Supreme Court Thursday cleared the way for a National Rifle Association lawsuit against a former New York state official over claims she violated its free-speech rights.
#SCOTUS gave a win to the #NRA in its #FreeSpeech dispute w/a #NY state ofcl it accused of coercing banks & insurers to avoid doing business w/the influential #gun advocacy group.
The justices, in a 9-0 decision, threw out a lower court's ruling that dismissed the NRA's 2018 lawsuit against Maria Vullo, a fmr superintendent of NY's Dept of Financial Services. The #NRA claimed that Vullo unlawfully retaliated against it following a #MassShooting in which 17 people were killed at a HS in #Parkland, FL.
"A vote for Trump is a vote for more gun violence. It got lost in the coverage, but Trump promised the NRA that he would repeal all of Biden's gun safety actions. …
Trump promised, 'In my second term, we will roll back every Biden attack on the Second Amendment.'
#Trump pledges to 'roll back' Democratic President Joe #Biden’s #gun#regulations put in place by Democratic President Joe #Biden & to fire the #ATF chief during a lengthy rally speech to the #NRA on Sat, during which he accepted the influential group's #endorsement.
The address to thousands of #NRA members at the group's annual Leadership Forum in Dallas was light on new #policy, but he used the platform to urge #gun supporters to go to the polls in the Nov #election.
"We've got to get gun owners to vote," #Trump said in his wide-rangingspeech, which covered everything from his #criminal trials to #trade & #immigration over >90 mins.
"Tonight, Donald Trump confirmed that he will do exactly what the #NRA tells him to do - even if it means more death, more shootings, & more suffering,"— #Biden camp spox.
…Trump repeated a false claim that he won the 2020 election, & he went after Biden in aggressive terms, repeating claims of corruption that are not supported by available #evidence.
A must-read article from Anne Applebaum. It has been obvious for a while that pro-Trump social media is mostly foreign propaganda. The irony of using “America First” to sabotage America is no doubt something foreign trolls find amusing.
Fear, cynicism, nihilism, and apathy, coupled with disgust and disdain for democracy: that is what modern autocrats sell and there are far too many people falling for it.
The story about NBC this morning is NOT that they now say the insurrectionist they hired, former RNC Chairman Ronna McDaniel, is not going to appear on their cable network.
The story about NBC this morning IS that the insurrectionist they hired has now appeared on their flagship Sunday news program and is using the network to spout revisionist disinformation to the American public.
Funny how wealthy Americans will readily accuse Biden of “buying votes” with student debt forgiveness but had no issue with Trump signing massive tax cuts for themselves.
putting aside your merchant of death status happily slinging for the mass murder of Americans for a moment, tell us a little about how #Russia infiltrated your organization as a bridgehead to corrupt the #GOP to #Putin bootlicker status. provide financial details. thanks
BREAKING: A New York jury has held the #NRA liable for financial mismanagement and found that the group's former CEO, Wayne LaPierre, corruptly ran organization.
Jurors ordered LaPierre to pay $4,351,231 in restitution.
The verdict is a win for New York AG Letitia James.
via Kyle Griffin
👀 Jury reaches #verdict in trial against the #NRA and Wayne #LaPierre
Jurors deliberated for five days in the civil corruption trial in New York against the National Rifle Association and its executives. #legal
@GottaLaff LaPierre is a criminal. In addition to his self-dealing, he positioned the #NRA to be a $ laundering machine for Putin and promoted the convicted spy Butina. Many gun owners (myself included) hate the SOB for what he's done.
@GottaLaff
The perpetual gun slaughter of Americans is a policy choice.
#Republicans will continue to choose gun industry profits over American lives as long as the #NRA keeps delivering those fat envelopes stuffed with cash.
"The question is not if there will be another shooting like this, but where it will be. I’m not one of those folks who were asking 'how could this happen here?' yesterday. My question is simply 'Who is next?'”
It's really incredible (and I mean very predictable, but still nice to see) how the economic sanctions against #Putin are showing up as #GOP funding problems at every level. The #NRA, state parties, etc.
If we can just freeze out the #fascists for a few years, we might recover and even gain ground.
Secret #Recording Shows #NRA Treasurer Plotting to Conceal Extravagant Expenses Involving Wayne LaPierre
Audio obtained by The Trace and ProPublica reveals, in real time, the #gun lobbying group enacting a plan that would conceal payments for fancy #hotels, limousines and other luxury expenses connected to its longtime CEO for a decade.