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https://x.com/moonbreeze2/status/1946493637065392599
President Donald Trump Sues The Wall Street Journal: First Amendment Analysis
https://www.freedomforum.org/trump-wall-street-journal-first-amendment-defamation/
By Kevin Goldberg Jul. 18, 2025
President Donald Trump is suing The Wall Street Journal owner Rupert Murdoch and publisher Dow Jones & Co., as well as two reporters, after the paper published an article stating that Trump sent a letter to financier Jeffrey Epstein in 2003 that included a lewd drawing and birthday wishes containing sexual innuendo. Three years later, in 2006, Epstein was convicted of prostitution-related criminal charges, many of which involved underaged girls, and faced several additional charges in the following years. He died in prison in 2019.
In a post to his Truth Social account, Trump described The Wall Street Journal article as “false, malicious, and defamatory” because “the supposed letter they printed by President Trump to Epstein was a FAKE” — something Trump said he also told Murdoch and Editor-in-Chief Emma Tucker when contacted by the paper prior to publication.Now that he has filed a lawsuit, Trump will likely have a chance to probe at The Wall Street Journal’s newsgathering — including internal conversations — to see how it verified its information. The actual malice standard would require Trump to show that the paper’s reporters and editors believed the letter to be fake or that they recklessly disregarded the possibility that the letter doesn’t exist or is false.
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But The Wall Street Journal reporters claim that they have seen the letter among other documents in an album compiled by Epstein’s friend Ghislaine Maxwell, who is currently in federal prison for child sex trafficking and other offenses related to Epstein’s activities. Even if the Trump letter and drawing turn out to be false, The Wall Street Journal may claim that it had every reason to believe — and did believe — that the letter and drawing were authentic, particularly if the paper saw it alongside other well wishes to Epstein and with independent verification that it was from Trump. The public existence of other pictures that Trump has drawn not only refutes Trump’s claim denying that he draws pictures at all but also strengthens The Wall Street Journal’s claim that it believes the letter and drawing are real.
This alone is probably enough to protect The Wall Street Journal in a defamation lawsuit, as courts rarely find that actual malice exists absent “smoking gun” type documentation that an article was published despite the existence of serious doubts or actual knowledge about whether it was accurate or not.
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Trump Administration Cuts Funding For Public Schools Right Before Classes Begin
Every day, Trump and his gang hit on the people of the US and their families.
Trump Administration Cuts Funding For Public Schools Right Before Classes Begin
Trump has made it a priority to target Democratic-leaning states with education funding cuts — but the ones controlled by the GOP won’t be spared.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-admin-cuts-funds-schools_n_68790d30e4b007ebff46e25f
Nathalie Baptiste Jul 17, 2025, 11:42 AM EDT
For many school districts, the first day of classes is only weeks away. Thanks to the Trump administration, educators across the country suddenly don’t know if they’ll have the funds to support students and provide critical services.
On June 30, the Department of Education announced it was withholding nearly $7 billion from public schools. In a three-sentence email sent to the states, the agency said it was “reviewing” five different funding grants. Some of the affected programs deal with support for English learners, after-school programs, teacher professional development, and adult education.
“The Department remains committed to ensuring taxpayer resources are spent in accordance with the President’s priorities and the Department’s statutory responsibilities,” the email said.
This week, 24 states and Washington, D.C., responded to the freeze by filing a lawsuit against the Trump administration, alleging that the withholding of funds is illegal and would come at a great cost to students across the country. In particular, one group has found, red states would be among the hardest hit. ............................
Alina Habba told her staff that her tenure as a federal prosecutor will come to an end on Tuesday when she hits the 120-
bye bye.
Alina Habba told her staff that her tenure as a federal prosecutor will come to an end on Tuesday when she hits the 120-day limit for appointments made by the U.S. Attorney General... because she doesn't have the votes to be confirmed
Your thoughts?
https://x.com/DougWahl1/status/1946290501633622068
Gov Newsom points out a secret @govbilllee & Republicans don't want you to know -- regressive taxation states like TN are
WATCH: “So who is the high tax state? If your only constituency is rich people, I understand.”
Gov.
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social
points out the secret @govbilllee & Republicans don’t want you to know — regressive taxation states like TN are NOT really low tax states for low income families.
WATCH: “So who is the high tax state? If your only constituency is rich people, I understand.â€
— The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) 2025-07-18T22:57:07.786Z
Gov. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social points out the secret @govbilllee & Republicans don’t want you to know — regressive taxation states like TN are NOT really low tax states for low income families.
Elizabeth Warren:--
Elizabeth Warren
@SenWarren
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4h
I’ve been investigating Paramount’s deal with Trump. Here’s what we know:
- Trump sued CBS
- CBS called the lawsuit “meritless”
- Paramount (owner of CBS) still settled, handing $16 MILLION+ to Trump’s library
- Paramount has a billion-dollar deal that needs Trump’s approval
https://x.com/SenWarren/status/1946256019669078140
Attorney General Pamela Bondi: President Trump--we are ready to move the court tomorrow to unseal the grand ju
Bondi does does in a tweet. I shake my head!
Attorney General Pamela Bondi
@AGPamBondi
President Trump—we are ready to move the court tomorrow to unseal the grand jury transcripts.
https://x.com/BarbMcQuade/status/1946255641087004908
Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, just released documents and evidence accusing Obama, Clapper, Brenn
Arrest Obama is the call by the RW on twitter
Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, just released documents and evidence accusing Obama, Clapper, Brennan, Rice and others of Conspiracy, Subversion and Treason.
Accusations aren't arrests or indictments. Thank you for the documents though. When will they be arrested and prosecuted?
Declassified documents can be found at http://DNI.gov
https://x.com/XtremeReality/status/1946297133755236541
DNI Tulsi Gabbard
@DNIGabbard
Their goal was to usurp President Trump and subvert the will of the American people.
No matter how powerful, every person involved in this conspiracy must be investigated and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. The integrity of our democratic republic depends on it.
We are turning over all documents to the DOJ for criminal referral.
🔗 https://dni.gov/index.php/news
https://x.com/DNIGabbard/status/1946293600976785453
While #WI03 Rep. @DerrickVanOrden hides from his constituents, we're holding town halls and hearing from people about t
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Wisconsin Democrats
@WisDems
While #WI03 Rep. @DerrickVanOrden
hides from his constituents, we're holding town halls and hearing from people about the horrible impact the big ugly bill, which Van Orden voted for, will have on their community.
https://x.com/WisDems/status/1946301649250570467
A rural hospital's concerns over Medicaid cuts --BALDWIN, Wis. (WEAU) - Substantial cuts to Medicaid are a reality after
A rural hospital’s concerns over Medicaid cuts
Story by Kim Leadholm
• 1d • 2 min read
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/a-rural-hospital-s-concerns-over-medicaid-cuts/ar-AA1IJZtA
BALDWIN, Wis. (WEAU) - Substantial cuts to Medicaid are a reality after the passage of President Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill.” Patients and hospitals will feel the impacts of these cuts.
“As a rural facility, we are very concerned about the impact of the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ and what that will have for our hospital as a whole and our patients,” Eilidh Pederson, the CEO of Western Wisconsin Health, said.
17% of the patient population at Western Wisconsin Health is insured through Medicaid. In the labor and delivery department, that jumps to nearly 25%.
“These are the patients most in need,” Pederson said. “They’re our most vulnerable patients. They struggle with transportation, and they struggle with paying for medical bills. Yet these are the patients whom we are charged to protect and serve.”..............
"Our First Country Is Palestine," Say Refugees in Syria's Yarmouk Camp "It's not possible to stay for hundreds of year
“Our First Country Is Palestine,” Say Refugees in Syria’s Yarmouk Camp
“It’s not possible to stay for hundreds of years as refugees; we need a just solution,” says a Palestinian from Yarmouk.
https://truthout.org/articles/our-first-country-is-palestine-say-refugees-in-syrias-yarmouk-camp/?utm_campaign=Truthout+Share+Buttons
By Anagha Subhash Nair July 18, 2025
Activists in Yarmouk camp, in the Syrian capital of Damascus, hold a solidarity vigil for Gaza on March 28, 2025.
Rami Alsayed / NurPhoto via Getty Images
An arch crowns the entrance of a long, dusty, multi-laned street in the outskirts of Syria’s capital, Damascus. The text on the arch has been freshly painted — “Yarmouk camp” — with the Palestinian and Syrian Independence flags ensconced between the two words.
The street is dotted with small businesses getting back on their feet after over a decade of war in Syria. Closed shutters gathering dust, piles of garbage and destruction all around are eerie reminders of what the camp has witnessed. The Syrian war ran from 2011 to late 2024, when rebel forces headed by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) toppled President Bashar al-Assad in a blitz overthrow. Yarmouk did not escape the clutches of the conflict.
Before 2011, Yarmouk housed about 160,000 Palestinian refugees, and was a key trade center and business hub. As one resident says, the camp was a “city of its own.” Within the complexities of the Syrian war, Yarmouk presented an additional layer of intricacy. Despite initial attempts by a large part of the camp’s population to maintain a sense of neutrality in the Syrian civil war, Yarmouk was dragged into the turmoil. In 2011, the camp was a safe haven for people fleeing the Assad regime but by the next year, surrounding areas had come under rebel control. In December 2012, the Assad regime began employing aerial warfare in the camp; a Russian-model MiG jet, bombed a mosque, hospital, and school sheltering refugees, marking the start of a destructive campaign by Assad, backed by Russia. In 2013, intensification of fighting in Yarmouk was accompanied by a massive siege of the camp imposed by the Assad government. Soon after, opposition factions took over the camp and gradually, the situation within it worsened. .................................
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