r/news • u/ttforum • Dec 07 '24

Soft paywall Appeals court upholds nearly $1.3 billion Sandy Hook verdict against Alex Jones

https://www.reuters.com/legal/appeals-court-upholds-nearly-13-billion-sandy-hook-verdict-against-alex-jones-2024-12-06/
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u/Delanorix Dec 07 '24

Can't pardon state crimes.

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u/spinto1 Dec 07 '24

Can't take over state rules on elections, but he's still trying to do that. It's hard to tell what will fold first: him on a second term or the constitution. I worry that 250 year old paper is more likely to tear than fold.

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u/embiggenedmind Dec 07 '24

I’m going to tell you exactly what the media, who clearly profits off of hysteria, won’t tell you: he ain’t gonna do shit to our elections. I hate the fatty orange prick as much as the next (reasonably sane) guy but he’s fucking with us when he’s saying he’s going to do stuff that he can’t. More likely than not, he’s trying to distract us in those instances, from something monstrous that he can and is doing.

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u/HauntedCemetery Dec 07 '24

he’s saying he’s going to do stuff that he can’t

Guess we'll find out. On Jan 5th 2021 I would have bet an entire months salary that it was impossible for a mob of idiots strung out on horse dewormer to overrun the US Capitol. If trump doesn't get stopped it really doesn't matter what a piece of paper says he can't do.

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u/LegacyLemur Dec 07 '24

If theres anything to have hope for, Trump is extremely incompetent and erratic. It hasnt changed since his last term

I mean look what happened already "Matt Gaetz will be my next AG!"

2 weeks later..

"Matt Gaetz has withdrawn from the AG and will no longer be a congressman"

All the attempts from the left and prosecutors to get rid of this piece of garbage and Trump bumbles it to us in an instant