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The Independent July 8, 2020 A New York judge has allowed Roy Moore to proceed with his defamation case against comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, over a prank that he claims portrayed him as a paedophile. Federal judge Andrew Carter denied a motion from Cohen, Showtime and CBS to dismiss the $95m (£75.6m) lawsuit filed by both Mr Moore and his wife, Kayla Moore. Mr Moore, the former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, and a failed Senate candidate in the state, featured in a segment of Cohen’s show Who is America? in 2018. Continue Reading…..
Colin Kaepernick Signs First-Look Deal With Walt Disney By Brian Steinberg Variety July 8, 2020 Colin Kaepernick’s journey from San Francisco 49ers quarterback to civil-rights activist will be chronicled in a documentary series developed by ESPN Films as part of a first-look deal between Walt Disney and Kapernick’s Ra Vision Media production company. Under terms of the pact, announced Monday, Disney and Ra Vision will emphasize scripted and unscripted stories that deal with race, social injustice and the quest for equity, and work to showcase directors and producers of color. Disney said the agreement would extend across its…
Ilhan Omar has paid new husband’s consulting firm $878,000, filings show New York Post July 8, 2020 WASHINGTON — Rep. Ilhan Omar has continued quietly funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars to her new husband’s consulting film, including a $189,000 windfall in March — just weeks after they announced they had tied the knot, campaign data shows. The payments between the Minneapolis Democratic congresswoman and Tim Mynett prompted at least one ethics complaint in 2019 after The Post first revealed allegations — made by Mynett’s then-wife in her divorce filing — that Omar was having an affair with…
Ilhan Omar calls for dismantling America’s ‘system of oppression’ By Morgan Phillips Fox News July 8, 2020 Rep. Ilhan Omar called for dismantling economic and political systems that serve as a “system of oppression.” The Minnesota Democrat said Tuesday that most conversations around police brutality and racial injustice do not go far enough in their call for change. “We can’t stop at criminal justice reform or policing reform,” she said during an outdoor press conference. “We are not merely fighting to tear down the systems of oppression in the criminal justice system. We are fighting to tear down…
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Donald Trump’s base-first strategy is working — and dooming him By Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large CNN July 7, 2020 (CNN)Gallup’s new poll on President Donald Trump’s political standing shows two things: 1) His decision to reignite a culture war over calls to remove monuments has rallied his political base behind him. 2) That same decision has further alienated the independents and other swing voters he desperately needs to have a real chance at winning a second term. On the first point, more than 9 in 10 (91%) Republicans now approve of the job Trump is doing…
Chuck Grassley: John Durham will be too late if prosecutions begin after 2020 election By Jerry Dunleavy Washington Examiner July 7, 2020 A top Republican tagged President Trump in a tweet encouraging U.S. Attorney John Durham to initiate any planned prosecutions as part of his inquiry into the Russia investigation before the 2020 election. Sen. Chuck Grassley, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and a longtime critic of the Trump-Russia investigations, warned Monday that waiting until after November’s contest might be too late. “#CommonSense. IF NO PROSECUTIONS TIL AFTER ELECTIONS SAD SAD,” Grassley tweeted, telling Trump to…
Roy Moore Advances in Suit Against Sacha Baron Cohen The Hollywood Reporter July 7, 2020 A federal judge rules he needs to know more about “Yerushalayim TV,” an outfit that Cohen may have registered in Wyoming as a front. Sacha Baron Cohen is good. Damn good. He’s spent this entire century fooling people into giving interviews, and his subjects hardly know they are targets of the man’s unique brand of satirical comedy. And while he’s been repeatedly sued, he’s got an excellent track record in court. That’s due to the First Amendment, of course, but it starts with…
Freedom Watch TV July 7, 2020
Coronavirus expert says Americans will be wearing masks for ‘several years’ By Shawn Carter Fox News July 7, 2020 Health experts won’t ask Americans to take off their masks any time soon. That’s the take of Eric Toner, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. He has been preparing for an outbreak like the novel coronavirus as part of his work for years. Johns Hopkins practices virus simulations as part of is preparedness protocol, with the goal of offering public health experts and policymakers a blueprint of what to do in a pandemic. One…