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Jury finds CNN committed defamation against Navy veteran, awards punitive damages

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Decision comes after more than eight hours of deliberation

By Brian Flood

PANAMA CITY, Fla. – A jury found that CNN committed defamation against U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young and is responsible for punitive damages on Friday after more than eight hours of deliberation. 

The jury ruled Young is awarded $4 million in lost earnings, $1 in personal damages such as pain and suffering and said that punitive damages are warranted against CNN. 

The jury will now proceed to phase two of the trial to determine punitive damages. Lawyers on each side will have a chance to present evidence to determine punitive damages. 

Young alleged that CNN smeared him by implying he illegally profited when helping people flee Afghanistan on the “black market” during the Biden administration’s military withdrawal from the country in 2021. Young believes CNN “destroyed his reputation and business” by branding him an illegal profiteer” who exploited “desperate Afghans” during a November 11, 2021, report by Alex Marquardt that first aired on CNN’s “The Lead with Jake Tapper.” (click to continue reading)

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Jury finds CNN committed defamation against Navy veteran, awards punitive damages

JOE CONCHA: The 5 biggest losers from Team Trump’s confirmation hearings

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Democrats showed this week that they clearly learned nothing from the last election

By Joe Concha

It’s been the theater of the absurd in the Senate this week for President-elect Trump’s Cabinet nominees, with Democrats playing the role of rogue clowns screaming (literally) for attention. 

If you’re just the average political observer, watching this show at home has likely been an annoying, infuriating and sometimes, comical experience. The questioning of Pete Hegseth, Trump’s pick for defense secretary, and Pam Bondi, his nominee for attorney general, has greatly diminished what was once a relatively dignified Senate chamber. 

So, who were the biggest losers of the week in these confirmation hearings? (Click to continue)

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CNN defamation trial: Closing arguments made as jury begins to deliberate lawsuit against network

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Plaintiff’s attorney says CNN engaged in ‘calculated attack,’ while defense implores jury to use ‘common sense’

By Brian Flood , Joseph A. Wulfsohn

Lawyers delivered powerful closing arguments on Thursday as U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young’s high-profile defamation trial against CNN heads to the jury. 

Young alleges CNN smeared him in a November 2021 report by correspondent Alex Marquardt that first aired on “The Lead with Jake Tapper,” suggesting he illegally profited off desperate people trying to flee Afghanistan following the Biden administration’s military withdrawal, implying he was involved in “black market” dealings and ruining his professional reputation as a result.

“It was a calculated attack by CNN on his character that has inflicted deep and lasting wounds,” Young’s lead counsel Vel Freedman told jurors.  (Click to continue reading)

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CNN defamation trial: Closing arguments made as jury begins to deliberate lawsuit against network

Gov. DeSantis fires back at Kamala Harris over hurricane feud: ‘No role in this process’

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Fox & Friends Weekend’ co-host Pete Hegseth joined ‘The Faulkner Focus’ to discuss why Vice President Kamala Harris is facing scrutiny for her media tour as millions face storm dangers.

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DOJ charges Rep. Anna Paulina Luna’s former Florida primary opponent with threatening to kill political rival

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William Braddock allegedly threatened to send a ‘Russian-Ukrainian hit squad’ to kill his primary opponent

By Danielle Wallace

The Justice Department charged a former primary opponent of Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., with threatening to send a “Russian-Ukrainian hit squad” to kill his political rival. 

William Robert Braddock III, 41, of St. Petersburg, Florida, was charged with threatening to kill his primary opponent in the 2021 election for the 13th Congressional District of Florida, and a private citizen and acquaintance of his opponent, the Justice Department announced Friday. The indictment, unsealed in the Middle District of Florida on Thursday, describes the targeted individuals as only “Victim 1” and “Victim 2.” 

On June 8, 2021, prosecutors say Braddock allegedly made several threats to injure and kill his primary opponent during a phone call with the second victim, specifically stating that he would “call up my Russian-Ukrainian hit squad” to make the rival candidate disappear. The DOJ said Braddock left the United States after making the alleged threats and was later found to be residing in the Philippines.  (Click to continue reading)

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I left the Democrat Party and will do all I can to return Donald Trump to the White House

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 by Tulsi Gabbard

This morning, I had the privilege of visiting Arlington Cemetery with President Trump and the Gold Star families of SSG Hoover and SGT Gee, two of the thirteen servicemembers who were killed in the attack at Abbey Gate in Kabul three years ago today.

Being there with President Trump, honoring the lives of those who sacrificed all, I saw firsthand the sorrow he shared with the families left behind, expressing his sincere appreciation the sacrifices made by their loved ones, our brothers and sisters, who paid the ultimate price.

This is personal for me. My first deployment to Iraq was with the Hawaii Army National Guard in 2005 where I served in a medical unit, every day confronted with the high cost of war. We lost so many of our brothers and sisters who never made that long trip home, and others who did come home, only to lose them to suicide.

President Trump understands the grave responsibility that our President and Commander in Chief has for us and our families, and values the lives of every one of us — Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors, Marines and Coasties. He knows the cost of war. It’s not just lip service.  During his first term as President, he not only didn’t start any new wars, he took action to de-escalate tensions and prevent conflict. He understands the cost of war and has shown he will exhaust all measures of diplomacy, having the courage to meet with adversaries, dictators and allies alike in the pursuit of peace, seeing war as a last resort.  (Continue Reading)

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Three Harris DNC attack lines against Trump that were inaccurate or false

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By Timothy H.J. Nerozzi

Vice President Kamala Harris delivered her acceptance speech for the Democratic presidential nomination on Thursday at the conclusion of the Democratic National Convention.

In her pitch to voters, Harris read a laundry list of complaints and accusations about Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

Some of the attacks on Trump hinged on inaccurate interpretations about the former president’s platform and policies, while others were outright false.  (Continue Reading)

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Running for Congress: Pooch leads police, reporter and Senate staffers on hairy rush-hour chase around Capitol

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By Chad Pergram

I thought it was a jogger at first.

Someone clad in black ran up the sidewalk on the north side of Constitution Avenue, just across from the Senate side of the U.S. Capitol.

But it was too fast for a jogger. There was an urgency.

This was a female U.S. Capitol Police officer, wearing a thick tactical vest. A radio pack and other police equipment sprouted from the front. Then yelling.

Then three other Capitol Police officers charged up Capitol Hill, knees churning.

Police radios crackled. Something was terribly wrong. (Continue Reading)

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Running for Congress: Pooch leads police, reporter and Senate staffers on hairy rush-hour chase around Capitol

It’s like Trump prosecutors are making up a crime as they go along: Andy McCarthy

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Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Andy McCarthy and constitutional law professor Jonathan Turley join ‘America’s Newsroom’ to weigh in ahead of closing arguments in former President Trump’s New York criminal trial.

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It’s like Trump prosecutors are making up a crime as they go along: Andy McCarthy

Hero FSU Student Shows How To Deal With Pro-Hamas Nonsense On Campus

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by Zach Dean

Another day, another instance of the great, big, beautiful, free, law & order, no-nonsense state of Florida leading the way for the rest of this backwards country. 

God, I love this state. It’s the best. Do we ever miss? Nope. We get elections right, we got COVID right, we back the blue, don’t teach nonsense in schools, and we definitely don’t allow it on campus. 

Exhibit A: how to properly deal with pro-Hamas crowds trying to take over a college campus:

Video of Florida State student dealing with pro-Hamas rally goes viral 

Amazing. You can feel the sheer annoyance this hero is feeling just by the way he tosses the chair like a ragdoll. He wants no part of this crap. He’s had enough. Frankly, we all have. 

At least us sane folks.  (Continue Reading)

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Activists challenged on Oct. 7 Hamas terror at pro-Palestinian campus ‘fair’ in Wisconsin

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Lawrence Jones challenges female activists on rapes committed by Hamas

By Bailee Hill

“Fox & Friends” co-host Lawrence Jones visited a pro-Palestinian “fair” at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to talk with activists as antisemitism continues to engulf college campuses nationwide. 

“We’re here to really advocate for Palestinians, for Gaza,” one activist told Jones on Tuesday. “We’re advocating, honestly, for just… humanity.”

“There’s also a lot more casualties on the Palestinian side than there is on the Israeli side,” another activist chimed in. 

“And I’m not trying to like, compare the sides, but a lot of people are like, ‘oh my God, October 7th, October 7th,’ but like, no, this is since 1948.”

“People are saying, well, but what about the Jewish community that is under attack as well? The women that were raped, the kids that were put into ovens,” Jones said. 

One activist turned to the other activist and questioned the legitimacy of the claims that women and children were raped and tortured during the Oct. 7 massacre. She said she thought those claims were debunked.  (Continue Reading)

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Activists challenged on Oct. 7 Hamas terror at pro-Palestinian campus ‘fair’ in Wisconsin

Trump says NY Judge Merchan ‘thinks he is above the Supreme Court’ after barring him from immunity arguments

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New York Judge Juan Merchan has prohibited Trump from attending presidential immunity arguments at the US Supreme Court

By Brooke Singman

EXCLUSIVE: Former President Trump said New York Judge Juan Merchan “thinks he is above the Supreme Court,” after “prohibiting” him from attending arguments Thursday on presidential immunity, telling Fox News Digital it is “the most important case in many years” before the high court. 

The former president and presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee spoke exclusively to Fox News Digital on Wednesday after spending the last two days in a Manhattan courtroom for opening arguments and witness testimony in his unprecedented criminal trial. 

Trump had requested to attend arguments at the Supreme Court when it holds oral arguments about the former president’s immunity on Thursday, but Judge Merchan, who is presiding over the trial, rejected that request. (Continue Reading)

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Columbia rabbi tells Jewish students to leave campus, warns that school, NYPD ‘cannot guarantee your safety’

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By Danielle Wallace

The Orthodox rabbi at Columbia University and Barnard College sent a message recommending Jewish students leave campus and go home, as anti-Israel agitators have continued an “encampment” on campus and participants were caught on camera espousing full-on support for terrorism and supporting violence towards Jewish students.

In a WhatsApp message sent to hundreds before the start of Passover, Rabbi Elie Buechler, director of OU-LJIC at Columbia/Barnard, told students to leave “as soon as possible” until the situation improves, noting that “what we are witnessing in and around campus is terrible and tragic.”

“The events of the last few days, especially last night, have made it clear that Columbia University’s Public Safety and the NYPD cannot guarantee Jewish students’ safety in the face of extreme antisemitism and anarchy,” Buechler wrote. “It deeply pains me to say that I would strongly recommend you return home as soon as possible and remain home until the reality in and around campus has dramatically improved.”  (Continue reading)

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12-year-old killed in wrong-way crash: Sister speaks out after unlicensed illegal immigrant driver’s arrest

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By Elizabeth Heckman

The sister of a Missouri boy killed in a head-on car collision expressed outrage following the arrest of a woman who was in the U.S. illegally.

Travis Wolfe was just one day away from celebrating his 12th birthday in December when authorities say Endrina Bracho, a Venezuelan migrant without a driver’s license, slammed into his family’s car head-on.

Wolfe died at the hospital on March 6 after being taken off life support. (Click to continue reading)

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‘Being a Jew at NYU right now is scary’: Students recall fear on campus as antisemitic sentiments rise

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By Alexander Hall – Fox News

Two New York Jewish college students detailed the fear they have felt with the rise of antisemitic sentiments on campus since Hamas’ terror attack on Israel last month.

Bella Ingber and Yola Ashkenazie spoke to “America Reports” Thursday about antisemitic radicalism on campus amid the war in Gaza. On October 7, Hamas launched a multi-pronged terror attack on Israeli army bases, civilian communities and a music festival that led to at least 1,400 deaths and 240 kidnappings in Israel. While many in the international community were initially horrified by the events, soon after, many teachers and students in American schools nationwide started expressing support for Hamas and antagonizing Jewish students.

“Being a Jew at NYU right now is scary,” Ingber said. “We are seeing an uptick in anti-Israel protests that are turning antisemitic. There are signs that read ‘globalize the Intifada’ which is a historical call for the extermination of Jews and call for violence against Jews.” (Continue Reading)

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‘Being a Jew at NYU right now is scary’: Students recall fear on campus as antisemitic sentiments rise

Catholic university becomes safe haven for Jewish students escaping antisemitism

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As the carnage in the Middle East persists, an America’s New Majority Project poll recently found that more than 75 percent of Americans are closely following the news about the Israel-Hamas war in the Middle East.

While a majority of voters agree that Israel must do what is necessary to destroy Hamas, and that Hamas is responsible for Palestinian civilian casualties, the outlandish defense of Hamas’s atrocities across the United States– particularly on university campuses – raises great concern.

American universities ought to be centers where ideas, debates, and opinions are freely exchanged, but many, instead, have fostered hateful, antisemitic ideology among the student population. A recent Harvard CAPS/Harris poll found that 48 percent of voters between 18-24 support Hamas in the current conflict. (Continue Reading)

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Catholic university becomes safe haven for Jewish students escaping antisemitism