The federal judge who sought to meet with US #BorderPatrol boss Greg #Bovino on a daily basis said Wednesday she “was a little surprised” to see the #feds challenge that arrangement — especially after Bovino’s appearance on #FauxNews.

#US District Judge Sara Ellis made the comment Wed evening, after the #7thCircuit Appeals Court agreed to put a temporary hold on her standing appointment with the #CBP’s commander-at-large.

#law #immigration #Chicago #FactCheck #TrumpLies
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/30/bovinos-fox-news-interview-leaves-judge-surprised-at-feds-opposition-to-daily-check-ins

Ellis noted she’s been “receiving emails from the public.” She shared them with lawyers in the suit that prompted #Bovino’s appearance in her courtroom this week & a #TRO earlier this month.

“I do want to note that, certainly, any decision that I made to monitor the effectiveness & compliance of the [TRO] that I entered was based solely on the evidence submitted in this case. It was not, as the government asserts, based on anything outside of the record,”Ellis said.

#law #FactCheck #TrumpLies

There’s still a chance #Bovino could wind up spending more time in Ellis’ courtroom. The appeals court asked for additional briefing on the issue by the end of business Thursday.

Bovino was also due to appear at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Thursday morning for a deposition behind closed doors. Ellis has said it could go as long as 5 hours.

#law #immigration #Chicago #FactCheck #TrumpLies

Though the appeals court called off #Bovino’s appearance, lawyers still met the judge in her courtroom, acc/to a transcript posted on the docket.

“I did see Mr. Bovino’s interview on Fox News today, where he did state that he was excited to come to court & that this would not impede his activities or his ability to manage the operation at all. So I was a little surprised just to see that the government’s position…was directly contradicted by Mr. Bovino,”Ellis said.

#law #FactCheck #TrumpLies

The federal judge who sought to meet with US #BorderPatrol boss Greg #Bovino on a daily basis said Wednesday she “was a little surprised” to see the #feds challenge that arrangement — especially after Bovino’s appearance on #FauxNews.

#US District Judge Sara Ellis made the comment Wed evening, after the #7thCircuit Appeals Court agreed to put a temporary hold on her standing appointment with the #CBP’s commander-at-large.

#law #immigration #Chicago #FactCheck #TrumpLies
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/30/bovinos-fox-news-interview-leaves-judge-surprised-at-feds-opposition-to-daily-check-ins

#HUD blames ‘radical left’ for #GovernmentShutdown

The Department of Housing & Urban Development website now has a large banner reading: “The Radical Left are going to shut down the government and inflict massive pain on the American people unless they get their $1.5 trillion wish list of demands. The #Trump administration wants to keep the government open for the American people.”

#law #government #ethics #HatchAct #FactCheck #TrumpLies #GOPLies
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/09/30/congress/hud-blames-radical-left-for-government-shutdown-00587756

"Trump sued Murdoch for $10B."
-S Stein

"House Dems on Mon🚨released a screenshot of what appears to be a letter signed by Trump that was included in a collection of notes sent to notorious sex offender J Epstein for his 50th birthday in 2003.

The letter features a conversation btw Trump & Epstein inside of an apparently hand-drawn outline of a woman’s torso.

“HERE IT IS: We got Trump’s birthday note to J Epstein that the President said doesn’t exist”
#TrumpLies#USPol
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/08/trump-epstein-birthday-book-oversight.html

The settlement comes after #FoxNews paid $787.5M to settle a similar #defamation lawsuit in 2023 & #Newsmax paid what court papers describe as $40M to settle a #libel lawsuit from a different voting machine manufacturer, #Smartmatic, which also was a target of pro-Trump #ConspiracyTheories on the network.

#law#BigLie#Trump#FactCheck#TrumpLies

Ha! #Trump is such a #LIAR!

#Newsmax agrees to pay $67M settlement in #defamation case over #2020election lies

The conservative network Newsmax will pay $67 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of defaming a voting equipment company by spreading #lies about #Trump’s 2020 election loss, acc/to documents filed Monday.

#law#BigLie#ConspiracyTheories#FactCheck#TrumpLies
https://apnews.com/article/dominion-voting-newsmax-defamation-trump-2020-3b2366dfdae3a8432afe822bf14fe1ef?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-08-18-Breaking+News

The disclosure came as #Trump vowed in a social media post Monday to eliminate #MailinBallots & #VotingMachines such as those supplied by #Dominion & other companies. It was unclear how Trump could [legally] achieve that.

#law #defamation#ElectionLaw#BigLie#ConspiracyTheories#VoterSuppression#Trump#FactCheck#TrumpLies

The disclosure came as #Trump vowed in a social media post Monday to eliminate #MailinBallots & #VotingMachines such as those supplied by #Dominion & other companies. It was unclear how Trump could [legally] achieve that.

#law #defamation#ElectionLaw#BigLie#ConspiracyTheories#VoterSuppression#Trump#FactCheck#TrumpLies

The settlement comes after #FoxNews paid $787.5M to settle a similar #defamation lawsuit in 2023 & #Newsmax paid what court papers describe as $40M to settle a #libel lawsuit from a different voting machine manufacturer, #Smartmatic, which also was a target of pro-Trump #ConspiracyTheories on the network.

#law#BigLie#Trump#FactCheck#TrumpLies

Ha! #Trump is such a #LIAR!

#Newsmax agrees to pay $67M settlement in #defamation case over #2020election lies

The conservative network Newsmax will pay $67 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of defaming a voting equipment company by spreading #lies about #Trump’s 2020 election loss, acc/to documents filed Monday.

#law#BigLie#ConspiracyTheories#FactCheck#TrumpLies
https://apnews.com/article/dominion-voting-newsmax-defamation-trump-2020-3b2366dfdae3a8432afe822bf14fe1ef?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-08-18-Breaking+News

The #disinformation also added to the confusion over what exactly was happening on the streets, which was portrayed in digital & #SocialMedia [& #RightWing news #media] through starkly divergent #ideological lenses. Many posts created the false impression that the entire city was engulfed in violence, when the few clashes were limited to only very small parts.

#MediaLiteracy #moderation#TrumpLies#Trump #propaganda#LosAngeles#LAprotests #immigration #protests

Misleading photos, videos & texts have spread widely on social #media as #protests against #immigration #raids unfolded in #LosAngeles, rehashing old conspiracy theories‘ to support #Trump’s actions.

The flood of falsehoods appears intended to stoke outrage toward #immigrants & #Democrats.

#MediaLiteracy #moderation#TrumpLies #propaganda#Resist
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/technology/la-protests-conspiracy-theories-disinformation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Darren L. Linvill, a researcher at Clemson University’s #Media Forensics Hub, said #conservatives online were “building up the riots in a performative way” to help bolster #Trump’s claims that #LosAngeles had been taken over by “violent, insurrectionist mobs.”

Linvill said the posts were also “a bit self-fulfilling.” “As they direct attention to it,” he said, “more #protesters will show up.”

#MediaLiteracy#SocialMedia #moderation#TrumpLies #propaganda #disinformation #immigration #protests

The latest deployments prompted a new wave of misleading images to spread—some purporting to show #Marines & the #military service’s weapons in action. One was a still from “Blue Thunder,” a 1983 action-thriller about a conspiracy to deprive residents of #LosAngeles of their civil rights. It features a climatic dogfight over the city’s downtown.

#MediaLiteracy#SocialMedia #moderation#Trump#TrumpLies#ConspiracyTheories #propaganda #disinformation#LAprotests #immigration #protests

There were numerous scenes of protesters throwing rocks or other objects at law enforcement officers & setting cars ablaze, including a number of self-driving #Waymo taxis. At the same time, false images spread to revive old #ConspiracyTheories that the #protests were a planned provocation, not a spontaneous response to the #immigration raids.

#MediaLiteracy#SocialMedia #moderation#TrumpLies#Trump #propaganda #disinformation#LosAngeles#LAprotests #immigration #protests

The #disinformation also added to the confusion over what exactly was happening on the streets, which was portrayed in digital & #SocialMedia [& #RightWing news #media] through starkly divergent #ideological lenses. Many posts created the false impression that the entire city was engulfed in violence, when the few clashes were limited to only very small parts.

#MediaLiteracy #moderation#TrumpLies#Trump #propaganda#LosAngeles#LAprotests #immigration #protests

Misleading photos, videos & texts have spread widely on social #media as #protests against #immigration #raids unfolded in #LosAngeles, rehashing old conspiracy theories‘ to support #Trump’s actions.

The flood of falsehoods appears intended to stoke outrage toward #immigrants & #Democrats.

#MediaLiteracy #moderation#TrumpLies #propaganda#Resist
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/technology/la-protests-conspiracy-theories-disinformation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare