Election activist Scott Presler is reportedly not getting the job that many conservatives hoped he would at the RNC: Leading a state-by-state legal “ballot harvesting” operation to get potential voters registered and equipped to mail-in vote for Donald Trump in the critical 2024 presidential election race.

NBC is reporting in a hostile and dishonest piece calling Presler a “conspiracy theorist” that he won’t be given the position, which would balance out the scales against the Democratic Party’s sweeping and well-organized ballot-harvesting and GOTV operations.

An RNC spokesperson told NBC that Presler will be a “valuable voice to the RNC” but will not become a direct employee as he “remains focused on his nonprofit.” Presler runs an organization called Early Vote Action that was founded to “organize & mobilize Republicans to vote early.”

Lara Trump, the daughter-in-law of former President Donald Trump and newly-installed RNC co-chair, endorsed Presler’s efforts, but did not deny NBC’s reporting.

“Scott Presler has shown what a single individual can accomplish when it comes to activating voters across the country,” she said. “I look forward to having his support as both of our organizations share the same goal of getting our friends and neighbors out to vote in this crucial election.”

🚨More never before seen footage of @ScottPresler

Here he’s training young @GOP volunteers on public property rights and how to behave when challenged.

Side note: the more clowns I get trying to discredit our work documenting Scott, the more I will release.

cc: @CryptoLawyerz pic.twitter.com/gpQ319nEX8

— Mark Naughton (@MarkNaughton9) March 19, 2024

Lara Trump recently expressed interest in employing Presler for the ballot harvesting operation last week.

“I’m going to have a call very soon with Scott Presler who … has registered so many people in this country. I think he’s fantastic. I want him on our legal ballot harvesting division,” she told conservative influencer Benny Johnson.

Lara Trump confirms RNC to hire 'fantastic' Scott Presler for ballot harvesting efforts https://t.co/RxZCduW7fz via @americanwire_

— Bo Snerdley (@BoSnerdley) March 17, 2024

Alex Floyd, the Democratic National Committee’s rapid response director, smeared Presler in a statement last week, which was echoed by NBC’s headline stating that he spread “conspiracy theories.”

“Scott Presler is an election-denying conspiracy theorist, which just makes him par for the course in terms of new major RNC staff hires,” Floyd said.

Registered a new voter!

If you’re in Pennsylvania — & need to register to vote — I’ll take time to personally meet w/ you.

Please welcome @pocketrocket_3 to the Republican Party.

+1 pic.twitter.com/KBqN1RsHZ0

— #ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) March 19, 2024

NBC did not note the hundreds of times prominent Democratic voices have denied the results of elections they did not win.

Tonight, Joe Biden said, "This is a nation that respects free and fair elections. We honor the will of the people. We do not deny it."

Here’s 10 minutes of Democrats denying election results:pic.twitter.com/I0oUumk68d

— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) September 2, 2022

The Politics Brief has reached out directly to Presler to get the full story and will update accordingly.

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The State of Texas is terminating a huge $8.5 billion investment with trillion-dollar asset manager BlackRock amid a dispute over the firm’s targeting of U.S. energy suppliers.

Texas State Board of Education Chairman Aaron Kinsey stated in an announcement first obtained by Fox Business on Tuesday that the Texas Permanent School Fund (PSF) had notified BlackRock on Tuesday that it was divesting from the asset management firm.

“The Texas Permanent School Fund has a fiduciary duty to protect Texas schools by safeguarding and growing the approximately $1 billion in annual oil and gas royalties managed by the Texas General Land Office,” Kinsey said in a statement Tuesday. “Terminating BlackRock’s contract ensures PSF’s full compliance with Texas law.”

“BlackRock’s dominant and persistent leadership in the ESG movement immeasurably damages our state’s oil & gas economy and the very companies that generate revenues for our PSF. Texas and the PSF have worked hard to grow this fund to build Texas’ schools,” he continued. “BlackRock’s destructive approach toward the energy companies that this state and our world depend on is incompatible with our fiduciary duty to Texans.”

Texas’ action was taken in adherence with a 2021 state statute designed to distance the state and its substantial public funds from financial institutions that are engaging in a boycott of the oil and gas industry. BlackRock is headquartered in New York City.

A significant portion of the $53 billion Texas PSF, which was established in the 19th century to support the state’s public schools, has been divested. Furthermore, this divestment is the largest of its kind since Republican-led states started severing financial ties with BlackRock and other financial institutions in an effort to comply with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards.

BlackRock has been accused of pushing ESG policies that undermine U.S. energy production and benefit China.

The world’s largest money management firm with more than $9 trillion under assets, BlackRock has benefited from the Biden administration’s adoption of ESG standards, which impact aspects of the U.S. economic and banking sectors.

BREAKING: Texas is terminating a massive $8.5 billion investment with trillion-dollar asset manager BlackRock.

— Merissa Hansen (@merissahansen17) March 19, 2024

BlackRock is deeply entrenched within the Biden administration and has been pushing ESG policies that give the investment firm more clout over U.S. financial markets.

Biden’s deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo was BlackRock CEO Lary Fink’s chief of staff and a senior adviser at the firm. According to Adeyemo’s 2020 financial disclosures, he owns company stock valued at between $250,000 and $500,000.

Another BlackRock alum serving in the Biden administration is former global chief investment strategist Michael Pyle, who was vice president Kamala Harris’ chief economic adviser before stepping down in January. During the Obama administration, Pyle served as the president’s economic policy special assistant.

Tom Donilon served in the Obama, Clinton, and Carter administrations prior to assuming the role of chairman of the BlackRock Investment Institute. His brother, Mike Donilon, is Biden’s senior adviser and former campaign chief strategist. In January, the Donilon brother transitioned from the White House to taking over “functional control” of Joe Biden’s re-election efforts.

BlackRock thus has outsized influence in the Biden administration and is deeply connected to the sitting president’s re-election campaign.

There is evidence that the Biden administration is highly influenced by BlackRock. In March 2023, Biden used his first veto to block a Congressional resolution that would have blocked the Department of Labor’s final rule concerning the consideration of ESG factors in corporate retirement plans in the United States.

“The ESG Rule addresses how a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (‘ERISA’) may invest (and exercise shareholder rights with respect to) ‘plan assets’ in accordance with ERISA’s fiduciary duties when taking one or more ESG factors into account,” a Harvard Law School forum explained. “Absent a Congressional override of the veto, which appears highly unlikely at this stage, the ESG Rule essentially remains in full force and effect.”

BlackRock’s CEO has also become heavily interested in the bitcoin market. In November, the investment firm “filed an application to list an ETF that will hold ether, the native asset for the Ethereum blockchain, and directly track its underlying spot price,” Forbes reported, adding, “Ether immediately surged on the news, jumping almost 10% from $1,880 to briefly over $2,100 before starting to give back some of the gains.”

In the midterm elections, BlackRock’s PAC poured millions into candidate races, spending a record amount to publish and air advertising to influence America’s elections.

“The company’s PAC gave $10,000, the maximum, to Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer of New York and $2,500 to his Republican counterpart Mitch McConnell of Kentucky,” Bloomberg reported.

“Among House members who got the maximum $10,000 donation were members of leadership like Maryland Democrat Steny Hoyer, the House Majority Leader, and Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York, the Democratic Caucus Chairman. The PAC also gave $7,500 to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi,” Bloomberg continued.

“BlackRock’s PAC also gave to House members who might be committee chairs in January, including Florida Representative Vern Buchanan, who could lead the Ways and Means Committee, and Representative Patrick McHenry of North Carolina, who serves as ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee,” the report added. “Each got $10,000.”

After BlackRock received blowback for being so deeply involved in U.S. election, the investment colossus defended itself.

“Engaging with elected officials is an important aspect of explaining BlackRock’s mission and purpose which includes helping millions of Americans retire with dignity,” Brian Beades, a spokesman for the company, said in a statement.

However, the heavy involvement of major investment players in U.S. politics has a lot of explanatory power for why the Biden administration, and many members of Congress, seem to care more about representing powerful and wealthy interests than those of the American people.

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Florida state attorney Dave Aronberg asserted on Tuesday that special counsel Jack Smith may resort to drastic measures to attempt to disqualify the judge in former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case.

Judge Aileen Cannon is presiding over the case against Trump and on Monday ordered the former president and Smith to submit proposed jury instructions, which means the judge is focusing on a trial much earlier than anticipated, according to The Washington Post. The order benefits Trump and Smith will appeal it as well as potentially try to disqualify Cannon, Aronberg asserted on MSNBC’s “Jose Diaz-Balart Reports.”

“My head is spinning because this is sort of an incomprehensible order by Judge Cannon,” Aronberg said. “First off, she’s asking for jury instructions on a case that will not be heard before the November election, and so what is the rush?”

Judges direct juries on how to evaluate evidence shortly ahead of deliberations which indicates that Cannon is focusing on the end of the trial already, according to the Post. Cannon’s Monday order indicates she is giving credence to Trump’s argument that he has the power to determine that certain classified documents are personal to him and his property.

“And then she set forth two different hypotheticals for the parties to engage in when it comes to jury instructions, but these jury instructions are really favorable to Donald Trump,” he added. “Essentially, you have two choices, Jack: heads, Donald Trump wins, and tails, you lose. So either way, this is just something that Jack Smith is not going to be able to take. He’s going to have to go to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals … and try and get this whole thing changed unless Judge Cannon will do it herself. And eventually this could lead to Jack Smith pushing the red button to try and get her disqualified for the case. For a lot of people, it’s been a long time coming.”

The judge denied Trump’s Thursday bid to dismiss the case based on phrases in the charges against him that he claimed were “unconstitutionally vague,” including the terms “unauthorized possession,” “relating to the national defense” and “entitled to receive.

If she persists in this course, special counsel Jack Smith can & will go to the 11th Circuit

And while he is there, this & several other recent (threatened) blunders give him ammo to have her reversed & removed

FIN/ https://t.co/f1N9iy5Z0Y

— Norm Eisen (norm.eisen on Threads) (@NormEisen) March 18, 2024

The meltdown is on. Why?

As one J6 defense attorney just said to me—“if Cannon gives these jury instructions, [Jack] Smith is fucked.”

Final jury instructions are well within the purview of the court. https://t.co/zUWJcjXEoR

— Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 (@julie_kelly2) March 19, 2024

Cannon questioned during the Thursday hearing why Trump was the only president charged for his handling of classified materials, according to multiple reports. Special counsel Robert Hur’s report found evidence that President Joe Biden willfully kept classified documents.

Originally published by the Daily Caller News Foundation

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Stefanie Lambert, an election integrity attorney who has pressed for transparency in regards to Dominion Voting Systems, was suddenly arrested in Washington D.C. on Monday night.

Lambert was reportedly arrested by U.S. Marshals for disclosing allegedly confidential emails from Dominion Voting Systems in a Michigan court case.

The Associated Press reported on Lambert’s arrest:

An attorney facing criminal charges for illegally accessing Michigan voting machines after the 2020 election was arrested Monday after a hearing in a separate case in federal court in Washington, D.C.

Stefanie Lambert was arrested by U.S. Marshals after a hearing over possible sanctions against her for disseminating confidential emails from Dominion Voting Systems, the target of conspiracy theories over former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss. Lambert obtained the Dominion emails by representing Patrick Byrne, a prominent funder of election conspiracy theorists who is being sued by Dominion for defamation.

In a statement, the Marshals office said Lambert was arrested on “local charges.” A Michigan judge earlier this month issued a bench warrant for Lambert after she missed a hearing in her case, in which she’s charged with four felonies for accessing voting machines in a search for evidence of a conspiracy theory against Trump. Lambert had earlier, unsuccessfully, sued to overturn Trump’s loss in Michigan.

Earlier Monday, Lambert had acknowledged passing on the records from Dominion Voting Systems to “law enforcement.” She then attached an affidavit that included some of the leaked emails and was signed by Dar Leaf, a county sheriff in northern Michigan who has investigated false claims of widespread election fraud from the 2020 election, to a filing in her own case in Michigan. The rest of the documents were posted to an account under Leaf’s name on X, the social platform formally known as Twitter.

The Election Integrity Force, a voting rights watchdog, reported on the development.

Statement on @AttyStefLambert. See the #Dominion files here https://t.co/6pm8FbarnX pic.twitter.com/ShgLuU7hec

— Election Integrity Force (@Real_EIF) March 19, 2024

The Election Integrity Force provided the latest details on the case against Lambert.

In a troubling attack on the pillars of the American republic, Stefanie Lambert, a dedicated attorney championing electoral transparency was arrested today in Washington D.C. This incident comes on the heels of Ms. Lambert’s pivotal role in shedding light on the operations of Dominion Voting Systems, especially following a recent flood of confidential internal documents from Dominion that were made public earlier today. These documents accessible at Election Integrity Force, provide damning evidence of misconduct and have stirred public concern over the integrity of the 2020 election outcome.

Stefanie Lambert, renowned for her diligent pursuit of truth and accountability in our election system, found herself targeted by law enforcement as she attended a critical hearing at the United States District Court. Her arrest raises grave concerns about due process and the constitutional rights of those who seek to expose corruption and advocate for election integrity.

The leaked documents from Dominion Voting Systems reveal startling admissions by company officials, including the unlawful involvement of foreign nationals in the U.S. election infrastructure. Lambert’s arrest, under these circumstances, appears to be a calculated effort to intimidate and silence a prominent voice in the movement for election reform.

The significance of today’s events extends beyond Ms. Lambert’s personal legal battle. It represents a chilling threat to free speech, the right to legal defense, and the broader principles that underpin our our republic. When attorneys, who play a critical role in upholding justice and transparency, are persecuted for advocacy, it undermines public confidence in our institutions and erodes the foundation of our republic.

Despite the adversity she faces, Ms. Lambert remains resolute in her belief that the pursuit of justice and the unveiling of truth are paramount. Her case has mobilized a diverse coalition of individuals committed to protecting the integrity of our elections and holding those in power accountable.

Lambert provided a further statement to provide context on the situation.

I gave the evidence to law enforcement. The discovery (file from Dominion) contained evidence of numerous crimes. The Constitution does not permit secret Serbians to run our elections. Local clerks are to run our elections, & transparency is prevented by vendors (Dominion). pic.twitter.com/Lgyu06GL0w

— Stefanie Lambert (@AttyStefLambert) March 18, 2024

“I gave the evidence to law enforcement,” she said. “The discovery (file from Dominion) contained evidence of numerous crimes. The Constitution does not permit secret Serbians to run our elections. Local clerks are to run our elections, & transparency is prevented by vendors (Dominion).”

In a recently filed lawsuit in the State of Michigan, a batch of emails from top Dominion Voting Systems officials to Serbian contractors was submitted for the court record.

Michigan Dominion Emails by Kyle Becker

Among those showing concern for Serbian contractors exposed as working for Dominion Voting Systems were the CEO John Poulos and the Director of Strategy Eric Coomer.

A Serbian staff member named Goran Obradovic, for example, contacted Dominion CEO John Poulos for advice on how to calm down contractors who were ‘very scared for their safety.’

Interestingly, election integrity expert J. Alex Halderman reached out to Dominion to offer his help to ‘dispel’ alleged conspiracy theories about the voting machine company.

In July 2023, Lambert was reportedly indicted for allegedly “illegally accessing voting machines” in Michigan.

A Michigan lawyer accused of illegally accessing voting machines following the 2020 election said she has been indicted.

Stefanie Lambert is one of nine people who allegedly tampered with voting tabulators to prove that the results of the election were rigged and that then-President Donald Trump and his supporters did not embellish claims of election fraud.

“My attorney has been informed that I have been indicted by [Muskegon County Prosecutor DJ Hilson], the special prosecutor in Michigan, working at the request of [Attorney General] Dana Nessel,” Lambert said Wednesday on the Conservative Daily podcast.

A spokesperson for Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s office told Newsweek via phone that their office has no records of Lambert being indicted.

Lambert stated at the time that she was unable to comment on allegations brought against others and further stated that she had not been provided with any legal documentation pertaining to her case or subsequent proceedings.

“DJ Hilson misrepresented important statutory and constitutional law and failed to advise the court and grand jury of the applicable law, and misrepresented the law to the court and the jury in order to obtain this indictment,” she argued.

The attorney responded to one of the two podcast presenters’ inquiry whether it was a component of a novel case against her.

“It’s worse than that. Nobody, including myself, did anything illegal,” she said. “We did not violate any laws.”

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Former President Donald Trump, frontrunner in the 2024 presidential election campaign, is not considering tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy as his vice presidential running mate, according to a new report.

“Donald Trump has ruled out Vivek Ramaswamy as his running mate and is instead eyeing the entrepreneur for a Cabinet job, according to people familiar with the matter, as the Republican presidential nominee sizes up a possible administration,” Bloomberg reported.

“Trump personally told Ramaswamy he won’t be his vice presidential pick, according to people briefed on the discussion, but is considering him for posts including Homeland Security secretary. Some Trump allies see Ramaswamy as ideal for the job because they say he excels at public speaking and, as an Indian-American son of an immigrant, could neutralize criticism of sweeping immigration restrictions,” the report added.

Bloomberg also reported that Donald Trump is considering ousted Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy as his possible chief of staff.

According to Bloomberg, Trump has ruled out Vivek Ramaswamy as a running mate and personally informed him of the decision. However he may have another position for him in his cabinet.

In addition, Trump is considering former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy as his chief of staff.… pic.twitter.com/Hwd7mWpMC0

— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) March 19, 2024

In January, Ramaswamy suspended his presidential campaign and endorsed Donald Trump for president.

“As of this movement we are going to suspend this presidential campaign,” Vivek told the crowd. “There is no path forward for me to be president absent things that we don’t want to see happen in this country.”

Ramaswamy went on to announce that in light of his decision to end his campaign, he would be endorsing Trump for the Republican nomination moving forward.

“Tonight I called Donald Trump to … congratulate him on his victory and now moving forward he will have my full endorsement for the presidency and I think we are doing the right thing for this country,” Ramaswamy said. “So I am going to ask you to follow me in taking our America First movement to the next level.”

The decision comes just days after Trump went after Ramaswamy, saying he is “not MAGA” and that his campaign has been “deceitful,” according to a post on Truth Social.

“Vivek started his campaign as a great supporter, ‘the best President in generations,’ etc. Unfortunately, now all he does is disguise his support in the form of deceitful campaign tricks,” Trump wrote.

In February, Vice Presidential speculation mounted for Vivek Ramaswamy upon appearing at a Trump event in mid-February.

“That’s the ticket!!!” Baroness von M replied.

“I wonder if vivek will be vice president? I have never been so impatient in my life to know who the vp pick is. Waiting sucks,” Sassafrass84 said.

“VP energy?” News Nomad remarked.

“I hope Trump picks Vivek for VP,” said an account named Deep State.

“Vivek as VP would be [fire],” commented Rasta Rocket.

“I hope this is the ticket: Trump/Vivek,” said Steven Hasty.

That may not turn out to be the case. But Homeland Secretary Vivek Ramaswamy? I am sure a lot of Trump supporters would be on board with this Cabinet post.

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Trump Legal Team Files ANOTHER Motion to Dismiss Fani Willis Citing Judge’s Own Words

Attorneys for Donald Trump and his co-defendants have redoubled their efforts to disqualify Fani Willis from their case by appealing a judge’s decision on the grounds that disturbing testimony arising during the hearings emanated an “odor of mendacity” (his own words).

Judge Scott McAfee ruled on Friday that Willis and her office could continue prosecuting Trump, contingent on her ex-lover Nathan Wade resigning from his position as special counsel. Wade complied with this order and stepped down.

“In its Order, the Court found that District Attorney Willis’ actions had created an appearance of impropriety and an ‘odor of mendacity’ that lingers in this case, as well as of the continuing possibility that ‘an outsider could reasonably think that District Attorney Willis is not exercising her independent professional judgment totally free of any compromising influences’,” Trump’s legal team argued.

“Despite this, the Court declined to disqualify District Attorney Willis, finding that eliminating only the Special Assistant District Attorney would cure the lingering appearance of impropriety,” they added.

Trump’s lawyers noted that case law requires dismissal of the case or at the ‘very least’ the disqualification of Willis and her entire prosecutorial team.

On Friday, CNN legal analyst Michael Moore stated that the ruling against Fani Willis by Judge Scott McAfee is “not a good look” for the district attorney’s office and amounts to a significant gift for the defense.

McAfee refrained from disqualifying Willis from the case, but ruled that in order to rectify a “appearance of impropriety” arising from an alleged financial conflict of interest, either she or special prosecutor Nathan Wade must resign. Moore stated that the judge’s ruling is unfavorable to the prosecution and that Willis will likely encounter additional legal opposition on “CNN News Central.”

“This was a self-inflicted wound that should have been healed and taken care of months ago,” Moore said. “But basically they just let it get infected now to this place where the district attorney has been called by a court that she has to practice in front of and her office has to practice in front of, she’s been called now unprofessional. And this frankly  … is a gift to the defense, I believe, as they will use this as they talk about whether or not the case has merit or whether or not it was brought for other reasons, whether or not it’s a professional prosecutor and all that. We’re going to hear all that down the road.”

“But we’re also going to hear, I expect, comments from the Georgia legislature, as they have moved forward with their panel inquiry into her conduct,” Moore added. “We’re going to hear now this finding echoed around the halls of Congress by the likes of people like Jim Jordan and things like that. So this is not a good day for the state and it’s not a good look for the state.”

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“This is how I win.”

This was surely former Donald Trump’s reaction to the media feeding frenzy this weekend when a deceptively edited and framed video — known in editorial circles as a “Rupar hoax” — picked up traction and became the source of illimitable disinformation articles that were published from sea to shining sea.

Or at least, that is the dramatic re-enactment of what must have went through the media mogul’s mind. That’s because President Donald Trump is seeking to turn the blossoming left-wing hoax industry into a campaign goldmine.

This is the video and context of Trump’s now-infamous “bloodbath” remarks:

They think that they’re going to sell those cars into the United States with no tax at the border. Let me tell you something to China. If you’re listening President Xi [Jinping], and you and I are friends, but he understands the way I deal: Those big monster car manufacturing plants that you’re building in Mexico right now, and you think you’re gonna get that, you’re gonna not hire Americans and you’re gonna sell the cars to us — no.

We’re gonna put a 100% tariff on every single car that comes across the line, and you’re not gonna be able to sell those guys if I get elected. Now, if I don’t get elected, it’s gonna be a bloodbath for the whole — that’s gonna be the least of it, it’s gonna be a bloodbath for the country, that’ll be the least of it.

A new Trump campaign email recaps the numerous times the Democratic Party tried to weaponize this fake news and asked supporters to donate:

At a rally on Saturday, I predicted a bloodbath for our auto industry if Crooked Joe Biden were to win in November.

Then immediately, the LIARS in the Fake News & Democrat Party pushed their biggest HOAX of the election.

They used edited clips to viciously misquote me.

They said that YOU were a dangerous threat to our country.

They even had Nancy Pelosi push this HOAX live on CNN! She lied directly to the American people!

The FAKE NEWS and their allies in the Democrat Party truly HATE OUR COUNTRY!

They will push hoaxes, fake headlines, and outright LIES to keep control.

That’s why I’m depending on YOUR SUPPORT to win back the White House!

Before the day is over, I’m asking EVERY SINGLE ONE of my supporters to chip in and say, I STAND WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP! >

STAND WITH TRUMP

Remember, support from Patriots like YOU is what’s going to get us back into the White House.

So that’s why I’m asking my STRONGEST supporters to deliver the LIARS in the Fake News a message that they’ll NEVER FORGET!

Please chip in today >

WE WILL MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

Thank you,

Donald J. Trump

45th President of the United States

STAND WITH TRUMP

Bloodbath, incidentally, is defined by Merriam-Webster as either a notably fierce, violent or destructive contest or struggle (“the campaign has become a bloodbath”) or a major economic disaster (“a market bloodbath”).

The corporate media’s hack journalists nonetheless pretended that they no longer understand the meaning of words.

Donald Trump's use of "bloodbath" to describe a loss of jobs must have been super scary to a U.S. media that has never used it that way beforepic.twitter.com/1LHvJdU29O

— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) March 18, 2024

They say “all’s fair in love and war,” and as far as these lying journalists are concerned, this is the equivalent of “shooting themselves in the foot.” It’s not even a Pyrrhic victory for these gutless, zero-integrity losers. It’s a complete rout that the media carried out on themselves.

It is time for the American people to stop playing along with these propagandists masquerading as journalists like they care about facts and truth. It is sufficient to call them shameless liars and then mock them mercilessly. That is the only treatment they deserve.

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During oral arguments Monday, the majority of Supreme Court justices did not appear prepared to rule that the Biden administration violated the First Amendment by urging social media platforms to limit speech.

In July 2023, a district court judge issued an initial injunction prohibiting officials from various agencies, including the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the FBI, from using social media platforms to censor speech. The plaintiffs described the government’s actions as “the most massive attack against free speech in the United States’ history.” During oral arguments for the Biden administration’s appeal in Murthy v. Missouri, some justices were skeptical of the assessment.

“My biggest concern is that your view has the First Amendment hamstringing the government in significant ways in the most important time periods,” Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson told Louisiana Solicitor General Benjamin Aguinaga. “Some might say that the government actually has a duty to take steps to protect the citizens of this country.”‘

During litigation frequent meetings between federal agencies and platforms to address misinformation were disclosed in documents obtained by the plaintiffs, the states of Louisiana and Missouri, in addition to five individuals whose speech was censored. Email exchanges revealed the White House requested platforms to remove content “immediately” and terminate accounts.

The Fifth Circuit narrowed the injunction to prohibit a more limited group of agencies from “Coercing or Significantly Encouraging” the suppression or removal of speech, subsequent to the ruling of the district court in July of last year. The justices deliberated on the appropriateness of the line that would distinguish persuasion from coercion.

Justice Samuel Alito stated that he “cannot imagine” the government treating the print media similarly, regarding them as “subordinates.”

“Would you do that to the New York Times or the Wall Street Journal or the Associated Press?” he asked Principal Deputy Solicitor General Brian Fletcher. “Constant meetings, constant emails, we want answers, we’re partners, we’re on the same team — do you think the print media regards themselves as being on the same team as the federal government?”

“Potentially, in the context of the efforts to get Americans vaccinated during a once in a lifetime pandemic,” Fletcher said. “I really think that piece of context, it doesn’t change the First Amendment principles, but it’s relevant to how they apply here.”

Justice Brett Kavanaugh raised the same inquiry regarding the frequency with which press officials “berate” the media, citing the “anger” that is apparent in certain government communications.

Jackson and Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan were concerned, however, that this could impede the government’s ability to compel corporations to intervene when necessary, such as when a platform disseminates terrorist propaganda.

Furthermore, they cast doubt on the plaintiffs’ ability to establish that their posts were censored directly by the government and thus had standing.

This is the most horrifying thing I've ever heard from a Supreme Court Justice.

Ketanji Brown-Jackson is concerned that the First Amendment is making it harder for the government to censor speech.

That's literally the entire point.pic.twitter.com/oqBwVZQB0l

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) March 18, 2024

“It seems like an extremely expansive argument,” Kagan said. “I’ve had some experience encouraging the press to suppress their own speech. You just wrote a bad editorial, here are the five reasons you shouldn’t write another one. You just wrote a story that’s filled with factual errors, here are the ten reasons why you shouldn’t do that again. This happens literally thousands of times a day in the federal government.”

Aguinaga pointed out that when the White House sends an email to Facebook requesting censorship of an individual’s post, the subject never sees that communication.

Jackson brought up a number of extraneous hypotheticals, such as asking if the government could demand that social media stop sharing posts about teenagers jumping out of windows.

Justice Amy Coney Barrett and Chief Justice John Roberts also grilled Aguinaga. Roberts said that while the federal government is not “monolithic,” various agencies may recommend distinct courses of action.

Barrett held out the possibility that the “encouragement” criterion would encompass an excessive number of activities. In the event the Louisiana government were to be doxxed, could the FBI contact social media companies to ask if the compromising information could be taken down?

“The government is not helpless,” Aguinaga said, while noting the solution to countering false speech is to encourage more true speech. “It has tools at its disposal and censorship has never been the default remedy.”

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