Grab your hankies, DUers... This is gonna be a real tear-jerker

[hlthe2b]

(this was re-posted in several twitter feeds again today and though it is from August, I guess we can never experience ENOUGH schadenfreude vis-a-vis the NRA....!)

Link to tweet

Edited to include link to complaint (where this claim is made) filed in Federal Court, Northern District NY:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/15Ld2KEw6SqsvhOYgKUl3SXFTDoz4J3IA/view

[hlthe2b]

1. Oh, Dana Loesch,

[Scarsdale]

35. I could not agree

more. Maybe all the politicians they contributed to can help them out? Yeah, good luck with that. Once they get their grabby hands on $$$ they do not let go.

[SoCalDem]

43. Dana can go back to selling beets on infomercials

[Niagara]

2. I tried to shed some tears

but ended up laughing.

[nolabear]

3. I'll compose a symphony.

[Phoenix61]

4. They have a sad-sad. nt

[JI7]

5. thoughts and prayers ?

[Eko]

6. Yup, thoughts and prayers.

[onecaliberal]

7. Empty thoughts and prayers.

I don’t really care, do you?

[oasis]

8. The horror, the horror

[malaise]

9. Not even thoughts and prayers

This is my Christmas present
Kill and be killed, literally or metaphorically.

[Ilsa]

10. I tried to cry but accidentally

Laughed so hard that I peed my pants a "wee" bit.

[PJMcK]

11. Guns and TV

Interesting combination.

What could possibly go wrong?

[libdem4life]

12. How, oh how, will we ever cope ????

Much better !!

[Botany]

13. I wonder how much of their budget came from Putin/Russia?

And Russia used the NRA to foster spits among the American people.

[catrose]

14. tater tots and pears

[Brother Buzz]

15. In other news, the cash strapped NRA did away with free coffee for its employees

https://www.thetrace.org/rounds/nra-kills-coffee/

[EarnestPutz]

62. "NRA Employee Goes Postal - Multiple Shooting Victims at No. Virginia Headquarters"

Lack of caffeine and increased work load due to staff cut backs is said to be "trigger"
that set off 65 year old manager. The shooter and two bystanders were shot and killed
by a "good guy with a gun".

[Brother Buzz]

63. LOL, that's in the realm of possibilities

[BootinUp]

16. OMG, that is just the most horrible thing...

I mean that they are even operating a TV station.

[dlk]

17. Too Bad, So Sad

[TheCowsCameHome]

18. Took two in the head, eh?

So sad.

[delisen]

19. Trying to shut down before the investigation?

Politicians say " I am leaving to spend more time with my family.'

Corporations say "Democratic pressure against us made us lose so much money we have to close our doors.... and flee."

[Submariner]

20. Now in a final display, Wayne LaPierre has to to jump off the roof, bounce off the "R",

and then land in an airbag setup by the Fire Department for nut job suicide jumpers.

[ProudLib72]

34. Meanwhile, can Oliver North jump from the other side where there are no airbags?

[JDC]

21. Looks like Dana will have to go back to schlepping beet juice

[ffr]

22. What Snowflakes!

Suck it up buttercup! Don't go getting your panties in a bunch now, ya hear!

[rzemanfl]

23. Poor fascists. K&R. n/t

[George II]

24. Yeah, it was a tear jerker, but they were tears of joy.

[Xolodno]

25. Interesting.

Putin must have turned off the money faucet. He knows shit is going to hit the fan and he got his return on investment already.

[yardwork]

53. My theory is that Putin provides gifts in kind rather than cash.

I think that the Russian Federation provided the services of troll farms, propaganda script writers, and graphic artists, and purchased air time and ad buys on behalf of the NRA in order to push the propaganda. But why would Putin give unrestricted cash to the NRA? He's much too greedy to give away money.

So now the NRA has a cash problem.

[Xolodno]

75. I may have been corrected.

...the Saudi's could have very well been supplying the cash....while Putin was supplying the intelligence "services".

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=11467559

[Hoyt]

26. Assuming NRA is not whining just to raise money, good that insurers are raising liability insurance

for media liability.

What will really be great is when some victim of an irresponsible or hateful gunner -- likely an ignorant white wing trumpster, but could be others -- sues the rube and the NRA for complicity.

Were is not for NRA, we'd be well on way of ameliorating gun problems. We'll never solve the problem completely; but every decade we do nothing, puts another 100 million on our streets that we will have to deal with at some point. Don't believe that more people walking around with a gun or two strapped to their bodies will help.

Shoot, the NRA's new President is Ollie North. The previous one was an admitted white supremacist.

Sorry for the rant, been eating too much pie.

[Grasswire2]

27. I thought Russia was funding them money. nt

[tclambert]

28. Who will protect all the good guys with guns

who suddenly have a psychotic break and go on a shooting spree?

[iluvtennis]

29. I really don't care, do you

[fierywoman]

30. Ah! Six months ago I visualized that building collapsing in a cloud of dust -- I welcome

any like-minded DUers to join me!

[Throck]

31. What is "media liability insurance"?

Is this something all media is subject to?

[hlthe2b]

32. Special liability insurance...

https://www.irmi.com/term/insurance-definitions/media-liability-coverage


Definition
A type of errors and omissions (E&O) liability insurance designed for publishers, broadcasters, and other media-related firms. The policies are typically written on a named perils basis and cover the following broad areas: defamation, invasion of privacy, infringement of copyright, and plagiarism.


Like business insurance, I'd guess different entities decide how much risk they want to accept to determine whether they are insured and if so, to what extent....

[burrowowl]

33. Thanks for info

I just cried a bucket NOT!

[Throck]

38. I'll be damned, never knew this existed.

It's sort of an exclusive business insurance.

Also, looks like free speech could actually be costly under the right circumstances.

[TeamPooka]

66. It for mistakes, not intentional libel, slander, defamation etc. It's for Oh we used that

copyrighted logo or said this thing that was wrong accidentally type stuff.
not the way the NRA has been using things in their podcasts etc that defame and slander.
The NRA is a big liability here.

[USALiberal]

36. I assume this is a made up story by them so their gullible supporters send money. Nt

[Me.]

37. That's What I Think

not to be trusted till they're dead and buried

[uponit7771]

45. +1

[hlthe2b]

46. Maybe... but it DOES appear in Federal court filing as confirmed by these other MSM sources

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/nra-financial-trouble-706371/

https://www.npr.org/2018/08/05/635748563/nra-claims-financial-difficulties-in-lawsuit

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/400282-nra-alleges-financial-difficulties-in-new-york-lawsuit

http://fortune.com/2018/08/03/nra-claims-deep-financial-trouble-may-put-it-out-of-business/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/nra-funding-finance-andrew-cuomo-new-york-money-problems-lawsuit-trouble-donald-trump-a8476856.html

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/08/03/nra-faces-financial-crisis-claims-might-unable-exist/902918002/

So, if this is "concocted", they are lying to a Federal Court in the Northern District of NY:
Here is the complaint:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/15Ld2KEw6SqsvhOYgKUl3SXFTDoz4J3IA/view

[USALiberal]

47. Good point, thanks for the info!! nt

[hlthe2b]

49. Like you, I put nothing past NRA, but they are really digging deeper & deeper

if they lied to a Federal Court...

[USALiberal]

52. I agree. Glad they are suffering. Terrible organization. Imagine a real organization with a board...

member like Ted Nugent!!

[Kajun Gal]

39. There's a tear in my beer......

[benld74]

40. Smallest violin in the world plays for them

But not from here

[hedda_foil]

41. Ooh, I feel Schadenfreudey all over!!!! 😝

[Cha]

42. omg.. TEARFUL!

whatever is smug gaslighting asshole dana loesch gonna do?!

[DFW]

44. "Lost access to banking services?"

Where? Geneva, Basel or Zürich?

[dixiegrrrrl]

68. No more bank loans, I suspect. n/t

[Oppaloopa]

48. He should be President.

[sarge43]

50. Karma has been busy. Good.

You go girl.

[FakeNoose]

59. ...

[Raster]

51. Womp! Womp!

...thoughts and prayers...

[pazzyanne]

54. Oh, the injustice of KARMA!

It couldn't happen to a "nicer" organization in my opinion.

[sellitman]

55. First they came for my TV Show.

Bwaaaaahahahahhahahahahahah

[Best_man23]

56. Cue the violin section

[Honeycombe8]

57. I regret not listening to yu. I didn't grab tissue, so here I sit w/tears spilling onto my t-shirt.

[Initech]

58. I really don't care. Do U?

[rocktivity]

60. Sounds like a gig for the official DU "Cry Me A River" String Quartet!

rocktivity

[Le Gaucher]

61. I hope the bastards drown in dog shit. I mean that literally.

[Nitram]

64. I really hope this is true and not a fund-raising ploy by the NRA to further fleece their flock.

[sl8]

65. NYCLU Breaks With ACLU Over NRA's Lawsuit Against Cuomo Administration

NYCLU Breaks With ACLU Over NRA's Lawsuit Against Cuomo Administration
https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2018/08/28/nyclu-breaks-with-aclu-over-nras-lawsuit-against-cuomo-administration/

New York State Can’t Be Allowed to Stifle the NRA’s Political Speech
https://www.aclu.org/blog/free-speech/new-york-state-cant-be-allowed-stifle-nras-political-speech

[hlthe2b]

69. I hate it when Mom and Dad fight...

I gotta side with NYCLU (Dad?) on this one...

[struggle4progress]

67. It was sad when that great ship went down

[muntrv]

70. Thoughts and prayers.

[muntrv]

71. So the NRA will have to broadcast from grandama's basement?

[TygrBright]

72. Wait, wait! Isn't it too soon to politicize this? Let's not be insensitive. n/t

[jmowreader]

73. I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings

I must.

There are gun nut groups that are much crazier than NRA, and they’re taking over. Larry Pratt’s Gun Owners of America is a big one.

[hlthe2b]

74. Yes... I know... one step at a time, I guess.

[Gothmog]

76. boo hoo