Summary

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.

  • @WrenFeathersM
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    133 hours ago

    The guy won, and yet he still manages to be a sore loser.

  • @[email protected]
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    127 hours ago

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

    The bills might just cancel each other out.

  • @Cenzorrll
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    189 hours ago

    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?

    • @Snapz
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      62 hours ago

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

    • @[email protected]
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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

  • teft
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    6019 hours ago

    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.

  • Phoenixz
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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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    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.

    • @Alexstarfire
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      111 day ago

      Well, it’s been that way for quite a while.

      • @shplane
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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

        • @[email protected]
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          516 hours ago

          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.

  • @[email protected]
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    2131 day ago

    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.

    • @SynonymousStoat
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      It’s like mob tactics, once you pay for protection they’ll just keep coming back asking for more until you’re bled dry, then they’ll dispose of you.

      • @[email protected]
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        591 day ago

        Oh, you’re right. CBS was the one that provided transcripts to the FCC when they didn’t need to.

        I still maintain that they are idiots. Fight back, man. That’s the way.

        • Billiam
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          101 day ago

          CBS isn’t going to fight back, because they still want regulatory approval to be bought out by Skydance.

          It’s why they started appeasing him in the first place.

          • @Xanthobilly
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            $20 billion, though? That definitely changes the calculus.

  • SnausagesinaBlanket
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    551 day ago

    He is making it so all media is too afraid to post all the shit he is pulling lest they get sued or shut down.

  • @dhork
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    1171 day ago

    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.

    • @[email protected]
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      516 hours ago

      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.

        • @Psythik
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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.

  • @[email protected]
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    How do people perceive this big whiny baby to be masculine or strong? He’s a bitch. A little bitch.

  • @njm1314
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    171 day ago

    I saw this amazing video from some conservative talk person breaking down all the Terrible Things in this CBS raw footage. It was so hilariously nothing. Like the entirety of it was look she pauses here so that they can edit in the picture of the interviewer asking the question. That was the whole thing. Like just normal editing techniques. I wasn’t expecting much, but good God something at least.

  • @kmartburrito
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    371 day ago

    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.

  • @kikutwo
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    181 day ago

    Yes Cheeto, she couldn’t possibly be actually coherent because she graduated from law school huh?

    • @dhork
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      161 day ago

      You see, anyone who is of a certain type that got a law degree only got it because of DEI. There! Conservatives now have permission to ignore those credentials entirely, unless they are the right type of people.