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most intelligent post you've ever written.

Edit:nevermind, you edited the blank post.
 
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Bingo Bango said:
Curious Fact: 95% of the military overseas mail-in ballots in Maricopa County, AZ, went for Biden, while in the rest of the county the vote was evenly split between Biden and Trump. The military, of course, leans conservative, which means the Trump votes should have outweighed the Biden votes by a significant margin. Also interesting is the fact that the number of overseas military ballots in Maricopa County jumped from 1,600 in 2016 to 9,600 in 2020. In a state that Biden won by just over 10,000 votes, to get the military vote by such a large margin in just one county is extremely convenient, especially given that Arizona is one of the swing states Democrats were concerned about.
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Holy fuck! We should storm the Capitol over this.

WHO'S WITH ME?
 
Oh, that hearing in Arizona where it turned out state attorney general had evidence fraud allegations were false but instead said there were a lot of questions. And got Cyber Ninjas to conduct unsupervised audit which found nothing. Not surprised since Arizona already had a full recount.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Holy fuck! We should storm the Capitol over this.

WHO'S WITH ME?
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My people are already assembling!

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Bingo Bango said:
The evidence is from an Arizona Senate Committee hearing held in January of 2022, which was filmed and made available for the public. The author included a link to the video so you could see it for yourself. But instead you went looking for a way to descredit the source, provided by a ranking service with its own agenda. So much for your interest in the truth.
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lol...you posted a link to a site noted for conspiracy theories and a long record of at best, dubious reporting about a "hearing" in ARIZONA ?....but yeah, I'm the one who is skewing things ?
 
Bingo Bango said:
Curious Fact: 95% of the military overseas mail-in ballots in Maricopa County, AZ, went for Biden, while in the rest of the county the vote was evenly split between Biden and Trump. The military, of course, leans conservative, which means the Trump votes should have outweighed the Biden votes by a significant margin. Also interesting is the fact that the number of overseas military ballots in Maricopa County jumped from 1,600 in 2016 to 9,600 in 2020. In a state that Biden won by just over 10,000 votes, to get the military vote by such a large margin in just one county is extremely convenient, especially given that Arizona is one of the swing states Democrats were concerned about.
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Trump is a piece of shit. I know plenty of right leaning people in the military who think so.

Biden won because Trump was such a shitty president and a piece of shit in general. Trump brought out a bunch of votes who wouldn't otherwise vote, just to vote against him.
 
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/31/media/fox-news-dominion-lawsuit/index.html

Dominion Voting Systems’ historic defamation case against Fox News will proceed to a high-stakes jury trial in mid-April, a Delaware judge ruled Friday, in a major decision that dismantled several of the right-wing network’s key defenses.

The judge’s decision is a painful setback for Fox News and sets the stage for an agonizing, weekslong trial, where the network’s highest-ranking executives and most prominent hosts could be called to the stand to testify about the 2020 election lies that were promoted on its air.

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Judge blocks key Fox defenses
In his 130-page ruling, Davis dismantled several of Fox News’ potential trial defenses, dealing a significant blow to the network. On the whole, these findings from Davis take away several key arguments that Fox could’ve presented to the jury, making it harder for them to prevail at trial.

Davis ruled that Fox News can’t invoke the “neutral report privilege,” which protects journalists who neutrally pass along newsworthy allegations in an unbiased fashion. Dominion had argued that Fox News hosts essentially took a side while covering the fallout of the 2020 election, by throwing their weight behind the false idea that the results were illegitimate, and Dominion was to blame.

“The evidence does not support that (Fox News) conducted good-faith, disinterested reporting,” Davis wrote. “(Fox News’) failure to reveal extensive contradicting evidence from the public sphere and Dominion itself indicates that its reporting was not disinterested.”

The judge also blocked Fox News from using the “fair report privilege” with the jury. That legal doctrine protects journalists who report on what is being said at official proceedings, like congressional hearings, or on allegations being levied in court filings, like in a civil lawsuit.

Davis pointed out that the timeline of Fox’s on-air statements didn’t sync up with the lawsuits, many filed by pro-Trump lawyers like Sidney Powell, that sought to overturn the 2020 election.

“Most of the contested statements were made before any lawsuit had been filed in court,” Davis wrote, adding that out of the nearly 20 broadcasts on Fox’s networks that Dominion claims damaged their reputation, “only one broadcast at issue even mentioned Ms. Powell’s lawsuit.”
The judge gave Dominion a boost by determining that the on-air statements at the heart of the litigation were either factual assertions or “mixed opinion,” which might make it harder for Fox to defend itself in front of the jury. Fox had asked Davis to rule that the statements were “pure opinion,” and therefore couldn’t be defamatory under the First Amendment.

“The context supports the position that the statements were not pure opinion when they were made by newscasters holding themselves out to be sources of accurate information,” Davis wrote.

Davis additionally wrote in his ruling that even if the statements were opinion, Fox News would not be protected under the Constitution, given that they appeared to “charge Dominion with the serious crime of election fraud.”

“Accusations of criminal activity, even in the form of opinion, are not constitutionally protected,” Davis wrote.
 
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noknobs said:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/31/media/fox-news-dominion-lawsuit/index.html

Dominion Voting Systems’ historic defamation case against Fox News will proceed to a high-stakes jury trial in mid-April, a Delaware judge ruled Friday, in a major decision that dismantled several of the right-wing network’s key defenses.

The judge’s decision is a painful setback for Fox News and sets the stage for an agonizing, weekslong trial, where the network’s highest-ranking executives and most prominent hosts could be called to the stand to testify about the 2020 election lies that were promoted on its air.

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Judge blocks key Fox defenses
In his 130-page ruling, Davis dismantled several of Fox News’ potential trial defenses, dealing a significant blow to the network. On the whole, these findings from Davis take away several key arguments that Fox could’ve presented to the jury, making it harder for them to prevail at trial.

Davis ruled that Fox News can’t invoke the “neutral report privilege,” which protects journalists who neutrally pass along newsworthy allegations in an unbiased fashion. Dominion had argued that Fox News hosts essentially took a side while covering the fallout of the 2020 election, by throwing their weight behind the false idea that the results were illegitimate, and Dominion was to blame.

“The evidence does not support that (Fox News) conducted good-faith, disinterested reporting,” Davis wrote. “(Fox News’) failure to reveal extensive contradicting evidence from the public sphere and Dominion itself indicates that its reporting was not disinterested.”

The judge also blocked Fox News from using the “fair report privilege” with the jury. That legal doctrine protects journalists who report on what is being said at official proceedings, like congressional hearings, or on allegations being levied in court filings, like in a civil lawsuit.

Davis pointed out that the timeline of Fox’s on-air statements didn’t sync up with the lawsuits, many filed by pro-Trump lawyers like Sidney Powell, that sought to overturn the 2020 election.

“Most of the contested statements were made before any lawsuit had been filed in court,” Davis wrote, adding that out of the nearly 20 broadcasts on Fox’s networks that Dominion claims damaged their reputation, “only one broadcast at issue even mentioned Ms. Powell’s lawsuit.”
The judge gave Dominion a boost by determining that the on-air statements at the heart of the litigation were either factual assertions or “mixed opinion,” which might make it harder for Fox to defend itself in front of the jury. Fox had asked Davis to rule that the statements were “pure opinion,” and therefore couldn’t be defamatory under the First Amendment.

“The context supports the position that the statements were not pure opinion when they were made by newscasters holding themselves out to be sources of accurate information,” Davis wrote.

Davis additionally wrote in his ruling that even if the statements were opinion, Fox News would not be protected under the Constitution, given that they appeared to “charge Dominion with the serious crime of election fraud.”

“Accusations of criminal activity, even in the form of opinion, are not constitutionally protected,” Davis wrote. (this seems rather relevant to the last 24 hours...)
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That is so awesome.
 
noknobs said:
“The context supports the position that the statements were not pure opinion when they were made by newscasters holding themselves out to be sources of accurate information,” Davis wrote.

Davis additionally wrote in his ruling that even if the statements were opinion, Fox News would not be protected under the Constitution, given that they appeared to “charge Dominion with the serious crime of election fraud.”

“Accusations of criminal activity, even in the form of opinion, are not constitutionally protected,” Davis wrote.
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BAM!
 
Shaboid said:
Fox News sanctioned for withholding evidence in Dominion defamation case

Where the hell is the FCC on all of this?
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Also, the judge's decisions on what can and can't be mentioned to the jury during the trial is going to make Fox have to throw out most of their conspiracy-based defenses.

I imagine Fox is going to try and settle this out of court. It's going to have to be an offer pretty close to what Dominion is asking for because this is a very winnable case for them.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Also, the judge's decisions on what can and can't be mentioned to the jury during the trial is going to make Fox have to throw out most of their conspiracy-based defenses.

I imagine Fox is going to try and settle this out of court. It's going to have to be an offer pretty close to what Dominion is asking for because this is a very winnable case for them.
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Word is it's not just about the $$$ for Dominion but other concessions that Fox News might not be willing to make, like nightly apologies on air, or donating to causes that could hurt Fox's 'brand' and that's why this hasn't settled. It's not always as easy as just cutting a check.
 
I'm not buying the Fox talking heads claim that they were "forced" to spew the excreta they peddled. If they actually had some semblance of a backbone and even a modicum of self respect, they would have said "fuck you" and walked out...but that didn't happen and they instead took the coward's route, and said "OK, Boss, I'll say whatever you want me to say."

Wonder how many and how long before some of the Faux News dipshits will retroactive cry "foul", and end up suing Murdock?....wait for it.
 
Breaking news: Fox and Dominion have settled.
 
Bummed that the anchors who said the bullshit over and over don't have to acknowledge on air they lied over and over, but it's something... anyway, next up, Smartmatic who's suing the liars for 2.7 billion.
 
They shouldn't have settled for anything less than a billion.

So infuriating they get to pay off their dangerous rhetoric. Fuck you too, dominion, for taking the money when you had all the goods on them.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Breaking news: Fox and Dominion have settled.
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I was really hoping they would not settle...would have preferred to have had Hannity, Carlson, Ingraham, et al, would have had to swear under oath that they knowingly lied.
 
Dominion had to use a private investment group to fund its lawsuit against Fox Corp. Fox had a much bigger war chest for this than Dominion did. It makes sense that they settled and now these investment groups and others will look to finance future lawsuits against Fox.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
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I'm willing to bet you that there will be a LOT of settlements coming out soon. Cept for the Pillow Guy.

And if Dominion really was smart, they'd include, as part of the settlement with Dobbs, Bartiromo, Gulianni, Pirro and Powell, that they have to publicly, and repeatedly, admit they were lying and admit in public that Biden won the election fair and square.
 
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