Three-Peat

For the third time, a Trump propaganda outlet has had to pony up for libeling a voting machine manufacturer in support of Trump's Big Lie. Dozens of lawsuits, recounts, and audits turned up no evidence of election fraud.

Right wingnut cable caster Newsmax will pay $67 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of defaming Dominion Voting Systems by spreading Trump’s lies about his 2020 election loss. In 2023, Newsmax paid $40 million to settle a libel lawsuit from another voting machine manufacturer, Smartmatic. Faux News also paid $787.5 million in 2023 to Dominion. Internal communications revealed the faux journalists at both propaganda outlets knew Trump’s conspiracy theories were bullshit.  “How long are we going to play along with election fraud?” Newsmax prompter reader Bob Sellers said two days after the 2020 election was called for Biden. News of the settlement came as Mafia Don vowed in a social media rant to eliminate mail-in ballots and voting machines. An American president has no power to accomplish that, though a Trumpistani one might.

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