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

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

TIL: Snopes doesn’t actually fact check anymore. They ask the fascists what is true and take their word….
(See LA tow trucks taking ICE vehicles h/t LA resident
@ErickaSimone)
#snopes #factcheck #rightwing #ice#LAProtest

TIL: Snopes doesn’t actually fact check anymore. They ask the fascists what is true and take their word….
(See LA tow trucks taking ICE vehicles h/t LA resident
@ErickaSimone)
#snopes #factcheck #rightwing #ice#LAProtest

Usually, you have to #factCheck every quote/stuff found in the internet: there were fakes long before #AI.

#authors #books #bookstodon#academicChatter #journalism#LLM#ChatGPT