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Donald Trump has amended his lawsuit against CBS, doubling the damages sought to $20 billion.

He also added Texas Congressman Ronny Jackson, his former White House doctor, as a co-plaintiff to keep the suit before a Trump-appointed judge in Texas.

He claims CBS deceptively edited Kamala Harris’ “60 Minutes” interview to make her appear more coherent, allegedly influencing the 2024 election and harming his Truth Social platform.

Filed in Texas, the suit alleges violations of the Lanham Act and Texas consumer protection laws.

CBS argues that the Lanham Act and Texas statute only govern commercial speech, not political or editorial speech, and has moved to dismiss the lawsuit.

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      Not winning with 500% of the votes he claimed he would per his wager with Putin, who won with a modest 230%.

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    So, can she then sue him over the Joe Rogan interview?

    The bills might just cancel each other out.

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      I don’t think so. This is only possible because it was broadcast media and there are laws about fair use of the airwaves. I’m surprised the 60 minutes suit is still happening though, as Trump declined the offer for an interview.

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    Absolute gold right here:

    her habit of uttering ‘word salads’ — i.e., jumbles of exceptionally incoherent speech…"

    Is this projection or is he too dumb to understand what she says?

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      Fascists accuse their enemy of what they are doing so when the tables are turned they call petty retaliation regardless of reality.

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      I mean, it would take a fair amount of cognitive dissonance to suggest Kamala does not speak in word salads a lot of the time. She’s a terrible speaker

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          Hate to break it to you but it’s the politicians job to communicate and be understood,

          It’s interesting that y’all are unable to even see obvious facts about the loser dem candidate,

          Kamala is a shitty public speaker…. She just is. Obama, for example, is probably one of the best public speakers / presidential orators in our lifetime….

          Trump can’t even form complete sentences…

          But on the scale of good speakers versus bad speakers, Kamala is a shitty public speaker. It’s laughable to suggest otherwise.

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            It might be their job to be understood but that does not mean that when someone cannot understand the politician that it is always the politician’s fault. Sometimes the person listening has the problem.

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              This is an echo chamber for blue MAGA I don’t really care. Keep believing your false narrative I suppose you do you

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                Is it that hard for you to accept that your opinion isn’t factual and I disagree with you about Harris’ speaking skills?

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        Not from what I’ve seen.

        Fuck off with your pro-MAGA bullshit. This isn’t YouTube; we’re not falling for it.

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              You can ad hominem attack me all you want but shitty democrat candidate with shitty policy’s lost the election.

              And blaming the voters for your shitty candidate losing instead of the shitty candidate is going to be another losing strategy.

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                That’s not an ad hominem. Your ability to follow her speech is directly relevant to your perception that she is unskilled at speaking. I am directly addressing a flaw in your thinking and that isn’t an example of ad hominem as in this case it is germane to the topic at hand.

                This is no different than me saying Macron was a bad speaker and you pointing out my belief that he’s a bad speaker might have something to do with the fact that Im not a french speaker. Neither is an example of ad hominem

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              I don’t need an excuse to point out the obvious fact that Kamala Harris is a terrible orator who can’t talk her way out of a cardboard box if it’s not a rehearsed talking point on a teleprompter. She’s looks genuinely uncomfortable when speaking in public. If you can’t see it and you think that makes me a maga you need to get some new glasses lol. You drank way too much blue no matter who kool aid.

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              Anyway, keep crying about maga I guess… don’t look inwards to understand why the shitty dem candidate lost. It’s definitely the independent and progressives fault. And besides, everyone who disagrees with you is a fascist and a racist.

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    See what happens when you capitulate to a bully? He doesn’t stop bullying. He pushes more and bullies harder. The only way to stop a bully is to (metaphorically) punch him in his mouth.

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      Just wait til Pam Bondi decides to take the case up as a federal matter and use federal funds for the thinnest, orange skinned ass lawsuit

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    He also added Texas Congressman Ronny Jackson, his former White House doctor, as a co-plaintiff to keep the suit before a Trump-appointed judge in Texas.

    All the merits of this aside, this is some hilarious banana republic nonsense right there. You absolutely should not be able to file in bumfuck, Texas any time you need a lunatic judge to make an insane ruling, and any judge appointed by the fucking plaintiff should recuse themselves and be disbarred if they don’t.

    Joke of a judicial system.

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        And it’s been a joke the whole time. The only difference now is no one’s been this blatant with their abuse of the judicial system

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          The fascists have gotten so much mileage out of exploiting problems in our government that everyone has known about for decades but that nobody ever bothered to fix.

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    You fucking idiots.

    The instant you bought into it, you signed up for this. He’s going to keep fucking with you. The day after you pay, he’s going to be fucking with you again. The FCC’s going to pull your license. He’s going to sue you again for something you allegedly did in 2014. It’ll never stop, until you actually stand up for yourself.

    And now you’re out $15 million, for nothing. You got nothing at all for it.

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    Ronnie Jackson? The guy whose name he forgot? Yeah, makes total sense

    That, and yeah, this is what happens when you give in to mobster wannabes

    World tiniest violin…

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    Watch this case get a totally bogus ruling from Trump’s pet judge only to see CBS settle before any appeals court can smack it down. This whole thing that Republicans have created enabling them to pick their judge as long as a suit is filed in the correct zip code is ridiculous.

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      We really need to get some judges who will reliably rule against fascists. We can’t get new judges, so I wonder how many liberal judges could be persuaded that cock blocking Republicans is a higher calling right now than impartiality is.

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          What the fuck else are we supposed to do? Just sit down, write a strongly worded letter, and let Fascism take over the planet? Democrats have been doing that since forever. It’s not working. The days of playing by the rules ended in 2016. All bets are off. It’s time for them to stop being pussyass bitches, and start fighting fire with fire.

          Take the high road, and shove it up your ass.

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      Yeah, this is legit scary. I’m used to media kowtowing to corporate interests for money, or whatever fox does, but somehow this is a lot more chilling.

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    How do people perceive this big whiny baby to be masculine or strong? He’s a bitch. A little bitch.

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    They should tell him to sit and spin on musk’s toothpick dick. What a piece of shit human being. His obituary day will be a fantastic day I will celebrate.