Crash Course: First Amendment history hurts Fox News

How historic precedent helps Dominion's lawsuit [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmIP5-P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvbDBid2h0dGkzdi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF3MnZ0dHlieGtXA3NwY0IKZCF-eT5k07dyi1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmIP5-P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvejBiOHZnY3g2Mi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF3MnZ0dHlieGsmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZCF-eT5k07dyi1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). Media, stop pretending it won't be Trump Can we just be real? GOP voters don't want "generational change" and "moving forward." Being MAGA means bitterly clinging to the past. Yet journalists who really should know better are trying to will a fresh and less depressing GOP into existence. Amanda Marcotte [explains](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmIP5-P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvdmV2ZTZsMmF2by8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF3MnZ0dHlieGsmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZCF-eT5k07dyi1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) why that's dangerous for our democracy. ~/AASU4wA~/RgRmIP5-P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvNHR6dGl0d3hzbC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF3MnZ0dHlieGsmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZCF-eT5k07dyi1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo Fox News vs. First Amendment For the last few decades, various powerful American courts have reshaped how the First Amendment impacts our lives. [Read how historic precedent helps](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmIP5-P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvd3RiMHF0azhwNS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF3MnZ0dHlieGsmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZCF-eT5k07dyi1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Dominion's lawsuit against Fox News. The trial is set to start today. - “Dominion has a killer case”: Legal experts say [settlement talks](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmIP5-P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMveHA3Y2R2eXJsbi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF3MnZ0dHlieGsmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZCF-eT5k07dyi1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) suggest Fox News got cold feet - “It doesn’t protect lies”: Here’s what legal experts think of [Fox News’ First Amendment defense](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmIP5-P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZTVxMmNtc2gxOC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF3MnZ0dHlieGsmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZCF-eT5k07dyi1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - Legal expert: Fox settlement talks may mean ["they realize the weakness in their own case"](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmIP5-P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvcnd2cTd5Mzd6aC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF3MnZ0dHlieGsmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZCF-eT5k07dyi1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - The centrist plan to [sabotage Joe Biden](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmIP5-P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvN2Y3N3lkaXFpaS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF3MnZ0dHlieGsmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZCF-eT5k07dyi1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - Fox News has [lost control of its viewers](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmIP5-P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvc2VvOXUwbjQ1dS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF3MnZ0dHlieGsmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZCF-eT5k07dyi1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - Ex-prosecutor: Fox plot to [appeal defamation case to Supreme Court](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmIP5-P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvbHI0cXhleDA4Zi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF3MnZ0dHlieGsmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZCF-eT5k07dyi1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) could badly backfire - The pandemic cracked the door open to universal health care. 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Connecting Clarence Thomas and Donald Trump: Tied together by a mutual worship of corrupt power At its core, fascism is corrupt power where there is one set of rules for the Great Leader and their followers and allies and another set of rules and laws and expectations for everyone else. Unrestrained and corrupt power is both the means and ends of the fascist and other anti-democracy projects. That same corrupt power is a type of unifying energy field for today's Republican Party and the "conservative" movement more broadly. Donald Trump participated in a decades-long crime spree. The presidency was but an opportunity for him to continue with those crimes on a historic and unprecedented scale and level. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas operates by the same underlying principles of corrupt power as Donald Trump. [Read more from Chauncey DeVega.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmIP5-P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvajU1cGZvcGg1MS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF3MnZ0dHlieGsmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZCF-eT5k07dyi1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (Photo via NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images) - "U.S. Was Warned of Migrant Child Labor, but ‘Didn’t Want to Hear It,’" [The New York Times](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmIP5-P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvaGxhMXVnMHo2aS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF3MnZ0dHlieGtXA3NwY0IKZCF-eT5k07dyi1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - "The Internet Thinks We Don't Know Its Secret. But I Do," [Slate](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmIP5-P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvd21sYmF1ZTZ5ei8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF3MnZ0dHlieGtXA3NwY0IKZCF-eT5k07dyi1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - "Nutrition Science’s Most Preposterous Result: Could Ice Cream Possibly Be Good for You?" [The Atlantic](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmIP5-P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvMm96c3pyY3h0My8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF3MnZ0dHlieGtXA3NwY0IKZCF-eT5k07dyi1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - "Dril Is Everyone. More Specifically, He’s a Guy Named Paul," [The Ringer](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmIP5-P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvMTJlMzQ3N3Iyby8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF3MnZ0dHlieGtXA3NwY0IKZCF-eT5k07dyi1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - "AI-Generated Music Is About to Flood Streaming Platforms," [Wired](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmIP5-P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvOXdxcXc4NmZxai8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF3MnZ0dHlieGtXA3NwY0IKZCF-eT5k07dyi1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - "The Self-Proclaimed Genius of Lil Dicky," [The Hollywood Reporter](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmIP5-P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvd3hocmNkdGFlbi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF3MnZ0dHlieGtXA3NwY0IKZCF-eT5k07dyi1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Clarence Thomas caught reporting up to $750,000 in income from company that doesn't exist: report Thomas for the past two decades reported income that his family received from a firm called Ginger, Ltd., Partnership — a Nebraska real estate firm started by his wife, Ginni, and her family in 1982 — amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars. The Washington Post reported that the company shuttered in 2006, and was ultimately rolled into a new, separate firm called Ginger Holdings, LLC. However, since then, Thomas has allegedly continued to claim income — reported as "rent" — from Ginger, Ltd., Partnership, with recent years seeing him report between $50,000 and $100,000 annually, [per financial disclosure reports.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmIP5-P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvYTdocHIxNm5oaS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTF3MnZ0dHlieGtXA3NwY0IKZCF-eT5k07dyi1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) In sum, he has reported receiving between $270,000 to $750,000 from the firm since 2006. 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