Tag: election

​​Rebooting the disinformation machine for Trump 2.0

It looks like America is going back after all. Since the Democratic convention in August, Vice President Kamala Harris often declared, “we are not going back,” as a reference to the many ills of Donald Trump’s first term in office, which saw a woefully mismanaged response to a global pandemic, the Big Lie about election…

News Analysis: The threat Trump poses to the press

If President-elect Donald Trump follows through on the threats and actions he directed at the press during the election campaign and his first administration, an already weakened press could suffer further harm over the next four years. A weaker press, in turn, weakens an important constitutional check on government, one that is especially important when…

Attorneys for Georgia poll workers seek dismissal of Gateway Pundit’s bankruptcy petition

Attorneys for the two Georgia poll workers who have sued the Gateway Pundit for defamation are asking authorities in Florida to throw out the Pundit’s recent bankruptcy filing there or to allow their case in St. Louis to proceed regardless. In a May 31 motion filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in West Palm Beach,…

The Gateway Pundit says he’s the one being defamed

The Gateway Pundit, the far-right conspiracy theorist who is the target of a high-profile defamation case in the St. Louis Circuit Court, is attempting to turn the tables on his accusers.     On Jan. 16, lawyers for The Gateway Pundit filed a counterclaim against two Georgia poll workers, Ruby Freeman and daughter Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, who…

St. Louis judge largely favors Georgia poll workers in court wrangling with The Gateway Pundit

A St. Louis Circuit judge has ruled that The Gateway Pundit, the far-right conspiracy website owned by James Hoft, must provide much of the information his accusers have been seeking for six months in their defamation suit against him. Judge Jason M. Sengheiser sided largely with attorneys for the two Georgia poll workers, Ruby Freeman…