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pfitz59

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1. The extortionist president

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Jul 2, 2025, 04:25 AM

Jul 2025

coercian, extortion, emoluments violations... its a racket.

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Paramount to Pay Trump $16 Million to Settle '60 Minutes' Lawsuit [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 OP

The extortionist president pfitz59 Jul 2025 #1

$10 million for scam bitcoin? wolfie001 Jul 2025 #5

WTF? murielm99 Jul 2025 #2

Trump will punish the media when they give honest, fair, positive coverage of liberals. Irish_Dem Jul 2025 #3

Yep! "Freedom of the Press" is long gone wolfie001 Jul 2025 #6

The rich and the MAGAs are the only ones with rights now. Irish_Dem Jul 2025 #7

And the christo-fascist farce continues thanks to those 6 nasty f6cks on the SC wolfie001 Jul 2025 #4

Damn! He was invited, but didn't even show up! Rhiannon12866 Jul 2025 #8

Paramount goes to its knees -- pays the fascist BoRaGard Jul 2025 #9

Yes a deadly (to journalism) combo of greed and cowardice. LudwigPastorius Jul 2025 #33

A possibility as to why Shari settled. Buddyzbuddy Jul 2025 #10

That was my thought as well. Pacifist Patriot Jul 2025 #13

Yep Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2025 #30

Question can we the people kkmarie Jul 2025 #11

no. onenote Jul 2025 #16

I'm disappointed... GiqueCee Jul 2025 #12

While you want them to fight back, it does make sense to settle what is, essentially, a nuisance claim. Vinca Jul 2025 #14

If my math is correct, its 57 ten thousandths of one percent of the value of the merger onenote Jul 2025 #18

Or to put it another way... Rastapopoulos Jul 2025 #29

Yeah and hike rates of Paramount+ to pay for it and make MORE cash Bengus81 Jul 2025 #22

Another extortion. sinkingfeeling Jul 2025 #15

Unbelievable weakness. travelingthrulife Jul 2025 #17

Oh, by all means---encourage him, Paramount. Paladin Jul 2025 #19

So CBS is no longer a trusted news source. mdbl Jul 2025 #20

You will lose at least one Paramount+ subscriber in Sept when it renews CBS Bengus81 Jul 2025 #21

Fucking Spineless!! ECL213 Jul 2025 #23

Settlement Details MayReasonRule Jul 2025 #24

All so what's her face, the woman who owns, or is majority owner in, Paramount can... the nelm Jul 2025 #25

Why would they pay him? It makes zero sense. BlueTsunami2018 Jul 2025 #26

Geez, how do we get in on the shakedown business? bucolic_frolic Jul 2025 #27

From The Godfather.... Hotler Jul 2025 #28

Maddow Blog-Paramount to pay $16 million to settle with Trump in CBS News '60 Minutes' lawsui LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2025 #31

How is that not racketeering? Justice matters. Jul 2025 #32