The suit, filed in filed in federal court in Miami, accuses the paper and its reporters of having “knowingly and recklessly” published “numerous false, defamatory, and disparaging statements,” which, it alleges, caused “overwhelming financial and reputational harm” to the president.
His reputation before: A pedophile, rapist, felon, fascist, serial bankrupter, fraudster, racist who wants to fuck his own daughter while stealing from children’s cancer charities.
His reputation after: A pedophile, rapist, felon, fascist, serial bankrupter, fraudster, racist who wants to fuck his own daughter while stealing from children’s cancer charities.
*who draws pictures
*who draws pictures poorly.
Honestly, that’s pretty damning. Remember that other failed artist who had a cult of personality and hated minorities?
Bob Ross???!? Say it ain’t so!
These are the same, case dismissed.
Unlikely. News companies have been settling with him even when he has no case. This is just legalized bribery/extortion.
I’d hope WSJ buckles in and fights so that discovery gets spicy.
Or Murdoch sees it as a way to “donate” to trump, and settles outrageously.
I wonder if the contents of the files can be called as evidence for the defense.
As it turns out, the article is a gift from Murdoch: https://www.axios.com/2025/07/18/trump-epstein-letter-maga-documents
Just outrageous and questionable enough for MAGA to use as cover, and Trump to turn into a lighting rod. But it doesn’t change much for anyone else. Before, MAGA Media had nothing to point to and paint Trump as the victim. Now, they do.
It derailed the schism :/
Other media’s lapping it up to tell readers want they want to hear: MAGA is infighting, when in reality they are not.
Yeah. The narrative on the right has been changing ever since this came out. I wouldn’t be that surprised if that was the point of the whole thing.
Other media’s lapping it up to tell readers want they want to hear: MAGA is infighting, when in reality they are not.
can you show me some examples of this not being the case? i am wondering where to look for an actual analysis on how MAGA is handling this letter, because i have seen several real world responses from his supporters that are extremely upset and feel betrayed. you’re saying this isn’t a sizeable group within his base? interesting.
The above article quotes and sources major influencers, but if that’s not enough, go to the source:
https://xcancel.com/RealAlexJones
https://rumble.com/search/video?q=Epstein&date=today§ion=date
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ben-shapiro-show/id1047335260
seen several real world responses from his supporters that are extremely upset and feel betrayed
Not sure what you’ve seen. But to be blunt, a few clipped Twitter screenshots or clickbait headlines filtering to Lemmy’s front page don’t paint a good picture. This place is a bubble… Like most of the internet. Twitter is, too, as its algo just shows you want you want to see, not a fair “slice” of activity.
…no, i said real world examples lol. like a town hall meeting where people loudly booed Trump and it was a meeting specifically for his crowd.
edit: this here - i can’t find a good clip that is just the event itself, sorry. searching nowadays is garbage but it is out there. this will give you an idea of what i’m talking about. there are more examples.
Influencers are a good bellwater, they’re the heart of the MAGA movement. They go where their viewers want, which is (for now) attacking the WSJ and defending Trump.
/r/conservative is still total Trump too: https://www.reddit.com/r/Conservative/
I don’t know of any grassroots uprisings against Trump. Surveys will take weeks to percolate out, but the lack of documented rebellion kinda suggests voters aren’t turning on him in person, either.
check the edit in my comment. i don’t know about a documented uprising or anything but people are vocally expressing disapproval and some are rather upset. trump almost got assassinated by a disillusioned conservative. these people are dangerous and unhinged even against themselves.
Hopefully this doesn’t just get dismissed and we get some nice information in discovery.
Based on the last few cases, The WSJ will cave and settle with Trump for a ridiculous amount of money in order to stay on his “good” side.
Or Murdock did this on purpose to give trump a safe case to set precedence on- Murdock will have his lawyers flub key parts, like arguing discovery poorly so that trump can claim the epstein files are privileged govt material, etc, so that when he brings suits against more hostile media co’s, the judges will have precedence to point to when denying better formulated arguments.
Controlled opposition to set precedence for similar cases?
Discovery is going to be glorious. But TACO
It’s cause he’s a pedophile and rapes children
Murdoch, of all people, now a champion of free speech?
It never ceases to amaze me how completely absurd the US is.
remember clinton wanting to be known as the education president. So many options for this guy. The litigious president, the graft president, the unqualified president, it just goes on and on.
The Fascist President.
I can’t wait for discovery and Trump being forced to do a deposition. That worked so well for him in the past.
Honestly, I feel like somehow they’re just going to settle out of court and he’ll get a few million sent his way for no apparent reason.
I feel like I’m watching one of those movies whose major third act twist you see coming from the opening scene but like, your 67 year old mom/grandmother is actually shocked by and gets so angry they want to leave the theater, and you can try to point out all the obvious signs telegraphing who the real killer is but some people just can not accept a story where the bad guy is pretending to be a normal human
Republicans are eating each other now.
Leopards are full, someone has to do it :D
This will send any evidence into the public domain. This’ll be fun!
He really wants to make sure everyone knows about his ties to his buddy Epstein doesn’t he? Or maybe he is that stupid.
I don’t think he thinks that far ahead.
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I’m sure Rupert Murdoch will have a treasure trove of shit on Trump.
