Trump loyalists in Congress to challenge Electoral College results in Jan. 6 joint session (Update: Insurrectionists storm Congress)(And now what?) (1 Viewer)

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    I guess it's time to start a thread for this. We know that at least 140 members of Congress have pledged to join the objection. Under federal law, if at least one member of each house (HOR and Senate) objects, each house will adjourn the joint session for their own session (limited at two hours) to take up the objection. If both houses pass a resolution objecting to the EC result, further action can take place. If both houses do not (i.e. if one or neither passes a resolution), the objection is powerless and the college result is certified.

    Clearly this is political theater as we know such a resolution will not pass the House, and there's good reason to think it wouldn't pass the Senate either (with or without the two senators from Georgia). The January 6 joint session is traditionally a ceremonial one. This one will not be.

    Many traditional pillars of Republican support have condemned the plan as futile and damaging. Certainly the Trump loyalists don't care - and many are likely doing it for fundraising purposes or to carry weight with the fraction of their constituencies that think this is a good idea.


     
    nolaspe said:
    I bet they'll be vastly superior to myconspiracy ones...

    Speaking of which, this should be fun...




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    LOLOL at the OAN disclaimer.

    The ONLY part missing is the narrator stating " Truthfully the ONLY reason we have granted him airtime was because he paid us A LOT of money. And i mean A LOT".
     
    efil4 said:
    LOLOL at the OAN disclaimer.

    The ONLY part missing is the narrator stating " Truthfully the ONLY reason we have granted him airtime was because he paid us A LOT of money. And i mean A LOT".
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    LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!
    www.motherjones.com

    Dominion Voting lawyer suggests OAN may be next for a mega-lawsuit

    And the MyPillow Guy, too.
    www.motherjones.com www.motherjones.com

    The disclaimer was clearly a ploy. Dominion has filed defamation lawsuits against both Giuliani and Powell claiming over $1.3 billion in damages in each case. Smartmatic has sued Fox News for $2.7 billion. All of these lawsuits contend that Trump’s conspiracy-mongers seriously harmed these companies with their baseless allegations of a global plot—the Chinese communists! Hugo Chavez! the CIA!—to swipe the election for Trump.

    It was damn obvious that OAN was trying to save itself from a similar fate. Fox News and Newsmax, another right-wing outlet, tried in their own way to do the same last month, airing embarrassing retractions of their previous promotion of these loony claims. That did not stop Smartmatic from suing Fox.

    And the OAN disclaimer might not work. In fact, it might make things worse for this media organization, which in recent years practically made Giuliani a correspondent as he advanced one Trump-aiding conspiracy theory after another. Tom Clare, the lawyer for Dominion, has recently hinted that the firm is not done filing lawsuits. He has publicly said that Dominion will probably bring cases against other media companies and personalities. The company has sent letters demanding the preservation of records to OAN, Newsmax, the Epoch Times, and several right-wing media personalities, including Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Maria Bartiromo, and Greg Kelly.

    On Friday afternoon, I asked Clare, “What do you make of the OAN disclaimer….Does that afford OAN any protection?” His reply indicates that the disclaimer stunt will likely make things worse for OAN:

    “Nice try” by OAN, but it definitely does not relieve them of liability. To the contrary, we warned them specifically and in writing that they would be broadcasting false and defamatory statements of fact if they broadcast the program, and they made the affirmative decision to disregarded that warning and broadcast it anyway. Other outlets have refused to host it. Textbook actual malice.
    Malice—that’s often a key element in a defamation or libel case. If Dominion had been leaning toward suing OAN, it appears that airing the MyPillow Magical Conspiracy Theory Show with this disclaimer might settle the matter for the voting machine company. “It’s safe to say OAN is on our list—especially after this debacle,” Clare added. And Lindell himself should probably prepare to hear from the company.
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    Here it is not hosted by OAN, not sure if odysee.com is right-wing or not, but they have all sorts of random vids per the homepage.
     

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