3 Upvote Judge tosses suit over Trump affair story after Fox News argues no www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-tosses...

"..no "reasonable viewer" takes Tucker Carlson seriously"



A Manhattan judge has tossed out a defamation lawsuit against Fox News brought by the former Playboy model who took a $150,000 payoff to squelch her story of an affair with a pre-presidency Donald Trump. Karen McDougal had alleged in the suit filed late last year that Fox host Tucker Carlson slandered her by calling the payout "a classic case of extortion."

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U.S. District Court Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil ruled on Thursday that McDougal failed to prove that Carlson was accusing her of an actual crime in a way that would back up a defamation claim. The judge said that lawyers for Fox "persuasively" argued that "any reasonable viewer 'arrive[s] with an appropriate amount of skepticism' about the statements" Carlson makes, according to a court filing.



The judge called the on-air remarks "rhetorical hyperbole and opinion commentary intended to frame a political debate, and as such, are not actionable as defamation," the judge said in a written ruling.

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1 Upvote Kim Jong Un Apologized for Murder of South Korean Official www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2...

Dictator Kim Jong Un sent an apology in a formal notice to Seoul for the murder of a South Korean fisheries official, whose body was reported to have been incinerated aboard a North Korean naval vessel.



According to Suh Hoon, director of national security at the presidential Blue House, the North Korean leader wrote that he "feels very sorry that...an unexpected and unfortunate incident happened in our waters, which brought great disappointment to President Moon Jae-in and South Koreans."



1 Upvote Portland Denied Permit for Peaceful Gathering by Proud Boys Citing Coronavirus Restrictions www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/0...

The government of the City of Portland, Oregon, denied the Proud Boys group a permit to protest at Delta Park on Saturday, citing coronavirus restrictions. The same governmemnt has failed to halt the nightly BLM and Antifa protests that grip the city.



In 2018, the Guardian reported that the FBI classified the Proud Boys as an “extremist group with ties to white nationalism.” McInnes, who has since disassociated with the group, said his primary focus is/was preserving “Western values.” Members of the group describe themselves as proud “Western chauvinists.” The extreme-left Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) categorized the organization as a hate group.



2 Upvote Pelosi Suggests Impeaching Trump Again as a Way to Protect Supreme Court - Total Conservative News totalconservative.com/pelosi-sugg...

In a ludicrous interview on Sunday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos that it was not out of the question that Democrats might attempt to impeach President Donald Trump for a second time between now and Inauguration Day. The reason? Is there another tragically-unimportant Ukraine call that we should all know about? Did Adam Schiff discover that Trump has unpaid parking tickets from the 1980s?

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Well, the reasons aren’t clear on that front, but the real reason is that Pelosi is ready to do anything within her power to prevent Trump from nominating a new Supreme Court justice to fill the seat vacated by Ruth Bader Ginsburg.



“Let me press you though on what happens,” said Stephanopoulos. “You want people to get out and vote. And even that’s no guarantee that the White House and Senate Republicans won’t try to push through a Supreme Court nomination in a lame-duck session even if Joe Biden wins on November 3rd, even if Democrats win, pick up seats in the House, and maybe even the Senate. So what can you do then? Some have mentioned the possibility if they try to push through a nominee in a lame-duck session that you and the House can move to impeach President Trump or Attorney General Barr as a way of stalling and preventing the Senate from acting on this nomination.”



“Well, we have our options,” said Pelosi. “We have arrows in our quiver that I’m not about to discuss right now, but the fact is we have a big challenge in our country. This president has threatened to not even accept the results of the election with statements that he and his henchmen have made. So right now, our main goal and I think Ruth Bader Ginsburg would want that to be to protect the integrity of the election, that we protect the American people from the coronavirus.”



“To be clear,” he said, “you’re not taking any arrows out of your quiver and not ruling anything out.”



“Yeah, we have a responsibility,” Pelosi replied. “We’ve taken an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. We have a responsibility to meet the needs of the American people. That is when we weigh the equities of protecting our democracy requires us to use every arrow in our quiver.”



Read: Democrats will burn Capitol Hill to the literal ground if that’s what they have to do to protect the “constitutional right” to abortion.



And you thought the Kavanaugh hearings were brutal…

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2 Upvote UFC Victor: “If You Thought That Was A Beating,” Just Wait Until Trump Defeats Biden! - Total Conser... totalconservative.com/ufc-victor-...

Using his post-fight victory speech as a platform on Saturday night, UFC fighter Colby Covington said that his quick and merciless defeat of opponent Tyron Woodley was just a preview of the shellacking that President Donald Trump would give Joe Biden on Election Day.



“Ladies and gentlemen, the silent majority is ready to make some noise,” Covington said. “If you thought that was a beating, wait till November 3 when Donald Trump gets his hands on Sleepy Joe. That’s gonna be a landslide.”

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Covington then took a shot at athletes who use their position to make noise for left-wing social justice causes.



“I want to dedicate this fight to all the first responders, all the military out there,” he said. “This world would not be safe without you guys. You keep us safe and not these woke athletes. I’m sick of these woke athletes and spineless cowards like LeBron James.”



ESPN characterized the fight between Covington and Woodley as a long-brewing contest: “Saturday’s main event was billed as one of the biggest grudge matches in the history of the UFC welterweight division. Covington and Woodley have a long history, including both once representing American Top Team. Woodley flew the younger Covington into his hometown of St. Louis as a training partner in 2014, and the two had a falling-out.”



ESPN also reported that President Trump himself called up Covington after the fight to praise him.



“You are a great fighter, man, I’ll tell you. You make it so easy, I don’t know how you do that. Congratulations. I wanted to watch that fight tonight. I wanted to watch it, you were great,” Trump told the sportsman. “That was easy work, relatively easy work for you. I’m proud of you, man. I’m proud of you.”



Covington took to Twitter later to add: “Nothing makes me prouder than fighting for the people who fight for America!!! THANK YOU to all the brave men and women of law enforcement and the military!!! Thank You @realDonaldTrump for all the love and support!! The silent majority is ready to make some noise November 3rd!!”



Let’s hope it’s a knockout.

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2 Upvote Laura Ingraham: 'Midwest finally has its moment' in this election, and Illinois is a warning | Fox N... www.foxnews.com/media/laura-ingra...

Voters in the Midwest should look closely at the state of Illinois before deciding who to vote for in this year's presidential election, Laura Ingraham said Thursday.



"The Ingraham Angle" host opened her show by analyzing recent polls that show President Trump gaining ground in Florida and Arizona and tight races in many of the Midwest states that Joe Biden hopes to either keep in the Democratic column or take back from the incumbent.

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"If Trump carries Florida, North Carolina and Arizona, along with the other states he is already expected to win, he'll have more than 250 electoral votes," Ingraham said. "At that point, the only way for Democrats to win would be to sweep Pennsylvania and the Midwest with mail-in ballots."



"After being the punch line for liberal elites for years and years, the Midwest finally has its moment in 2020," the host said later in the segment. "If you're from Wisconsin and you're an independent but Trump's tweets bug you, OK, I get it. But focus on what matters: Your family, their future, your and their safety, and prosperity."



Ingraham described Trump's pre-pandmic economic record as "irrefutable proof" his policies work. On the other extreme, she added, there's Illinois Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who Ingraham called a "poster boy for failure."



"That's the Democrats ideal Midwest city: Chicago," she said. "High taxes, pro-pot, anti-gun, anti-business."



This year, according to Ingraham, Midwesterners have a choice between Joe Biden and the Democrats, whose policies "ran [Illinois] into the ground", and Trump, who "really is just all about returning power to people, the American people, and that means respecting your freedom to live your life, raise her family, and yes, pursue your happiness."



"Chicago-style Democrats, they are not up at night worrying about any of that," she concluded. "After all, why would they? Their supporters think that you are a bunch of racists who are destroying the planet. So more freedom for you means less control for them. They don't like that at all."

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2 Upvote US Envoy to UN: Another Israel Peace Deal in "Next Day or Two" www.breitbart.com/middle-east/202...

Another U.S.-brokered normalization deal between Israel and an Arab country is expected to be signed soon, US Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft said in an interview with Al-Arabiya Wednesday.



“Our plan is to bring more countries, which we will have more being announced very soon … One [country will sign] in the next day or two,” said Craft.

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“So we are very excited and know that others are going to be following, and what we don’t want to do is to not isolate anyone but to bring everyone on board in hopes that this will allow the Iranian citizens to see that people really want peace in the Middle East and they are part of this peace,” she added.



Morocco, Oman, and Sudan have all been touted as the next likely candidates to agree to peace deals with Israel following the historic Abraham Accords signed by the Jewish state and the UAE, as well as Bahrain last week.

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2 Upvote Hispanics Most Opposed to Illegal Immigration, Defunding Police Survey Said www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/0...

Hispanic Americans are the most convinced by campaign rhetoric that denounces illegal immigration to the United States and the “defund the police” movement, a new survey found.



New York Times columnist Thomas Edsall noted five issues facing Joe Biden’s campaign — one of which is President Trump’s support among Hispanic Americans.

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Fifteen focus groups of Hispanic Americans and polls of white and black Americans revealed that Hispanic Americans are the most convinced by campaign rhetoric that opposes illegal immigration and defunding local police departments.

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