talked about using …
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NewsBreak reports: The Wilton Manors Police Department is actively searching for Craig Jungwirth, a man known for his history of harassment and scams. Jungwirth has been charged with stalking after making hundreds of appointments with a local barber, effectively shutting down his business. Jungwirth has proven to be adept at evading law enforcement and process servers1. Recently, he has been …
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Mediaite reports: The 45th president is evidently no fan of beer, bratwurst, and Brewers baseball. During a closed-door meeting with Republican Congressional leaders, former President Donald Trump trashed Milwaukee, the site of the looming Republican National Convention, as a “horrible city” — according to Punchbowl News’ Jake Sherman. If Milwaukee’s Journal-Sentinel had any sense of humor, their headline tomorrow morning …
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CNN reports: Republican Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, a leading candidate to be Donald Trump’s vice president, liked tweets in 2016 and 2017 that harshly criticized Trump and his policies — including one speculating that Vance could serve in former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s administration. Other tweets liked by Vance said Trump committed “serial sexual assault,” called him “one of …
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Via press release from GOP Rep. Jim Jordan: The House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on Thursday, June 13, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. ET to examine Alvin Bragg’s political prosecution of President Trump. With his unprecedented politicized indictment of President Trump, Manhattan District Attorney Bragg has opened the door for politically motivated prosecutions of federal officials by state and …
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NBC News reports: The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a challenge to the abortion pill mifepristone, meaning the commonly used drug can remain widely available. The court found unanimously that the group of anti-abortion doctors who questioned the Food and Drug Administration’s decisions making it easier to access the pill did not have legal standing to sue. As a result, …
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Media Matters reports: A segment from one of Fox News’ daytime “straight news” programs cited a study to claim that the COVID-19 vaccine caused millions of “excess deaths” in the U.S. The journal that published the study had clarified nearly a week earlier that this interpretation was false. The study, published June 3, 2024, in the British Medical Journal, found …
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NBC News reports: When Donald Trump visits Washington on Thursday to meet with lawmakers near the Capitol, he will be greeted with video of a mob of his supporters rioting there on Jan. 6, 2021. The Democratic National Committee plans to launch a mobile billboard ahead of Trump’s visit that will aim to follow the former president as he moves …
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