Tucker Carlson Livid Over Adult Son Getting Dragged Into House GOP Whip Race

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Who’s a good mine sniffing dog? 236 mines found.

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Far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones requested a new trial in Connecticut on Friday to scrub the eye-popping damages ($965 million, to be specific) he was ordered to pay out to the Sandy Hook families in their defamation lawsuit against him.

  • His lawyers described the proceedings as a “memorial service, not a trial.”

If only… :roll_eyes:

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OT, but recently I have been musing about the ‘Axis of misogyny’. The Chinese Communist Party surprised observers by appointing no women to the Politburo (The only female member retired…). Most of America’s autocratic geopolitical opponents are ruled by countries with no women in positions of power: China, Russia, Iran, (Saudi Arabia?). If I am correct, North Korea actually has 2 women in postions of power: Kim Jong Un’s sister and a member of the foreign service.

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How a conviction in Trump Org’s upcoming trial could bar Trump from federal contracts, even for Secret Service (msn.com)

Conviction could prompt the government to bar the Trump Organization from doing business as a federal contractor, including cutting off the spigot of Trump’s lucrative — and critics say exorbitant — billing of Secret Service agents who stay at his properties while protecting the former president and his family.

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Maybe this is a good thing, but I found myself reading the MM and, when I got to the end, I realized I didn’t care about any of the stories reported. Not sure if I felt them inconsequential, more of the same or just not relevant. Maybe that’s a good thing - the world is still spinning.

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“Tucker, Hunter Biden is on line one.”

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IIRC, Jones forfeited when he effectively refused to take part in the trial’s procedures (i.e., discovery, depositions from witnesses, cross examination, etc.)
Can he get a do over of a process he lost because he wouldn’t cooperate in what’s normally done because he doesn’t like the damages?
I’d certainly hope not.

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[Alex Jones’s] lawyers described the proceedings as a “memorial service, not a trial.”

I foresee the day when the legal writing class every 1L has to take will include a unit on determining just how much hyperbole a judge will tolerate. Or, perhaps, how to determine which judge (lookin’ at you Judge Cannon) responds well to this linguistic bullshit.

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I StaND wiTH BucKLEY. I LiKLEy sPEAk for ALL of US here.

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Let the fun begin!!!
‘BIG MISTAKE!’: Trump drops Truth bomb after DeSantis endorses GOP candidate he disavowed | Washington Examiner

That candidate is Joe O’Dea, the underdog Senate contender in Colorado who is trailing Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) in public opinion polls and last week made waves when he vowed to “actively campaign against” Trump and spoke favorably of other party heavyweights, including DeSantis.

Sharing the article written by Washington Examiner senior political correspondent David Drucker on his Truth Social platform, Trump added a brief message. “A BIG MISTAKE!” Trump said in all capital letters.

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Fox News host Tucker Carlson (a champion of the anti–elites)

For an anti-elite, Carlson sure has a lot of mojo in elite circles. How many here would have a Congressman’s ear?

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Pardon my french, but what kind of an elitist fuck names their child “Buckley?”

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A guy who was the President of the Dan White Fan Club in prep school.

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I stand with Betty Buckley!

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PeOPle whO LIke the NAme buckley asLO like the names:

Atticus, Donovan, Barrington and Jackson

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Dontcha just LOVE IT when people with proximity to power pretend that Congress is some dirty cesspool that they refuse to swim in – but do a cannonball if it means establishing “influence”. OF COURSE Buckley Carlson was hired to influence his father! I may have been born at night, but it wasn’t last night! Bow Tie Boy may have all the credulous cretins on his side, but if it walks like a duck . . .

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We need to see the contents of Buckley Carlson’s laptop.

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You know… the thing that is so fscking weird that I can barely stand it is that we’ve trained the very people that inflation helps to think it hurts them. I mean, a stable economy is not bad, but if you want to own your own house, for example, then, really, there’s no better way than to borrow expensive dollars today, to do that, and then pay 'em back, over the next few decades with cheap, crappy dollars. It’s a huge win for consumers. Huge.

I know, inflation is potentially lethal to folks on a fixed income; I get that. But, mostly, you should understand that you should never get into a situation where you’re on a fixed income. (Don’t buy fixed annuities… they’re a very bad bet. Very bad.)

And, while I’m on a rant, what the fsck is up with everyone screaming “Recession”? Inflationary economies are the exact polar opposite of recessionary economies. Rising wages, and labor shortages, (i.e. full employment), do not equate to a recession, they don’t inevitably lead to a recession. And a “bear” stock market is simply a bear stock market… it means almost nothing in real life. (Indeed, experience has long since proven that investing during a bear market is one of the best ways to turn money into actual wealth.)

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