Judge dismisses Laura Loomer $150M defamation case against Bill Maher. Court finds satire protected under First Amendment, plaintiff fails to show damages or actual malice standard

A US federal judge has thrown out far-right activist Laura Loomer’s $150 million defamation lawsuit against comedian Bill Maher over a 2024 late-night joke implying she had a sexual relationship with Donald Trump. The court ruled that Maher’s comments were clearly satirical and could not reasonably be interpreted as factual, and that Loomer failed to …

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Elon Musk admits retaliation: removes Loomer’s verification, subscriptions after H1B criticism.

Does that look like free speech? Banned for telling the public her account was fucked with by Elon and having her subscribers removed by X/Twitter. Thats not free speech. .@elonmusk is now admitting it’s retaliation. “Play stupid games, win stupid prizes”. He said, “yes”. So calling out mass migration is “a stupid game”? So much …

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