Newsmax agrees to pay $67M in defamation case over bogus 2020 election claims

Re:Newsmax agrees to pay $67M in defamation case over bogus ... by mandeepj on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @12:29AM (#44948265)

The other candidate went on stage and said - he’d lower the grocery prices on day 1, and then declares off-stage: once prices go up, they never come down . He told Palestinian-Americans in Michigan - he’d bring peace in Palestine. People were so desperate to hear what they wanted to hear - whether lower prices or peace back home. He sold lies to everyone; I don’t see Democrats doing that. Ironically, prices are comparatively high now and going to get even higher. You know the statements coming from Israel.

I wish there was a way to challenge - these corrupt and lying politicians - in court. Unfortunately, currently, Supreme Court is compromised as well.

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Re:Newsmax agrees to pay $67M in defamation case over bogus ... by nradov on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @02:10AM (#44948728)

Lying is generally not illegal so the composition of the Supreme Court is irrelevant on that point.

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Re:Newsmax agrees to pay $67M in defamation case over bogus ... by Gud on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @01:07AM (#44948433)

The democrats were rerunning Joe Biden as their candidate when he was obviously unfit mentally while they were claiming he was.

They were also lying.

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Re:Newsmax agrees to pay $67M in defamation case over bogus ... by UmGuys on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @02:23AM (#44948786)

Um. Tr*mp is the most unhinged and stupid person. He's never been able to form a coherent sentence and can only exist because he was born a millionaire.

I always thought Biden was much smarter, well spoken, and honest than Tr*mp. Do you disagree?

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Re:Newsmax agrees to pay $67M in defamation case over bogus ... by Gud on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @02:55AM (#44948949)

The democrats ran with and lied about Joe Biden. That is why you now have an unhinged narcissist running the show.

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Re:Newsmax agrees to pay $67M in defamation case over bogus ... by UmGuys on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @03:18AM (#44949075)

I disagree. We have Tr*mp because his team is able to successfully motivate angry, hateful, and scared people. There are a lot of these people, they are not smart, and they are mad. MAGA directs that anger. They simply figured out how to enthrall bad people.

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Re:Newsmax agrees to pay $67M in defamation case over bogus ... by Gud on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @07:49AM (#44950541)

Ok, I have a lot more faith in democratic processes.

I fundamentally disagree with how the USA is run. I believe it needs to be dismantled and increase the democratic processes. I guess I would wish my state to secede, considering the current failure mode of the federal state, if I were American.

This collapse has happened to every empire in history by the way.

Or I would probably move to Mexico or Canada or something.

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Re:Newsmax agrees to pay $67M in defamation case over bogus ... by UmGuys on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @08:52AM (#44950956)

Yeah. It's tough for people as most don't even have the means to afford health care or a house. They can't simply relocate. Most Americans now live in fear of abuse. It's a shame.

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Re:Newsmax agrees to pay $67M in defamation case over bogus ... by dimal on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @05:01PM (#44956228)

All the Democrats needed to do was get 5% in the middle, not the core MAGA voters. There’s no way they could reach those people. Putting up Biden and then lying about his mental health destroyed their credibility. Even with that, Harris was within striking distance.

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Re:Newsmax agrees to pay $67M in defamation case over bogus ... by UmGuys on Wednesday August 20, 2025 @06:22AM (#44960554)

Democrats have always been pretty crappy. That doesn't excuse going full Nazi. And standing by it. These are bad people. It's not the Democrats fault. If you voted for Trump, you're likely a bigot.

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Re:Newsmax agrees to pay $67M in defamation case over bogus ... by UmGuys on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @03:21AM (#44949096)

Additionally, we didn't prosecute the ring leader of the Jan. 6 insurrection. We need to finish reconstruction and punish the people who spread hate, fear, and anger. We can only grow divided otherwise.

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Re:Newsmax agrees to pay $67M in defamation case over bogus ... by jurking_hoff on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @10:13AM (#44951778)

I’ll wager whoever y'all run in 2028 will be equally as spineless though.

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Re:Newsmax agrees to pay $67M in defamation case over bogus ... by UmGuys on Wednesday August 20, 2025 @12:57AM (#44958741)

I don't know who y'all is. It's unlikely the US will have free or fair elections ever again. Remember what happened on Jan 6?

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Re:Newsmax agrees to pay $67M in defamation case over bogus ... by defrost on Wednesday August 20, 2025 @01:06AM (#44958789)

There's over 9,000 names for the US forces that'll ensure an absence of free and fair* elections.

* for some archaic value of 'free & fair'

** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HODGXw0AZX4

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Re:Newsmax agrees to pay $67M in defamation case over bogus ... by UmGuys on Wednesday August 20, 2025 @06:20AM (#44960540)

This is far too cryptic for me to parse.

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Re:Newsmax agrees to pay $67M in defamation case over bogus ... by defrost on Wednesday August 20, 2025 @07:19AM (#44960814)

You asked

> I don't know who y'all is.

and while I suspect the meconium account that made the GP comment you responded to was aping being a non-US citizen (by referring to "you all" regardless of aisle affiliation) and implying that any 2028 elected POTUS would avoid prosecuting Jan 6 charges for fear of fallout, I also took the opportunity to remind ourselves of some of the notable nom de guerre's coined to ridicule various US quasi-militias of the pro Jan6 persuasion.

Y'all Qaeda was gem of a description for the Vanilla ISIS types.

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Re:Newsmax agrees to pay $67M in defamation case over bogus ... by asdfasvea on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @09:25AM (#44951252)

What's the * doing? Is that you civil disobedience? Is that how you stick it to the man? Do you think it's the way to sway people who are in the fence about trump?

I just don't get people and their nano aggressions.

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Re:Newsmax agrees to pay $67M in defamation case over bogus ... by UmGuys on Wednesday August 20, 2025 @12:54AM (#44958729)

I censor his name in order to not boost it for his benefit. I don't want to be ambivalent about my opposition to violence.

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Re:Newsmax agrees to pay $67M in defamation case over bogus ... by deeg on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @11:51AM (#44952973)

You have somewhat of a point except...the Democrats forced Biden to sit out. That's one of the major differences between R and D right now: D's largely force out the problems (Biden, Cuomo), the R's line up behind the p*** grabber.

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