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The Florida Phoenix reports: The Florida Supreme Court has rejected former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn’s attempt to reinstate his $50 million defamation claim against Lincoln Project co-founder Rick Wilson over comments linking Flynn to Vladimir Putin and the QAnon conspiracy theory. “We’re not surprised, given the vast legal weaknesses of this trolling lawfare on their part,” Wilson told the Phoenix …

The Florida Phoenix reports: Former Donald Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn has filed an appeal with the Florida Supreme Court to hear his defamation case against Rick Wilson, the former Florida Republican strategist and prominent Trump critic. Flynn sued Wilson in Sarasota County for defamation after Wilson referred to Flynn in a 2022 tweet as “Putin employee Michael Flynn” …

Florida Politics reports: Retired Lieutenant General Mike Flynn flopped after filing a defamation suit against Lincoln Project co-founder Rick Wilson for $50 million. Now, an appeals court Judge is upholding the lower court decision in favor of Wilson. Judge Hunter W. Carroll ruled in favor of Wilson on Wednesday in the 2nd District Court of Appeal. Flynn at the lower …

Politico Playbook reports: Trump campaign manager and RNC chief of staff Chris LaCivita is going after The Lincoln Project in a new letter, with RNC lawyers accusing the anti-Trump PAC of defamation and demanding they retract a series of social media posts. In a letter to Lincoln Project general counsel Mario Nicolais, LaCivita’s legal team specifically point to several posts …

Via press release from the Lincoln Project: After Kamala Harris smoked Trump on the debate stage, we’ve released a new ad called “In Memoriam,” bidding RIP to the Trump campaign. You gave it a good shot, Donald but the adults in the room can take it from here. “Harris prosecuted the hell out of Trump and what was left standing …

The Lincoln Project is out with a new ad this morning that depicts a father and his young daughter pulled over in a traffic stop in an unnamed state. The reason for the stop is soon made clear when the cop grills the young woman, who nervously claims that they are traveling to visit her sister. The cop then reveals …

Florida Politics reports: The durable “Phantom of the Opera” had nearly 14,000 Broadway performances in a historic run spanning nearly four decades, but until now it hasn’t made its way into a political ad. This week, the Lincoln Project is remedying that oversight, with its “Phantom of the MAGA” serving as a takedown of its most recurrent target: former President …

Posted to Trump’s Truth Social account: The perverts and losers at the failed and once disbanded Lincoln Project, and others, are using A.I.(Artificial Intelligence) in their Fake television commercials in order to make me look as bad and pathetic as Crooked Joe Biden, not an easy thing to do. FoxNews shouldn’t run these ads, just as low ratings CNN & …

Newsweek reports: Fred Wellman, the former executive director for the Lincoln Project, is seeking donations to his legal fund through the GoFundMe page, “Defend Democracy Against MAGA Lawsuits,” to combat what he describes as “an intimidation effort” from former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn. The Lincoln Project is a political action committee founded by former Republicans who oppose former …

Mediaite reports: While Fox Corporation, the parent company of Fox News, held their upfront presentation Monday, anti-Trump PAC The Lincoln Project trolled the network with a billboard truck urging advertisers and viewers to “#DropFox.” Upfronts have been held by television networks in May since the 1960s, to entice advertisers to buy commercial airtime “up front,” or several months in advance …

Variety reports: Showtime has announced “The Lincoln Project,” a forthcoming documentary following the members of the super PAC amid the 2020 election and after. Directed by Fisher Stevens (“Dirty Money”) and Karim Amer (“The Vow”), the five-part docuseries explores how the Lincoln Project, the fastest-growing super PAC in America made up of a veteran group of former GOP operatives and …

Posted today to Trump’s Truth Social account: The Perverts and Lowlifes of the Lincoln Project are back on, where else, Fox News. I thought they ran away to the asylum after their last catastrophic campaign, with charges made against them that were big time sleaze, and me getting many millions more votes in 2020 than I got in 2016. The …

Mediaite reports: The Lincoln Project targetted the Republican nominee for governor of Arizona, Kari Lake, in their latest ad highlighting the controversial candidate’s pledge to “fire the federal government.” “Interesting idea. Maybe it’s a good idea,” then says a narrator. “Of course, 42% of Arizona’s budget comes from the federal government, so that would require a 72% increase in state …

Florida Politics reports: Florida’s Governor has spent much of the summer yoking his campaign to the reboot of “Top Gun: Maverick.” But for one group of critics, it’s been more like “Flop Gun” instead. A new 30-second spot from the Lincoln Project, pithily titled “Poser,” unfavorably compares DeSantis to leaders in bygone times and their efforts in wartime, using the …

Florida Politics reports: The Lincoln Project released a new TV ad Thursday directed at Donald Trump supporters, asserting that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy believes they’re stupid and laughs at them and the former President behind their backs. “Kevin McCarthy doesn’t think Trump’s supporters and MAGA Republicans are stupid; he knows it,” the ad says. The TV spot, which will …

Florida Politics reports: The Lincoln Project is demanding answers after an ad critical of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s COVID-19 response was pulled off the air moments before the kickoff of a nationally televised football game. The ad, scheduled to air Saturday during a University of Texas match, ranks Texas among the leading states in the nation for COVID-19 deaths. The …

“Some patients taking ivermectin have reported hallucinations of lizard people in the halls of Congress, and in rare cases finding Joe Rogan’s podcast helpful and/or informative. Call your doctor if you begin to experience delusions of grandeur about the supremacy of your race. Homicidal thoughts or actions toward your elected representatives can occur without warning.” – From the Lincoln Project’s …

The Palm Beach Post reports: The presidential election is over but The Lincoln Project has not finished poking fun at former President Donald Trump — and has chosen Trump’s home county to launch its latest salvo. The group’s latest ad, launching Thursday, touts Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell as the true respected leader of the Republican Party. The ad claims …

The New York Times reports: The crisis engulfing the anti-Trump group the Lincoln Project deepened on Friday when Steve Schmidt, a co-founder, resigned abruptly from the board and former employees renewed demands to be released from nondisclosure agreements in order to provide more information about the organization’s handling of harassment allegations against another co-founder, John Weaver. He stepped down from …

The Independent reports: Following comments by former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, Lincoln Project founder Steve Schmidt says the group will take legal action against both him and his client, Donald Trump. In an appearance on former Trump adviser Steve Bannon’s podcast on Friday, Mr Giuliani accused the anti-Trump former Republican of being playing a role in the organisation …