It's hard to imagine how Fox's lawyers will respond to this lawsuit. They'll probably fall back on their old argument: "we're entertainment, not news." #FoxKnew
Fox News accused Dominion voting systems of the "greatest crime in American history." Now that's a defamation case! What was Fox News thinking?
Dominion is going to shut down Fox News. 🍿🍿
Tucker Carlson calls Trump a "demonic force, a destroyer."
Fox News staff comments on their false news broadcasts: "Does anyone to a simple fucking Google search...?"
Tucker Carlson privately called Sidney Powell "a fucking bitch," an “unguided missile," and
nuts"--but still promoted her crazy theories on TV.
Laura Ingraham said Rudy Giuliani is also "nuts."
Fox News aired "news" about election fraud obtained from a woman who got her information from the "wind" and "time travel." She believed that Justice Scalia had been killed by a "human hunter."
Maria Bartiromo thought the time traveler's information was "very important," so passed it along to Eric Trump.
Everyone at Fox News thought Maria Bartiromo was "saying crazy shit," but they let her keep talking.
Fox News thought Sidney Powell was "doing lsd and cocaine and heroin and shrooms," but they kept letting her back on TV.
Lou Dobbs said Sidney Powell "could be losing her mind," but Fox News kept bringing her back.
Sean Hannity said Sidney Powell is a "f*cking lunactic," but he still had her on his show.
Fox News producer said "the audience doesn't want to hear about a peaceful transition." So, they gave the audience what they wanted.
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I'm reading this and highly recommend. Christopher Steele got such a raw deal, as did all his sources. 1/
People misread the Steele dossier. It's what I'd call "fluid intelligence" that was collected from dozens of sources, all of whom were saying the same thing.
It was collected and reported in the moment, with urgency. The FBI ignored it for months, which helped Trump win. 2/
They should have announced an investigation into Trump's Russian connections before the election, or at least kept quiet about Hillary's emails if they were worried about the Hatch Act. 3/
Chris's cult is financially connected to a Hong Kong-based company (Qi) that has been charged with fraud.
But his ties to China go back to the 1980s. 1/
Chris Butler was kicked out of high school in Hawaii, but claimed he reached enlightenment by age 20. He also had a (pretty bad) rock band.
Eventually, he joined the Hari Krishnas but got kicked out of there, too. 2/
At the same time, across the world in China, a 16-year-old girl claims she heard his rock music (um.... unlikely) and went to meet him in Hong Kong, and then Manila. Not much is known about her.
But this woman, Zhang Huilan (aka Wana Lai), later became his wife and still is. 3/
I'm reading Gabbard's full 114-page document release. Most of it has to do with U.S. election infrastructure. It also covers the U.S. response to Russian election interference. 👇 1/
Her document release contradicts the claims she's making on TV. It's all about how Russia interfered in the 2016 election to help Trump....
She also released the "highly classified" version of this report. 👇
Why? 2/
The "highly classified" version is even stronger in its assessment that Putin wanted Trump as president and that Putin historically favors the GOP. 3/
Tomorrow, Trump is meeting with DRC and Rwandan representatives to sign a "peace plan."
This makes me think of the Minnesota assassin Vance Boelter, who killed two Democratic politicians and has connections with people in the DRC government. 1/
Boelter claimed he was working with "fisherman" on the "Rwandan coast" of the DRC, which must mean along Lake Kivu. 2/
What's interesting is that this is in M23-held rebel territory and a war zone. 3/
Vance Boelter said he decided to go to the Congo after meeting the DRC Ambassador to the United States, Francois Balumuene.
I discovered that they indeed met at this event in Worthington, Minnesota, in December 2018. The Ambassador is on the far right. In the middle is Boelter's friend and "business partner." 1/
Boelter's friend Mcnay Nkashama takes people on mission trips to the Congo through his "Global Impact Center." Boelter would later travel with them when he went to preach in the DRC. 2/
In 2018, at the meeting with Balumuene, Vance Boetler discussed possible business opportunities in the Congo, and the ambassador encouraged people to go there. He said he liked Vance's idea. 3/
Not a word from @FBIDirectorKash about the Nazi group here in Washington state who attacked a military base to steal weapons, hitting a soldier in the head with a hammer.
They've been selling military weapons online for years and have a thousand followers on Instagram. 1/
Their business logo is a Nazi symbol. 2/
And they sell gear celebrating war criminals. They are veterans of the elite 75th Ranger Regiment. 3/