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CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Variety reports: “The Last of Us” has been renewed by HBO for a third season, in advance of the premiere of Season 2 on April 13. While the first season adapted the acclaimed 2013 Sony Playstation game of the same title, the game’s sequel, 2020’s “The Last of Us Part II,” is so massive that creators Craig Mazin and Neil …

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Felon Targets Lawyers Who Won Fox/Dominion Suit

The Guardian reports: Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday punishing the law firm that helped Dominion Voting Systems obtain a $787.5 million settlement from Fox for lies about the 2020 election. The order against the firm, Susman Godfrey, marks the latest effort by the president to punish attorneys and firms who have opposed his interests. The order seeks …

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Top Dems Question If Trump Tipped Off Tariffs Reversal

Mother Jones reports: Leading Democrats are raising questions about whether insiders profited from the market swing that followed Trump’s sudden reversal on sweeping tariffs he recently announced on imports from foreign countries. “Who in the administration knew about Trump’s latest tariff flip flop ahead of time?” Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) asked in a Bluesky post. “Did anyone buy or sell …

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Dominion Wins Defamation Suit Against Newsmax

The Los Angeles Times reports: Right-wing cable channel Newsmax defamed Dominion Voting Systems by falsely reporting that the company was involved in rigging the 2020 presidential election, a Delaware judge ruled Wednesday. Damages will be decided by a jury in a trial that will begin April 28 unless a settlement is reached. Dominion is seeking $1.6 billion. The ruling from …

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Apple Flies Planeloads Of iPhones To US To Beat Tariffs

Axios reports: The Trump administration’s massive tariffs on China have Apple flying planes full of iPhones to the U.S. and consumers rushing to buy them before the prices potentially skyrocket. U.S. consumers are rushing to stores to buy iPhones in anticipation that the new tariffs will prompt Apple to raise prices. Some customers told the WSJ that they aren’t waiting …

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Fox Analyst: Trump Blinked Due To Panic Over Bonds

“What happened in the bond market overnight, the spike in yields on the 30-year and the 10-year bonds, showed that people were dumping our bonds. And who are those people dumping our bonds? Japan, the biggest holder of bonds, was selling bonds. That’s what I’m getting from some very big money managers. “If you have a mass sale of bonds, …

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Stock Markets Surge After Felon Blinks On Tariffs

CNBC reports: Stocks surged Wednesday after President Donald Trump announced a pause in some of the ‘reciprocal’ tariffs, causing a market that’s been under extreme pressure for the last week to explode higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced nearly 3000 points, or 8%, also its biggest advance since 2020. The Nasdaq Composite jumped 12.4%, its largest one-day jump in decades. …

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