• StinkyFingerItchyBum@lemmy.ca
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    The suit, filed in filed in federal court in Miami, accuses the paper and its reporters of having “knowingly and recklessly” published “numerous false, defamatory, and disparaging statements,” which, it alleges, caused “overwhelming financial and reputational harm” to the president.

    His reputation before: A pedophile, rapist, felon, fascist, serial bankrupter, fraudster, racist who wants to fuck his own daughter while stealing from children’s cancer charities.

    His reputation after: A pedophile, rapist, felon, fascist, serial bankrupter, fraudster, racist who wants to fuck his own daughter while stealing from children’s cancer charities.

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    As it turns out, the article is a gift from Murdoch: https://www.axios.com/2025/07/18/trump-epstein-letter-maga-documents

    Just outrageous and questionable enough for MAGA to use as cover, and Trump to turn into a lighting rod. But it doesn’t change much for anyone else. Before, MAGA Media had nothing to point to and paint Trump as the victim. Now, they do.

    It derailed the schism :/

    Other media’s lapping it up to tell readers want they want to hear: MAGA is infighting, when in reality they are not.

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      Yeah. The narrative on the right has been changing ever since this came out. I wouldn’t be that surprised if that was the point of the whole thing.

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    Murdoch, of all people, now a champion of free speech?

    It never ceases to amaze me how completely absurd the US is.

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    I can’t wait for discovery and Trump being forced to do a deposition. That worked so well for him in the past.

    Honestly, I feel like somehow they’re just going to settle out of court and he’ll get a few million sent his way for no apparent reason.