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Dominion Voting Systems reached a settlement in its $1.6bn defamation lawsuit against Fox. “The truth matters. Lies have consequences,” said Dominion lawyer Justin Nelson, noting that the $787.5m settlement with Fox represents accountability. However, Fox News hosts are not expected to retract or acknowledge the falsehoods they spread about Dominion on air.
Senate Republicans have shown no inclination in helping Democrats replace the ailing senator Dianne Feinstein on the judiciary committee.
Joe Biden spoke last night with Ralph Yarl, the Black teenager shot after ringing the doorbell at the wrong house in Kansas City, Missouri. Meanwhile, police arrested the alleged shooter after protests over the attack.
Anti-abortion groups have filed their response before the supreme court, which is considering whether to uphold a Texas judge’s ruling taking the abortion drug mifepristone off shelves nationwide.
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Representative Cori Bush has joined in calls for for supreme court justice Clarence Thomas to be impeached, following reports that the he did not disclose his financial dealings with Republican donor and real estate developer Harlan Crow.
Bush said:
It is clear that Justice Thomas holds a complete disregard for law and ethics that is incompatible with the trust and confidence placed in federal judges. For these reasons, and because the federal judiciary has failed to hold Justice Thomas accountable, I am calling for impeachment proceedings to begin regarding Justice Thomas’s apparent violations of federal law.
Holding judges accountable for their behavior is a matter of life-or-death for our communities. They wield enormous power, and the current hands-off approach to the judiciary has only emboldened lawless, corrupt, far-right judges to strip away our rights and make our lives worse off.
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