Author: Freedom Watch
By RJ Vogt Law 360 Law360 (August 29, 2018, 10:41 PM EDT) — After President Donald Trump raged on Twitter about “fake news media” dominating web search results, a conservative nonprofit sued tech giants Facebook, Google, Twitter and Apple for $1 billion in Washington, D.C., federal court Wednesday, alleging they violated antitrust statutes and the First Amendment by censoring conservative content. The proposed class action suit by Freedom Watch Inc. claims all four defendants entered into an “illegal agreement to refuse to deal with conservative news and media outlets” that is “plainly anti-competitive.” In addition, Freedom Watch alleged that…
Analysis | Trump firing Jeff Sessions looks more likely than ever. Here’s the storm that awaits. By Aaron Blake Washington Post August 29, 2018 President Trump likes to talk about firing people. And apparently he’s been doing it again with Jeff Sessions. Although that could be dismissed as Trump flying off the handle again, context is important. The context here is that Senate Republicans appear to be warming to the idea. Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) once said there would be “holy hell” to pay if Trump fired his attorney general; now he says Trump is entitled to…
Palin not invited to McCain’s funeral: report By Michael Burke TheHill August 29, 2018 Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) has reportedly not been invited to attend funeral services for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), her onetime running mate. NBC News reported Wednesday that Palin had not been invited. A source within the Palin family told NBC News that “out of respect to Senator McCain and his family we have nothing to add at this point.” Continue Reading…..
CNN’s Don Lemon Offers a Rational Defense of Antifa By Katherine Krueger Splinter August 29, 2018 Extremely hit-or-miss CNN anchor Don Lemon offered an absolutely reasonable, moderate defense of the loose collective of anti-fascism activists known as Antifa on Tuesday night, so, predictably, people are well on their way to making this a Big Bad Thing. “It says it right in the name: Antifa. Anti-fascism, which is what they were there fighting,” Lemon said on his show, referring to the activists who counter-protested the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville a year ago. Continue Reading…..
Fox News denounces DeSantis’s ‘monkey’ remark on Dem rival By Aris Folley TheHill August 29, 2018 Fox News host Sandra Smith said Wednesday that the network did not condone Rep. Ron DeSantis’s (R) language when he warned voters not to “monkey this up” by voting for his Democratic gubernatorial opponent Andrew Gillum. DeSantis’s remark about Gillum, who would be Florida’s first black governor if elected, prompted quick backlash, with the state Democratic Party chair saying he was “launching his general election campaign with racist dog whistles.” Continue Reading…..
(Washington, D.C., August 30, 2018). Today, Larry Klayman, the founder of both Judicial Watch and now Freedom Watch and a former U.S. Department of Justice prosecutor who was on the trial team that broke up the AT&T monopoly during the Reagan administration, announced the filing of a class action lawsuit which, among many counts, alleges that social media giants Google/You Tube, Facebook, Twitter, Apple and Instagram conspired by entering into an explicit or tacit agreement, in parallel to each other, to restrain trade in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act. See Freedom Watch v. Google/You Tube et.…
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Why CNN is standing by a Michael Cohen story that his lawyer calls false By Howard Kurtz Fox News August 29, 2018 Lanny Davis, who has been engaged in high-stakes crisis management and political lawyering for decades, says he made a mistake. CNN, which relied on Davis at least in part for a story he now says is false, won’t say it made a mistake. And the contretemps contains a revealing look at the sausage-making of investigative reporting and the sometimes murky dance between reporters and their unnamed sources. Continue Reading…..
WATCH: CNN Gives Most Insane Defense Of Antifa Ever. Twitter Explodes. Daily Wire August 29, 2018 CNN analyst Jeffrey Toobin claimed on Tuesday that any criticism of the violent far-left group, Antifa, was based on President Donald Trump’s “appeal to racism.” The CNN segment was focused on discussing Trump’s recent remarks to a group of Christian leaders that if Republicans lose this November there could be widespread violence. Continue Reading…..
WSJ: Five Republican Senators Met With Sessions, Urged Him Not to Quit By Jason Devaney Newsmax August 29, 2018 Five Republican senators had breakfast with Attorney General Jeff Sessions last week and encouraged him to not resign despite constant pressure from President Donald Trump. According to The Wall Street Journal, Sessions invited Sens. John Cornyn of Texas, Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Jerry Moran of Kansas, Ben Sasse of Nebraska, and John Kennedy of Louisiana to dine with him last Thursday morning at the Department of Justice. The meeting took place in Sessions’ dining room and included a…